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title: "C-1V zone in Saanich: Commercial Village Zone"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: C-1V
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-1v/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-1v.json"
---

# C-1V zone in Saanich: Commercial Village Zone

Main uses: Retail Sales of Goods and Services, Personal Service, Office, Restaurant, Attached Housing, and 3 more.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Retail Sales of Goods and Services; Personal Service; Office; Restaurant; Attached Housing; Apartment; Daycare, Adult; Daycare, Child
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Residential; Cable Hub Site; Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio of 0.75
- **Maximum height:** 12.0 m
- **Front setback:** 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)
- **Rear setback:** 0 m from a rear lot line not abutting a street (if not built within 0.5 m of the line, at least 3.0 m); 7.5 m where the rear lot line abuts an A, RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone
- **Interior side setback:** 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
- **Other rules:** Apartment limited to storeys above the first storey; No more than 50% of the building lot coverage may be occupied by vehicle parking and circulation area under the building; Accessory residential must be inside the building housing a permitted commercial use; Prohibited: lumber and building supply yard, vehicle and machinery sales or repair, neighbourhood public house, medical services

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 810](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=205) (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-1v/_