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title: "C-17 zone in Saanich: Neighbourhood Mixed Use Zone C-17"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: C-17
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-17/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-17.json"
---

# C-17 zone in Saanich: Neighbourhood Mixed Use Zone C-17

Main uses: Apartment, Attached Housing, Day Care, Adult, Day Care, Child, Congregate Housing, and 6 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Apartment; Attached Housing; Day Care, Adult; Day Care, Child; Congregate Housing; Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child; Personal Service; Retail Sales of Goods and Services; Restaurant; Medical Services; Office
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio of 3.55
- **Maximum height:** 21.5 m
- **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; Apartment or congregate housing only where no advertising use is on, above or attached to the storeys used; Not permitted: Lumber and Building Supply Yard; Beverage Container Depot except as an accessory use with all activity inside a building

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 892](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=255) (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-17/_