---
title: "CTC zone in Sooke: Town Centre Mixed Use"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: CTC
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/ctc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/ctc.json"
---

# CTC zone in Sooke: Town Centre Mixed Use

A wide range of commercial uses in the Town Centre.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A wide range of commercial uses in the Town Centre.
- **Main uses:** Amusement facility – indoor; Apartment building; Art gallery; Artisan industry; Assembly use; Auction rooms, excluding external storage; Auto service facility; Bakery; Brew pub; Bus depot; Car wash; Cluster dwelling units; Commercial exhibit; Commercial school; Country market; Equipment sales/rentals including service & repair; Financial institution; Funeral home; Gas bar; Hardware store; Health services; Hostel; Hotel and/or motel; Household equipment sales, service & repair; Institutional use; Live-work; Micro Brewery; Mixed commercial residential uses; Office; Parking lot, parkade; Personal services; Place of worship; Plant nursery; Playground; Printer/publisher; Private club; Pub; Residential above the first storey; Restaurant; Retail; School; Shopping centre; Theatres; Townhouse; Vehicle repair; Veterinary clinic in an enclosed building (Several uses (marked *) are subject to conditions of use.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot; Limited home-based business; Employee housing
- **Extra uses on specific lots:** Lot A, Section 10, Sooke District, Plan EPP32715: Bus depot, Car wash, Cluster dwelling units, Funeral home, Plant nursery, Townhouse, Place of worship, drive-in and drive-thru facilities are prohibited
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 85%
- **Maximum height:** 6 storeys up to 22 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m (first storey)
- **Rear setback:** 0 m (first storey); 4.5 m where adjacent to Duplex/Single Family Dwelling or Existing Housing per Town Centre Plan
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m (first storey); 4.5 m where adjacent to Duplex/Single Family Dwelling or Existing Housing per Town Centre Plan
- **Street side setback:** 0 m (first storey)
- **Other rules:** RM4 zone provisions apply to apartment buildings without commercial uses on the first storey; Floor area limits: a single retail use other than grocery up to 2200 m²; grocery store up to 3000 m²; Auto service facility, equipment sales/repairs/rentals, gas bar, service station and vehicle repair are only permitted north of Highway #14; 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. 405](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=122) (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/ctc/_