{"title":"C-2NC zone in Saanich: General Commercial Neighbourhood Centre","code":"C-2NC","slug":"c-2nc","name":"General Commercial Neighbourhood Centre","group":"Commercial","section":"819","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 7 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","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","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 1.75","quotes":["Space Ratio of 1.75."]},"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","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","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=213","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-2nc/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-2nc.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-2nc.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}