MH1: Mobile Home

What the zone allows

Homes allowed

Mobile and modular homes on spaces in a mobile home park, up to 20 per hectare (ss. 12.2, 12.4)

Main uses

Mobile home park; urban agriculture, child care for up to 8 children, minor home-based business, one office to run the park, short-term rental by a resident

Smallest lot for a subdivision

A park site of 20,000 m²; each home space 325 m², 12 m wide, 25 m deep (ss. 12.3, 12.4)

Height limit

7.6 m and 1 storey

Setbacks

Park site: front 6 m, sides 4.5 m, rear 6 m. Homes 3 m from the back of curb of internal roads and parking, 1.5 m from the edge of their space

The zone sets no site coverage.

Minor home-based businesses (s. 9.2): run by a resident who lives there more than 240 days a year, inside the home, residents only, one client at a time, up to 20 m² and 25% of the home; no outdoor storage or work, no nuisance and no commercial vehicle over 5,500 kg.

Child care for up to 8 children (minor) is run by a resident who lives there more than 240 days a year (s. 5.3).

Short-term rental (stays under 90 days, s. 5.3) is allowed as a minor use only: run by a principal resident who lives in the home more than 240 days a year (a suite or carriage house by a resident of the same lot); one booking per home at a time; up to three bedrooms of two adults each; on a lot with a house and a suite or carriage house, at most two homes and five bedrooms let this way (s. 9.10).

Accessory buildings may have one half bathroom of up to 3 m² (a full one only in a pool house) and no bedroom, and can't be a home (s. 6.9).

The fence height: Section 7.5.2 sets heights for the other zone families but doesn't name the Mobile Home zone, so the limit here is unclear; ask the City of Kelowna.

On a lot beside Highway 97 or Highway 33, buildings and structures stand 4.5 m from that lot line (s. 6.4).

Setbacks from streams and lakes are those of the official community plan's riparian management areas, measured from the top of bank (s. 6.5).

Sections 6 to 9 of the bylaw (general rules, landscaping and fences, parking, specific uses) also apply.

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 Kelowna's planning department before you buy or build.

Source: City of Kelowna Zoning Bylaw No. 12375 (summarised in our words); zone map: Open Government Licence – City of Kelowna.