{"title":"C-5 zone in Saanich: Civic Core Zone","code":"C-5","slug":"c-5","name":"Civic Core Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"852","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Assembly, Medical Services, Office, Personal Service Establishment, Restaurant, and 7 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Assembly","Medical Services","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Restaurant","Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Tourist Accommodation","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Beverage Container Depot","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["Assembly","Medical Services","Office","Personal Service Establishment","Restaurant","Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Tourist Accommodation","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Beverage Container Depot","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Cable Hub Site"],"quotes":["Cable Hub Site"]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 2.0 for apartment, congregate housing or tourist accommodation; 1.5 for any other use","quotes":["of 2.0 and buildings and structures for any other","use shall not exceed a Floor Space Ratio of 1.5."]},"max_height":{"value":"37.0 m for apartments, tourist accommodation and congregate housing; 28.0 m for all other land uses","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 37.0 m (121.4 ft","for apartments, tourist accommodation, and","28.0 m (91.8 ft"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m from any lot line abutting a street","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft","from any lot line abutting"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m from an interior side or rear lot line where it does not abut a street","quotes":["0 m from an interior side or rear lot line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m from an interior side or rear lot line where it does not abut a street","quotes":["0 m from an interior side or rear lot line"]},"other":{"value":["Buildings must be at least 5.0 m from the surface of parking areas, roadways and driveways","Where a building has mixed uses, the use with the largest Gross Floor Area decides the maximum height and density","Beverage container depot collection and storage must be entirely inside a building or fully enclosed structure","Prohibited: lumber and building supply yard; vehicle, boat and machinery sales or repair (except as accessory to a department or hardware store); neighbourhood public house"],"quotes":["5.0 m (16.4 ft) from the surface of","the land use having the","Collection activities and storage to be conducted","Lumber and Building Supply Yard","Neighbourhood Public House"]}},"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=235","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-5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}