---
title: "M3 zone in Sooke: Heavy Industrial"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: M3
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/m3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m3.json"
---

# M3 zone in Sooke: Heavy Industrial

Heavy industrial use.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Heavy industrial use.
- **Main uses:** 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 (The bylaw text for the sawmills item is garbled; check the original.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot; Employee housing; Office; Retail
- **Minimum lot area:** 1500 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70% within the Sewer Specified Area; 60% outside it
- **Maximum height:** 17 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 7.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Rear setback:** 10 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 15 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Interior side setback:** 6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 15 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 6 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025), s. 503](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=130) (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/m3/_