C-4 zone in Saanich: Office & Apartment Zone
Main uses: Office, Medical Services, Apartment, Congregate Housing, Assembly, and 3 more.
Zone rules
| Main uses |
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| Also allowed (secondary uses) |
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| Extra uses on specific lots | 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 |
| 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, attached housing or congregate housing use 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, attached housing or congregate housing use 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, attached housing or congregate housing use part of a building |
| Other rules | Apartment, attached housing and congregate housing limited to storeys above the first storey, with no advertising on those storeys |
Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 828 (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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