{"title":"RA-6 zone in Saanich: Apartment Zone","code":"RA-6","slug":"ra-6","name":"Apartment Zone","group":"Residential","section":"720","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Congregate Housing.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing"],"quotes":["(a) Apartment","(b) 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":"35% of the lot area (all buildings and structures)","quotes":["The maximum coverage of all buildings and","structures shall be 35% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.20, which may be increased to 1.40 where at least 80% of the required parking is concealed parking","quotes":["Buildings and structures for an apartment use or","Space Ratio of 1.20 except that where at least 80% of","Space Ratio may be increased to 1.40."]},"max_height":{"value":"11.5 m (no more than five levels of usable space)","quotes":["(b) Shall not exceed a height of 11.5 m (37.7 ft).","(c) Shall not have more than five levels of usable"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 m","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 m (12.3 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from any lot line which","abuts a street."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"12.0 m","quotes":["12.0 m (39.4 ft) from a rear lot line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from an interior side lot"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from any lot line which","abuts a street."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"7.5 m from any lot line that abuts a street; 1.5 m from an interior side lot line and a rear lot line that does not abut a street","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from any lot line which","1.5 m (4.9 ft) from an interior side lot line","line and a rear lot line which does not"]},"other":{"value":["Open space: continuous landscape area of 10% of the site area outside setbacks and parking areas","Parking area can cover no more than 30% of the lot","Buildings cannot exceed a horizontal width of 55.0 m","All accessory buildings together: lot coverage up to 10%"],"quotes":["equal to 10%","The parking area shall occupy not more than","30% of the surface of the lot area.","Shall not exceed a horizontal width of 55.0 m","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=187","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-6/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-6.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-6.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}