{"title":"RA-10 zone in Saanich: Apartment Zone","code":"RA-10","slug":"ra-10","name":"Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"740","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Attached Housing, Congregate Housing.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Attached Housing","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["(a) Apartment","(b) Attached Housing","(c) Congregate Housing"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","Accessory Buildings and Structures","Accessory Produce Sales"],"quotes":["Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","Accessory Buildings and Structures","Accessory Produce Sales"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the lot area (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["The maximum coverage of all buildings and","structures shall not exceed 50% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.7, which may be increased to 1.9 where at least 80% of the required parking is within a parking structure below grade","quotes":["congregate housing use shall not exceed a Floor Space","Ratio of 1.7 except that where at least 80% of the","to 1.9."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m","quotes":["(b) Shall not exceed a height of 15.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 m","quotes":["(b) Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"5.0 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)","quotes":["5.0 m from any lot line which abuts a","street."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["7.5 m from a rear lot line."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"5.0 m","quotes":["5.0 m from an interior side lot line."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"5.0 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)","quotes":["5.0 m from any lot line which abuts a","street."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"5 m from any lot line that abuts a street; 1.5 m from any lot line that does not abut a street","quotes":["5 m from any lot line which abuts a street;","1.5 m from any lot line which does not"]},"other":{"value":["Attached housing must be in the same building as the apartment units, and each unit needs its own ground-level access","Attached housing needs 1.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit","Buildings cannot exceed a horizontal width of 55.0 m","Parking area can cover no more than 30% of the lot"],"quotes":["(a) Shall be sited within the same building or","structure providing apartment dwelling units;","(b) Each Attached Housing unit shall have its own","1.5 spaces per dwelling unit.","Shall not exceed a horizontal width of 55.0 m","The parking area shall occupy not more than","30% of the surface of the lot area."]}},"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=195","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/ra-10/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-10.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-10.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}