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title: "MH1 zone in Port Alberni: Mobile and Modular Homes"
place: Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/port-alberni
zone: MH1
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/mh1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/mh1.json"
---

# MH1 zone in Port Alberni: Mobile and Modular Homes

To establish and maintain areas for mobile and modular homes, allowing individual strata-titled lots or multiple-unit mobile- or modular-home parks.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To establish and maintain areas for mobile and modular homes, allowing individual strata-titled lots or multiple-unit mobile- or modular-home parks.
- **Main uses:** Mobile home; Modular home; Modular- or mobile-home park
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Common recreation area or building; Home occupation; Single detached dwelling (1) for owner or operator of modular- or mobile-home park
- **Minimum lot area:** Parks: 8,000 m² (1.98 ac). Individual mobile/modular home spaces: single wide 260 m² (2800 ft²); double wide 350 m² (3765 ft²)
- **Minimum lot width:** Parks: 60 m (196.9 ft). Individual spaces: single wide 11 m (36 ft); double wide 14 m (46 ft)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Parks: 40%; individual spaces: 40%
- **Maximum density:** Average density of a park must not exceed 20 sites per ha (8 sites per acre)
- **Maximum height:** 6 m (19.7 ft)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4 m (13.1 ft) for accessory buildings on a mobile or modular home space
- **Front setback:** Parks: 7.5 m (24.6 ft). Individual spaces: 3 m (9.8 ft), in addition to the park setbacks
- **Rear setback:** Parks: 7.5 m (24.6 ft). Individual spaces: 2.5 m (8.2 ft), in addition to the park setbacks
- **Interior side setback:** Parks: 7.5 m (24.6 ft). Individual spaces: 1.5 m (4.9 ft), in addition to the park setbacks
- **Street side setback:** 3.5 m (11.5 ft) against the flanking internal roadway on a corner site
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Accessory buildings on a mobile or modular home space: at least 1 m (3.3 ft) from the side or rear lot line when at the rear of the home; maximum 20 m² (215 ft²) in area
- **Other rules:** At least 5% of the park lot area must be set aside as recreation or open space.; Internal roadways must be at least 8 m (26.2 ft) wide.; Minimum width of a modular home is 5.0 m (16.4 ft).; The park yard setbacks are a buffer, limited to open or landscaped areas and access crossings.

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 5105, 2024 (October 2026 update), s. 5.14](https://portalberni.ca/sites/default/files/doc_library/5105_Zoning_Bylaw_No_5105_2024_Oct%202026%20Update.pdf#page=40) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Port Alberni: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/zoning/mh1/_