{"title":"RU-FW zone in Central Saanich: Rural - Forest (Wallace)","code":"RU-FW","slug":"ru-fw","name":"Rural - Forest (Wallace)","group":"Rural","section":"6.30","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Residential - Single Detached, Agriculture, excluding Feed Lots.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Residential - Single Detached","Agriculture, excluding Feed Lots"],"note":"Agriculture may not exceed 25% of the total lot area.","quotes":["Residential - Single Detached","Agriculture, excluding Feed Lots","Agriculture shall not exceed 25% of the total Lot Area."]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Agricultural Retail Stand","Equestrian or Riding Stable","Home Occupation - Rural","Secondary Dwelling Unit(s)","Water reservoirs and sewage treatment facilities"],"quotes":["Agricultural Retail Stand","Equestrian or Riding Stable","Home Occupation - Rural, in accordance with Section 5.4","Secondary Dwelling Unit(s), in accordance with Section 4.5","accessory uses in this zone include water reservoirs and sewage treatment"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"10% of the Lot perimeter (for subdivision)","quotes":["Lot Frontage minimum of 10% of the Lot perimeter"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"30% on a Standard Lot; 25% on a Panhandle Lot (excluding cottage or carriage house)","quotes":["shall not","exceed 30% on a Standard Lot","exceed 25% on a"]},"max_density":{"value":"One principal residence per lot; maximum of 57 residential lots in the zone","quotes":["There may not be more than one principal residence on a Lot","maximum of 57"]},"max_height":{"value":"8.0 m for Residential - Single Detached on a Standard Lot; 4.5 m on a Panhandle Lot (8.0 m if sited at least 8.0 m from any lot line)","quotes":["for a Residential - Single Detached on a Standard Lot is 8.0 m","Panhandle Lot is 4.5","m, except where the dwelling is sited a minimum of 8.0 m from any Lot Line the Height may be"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m (water reservoir may be up to 20 m)","quotes":["for Accessory Buildings is 4.5 m, except that a water reservoir","may have a Height up to 20 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Front Yard minimum of 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Rear Yard minimum of 7.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Side Yard Interior minimum of 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["Side Yard Exterior minimum of 6.0 m"]},"other":{"value":["Principal residence limited to 407 m² gross floor area","Cottage or Carriage House limited to 90 m² floor area and 6.5 m high (roof no higher than 7.5 m)","Accessory structures limited to 60 m² gross floor area","Residential buildings at least 2.5 m apart and no more than 50 m apart"],"quotes":["shall not exceed 407 m²","may not exceed a Gross Floor Area","of 90 m²","60 m²","is 6.5 m, however no portion of the roof may extend above 7.5 m","A minimum separation of 2.5 m between residential Buildings","A maximum separation of 50 m between Buildings"]}},"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=112","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/ru-fw/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/ru-fw.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/ru-fw.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/central-saanich/zoning/index.json"}}