{"title":"C-8 zone in Saanich: Service Station Zone","code":"C-8","slug":"c-8","name":"Service Station Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"868","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Service Station, Servicing and Repair of Motor Vehicles, Auto Wash, Taxi Office, Cable Hub Site.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Service Station","Servicing and Repair of Motor Vehicles","Auto Wash","Taxi Office","Cable Hub Site"],"quotes":["(a) Service Station","(b) Servicing and Repair of Motor Vehicles","(c) Auto Wash","(e) Taxi Office","(h) Cable Hub Site"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Storage and Rental of Trucks (under 5000 kg) and Utility Trailers, accessory to a Service Station","Retail Sale of Groceries, Perishable Items and Sundry Household Items, accessory to a Service Station","Restaurant accessory to a Service Station Use"],"quotes":["(d) Storage and Rental of Trucks having a Gross","(f) Retail Sale of Groceries, Perishable Items and","(g) Restaurant accessory to a Service Station Use","Vehicle Weight not exceeding 5000 kg, and"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft)","quotes":["(b) Shall not exceed a height of 7.5 m (24.6 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"10.5 m (34.4 ft) from any lot line abutting a street","quotes":["10.5 m (34.4 ft) from any lot line abutting"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m where the rear lot line does not abut a street, but at least 3.0 m (9.8 ft) unless the building is within 0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the rear lot line; 7.5 m (24.6 ft) where it abuts an A, RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone","quotes":["(24.6 ft).","not less than 3.0 m (9.8","0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the rear lot line, it","0 m from a rear lot line which does","(1.6 ft) of the rear lot line","0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the rear lot line","be sited not less than 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from","sited not less than 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from","be 7.5 m (24.6 ft).","7.5 m (24.6 ft)."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m where the interior side lot line does not abut a street, but at least 3.0 m (9.8 ft) unless the building is within 0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the lot line; where it abuts an A, RS, RD, RC, RT, RM, RA or RP zone: 3.0 m (9.8 ft) for a one-storey building, 6.0 m (19.7 ft) for a building of more than one storey","quotes":["0.5 m (1.6 ft) of the interior side lot","0 m from an interior side lot line which","3.0 m (9.8 ft) in the case of a one-","6.0 m (19.7 ft) in the case of a"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"10.5 m (34.4 ft) from any lot line abutting a street","quotes":["10.5 m (34.4 ft) from any lot line abutting"]},"other":{"value":["Canopies: 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from all lot lines","Gasoline pump stands, compressed air connections and other equipment: 4.5 m (14.8 ft) from all lot lines","Not permitted: Body Shop, Paint Shop, Welding Shop, Machine Shop"],"quotes":["3.0 m (9.8 ft) from all lot lines for a","4.5 m (14.8 ft) from all lot lines for","(a) Body Shop","(b) Paint Shop","(c) Welding Shop","(d) Machine Shop"]}},"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=243","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-8/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-8.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/c-8.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}