Village of Cumberland · zoning
The MU-1 zone in Cumberland.
Historic Village Commercial Core Mixed-Use. What the bylaw lets you build, how big the lot has to be, and how close to the lines you can go, in plain words with the section for each.
From the zoning bylaw. General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the Village of Cumberland reads it, is always the final word.
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MU-1 at a glance
| What you can use it for | P: child care; community care; cultural & community services; dwelling units (above or behind a first-storey non-residential use, separate entrance, residential access ≤ 25% of first-storey business frontage, first-storey dwellings ≤ 40% of first-storey floor area); education services; entertainment facility; food services; health services (above first storey only); hostel; hotel; licensed premises; mobile vending (s.6.5); motel; personal services; alcohol production facility (max 450.0 m² (4,844 sq ft)); professional services internal-facing (above first storey only) and public-facing; indoor recreation; retail, cannabis (s.6.2); retail sales (max 1,270.0 m² (13,670 sq ft)); veterinary services. S: accessory buildings & structures; urban agriculture; licence-not-required care; containers (rear, clad to match, max 6.1 m (20 ft) long, no first-storey dwellings on lot); farmer's market; home occupation minor; parking lot (behind the building); outdoor storage (only with a farmer's market). Site-specific: emergency & protective services at 2757 Dunsmuir Ave; gas station at 2766 Dunsmuir Ave (pumps ≥ 4.5 m (15 ft) from lot lines); short-term rental at 2771 and 2773 Dunsmuir Ave. First-storey non-residential uses must face the highway frontage |
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| Dwelling units | no unit cap (n/a); FAR 2.0; 10% adaptable units in 3+-unit corridor buildings |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | 325.0 m² (3,498 sq ft) / 9.0 m (30 ft) for three or more attached units and all other uses; one or two units n/a (Table 11.3(1)) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | F 0.0 (max 10.0 m (33 ft) where the front yard is landscaped open space serving a non-residential use) / 0.0 / 0.0 (same 10.0 m (33 ft) max) / R 4.5 m (15 ft) (Table 11.5(1)) |
| Height | 15.0 m (49 ft); first storey min 3.7 m (12 ft) high / accessory 6.0 m (20 ft) |
| Lot coverage | three or more units and all other uses 90% (one or two units n/a) / 95% (Table 11.4(1)) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | 3.0 / 1.5 / 3.0 / 1.5 (Table 11.5(2)) |
| Parking | inside the Village Core (Figure 9-3) Table 9.4.1(1): no minimum for non-residential uses; 1–2 units 1.0 per unit; 3+ units 0.8 min–1.2 max per unit; hotel/motel/hostel 0.8–1.5 per sleeping unit. Outside it Table 9.4.1(2) |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
One lot, not the zone
What the zone page can't tell you
- Whether your lot is actually in this zone. Check the zoning map, not the listing.
- Whether a permit area, floodplain, stream setback or farmland reserve sits over the lot. Each adds steps.
- Whether site-specific rules or a covenant on title change what this table says.
- What council has decided on the street lately.
The lot report answers those for one address.
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