{"title":"C-2 zone in Saanich: General Commercial Zone","code":"C-2","slug":"c-2","name":"General Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"816","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Retail Sales of Goods and Services, Wholesaling Accessory to Retail Sales, Medical Services, Rental and Repair of Household Items, Tools, and Appliances, Personal Service, and 8 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Wholesaling Accessory to Retail Sales","Medical Services","Rental and Repair of Household Items, Tools, and Appliances","Personal Service","Office","Restaurant","Assembly","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Beverage Container Depot","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Wholesaling Accessory to Retail Sales","Medical Services","Rental and Repair of Household Items, Tools,","Personal Service","Office","Restaurant","Assembly","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Beverage Container Depot","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Residential","Supplementary Off-Street Parking","Cable Hub Site"],"quotes":["Accessory Residential","Supplementary Off-Street Parking","Cable Hub Site"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.20","quotes":["Space Ratio of 1.20."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 15.0 m (49.2 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m from a lot line abutting a street (3.75 m where the area is landscaped and not used for off-street parking); 7.5 m from front, exterior side and interior side lot lines for the apartment or congregate housing part of a building","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from any lot line abutting","3.75 m (12.3 ft).","7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a front, exterior side"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"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; 10.0 m for the apartment or congregate housing part of a building","quotes":["0 m from a rear lot line which does not","be 7.5 m (24.6 ft).","10.0 m","3.0 m (9.8 ft)","0.5 m (1.6 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)"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m for the apartment or congregate housing part of a building","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a front, exterior side"]},"other":{"value":["Apartment and congregate housing limited to storeys above the first storey and only where no advertising use is on, above or attached to those storeys","Beverage container depot collection and storage must be entirely inside a building or fully enclosed structure","Prohibited: lumber and building supply yard, vehicle and machinery sales or repair, neighbourhood public house"],"quotes":["Shall be limited exclusively to storeys above the first","Shall be permitted only where no Advertising","Collection activities and storage to be conducted","Lumber and Building Supply Yard","Neighbourhood Public House"]}},"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=207","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-2/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-2.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-2.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}