---
title: "C3 zone in Sooke: Service Commercial"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: C3
bylaw: Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Sooke: Service Commercial

Service commercial uses that are automobile dependent.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Service commercial uses that are automobile dependent.
- **Main uses:** 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
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot; Employee housing; Unenclosed storage
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** 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
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% within the Sewer Specified Area; 40% outside it
- **Maximum height:** 15 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones
- **Street side setback:** 0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025), s. 403](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=114) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sooke: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/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/sooke/zoning/c3/_