{"title":"RM-SH1 zone in Saanich: Residential Mixed Sayward Hill Zone","code":"RM-SH1","slug":"rm-sh1","name":"Residential Mixed Sayward Hill Zone","group":"Residential","section":"1315","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Main uses: Single Family Dwelling, Apartment, Congregate Housing, Attached Housing, Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child.","fields":{"primary_uses":{"value":["Single Family Dwelling","Apartment","Congregate Housing","Attached Housing","Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child"],"quotes":["(a) Single Family Dwelling","(b) Apartment","(c) Congregate Housing","(d) Attached Housing","(e) Home Occupation Office and Daycare, Child"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory Buildings and Structures","Accessory Produce Sales"],"quotes":["(f) Accessory Buildings and Structures","(g) Accessory Produce Sales"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"40% for all buildings and structures","quotes":["The maximum lot coverage for all buildings","and structures zoned RM-SH1 shall be 40%."]},"max_density":{"value":"Floor Space Ratio .75; no more than 202 dwelling units in total on all RM-SH1 lands","quotes":["RM-SH1 shall be .75. For a single family","The total combined number of dwelling units","202."]},"max_height":{"value":"7.5 m (24.6 ft) single family; 11.0 m (36.1 ft) attached housing; 18.0 m (60 ft) apartment or congregate housing","quotes":["shall not exceed a height of 7.5 m","(24.6 ft).","shall not exceed a height of 11.0 m","(36.1 ft).","18.0 m (60 ft)."]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"3.75 m (12.3 ft)","quotes":["Shall not exceed a height of 3.75 m","(12.3 ft)."]},"setback_front":{"value":"Attached housing: 3.75 m (12.3 ft); garage or carport 6.0 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["3.75 m (12.3 ft) from a front lot line, a","must be sited 6.0 m (19.7 ft) from the"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"Attached housing: 3.75 m (12.3 ft)","quotes":["3.75 m (12.3 ft) from a front lot line, a","rear lot line, or a lot line which abuts a"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"Attached housing: 1.0 m (3.2 ft), with combined interior setbacks of 4.5 m (14.7 ft)","quotes":["1.0 m (3.2 ft) from an interior lot line","setbacks shall be 4.5 m (14.7 ft)."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"Attached housing: 3.75 m (12.3 ft); garage or carport 6.0 m (19.7 ft)","quotes":["3.75 m (12.3 ft) from a front lot line, a","rear lot line, or a lot line which abuts a","must be sited 6.0 m (19.7 ft) from the"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"3.75 m (12.3 ft) from a front lot line or any lot line abutting a street; 3.0 m (9.8 ft) from an interior side yard abutting attached housing, apartment or congregate housing","quotes":["3.75 m (12.3 ft) from a front lot line, or","any lot line which abuts a street.","3.0 m (9.8 ft) from an interior side"]},"other":{"value":["Accessory buildings and structures together may cover at most 15% of all RM-SH1 lands","Apartment or congregate housing parking area: at most 30% of the lot area"],"quotes":["Shall not exceed a combined lot coverage","for all lands zoned RM-SH1 of 15%.","The parking area shall not occupy more than 30% of"]}},"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=335","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-sh1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rm-sh1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/rm-sh1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/saanich/zoning/index.json"}}