{"title":"R-TA zone in Central Saanich: Residential - Townhome and Apartment","code":"R-TA","slug":"r-ta","name":"Residential - Townhome and Apartment","group":"Residential","section":"6.26","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Residential - Apartment, Residential - Attached, Residential - Duplex.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential - Apartment","Residential - Attached","Residential - Duplex"],"quotes":["Residential - Apartment","Residential - Attached","Residential - Duplex"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Secondary Dwelling Units (in Residential - Attached and Residential - Duplex only)","Home Occupation - Minor"],"quotes":["Secondary Dwelling Units in in accordance with Section 4.5 in Residential - Attached and","Home Occupation – Minor in accordance with Section 5.4"]},"site_specific":{"value":["7923 Polo Park Crescent (Lot 52, Plan VIP 64549): FAR 0.85 for no more than 42 apartment units in a three Storey building and no more than 15 attached units","7247 West Saanich Road (proposed Lots B and C): front 4.2 m, rear 3.3 m, interior side 3.0 m, coverage 45%, FAR 0.75, frontage 17 m"],"quotes":["the maximum Floor Area Ratio is 0.85","no more than 42 units","Front Yard setback minimum of 4.2 m","Rear Yard setback minimum of 3.3 m","Side Yard Interior setback minimum of 3.0 m","Lot Coverage maximum of 45%","Floor Area Ratio maximum of 0.75","Lot Frontage minimum of 17 m"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1200 m² (for subdivision)","quotes":["Minimum Lot Area minimum of 1200 m²"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"22 m (for subdivision)","quotes":["Lot Frontage minimum of 22 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["Lot Coverage of all Buildings maximum of 60%"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Area Ratio maximum of 1.2","quotes":["Floor Area Ratio maximum of 1.2"]},"max_height":{"value":"11.0 m for Residential - Apartment and Residential - Townhouse","quotes":["Residential - Apartment maximum of 11.0 m","Residential - Townhouse maximum of 11.0 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["Front Yard minimum of 6.0 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Rear Yard minimum of 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"2.5 m for buildings or portions up to 11 m high; 4.5 m for buildings or portions up to 15 m high","quotes":["2.5 m for Buildings or portions thereof up to 11 m in Height","4.5 m for Buildings or portions up to 15 m in Height"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Side Yard Exterior minimum of 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["Detached dwelling units must be at least 2.5 m apart"],"quotes":["A minimum separation of 2.5 m between detached Dwelling Units"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Central Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 2270, 2026","url":"https://www.centralsaanich.ca/sites/default/files/2026-07/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202270%2C%202026.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The bylaw PDF is posted on the District's Resource Library (https://www.centralsaanich.ca/municipal-hall/resource-library/central-saanich-zoning-bylaw-no-2270-2026). No consolidation date is stated; the text is the full bylaw, and its zone list (s. 6.1) shows CD-BC where the zone section is headed CD-BSC. The water zones (W, W-BH, W-M, W-MB) are filed under group Rural for want of a closer group."},"source_url":"https://www.centralsaanich.ca/sites/default/files/2026-07/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202270%2C%202026.pdf#page=102","place":{"path":"ca/bc/central-saanich","name":"Central Saanich","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/r-ta/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/r-ta.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/r-ta.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/index.json"}}