MHS: Manufactured Home Subdivision

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

One home per lot: a manufactured home or a conventionally built house; no suite

Main uses

Manufactured home or house; home daycare, home-based business, licensed home care in an existing house, up to two boarders

Smallest lot for a subdivision

370 m², 12 m wide (14 m on a corner), 8 m of frontage

Lot coverage

40% including accessory buildings; accessory buildings 12% of the lot up to 80 m²

Height limit

Homes 2 storeys; structures 12 m; accessory buildings 4 m (3 m under 10 m²)

Setbacks

Front 4.5 m; sides 1.5 m; side street 4.5 m; rear 4.5 m; 1.5 m between buildings

A manufactured home sits on a concrete foundation, skirted to match its cladding. (s. 9.7.5)

The zone allows one home per lot and no suite, even on fee simple lots (s. 9.7.4).

The zone doesn't list short-term rental (stays under 30 days), so homes here are let for 30 days or more (ss. 1.3.1, 2.2).

Home-based businesses (s. 3.3): up to 50 m² or 20% of the home, whichever is less; at most two helpers from outside (one in multi-unit or small-scale multi-unit housing, none for a business clients come to); no clients on the lot except music, art or tutoring lessons for up to two students, or, on a lot with only one house or one duplex (or a manufactured home on its own lot), a listed set of services for one client at a time and nine visits a day, with an extra parking space and no residential suite on that lot; no vehicle repair or sales; a nameplate of 0.28 m² at most; closed 10 pm to 7 am.

No repair, sale or salvage of vehicles other than the residents' own (s. 3.8).

Section 3.11.4 doesn't list this zone, so shipping containers stay only during construction or a move (s. 3.11.2).

Beside a provincial highway, buildings and structures stand at least 4.5 m from that lot line (3 m where a public lane gives secondary access); less needs the Ministry of Transportation's consent and a variance (s. 3.15).

Below the 200-year flood level, floors used for living, business or storing goods in multi-unit or small-scale multi-unit housing and in garden or carriage suites sit above that level (s. 3.16).

A lot registered before this bylaw that is smaller or narrower than the zone's minimum may still be developed to the zone's density (s. 2.1.1).

Site-specific exceptions listed in the bylaw by legal description can add or change uses for one property, and development permit areas, the ALR and building rules apply on top. Confirm with the City of Kamloops' planning and development department before you buy or build.

Source: City of Kamloops Zoning Bylaw No. 55, 2021 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – Kamloops.