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SSR zone in Victoria: Saghalie Road District

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

In short

Saghalie Road District, divided into Development Areas 1 to 5.

Zone rules

PurposeSaghalie Road District, divided into Development Areas 1 to 5.
Main uses
  • Development Areas 1, 2, 3-A and 4: multiple dwellings, commercial, live/work
  • Development Area 3-B: multiple dwellings, commercial, live/work, seniors' housing - assisted living, seniors' housing – independent living
  • Development Area 5: park, park accessory uses
Minimum lot areaArea 1: 7200 m²; Area 2: 6200 m²; Area 3-A: 3842 m²; Area 3-B: 7944 m²; Area 4: 5400 m²
Maximum lot coverageAreas 1, 2, 3-A and 4: 40%; Area 3-B: 50%
Maximum densityFloor space ratio: Area 1: 2 to 1; Area 2: 2.6 to 1; Area 3-A: 0.72 to 1; Area 3-B: 0.72 to 1 (1.79:1 when all community amenities are provided); Area 4: 2.6 to 1
Maximum heightArea 1: 45 m and 13 storeys; Area 2: 35 m and 10 storeys; Areas 3-A and 3-B: 17 m and 5 storeys; Area 4: 40 m and 11 storeys (measured from grade to the highest ceiling)
Front setbackBuild to line: for the first 2 storeys, 6 m from Saghalie Road (Areas 1, 2 and 4)
Other rules
  • Setbacks from lot lines: Area 1: 10 m Esquimalt Road, 10 m southeast, 3 m west; Area 2: 10 m Esquimalt Road, 10 m south, 3 m west; Area 3-A: 10 m south, 3 m north, 6 m east, 3 m west; Area 3-B: 3 m north, 10 m south, 3 m west, 3 m east; Area 4: 6 m northwest, 6 m west, 3 m east
  • Open site space at least: Area 1 50%; Area 2 40%; Area 3-A 50%; Area 3-B 40%; Area 4 40%
  • Commercial use only on the ground floor and no more than 190 m² per building (Areas 1 to 4)
  • At least 2 parking spaces for every live/work unit, all parking enclosed (Area 3-B: 0.5 stalls per independent living unit, 0.35 per assisted living unit)

Source: Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (consolidated on October 17, 2019 up to Bylaw No. 19-074; zone Parts amended to Bylaw 24-060, August 2024) and Zoning Bylaw 2018 (consolidated on June 9, 2022 up to Bylaw No. 22-048), s. 10.42 (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. Victoria has two zoning bylaws in force. Zoning Bylaw 2018 (zones GRD-1, LVD-1, CVD-1, TCD-1, CBD-1, CBD-2, MRD-1, OTD-1, IAI-1, MI-1, LI-1, HI-1; https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/zoning-bylaw-2018) applies to the areas on its Map 1: the Downtown Core Area and most commercial and low-density residential properties in town centres, urban villages and residential fabric. The Zoning Regulation Bylaw No. 80-159 (one PDF per zone) still governs the rest, including most industrial, medium and high density residential outside downtown, comprehensive development districts and some commercial properties. The City says its website bylaws are office consolidations provided for convenience; refer to the bylaws and amendments at City Hall. In text.txt every file starts at a '[source <url>]' line; the first file is the Introduction & General Regulations of Bylaw 80-159 and the Zoning Bylaw 2018 is appended at the end. Zones whose PDF has no text layer (image-only; no OCR was run) have no lines or pdf_page, only source_url; 179 codes, listed in places/victoria/no-text-layer.txt. For zones with text, pdf_page is the page inside that zone's own PDF (always the first page). 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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