{"title":"C-16 zone in Saanich: Neighbourhood Mixed Use Zone C-16","code":"C-16","slug":"c-16","name":"Neighbourhood Mixed Use Zone C-16","group":"Commercial","section":"891","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Day Care, Adult, Day Care, Child, Congregate Housing, Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child, and 3 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Day Care, Adult","Day Care, Child","Congregate Housing","Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","Personal Service","Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Restaurant"],"quotes":["(a) Apartment","(c) Day Care, Adult","(d) Day Care, Child","(e) Congregate Housing","(f) Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","(g) Personal Service","(h) Retail Sales of Goods and Services","(i) Restaurant"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Residential"],"quotes":["(b) Accessory Residential"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60%","quotes":["structures shall not exceed 60%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 2.0; may be increased to 3.2 where at least 80% of proposed parking is in a parking structure below grade","quotes":["Buildings and Structures shall not exceed a Floor","Space Ratio of 2.0, except that where at least 80%","of the proposed parking is located within a parking","structure below grade, the Floor Space Ratio may be","increased to 3.2."]},"max_height":{"value":"15 m (49.2 ft) where lot coverage is greater than 55%; 20 m (65.6 ft) where lot coverage is less than 55%","quotes":["(c) Shall not exceed a height of 15 m (49.2 ft) for","greater than 55%; or","(d) Shall not exceed a height of 20 m (65.6 ft) where","the lot coverage is less than 55%."]},"setback_front":{"value":"5.0 m (16.4 ft) from any lot line abutting a street","quotes":["5.0 m (16.4 ft) from any lot line abutting a"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a rear lot line."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5.0 m (16.4 ft)","quotes":["5.0 m (16.4 ft) from an interior side lot line."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5.0 m (16.4 ft) from any lot line abutting a street","quotes":["5.0 m (16.4 ft) from any lot line abutting a"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings may not exceed a continuous horizontal width of 55.0 m (180.4 ft)","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"],"quotes":["(b) Shall not exceed a continuous horizontal width","of 55.0 m (180.4 ft).","not be permitted within 3 m (9.8 ft) of a lot","(a) Shall be permitted only where no Advertising","Use or Accessory Advertising Use is on, above,"]}},"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=254","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-16/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-16.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-16.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}