---
title: "RM-RG zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Richmond Gate Zone"
place: Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/saanich
zone: RM-RG
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-rg/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rm-rg.json"
---

# RM-RG zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Richmond Gate Zone

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

## Zone rules

- **Main uses:** Apartment; Attached Housing; Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory Buildings and Structures; Accessory Produce Sales
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 40% of the lot area
- **Maximum density:** Floor Space Ratio of 1.20 for attached housing or apartment, increased to 1.40 where at least 80% of required parking is concealed
- **Maximum height:** 8.5 m for attached housing; 15.0 m for apartment
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.75 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m from any lot line for an apartment; 3.5 m from any lot line for attached housing
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m from any lot line for an apartment; 3.5 m from any lot line for attached housing
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m from any lot line for an apartment; 3.5 m from any lot line for attached housing
- **Street side setback:** 7.5 m from any lot line for an apartment; 3.5 m from any lot line for attached housing
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 7.5 m from any lot line abutting a street; 1.5 m from an interior side lot line and a rear lot line not abutting a street
- **Other rules:** Landscaped open space of 15% of the site is required, outside setbacks and parking areas; Accessory buildings and structures together may cover at most 10% of the lot; Parking area at most 30% of the lot area

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 8200 (Saanich, September 2003; office consolidation current on the District website, amendments include B. 10058 2025), s. 1610](https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Local~Government/Documents/Planning/zone8200.pdf#page=347) (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-rg/_