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M3 zone in Sooke: Heavy Industrial

Sooke, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

Heavy industrial use.

Zone rules

PurposeHeavy 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 area1500 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it
Minimum lot width30 m
Maximum lot coverage70% within the Sewer Specified Area; 60% outside it
Maximum height17 m
Maximum height, accessory buildings9 m
Front setback7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 7.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
Rear setback10 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 15 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
Interior side setback6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 15 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
Street side setback6 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 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. 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. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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