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title: "RM-3TR zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Trio Zone"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: RM-3TR
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/rm-3tr/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rm-3tr.json"
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# RM-3TR zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Trio Zone

Main uses: Apartment, Attached Housing, Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child, Accessory Produce Sales.

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Apartment; Attached Housing; Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child; Accessory Produce Sales
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures
- **Minimum lot area:** 900 m² (9688 ft²) standard lot; panhandle lots not permitted
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m (98.4 ft) standard lot
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 35% of the lot area
- **Maximum density:** 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
- **Maximum height:** Attached housing 7.5 m (24.6 ft); apartment 18.0 m (59.0 ft)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.75 m (12.3 ft)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line abutting a street (attached housing and apartment)
- **Rear setback:** 10.5 m (34.5 ft) from a rear lot line which does not abut a street (attached housing and apartment)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) (attached housing and apartment)
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m (24.6 ft) from a lot line abutting a street (attached housing and apartment)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 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
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 1300](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=329) (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/rm-3tr/_