---
title: "UTIL zone in Vernon: Utilities"
place: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/vernon
zone: UTIL
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/util/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/zoning/util.json"
---

# UTIL zone in Vernon: Utilities

Development and protection of infrastructure, systems and facilities that provide a public benefit.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Development and protection of infrastructure, systems and facilities that provide a public benefit.
- **Main uses:** Office; Stand Along Parking Facility; Emergency Services; Essential Utility; Major Utility Services; Minor Utility Services; Transit Facility
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Security or Operator Dwelling Unit; Accessory Parking; Commercial Storage; Temporary Storage; Park
- **Minimum lot area:** N/A (no minimum)
- **Minimum lot width:** N/A (no minimum)
- **Maximum density:** 1.0 FAR
- **Maximum height:** Buildings 12 m; mechanical structures unrestricted
- **Front setback:** 6.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 m (abutting a laneway or alley)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m next to a housing-based lot; 4.5 m next to a non-housing-based lot; 0.0 m at a party wall
- **Street side setback:** 6.0 m (abutting a street)
- **Other rules:** A Major Utility abutting any non-industrial lot must be 10.0 m from the lot line; Minimum landscaping 10%; One Security or Operator Dwelling Unit is permitted on a lot; 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. 13.2](https://www.vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/planning-building/zoning/bylaw6000/6000%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20-%20COMBINED.pdf#page=128) (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/util/_