City of Powell River · zoning
The R4 zone in Powell River.
Mobile Home Park Residential. 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 (8.5, 5.25, s.2). General information, not legal or planning advice. The adopted bylaw, as the City of Powell River reads it, is always the final word.
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R4 at a glance
| What you can use it for | Mobile home parks; home based business; in-home child care (8.5.2). Subject to the Mobile Home Park Bylaw in effect (8.5.1). R4 is the only zone that provides for mobile homes: elsewhere a mobile home may not be the principal dwelling or a detached accessory dwelling, while a modular home (CSA A277, on a Building Code foundation) is allowed wherever a dwelling is (5.25.1–5.25.2). Inside a park: mobile homes, one owner/manager's residence, identification signs, and buildings accessory to running the park (MHP 1644 s.3.2) |
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| Dwelling units | One mobile home per mobile home space (MHP 1644 s.3.7); park density max 20 mobile homes per hectare (about 8 per acre) (s.3.4). No secondary suite or carriage house (5.3 does not list R4). Within R4, each mobile home's land counts as a "lot" (Zoning 2100 s.2, Lot) |
| Smallest lot for subdivision | Park site min 2 ha (4.9 ac) (s.3.3). Mobile home space min 325 m² (3,500 ft²) (s.3.5.1), frontage on the internal road at least 12 m (40 ft), or 6 m (20 ft) on a cul-de-sac or panhandle space (s.3.5.2). Owner/manager residence on a space of at least 550 m² (5,900 ft²) (s.4.5.1) |
| Setbacks (front / side / rear / side on a road) | Park buffer: no mobile home space within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of a boundary on a public street, or 3 m (9.8 ft) of any other boundary; buffer landscaped, no buildings, garbage or recreation areas in it (s.3.6). Each mobile home at least 2 m (6.6 ft) from its space line, 3 m (9.8 ft) from any internal or access road right-of-way or common parking area, and 4 m (13.1 ft) from the next mobile home including additions; setbacks measured from any part over 0.6 m (2 ft) above grade (s.4.1.1–4.1.3) |
| Height | Mobile homes and service buildings max 6 m (19.7 ft) (s.4.1.5) / accessory max 3 m (9.8 ft) (s.4.6.1(c)) |
| Lot coverage | not stated |
| Shops, garages and sheds: size | One accessory building per space, max 10 m² (108 ft²), except carports or sundeck shelters no more than 60% walled (s.4.6.1(b), am. 1669). Additions (other than open carports, sundecks, patios, porches) max 20% of the mobile home's floor area (s.4.4.1) |
| Shops, garages and sheds: setbacks | Accessory building 2 m (6.6 ft) from the mobile home, 1 m (3.3 ft) from the space line, 3 m (9.8 ft) from any road or right-of-way (s.4.1.4, 4.6.1(d)); service buildings 5 m² (54 sq ft) or more: 3 m (9.8 ft) from any space line (s.4.7) |
| Parking | 2 spaces per mobile home, paved or dust-free (s.3.8); owner/manager residence 1 + 2 visitor spaces (s.4.5.2); no parking on park roads (s.2.9.2(c)) |
Metric figures are the bylaw's own. Feet and acres are converted for reading and rounded.
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- What council has decided on the street lately.
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