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C-3L zone in Saanich: Shopping Centre / Major Liquor Zone

Saanich, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Main uses: Shopping Centre, Display and/or Retail Sale of all Classes of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, Personal Service, Medical Services, Restaurant, and 13 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
  • Liquor Retail Store
  • Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store
  • Daycare, Adult
  • Daycare, Child
Also allowed (secondary uses)
  • Supplementary Off-Street Parking
  • Cable Hub Site
Maximum densityFloor Space Ratio of 1.20; Liquor Retail Store or Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store limited to 700 m² of Gross Floor Area
Maximum height15.0 m
Front setback7.5 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 setback0 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 setback0 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 setback7.5 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
  • Liquor Retail Store, Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store and Service Station each 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. 826 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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