{"title":"RA-CA zone in Saanich: Apartment / Church Avenue Zone","code":"RA-CA","slug":"ra-ca","name":"Apartment / Church Avenue Zone","group":"Residential","section":"1605","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Congregate Housing, Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Congregate Housing","Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["(a) Apartment","(b) Congregate Housing","(c) Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Buildings and Structures","Accessory Produce Sales"],"quotes":["(d) Accessory Buildings and Structures","(e) Accessory Produce Sales"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% of the lot area","quotes":["structures shall be 40% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio of 1.45 for apartment or congregate housing","quotes":["Space Ratio of 1.45."]},"max_height":{"value":"12.5 m (41.0 ft)","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 12.5 m (41.0 ft)."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 (12.3 ft)","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 (12.3 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"6.0 m (19.7 ft) from a lot line abutting a street","quotes":["6.0 m (19.7 ft) from a lot line which"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a rear lot line that does not abut a street","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a rear lot line"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6.0 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["6.0 m (19.7 ft) from an interior side"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m (19.7 ft) from a lot line abutting a street","quotes":["6.0 m (19.7 ft) from a 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","1.5 m (4.9 ft) from an interior side lot"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures together may cover at most 10% of the lot","Parking area at most 30% of the lot area"],"quotes":["(c) Together shall not exceed a lot coverage of","10%.","30% 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=346","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-ca/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-ca.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/ra-ca.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}