{"title":"C3 zone in Sooke: Service Commercial","code":"C3","slug":"c3","name":"Service Commercial","group":"Commercial","section":"403","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Service commercial uses that are automobile dependent.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Service commercial uses that are automobile dependent.","quotes":["This zone provides for service commercial uses within the","District of Sooke that are automobile dependent."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Artisan Industry","Auto service facility","Body and paint shops","Car Wash","Carpentry shops","Equipment sales/service/ Rentals","Gas bar","Health services","Machine shops","Micro Brewery","Office","Parking lot, parkade","Personal services","Place of worship","Retail","Restaurant","Vehicle repair","Vehicle sales/rentals","Wholesale, storage or warehousing"],"quotes":["Artisan Industry","Auto service facility","Body and paint shops","Car Wash","Carpentry shops","Equipment sales/service/","Gas bar","Health services","Machine shops","Micro Brewery","Office","Parking lot, parkade","Personal services","Place of worship","Retail","Restaurant","Vehicle repair","Vehicle sales/rentals","Wholesale, storage or"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot","Employee housing","Unenclosed storage"],"quotes":["Accessory dwelling unit, one","Employee housing","Unenclosed storage"]},"site_specific":{"value":["Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 25, 26, 27 and 28, Block 11, Section 14, Sooke District, Plan 217: Car wash, Gas bar, Place of worship, Restaurant and Employee housing are prohibited, and principal building height is limited to 10 m","Eastern portion of That Part of Section 14, Sooke District shown as closed road on Plan VIP78310: only landscaping and unenclosed motor vehicle parking accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Lot 1, Block 11, Section 14, Sooke District, Plan 217","Lot 28, Block 11, Section 14, Sooke District, Plan 217”","a Car wash, Gas bar, Place of worship, Restaurant and Employee","building is not to exceed 10m.","eastern portion of That Part of Section 14, Sooke District shown as","landscaping and unenclosed motor vehicle parking accessory to a"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"600 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it","quotes":["a) Within Sewer Specified Area: 600 m2","b) Outside of Sewer Specified Area: 1 ha"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["Minimum Width for Subdivision Purposes: 15 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"60% within the Sewer Specified Area; 40% outside it","quotes":["a) Within Sewer Specified Area: 60%","b) Outside of Sewer Specified Area: 40%"]},"max_height":{"value":"15 m","quotes":["a) Principal Buildings: 15 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"9 m","quotes":["b) Accessory Buildings: 9 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"0 m","quotes":["Building or 0m 0m 0m 0m 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones","quotes":["Building or 0m 0m 0m 0m 0m","residential 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m 4.5 m 0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones","quotes":["Building or 0m 0m 0m 0m 0m","residential 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m 4.5 m 0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones","quotes":["Building or 0m 0m 0m 0m 0m","residential 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m 4.5 m 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Parking lot, parkade height must not exceed 6 m","Machine shops up to 200 m² total floor area; wholesale, storage or warehousing buildings up to 700 m²","Micro Brewery up to 500 m² and Artisan Industry up to 200 m² gross floor area"],"quotes":["a) Parking lot, parkade height not to exceed 6 m.","b) Machine shops may not exceed 200 m2 total floor area.","700 m2 total floor area.","Gross floor area for a Micro Brewery must not exceed 500m2","Gross floor area for Artisan Industry must not exceed 200m2"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025)","url":"https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"Consolidated for public convenience only; the original bylaw and amendments at Municipal Hall prevail. In this bylaw each zone is a numbered Schedule (101 to 815), so section is the schedule number. Sub-zones carry a letter or number suffix on the map (for example CD2-A, CD7-1). The schedule heading for Harbourside Cohousing (813) says CD12 in the document, but the zone table and the map call it CD13."},"source_url":"https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=114","place":{"path":"ca/bc/sooke","name":"Sooke","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/c3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/c3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/c3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/index.json"}}