---
title: "M4 zone in Sooke: Aquatic Industrial"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: M4
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/m4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m4.json"
---

# M4 zone in Sooke: Aquatic Industrial

Limited industrial uses along Sooke Harbour and Sooke Basin.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Limited industrial uses along Sooke Harbour and Sooke Basin.
- **Main uses:** Aquaculture processing operations; Aquaculture, land-based; Marine fuel sales; Marine industrial uses; Marine commercial uses; Unenclosed storage; Warehousing
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot; Employee housing; Office; Parking lot; Sale of aquaculture products processed on the premises
- **Minimum lot area:** 1 ha
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60%
- **Maximum height:** 13 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:** 7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 7.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 7.5 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:** Buildings, structures and uses, including parking, warehousing and fish processing, must be sited away from the shoreline in accordance with the floodplain provisions; Storage is not permitted in required front, side or rear yards adjacent to any residential zone

## Source

- [Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025), s. 504](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=132) (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/m4/_