{"title":"M3 zone in Sooke: Heavy Industrial","code":"M3","slug":"m3","name":"Heavy Industrial","group":"Industrial","section":"503","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Heavy industrial use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Heavy industrial use.","quotes":["This zone provides for heavy industrial use within the District of"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["All uses permitted in M2","Asphalt plant","Bulk fuel sales and storage","Cannabis Production – Micro","Cannabis Production – Standard","Commercial composting","Sawmills, pulp mills, and mills (as written in the bylaw text)","Slaughterhouse","Unenclosed storage","Waste management & recycling","Wrecking yard"],"note":"The bylaw text for the sawmills item is garbled; check the original.","quotes":["All uses permitted in M2","Asphalt plant","Bulk fuel sales and storage","Cannabis Production – Micro","Cannabis Production – Standard","Commercial composting","Sawmills, pulp mills, and","Slaughterhouse","Unenclosed storage","Waste management & recycling","Wrecking yard"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot","Employee housing","Office","Retail"],"quotes":["Accessory dwelling","Employee housing","Office","Retail"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"1500 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it","quotes":["a) Within Sewer Specified Area: 1500 m2","b) Outside of Sewer Specified Area: 1 ha"]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"30 m","quotes":["Minimum Width for Subdivision Purposes: 30 m"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"70% within the Sewer Specified Area; 60% outside it","quotes":["a) Within Sewer Specified Area: 70%","b) Outside of Sewer Specified Area: 60%"]},"max_height":{"value":"17 m","quotes":["a) Principal Buildings: 17 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"9 m","quotes":["b) Accessory Buildings: 9 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 7.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure outside 7.5 m 6m 6m 10 m","Building or Structure inside 0m 0m 0m 0m","Adjacent to residential 7.5 m 6m 15 m 15 m","Lot lines adjacent to 0m 0m 0m 0m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"10 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 15 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure outside 7.5 m 6m 6m 10 m","Building or Structure inside 0m 0m 0m 0m","Adjacent to residential 7.5 m 6m 15 m 15 m","Lot lines adjacent to 0m 0m 0m 0m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 15 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure outside 7.5 m 6m 6m 10 m","Building or Structure inside 0m 0m 0m 0m","Adjacent to residential 7.5 m 6m 15 m 15 m","Lot lines adjacent to 0m 0m 0m 0m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 6 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure outside 7.5 m 6m 6m 10 m","Building or Structure inside 0m 0m 0m 0m","Adjacent to residential 7.5 m 6m 15 m 15 m","Lot lines adjacent to 0m 0m 0m 0m"]},"other":{"value":["Panhandle lots are not permitted","Retail is limited to 10% of the floor area of the principal use","Storage is not permitted in required yards adjacent to any residential zone","Storage for a solid waste management/recycling depot need not be in an enclosed building"],"quotes":["a) Panhandle lots are not permitted.","c) Retail is limited to 10% of the floor area of the principal use.","Storage must not be permitted in required yards adjacent to any","d) Storage associated with a solid waste management/recycling"]}},"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=130","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/m3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/index.json"}}