{"title":"C-3 zone in Saanich: Shopping Centre Zone","code":"C-3","slug":"c-3","name":"Shopping Centre Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"820","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Shopping Centre, Display and/or Retail Sale of all Classes of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, Personal Service, Medical Services, Restaurant, and 11 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Shopping Centre","Display and/or Retail Sale of all Classes of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise","Personal Service","Medical Services","Restaurant","Drive-In Restaurant","Fast Food Restaurant","Office","Recreation Facility","Assembly","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Service Station","Beverage Container Depot","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["Shopping Centre; which may include the following","Display and/or Retail Sale of all Classes of","Personal Service","Medical Services","Restaurant","Drive-In Restaurant","Fast Food Restaurant","Office","Recreation Facility","Assembly","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Service Station","Beverage Container Depot","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Supplementary Off-Street Parking","Cable Hub Site"],"quotes":["Supplementary Off-Street Parking","Cable Hub Site"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.20","quotes":["Floor 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"]},"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 (32.8 ft)","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","Service station limited to one per shopping centre","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; carnivals, circuses and fairs"],"quotes":["Shall be limited exclusively to storeys above","Shall be permitted only where no Advertising","(a) Shall be limited to one per shopping centre.","Collection activities and storage to be conducted","Carnivals, Circuses, and Fairs","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=215","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-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}