{"title":"C-2LRS zone in Saanich: General Commercial / Liquor Retail Zone","code":"C-2LRS","slug":"c-2lrs","name":"General Commercial / Liquor Retail Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"818","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Retail Sales of Goods and Services, Wholesaling Accessory to a Retail Sales Use, Medical Services, Rental and Repair of Household Items, Tools, and Appliances, Personal Service, and 10 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Wholesaling Accessory to a Retail Sales Use","Medical Services","Rental and Repair of Household Items, Tools, and Appliances","Personal Service","Office","Restaurant","Assembly","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Beverage Container Depot","Liquor Retail Store","Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Wholesaling Accessory to a Retail Sales Use","Medical Services","Rental and Repair of Household Items, Tools,","Personal Service","Office","Restaurant","Assembly","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Beverage Container Depot","Liquor Retail Store","Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store","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; Liquor Retail Store or Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store limited to 275 m² of Gross Floor Area","quotes":["space ratio of 1.20.","275 m2 (2960 ft2)"]},"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"]},"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","RA, or RP zone","10.0 m","3.0 m (9.8 ft)","7.5 m (24.6 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","in the case of a","one-","0.5 m (1.6 ft)","6.0 m (19.7 ft)","3.0 m (9.8 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"]},"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","Liquor Retail Store and Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store limited to one per parcel","Beverage container depot collection and storage must be entirely inside a building or fully enclosed structure","Prohibited: lumber and building supply yard; sale, servicing or repair of vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, recreation vehicles, boats, farm and industrial machinery and engines (except as accessory to a department or hardware store); neighbourhood public house"],"quotes":["Shall be limited exclusively to storeys above","Shall be permitted only where no Advertising","Shall be limited to one per parcel.","Collection activities and storage to be conducted","Lumber and Building Supply Yard","Mobile Homes, Recreation","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=211","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-2lrs/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-2lrs.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-2lrs.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}