RM-3TR zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Trio Zone

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

In short

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 (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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