---
title: "C-2 zone in North Saanich: Restaurant Commercial"
place: North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/north-saanich
zone: C-2
bylaw: District of North Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 1255 (consolidated for convenience only, as of February 2023)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-saanich/zoning/c-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-saanich/zoning/c-2.json"
---

# C-2 zone in North Saanich: Restaurant Commercial

A restaurant, including with a single family residence

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A restaurant, including with a single family residence
- **Main uses:** Restaurant; Restaurant with Single Family Residential
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker’s Unit; Accessory Uses; Accessory Buildings and Structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 1.4 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 20% for restaurant with single family residential use; 5% for all other uses
- **Maximum density:** Floor area ratio 0.25 for a single family residential dwelling
- **Maximum height:** 9.15 m for restaurant; 6.55 m for single family dwelling
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 4.5 m
- **Front setback:** Restaurant 12 m; single family dwelling 7.6 m
- **Rear setback:** Restaurant 12 m; single family dwelling 7.6 m
- **Interior side setback:** Restaurant 12 m; single family dwelling 3 m (the bylaw also lists 15 metres for a corner lot 20 m wide or less)
- **Street side setback:** Restaurant 12 m; single family dwelling 7.6 m, or 4.5 m on a corner lot 20 m wide or less
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.6 m, rear 7.6 m, interior side 7.6 m, exterior side 7.6 m
- **Other rules:** One principal building, or 2 if one is a restaurant and the other a single family dwelling; Restaurant up to 350 m²; single family dwelling up to 465 m²; Accessory buildings (single family use): up to 2 (3 if one is a carport or garage), up to 56 m² (65 m² with a carport or garage); other uses: 1 building up to 150 m²

## Source

- [District of North Saanich Zoning Bylaw No. 1255 (consolidated for convenience only, as of February 2023), s. 505.2](https://www.northsaanich.ca/wp-content/uploads/1255-District-of-North-Saanich-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-1255-Consolidated-2023.pdf#page=98) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in North Saanich: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-saanich/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/north-saanich/zoning/c-2/_