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title: "MUA zone in Vernon: Multi-Unit Acreage: Small Scale"
place: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vernon
zone: MUA
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/mua/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/mua.json"
---

# MUA zone in Vernon: Multi-Unit Acreage: Small Scale

Allow small-scale, low-density housing up to 3 storeys (detached, duplex, semi-detached, row housing and townhouses) on lots greater than 4,050 m² (1 ac).

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Allow small-scale, low-density housing up to 3 storeys (detached, duplex, semi-detached, row housing and townhouses) on lots greater than 4,050 m² (1 ac).
- **Main uses:** Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing; Housing Care Centre; Supportive Housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Based Business; Short-term Rental Accommodation; Urban Agriculture
- **Minimum lot area:** 10,000 m² (2.47 ac) if not on community sewer; 4,050 m² (1 ac) if connected (subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** Interior lot 28 m; exterior lot 34 m
- **Maximum density:** Class 1 (no community sewer, lot 4,050 to 10,000 m²): 1 Dwelling Unit plus 1 Secondary Suite; Class 2 (no community sewer, lot over 10,000 m²) and Class 3 (community sewer, any lot): 1 Dwelling Unit plus 1 Secondary Suite plus 1 Accessory Dwelling Unit; Class 4 (water and sewer, inside Urban Containment Boundary): 60 Dwelling Units / ha (24 / ac)
- **Maximum height:** 11 m (3 Storeys)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m (accessory buildings); 8 m (2 Storeys) for accessory dwelling units
- **Front setback:** 4.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m (abutting a laneway or alley)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (abutting a housing-based lot); 3.0 m (abutting a non-housing-based 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, housing-based or non-housing-based lot 1.5 m; garage or carport facing a street 6.0 m
- **Other rules:** Minimum landscaping: 60% (class 1), 50% (class 2), 50% (class 3), 30% (class 4); Developments with 5 or more Dwelling Units need amenity area: 5 m² per studio, 10 m² per 1 bedroom, 15 m² per unit with more than 1 bedroom (class 4); Maximum building frontage length is 30 m; Vehicle access must be from an abutting laneway where one is available

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 6000 (2024), consolidated for convenience (amendments through Bylaw 6083), s. 9.2](https://www.vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/planning-building/zoning/bylaw6000/6000%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20COMBINED.pdf#page=91) (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/mua/_