{"title":"C-3UH zone in Saanich: Shopping Centre University Heights Zone","code":"C-3UH","slug":"c-3uh","name":"Shopping Centre University Heights Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"821","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Shopping Centre (may include assembly, congregate housing, daycare, fast food restaurant, home occupation, liquor retail store, medical services, non-medical cannabis retail store, office, personal service, research, restaurant, retail).","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Shopping Centre (may include assembly, congregate housing, daycare, fast food restaurant, home occupation, liquor retail store, medical services, non-medical cannabis retail store, office, personal service, research, restaurant, retail)"],"quotes":["Apartment","Shopping Centre, which may include any"]},"max_density":{"value":"Development Area A: Floor Space Ratio of 2.12, no more than 597 dwelling units; Development Area B: Floor Space Ratio of .39, dwelling units prohibited","quotes":["Floor Space Ratio of 2.12.","shall not exceed 597.","Floor Space Ratio of .39.","Dwelling units are prohibited."]},"max_height":{"value":"Development Area A: 66.00 m; Development Area B: 40.84 m","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 66.00 m (216.54 ft).","Shall not exceed a height of 40.84 m (134 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"Development Area A: 3.00 m from a lot line abutting McKenzie Avenue, 0 m from Cedar Hill Road, 1.00 m from Shelbourne Street; Development Area B: 13.5 m from Cedar Hill Road, 50 m from Shelbourne Street","quotes":["3.00 m (9.84 ft) from a lot line abutting","McKenzie Avenue.","0 m (0 ft) from a lot line abutting","Cedar Hill Road.","1.00 m (3.28 ft) from a lot line abutting","Shelbourne Street.","13.5 m (44.29 ft) from a lot line abutting","50 m (164 ft) from a lot line abutting"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Development Area A: 0 m from an interior lot line; Development Area B: 33 m from the northern interior lot line","quotes":["0 m (0 ft) from an interior lot line.","33 m (108.27 ft) from the northern"]},"other":{"value":["Liquor Retail Store and Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store limited to one per shopping centre; each limited to 799 m² of Gross Floor Area","Apartment and congregate housing limited to storeys above the first storey","Within Development Area A, no building within 5.00 m of Cedar Hill Road lot line within 32.5 m of McKenzie Avenue lot line, as shown on the plan","Height is measured from sea level to the highest point of a building (excluding chimneys, vents, equipment and similar)"],"quotes":["Shall be limited to one per shopping centre.","799 m² (7535 ft²).","Shall be limited exclusively to storeys above the","5.00 m (16.40 ft) from a lot line abutting","32.5 m (106.6 ft) from","from sea level to the highest point of a building"]}},"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=217","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-3uh/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-3uh.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-3uh.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}