{"title":"C-4 zone in Saanich: Office & Apartment Zone","code":"C-4","slug":"c-4","name":"Office & Apartment Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"828","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Office, Medical Services, Apartment, Congregate Housing, Assembly, and 3 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Office","Medical Services","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Assembly","Attached Housing","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["Office","Medical Services","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Assembly","Attached Housing","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Buildings and Structures","Cable Hub Site"],"quotes":["Accessory Buildings and Structures","Cable Hub Site"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lot A Section 33 Victoria District Plan 14934 Except that part in plan 803RW and plan 33545 (Saanich Municipal Hall): pocket farm market, temporary farm market, food and beverage sales also permitted"],"quotes":["the following additional uses are permitted on Lot","A Section 33 Victoria District Plan 14934 Except","that part in plan 803RW and plan 33545 (Saanich","farm market, food and beverage sales."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.20","quotes":["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, attached housing or congregate housing use 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, attached housing or congregate housing use 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, attached housing or congregate housing use part of a building","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a front, exterior"]},"other":{"value":["Apartment, attached housing and congregate housing limited to storeys above the first storey, with no advertising on those storeys"],"quotes":["Shall be limited exclusively to storeys above the first","no advertising of any kind shall"]}},"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=229","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-4/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-4.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-4.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}