---
title: "MSH zone in Vernon: Medium Scale Housing"
place: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vernon
zone: MSH
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/msh/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/msh.json"
---

# MSH zone in Vernon: Medium Scale Housing

Allow medium to large scale housing up to 6 storeys, such as apartments and stacked townhouses, on individual lots and land assemblies.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allow medium to large scale housing up to 6 storeys, such as apartments and stacked townhouses, on individual lots and land assemblies.
- **Main uses:** Large Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Medium Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Housing Care Centre; Supportive Housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Parking; Home Based Business; Office; Short-term Rental Accommodation; Urban Agriculture
- **Minimum lot area:** 1,400 m² (0.35 ac)
- **Minimum lot width:** Interior lot 30 m; exterior lot 36 m
- **Maximum density:** 3.0 FAR
- **Maximum height:** 30 m (6 Storeys)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** 4.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (abutting a laneway or alley); 3.0 m (abutting a lot)
- **Interior side setback:** 3.0 m (abutting a lot); 0.0 m at a party wall
- **Street side setback:** 4.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** street 4.0 m, laneway or alley 1.5 m, lot 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum landscaping 25%; 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 100 m; For height, parking below grade and up to 2 levels of parking above grade do not count as a storey

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083), s. 9.5](https://www.vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/planning-building/zoning/bylaw6000/6000%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20COMBINED.pdf#page=101) (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/msh/_