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title: "C-15 zone in Saanich: Urban Mixed Use Zone"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: C-15
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-15/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-15.json"
---

# C-15 zone in Saanich: Urban Mixed Use Zone

Main uses: Retail Sales of Goods and Services, Personal Service, Office, Restaurant, Apartment, and 5 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Retail Sales of Goods and Services; Personal Service; Office; Restaurant; Apartment; Congregate Housing; Cable Hub Site; Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child; Daycare, Adult; Daycare, Child
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio of 2.30
- **Maximum height:** 22 m (72.2 ft)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from lot lines abutting a street; 3.75 m (12.3 ft) where the area between the building and lot line is landscaped and not used for off-street parking
- **Rear setback:** 0 m where the rear lot line does not abut a street, but at least 3.0 m (9.8 ft) unless the building is within 0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the rear lot line; 7.5 m (24.6 ft) where it abuts an RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m where the interior side lot line does not abut a street, but at least 3.0 m (9.8 ft) unless the building is within 0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the lot line; where it abuts an RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone: 3.0 m (9.8 ft) for a one-storey building, 6.0 m (19.7 ft) for a building of more than one storey
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from lot lines abutting a street; 3.75 m (12.3 ft) where the area between the building and lot line is landscaped and not used for off-street parking
- **Other rules:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from front, rear, exterior side and interior side lot lines for the part of a building used for apartment or congregate housing; Landscape area equal to 10% of the site area required, outside the building setback and parking areas; Underground parking not permitted within 3 m (9.8 ft) of a lot line abutting a street or public pedestrian right-of-way; Apartment or congregate housing only where no advertising use is on, above or attached to the storeys used

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 890](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=252) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Saanich: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/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/saanich/zoning/c-15/_