{"title":"RM-3TR zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Trio Zone","code":"RM-3TR","slug":"rm-3tr","name":"Residential Mixed Trio Zone","group":"Residential","section":"1300","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Apartment, Attached Housing, Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child, Accessory Produce Sales.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Apartment","Attached Housing","Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","Accessory Produce Sales"],"quotes":["(a) Apartment","(b) Attached Housing","(c) Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child","(e) Accessory Produce Sales"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Buildings and Structures"],"quotes":["(d) Accessory Buildings and Structures"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"900 m² (9688 ft²) standard lot; panhandle lots not permitted","quotes":["(a) Standard Lot","area 900 m2 (9688 ft2)","(b) Panhandle Lot","not permitted"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m (98.4 ft) standard lot","quotes":["width 30 m (98.4 ft)"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"35% of the lot area","quotes":["(a) Lot Coverage - The maximum lot coverage of","35% of the lot area."]},"max_density":{"value":"110 dwelling units in total for all lands zoned RM-3TR, or 1 dwelling unit per 268 m² (2798 ft²) of lot area zoned RM-3TR, whichever is the lesser","quotes":["shall not exceed 110 units (one hundred and","ten), or 1 dwelling unit per 268 m2 (2798 ft2) of","lot area zoned RM-3TR, whichever is the lesser."]},"max_height":{"value":"Attached housing 7.5 m (24.6 ft); apartment 18.0 m (59.0 ft)","quotes":["shall not exceed a height of 7.5 m","(24.6 ft).","not exceed a height of 18.0 m","(59.0 ft)."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 m (12.3 ft)","quotes":["(b) Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 m (12.3 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line abutting a street (attached housing and apartment)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line","abutting a street."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10.5 m (34.5 ft) from a rear lot line which does not abut a street (attached housing and apartment)","quotes":["10.5 m (34.5 ft) from a rear lot line which","does not abut a street."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft) (attached housing and apartment)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from an interior side"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line abutting a street (attached housing and apartment)","quotes":["7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line","abutting a street."]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line abutting a street; 1.5 m (4.9 ft) from an interior side lot line and a rear lot line which does not abut a street","quotes":["(i) 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line abutting","1.5 m (4.9 ft) from an interior side lot","line and a rear lot line which does not"]},"other":{"value":["Landscape area of at least 5% of the total site area, reduced 1% for every 1% that lot coverage is less than the maximum","Building separation: continuous 90 degree arc of 15.0 m (49.2 ft) from windows in a living room, 12.0 m (39.4 ft) from other habitable room windows, 6.0 m (19.7 ft) from other windows, walls and corners for attached housing (12.0 m (39.3 ft) for apartment)","Parking area limited to 30% of the lot area; apartment parking not within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of a front lot line or rear lot line which abuts a street, or within 3.0 m (9.8 ft) of an exterior side lot line","Accessory buildings together limited to 10% lot coverage"],"quotes":["equal to 5%","continuous 90 degree horizontal arc unencumbered","(b) The 5% open space requirement shall be","reduced 1% for every 1% that the lot coverage","(a) 15.0 m (49.2 ft) from the centre of all windows","(b) 12.0 m (39.4 ft) from the centre of all windows","6.0 m (19.7 ft) from the centre of all other","12.0 m (39.3 ft) for an apartment use.","(a) The parking area shall occupy not more than","30% of the surface of the lot area.","within 7.5 m (24.6 ft) of a front lot","line or a rear lot line which abuts a street, or","within 3.0 m (9.8 ft) of an exterior side lot line.","(c) 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=329","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/rm-3tr/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rm-3tr.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rm-3tr.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}