---
title: "RC-1 zone in Saanich: Residential Comprehensive Zone"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: RC-1
bylaw: "Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025)"
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rc-1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rc-1.json"
---

# RC-1 zone in Saanich: Residential Comprehensive Zone

Main uses: Single Family Dwelling, Attached Housing.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Single Family Dwelling; Attached Housing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child; Accessory Buildings and Structures; Accessory Produce Sales
- **Minimum lot area:** 750 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 27 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% of the lot area (all buildings and structures)
- **Maximum density:** One dwelling unit per 940 m² of lot area
- **Maximum height:** 7.5 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.75 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (from any lot line that abuts a street)
- **Rear setback:** 10.5 m (from a rear lot line that does not abut a street)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 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 5% of the site area outside setbacks and parking areas; Parking area can cover no more than 30% of the lot; All accessory buildings together: lot coverage up to 10%; Panhandle lots are not permitted

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 401](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=137) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Saanich: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rc-1/_