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title: "C-3 zone in Saanich: Shopping Centre Zone"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: C-3
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-3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-3.json"
---

# C-3 zone in Saanich: Shopping Centre Zone

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.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Supplementary Off-Street Parking; Cable Hub Site
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio of 1.20
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m
- **Front setback:** 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
- **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; 10.0 m for the apartment or congregate housing part of a building
- **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
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m for the apartment or congregate housing part of a building
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 820](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=215) (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-3/_