---
title: "CMUN zone in Vernon: Commercial Mixed Use: Neighbourhood"
place: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vernon
zone: CMUN
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/cmun/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/cmun.json"
---

# CMUN zone in Vernon: Commercial Mixed Use: Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood scale commercial, residential and mixed-use housing up to 4 storeys, providing goods and services to residents at the neighbourhood level.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Neighbourhood scale commercial, residential and mixed-use housing up to 4 storeys, providing goods and services to residents at the neighbourhood level.
- **Main uses:** Large Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Medium Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Mixed Use Housing; Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Food and Beverage Service; Grocery Store; Health Service; Indoor Sales and Service; Light Manufacturing; Minor Indoor Entertainment; Office; Child Care Service; Community Service; Housing Care Centre; Supportive Housing; Emergency Services; Health Care Facility; Urban Agriculture
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Parking; Home Based Business; Housing Sales Centre; Short-term Rental Accommodation; Temporary Storage; Special Event; Essential Utility; Minor Utility Services
- **Minimum lot area:** 500 m² (0.125 ac)
- **Minimum lot width:** Interior lot 12 m; exterior lot 18 m
- **Maximum density:** 2.0 FAR
- **Maximum height:** 18 m (4 Storeys)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m (accessory buildings); 8 m (2 Storeys) for accessory dwelling units
- **Front setback:** 1.0 m for commercial uses; 4.0 m for dwelling units (abutting a street)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (abutting a laneway or alley)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m next to a housing-based lot; next to a non-housing-based lot 0.0 m for commercial uses and 1.5 m for dwelling units; 0.0 m at a party wall
- **Street side setback:** 1.0 m for commercial uses; 4.0 m for dwelling units (abutting a street)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** street 4.0 m, laneway or alley 1.5 m, lots 1.5 m; garage or carport facing a street 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum landscaping 30%; Amenity area: 5 m² per studio, 10 m² per 1 bedroom, 15 m² per unit with more than 1 bedroom; Maximum building frontage length is 50 m; Surface parking lots and loading, storage and waste collection areas must not be between a principal building and a street

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083), s. 11.1](https://www.vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/planning-building/zoning/bylaw6000/6000%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20COMBINED.pdf#page=110) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Vernon: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/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/vernon/zoning/cmun/_