---
title: "MHS zone in Vernon: Mobile Home Site"
place: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vernon
zone: MHS
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/mhs/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/mhs.json"
---

# MHS zone in Vernon: Mobile Home Site

Accommodate mobile homes on individual mobile home sites, including within a mobile home park.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Accommodate mobile homes on individual mobile home sites, including within a mobile home park.
- **Main uses:** Mobile Home; Housing Care Centre; Supportive Housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Security or Operator Dwelling Unit; Home Based Business; Office; Short-term Rental Accommodation; Urban Agriculture
- **Minimum lot area:** 2 ha (4.94 ac) for a mobile home park; 250.0 m² for a mobile home site
- **Minimum lot width:** 50.0 m for a mobile home park; mobile home site 10.0 m (interior lot) or 12.0 m (exterior lot)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 50% (mobile home parks)
- **Maximum density:** 20 Mobile Homes / ha (8 Mobile Homes / ac); one Mobile Home per lot or site
- **Maximum height:** 8.0 m (Mobile Home)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** Mobile home park: 4.5 m. Mobile home site abutting a street: 4.0 m
- **Rear setback:** Mobile home park: 4.5 m. Mobile home site abutting a laneway or alley: 1.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** Mobile home park: 4.5 m. Mobile home site: 1.5 m next to a housing lot, 3.0 m next to a non-housing lot
- **Street side setback:** Mobile home park: 4.5 m (flanking side). Mobile home site abutting a street: 4.0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Mobile home site: street 4.0 m, laneway or alley 1.5 m, housing lot 1.5 m, non-housing lot 1.5 m; garage or carport facing a street 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** Mobile home park lots must be at least 50.0 m deep; Mobile home sites must be at least 25.0 m deep; One office is permitted for managing a mobile home park, and one security or operator dwelling unit is permitted on a lot; Each mobile home needs its own mobile home site with public or private road access

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083), s. 9.3](https://www.vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/planning-building/zoning/bylaw6000/6000%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20COMBINED.pdf#page=95) (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/mhs/_