{"title":"RA-12 zone in Saanich: Apartment Zone","code":"RA-12","slug":"ra-12","name":"Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"750","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Congregate Housing.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["Apartment","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":"65% of the lot area (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["shall not exceed 65% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.8","quotes":["Ratio of 1.8."]},"max_height":{"value":"15.0 m","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 15.0 m."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 m","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 m."]},"setback_front":{"value":"4.5 m from any lot line that abuts a street","quotes":["4.5 m from any lot line which abuts a"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"4.0 m","quotes":["4.0 m from a rear lot line."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"3.0 m","quotes":["3.0 m from an interior side lot line."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"4.5 m (same as any lot line that abuts a street)","quotes":["4.5 m from any lot line which abuts a"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"5.0 m from a lot line that abuts a street; 1.5 m from a lot line that does not","quotes":["5.0 m from any lot line which abuts a","1.5 m from any lot line which does not"]},"other":{"value":["Apartment and congregate housing buildings may not exceed a horizontal width of 55.0 m","Accessory buildings and structures together may cover no more than 10% of the lot","Walls of buildings on the same lot must keep a clear 90 degree arc of 15.0 m from living room windows and 12.0 m from other habitable room windows, walls and outside corners","Parking area may occupy no more than 30% of the lot area"],"quotes":["Shall not exceed a horizontal width of 55.0 m.","Together shall not exceed a lot coverage of 10%.","continuous 90 degree horizontal arc unencumbered","15.0 m (49.2 ft) from the centre of all windows","12.0 m (39.4 ft) from the centre of all windows","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=197","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-12/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-12.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-12.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}