{"title":"C-1 zone in Saanich: Local Commercial Zone","code":"C-1","slug":"c-1","name":"Local Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"801","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Retail Sales of Groceries, Perishable Items and Sundry Household Items, Personal Service, Restaurant, Repair of Household Furnishings and Appliances, Office, and 2 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail Sales of Groceries, Perishable Items and Sundry Household Items","Personal Service","Restaurant","Repair of Household Furnishings and Appliances","Office","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["Retail Sales of Groceries, Perishable Items and","Personal Service","Restaurant","Repair of Household Furnishings and","Office","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Residential","Cable Hub Site"],"quotes":["Accessory Residential","Cable Hub Site"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"550 m² (standard lot); panhandle lots not permitted","quotes":["area 550 m2 (5920 ft2)","not permitted"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"18 m (standard lot)","quotes":["width 18 m (59.1 ft)"]},"max_density":{"value":"Gross Floor Area of 275 m² (2960 ft²)","quotes":["275 m2 (2960 ft2)"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 7.5 m (24.6 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m from a lot line abutting a street (may be reduced to 3.75 m where the area is landscaped and not used for off-street parking)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from any lot line abutting","may be reduced to 3.75 m (12.3 ft)."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m or 3.0 m from a rear lot line not abutting a street; 7.5 m where the rear lot line abuts an A, RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone","quotes":["0 m or 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from a rear lot line","minimum setback shall be 7.5 m (24.6 ft)."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m from an interior side lot line (if not built within 0.5 m of the line, at least 3.0 m); where it abuts an A, RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone: 3.0 m for a one-storey building, 6.0 m for a building of more than one storey","quotes":["0 m from an interior side lot line which","3.0 m (9.8 ft) in the case of a one","6.0 m (19.7 ft) in the case of a","0.5 m (1.6 ft)"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory residential must be inside the building containing a permitted commercial use","Prohibited: lumber and building supply yard; sale, servicing or repair of vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, recreation vehicles, boats, farm and industrial machinery and engines"],"quotes":["Shall be located within the building containing a","permitted commercial use and may be on the main floor.","Lumber and Building Supply Yard.","Vehicles, Trailers, Mobile Homes, Recreation"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025)","url":"https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The District publishes the whole bylaw as one PDF and a separate Zoning Bylaw Amendment List (https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/Zoning%20Bylaw%208200%20Amendments.pdf). Each zone is a numbered Schedule (e.g. Schedule 101 = zone A-1); the 'section' field holds the schedule number."},"source_url":"https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=201","place":{"path":"ca/bc/saanich","name":"Saanich","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}