{"title":"MFC-CH zone in Saanich: Multi-Family Commercial Christmas Hill Zone","code":"MFC-CH","slug":"mfc-ch","name":"Multi-Family Commercial Christmas Hill Zone","group":"Residential","section":"1500","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Retail Sales of Goods and Services, Office, Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child, Daycare, Adult, and 1 more.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Retail Sales of Goods and Services","Office","Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","Daycare, Adult","Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["(a) Apartment","(c) Retail Sales of Goods and Services","(d) Office","(e) Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","(f) Daycare, Adult","(g) Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Buildings and Structures","Accessory Produce Sales"],"quotes":["(b) Accessory Buildings and Structures","(h) Accessory Produce Sales"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% of the lot area for buildings and structures","quotes":["structures shall be 40% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio 1.20; at most 79 apartment units and 585 m² (6297 ft²) of commercial floor area","quotes":["exceed a Floor Space Ratio of 1.20.","79 apartment units.","585 m2 (6297 ft2)."]},"max_height":{"value":"11.5 m (37.7 ft)","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 11.5 m (37.7 ft)."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 m (12.3 ft)","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 m (12.3 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"3.0 m (9.8 ft) from any lot line abutting a street; 4.5 m (14.8 ft) from Douglas Street; 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from Pat Bay Highway","quotes":["3.0 m (9.8 ft) from any lot line which","4.5 m (14.8 ft) from a lot line which","7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line which abuts","Pat Bay Highway."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"3.0 m (9.8 ft) from a rear lot line that does not abut a street","quotes":["3.0 m (9.8 ft) from a rear lot line which"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m (9.8 ft) from an interior lot line which abuts a street","quotes":["3.0 m (9.8 ft) from an interior lot line"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"3.0 m (9.8 ft) from any lot line abutting a street","quotes":["3.0 m (9.8 ft) from any lot line which"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"6.0 m (19.7 ft) from any lot line abutting a street; 1.5 m (4.9 ft) from an interior side lot line and a rear lot line not abutting a street","quotes":["6.0 m (19.7 ft) from any lot line which","1.5 m (4.9 ft) from an interior side lot line"]},"other":{"value":["Surface parking areas may cover at most 30% of the lot area","Accessory buildings and structures together may cover at most 10% of the lot"],"quotes":["(b) The maximum coverage of all surface parking","areas shall be 30% of the lot area.","Together shall not exceed a lot coverage of 10%."]}},"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=341","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/mfc-ch/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/mfc-ch.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/mfc-ch.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}