RA-9 zone in Saanich: Apartment Zone

Saanich, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Main uses: Apartment, Congregate Housing.

Zone rules

Main uses	Apartment Congregate Housing
Also allowed (secondary uses)	Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child Accessory Buildings and Structures Accessory Produce Sales
Maximum lot coverage	50% of the lot area (all buildings and structures)
Maximum density	Floor Space Ratio of 1.50, which may be increased to 1.70 where at least 80% of the required parking is concealed parking
Maximum height	13.0 m (no more than five levels of usable space)
Maximum height, accessory buildings	3.75 m
Front setback	6.0 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)
Rear setback	6.5 m
Interior side setback	4.0 m
Street side setback	6.0 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)
Accessory building setbacks	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
Other rules	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%

Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 735 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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