{"title":"M5 zone in Sooke: Technical Industrial Business Park","code":"M5","slug":"m5","name":"Technical Industrial Business Park","group":"Industrial","section":"505","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Commercial and light industrial activities in a business park setting, emphasizing sustainable, renewable, clean high tech or green technologies located primarily indoors, with complementary uses including live/work.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Commercial and light industrial activities in a business park setting, emphasizing sustainable, renewable, clean high tech or green technologies located primarily indoors, with complementary uses including live/work.","quotes":["This zone provides for commercial and light industrial activities","in a business park atmosphere, with an emphasis on sustainable,","to provide for complementary uses, including live/work."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Amusement facility – indoor","Artisan industry","Bakery","Biotechnology","Brew pub","Car wash","Commercial kitchen","Commercial school or college","Commercial laundry","Communications technology","Film studio","Fitness facility","Funeral home","Health services","High-technology electronic & scientific production","Horticulture","Light industrial","Live-Work dwelling","Micro brewery","Office","Personal service","Pharmaceuticals development","Place of worship","Printers and publishers","Research and development","Restaurant","Studio","Veterinary clinic","Wholesaling"],"note":"Some uses (marked *) are subject to conditions of use.","quotes":["Amusement facility – indoor","Artisan industry","Bakery","Biotechnology","Brew pub","Car wash","Commercial kitchen","Commercial school or","Commercial laundry","Communications","Film studio","Fitness facility","Funeral home","Health services","High-technology electronic","Horticulture","Light industrial","Live-Work dwelling","Micro brewery","Office","Personal service","Pharmaceuticals","Place of worship","Printers and publishers","Research and development","Restaurant","Studio","Veterinary clinic","Wholesaling"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot","Commercial office space","Retail","Employee housing"],"quotes":["Accessory dwelling unit, one","Commercial office space","Retail","Employee housing"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"600 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it","quotes":["a) Within Sewer Specified Area: 600 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; 50% outside it","quotes":["a) Within Sewer Specified Area: 70%","b) Outside of Sewer Specified Area: 50%"]},"max_height":{"value":"2 storeys up to 13 metres high","quotes":["a) Principal Buildings: 2 storeys up to 13 metres high"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"10 m","quotes":["b) Accessory Buildings: 10 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure 7.5 m 6m 7.5 m 7.5 m","Building or Structure 4.5 m 4.5 m 3m 3m","Adjacent to residential 0m 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 3 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure 7.5 m 6m 7.5 m 7.5 m","Building or Structure 4.5 m 4.5 m 3m 3m","Adjacent to residential 0m 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 3 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure 7.5 m 6m 7.5 m 7.5 m","Building or Structure 4.5 m 4.5 m 3m 3m","Adjacent to residential 0m 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)","quotes":["Building or Structure 7.5 m 6m 7.5 m 7.5 m","Building or Structure 4.5 m 4.5 m 3m 3m","Adjacent to residential 0m 0m 4.5 m 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["An accessory dwelling unit must be inside a principal use building and cannot exceed 90 m² in floor area; accessory retail is permitted up to 40% of gross floor area","Live-work dwellings must be built as an employee housing unit within a mixed use building and have a private, exterior, residential entrance","Landscaped area at least 7.5 m wide along frontage where a lot adjoins a residential or institutional use or public road; at least 4.5 m wide where it adjoins any other street"],"quotes":["d) Accessory dwelling unit must be located within a principal use","building. It cannot exceed 90 m2 in floor area.","e) Accessory retail uses permitted up to 40% of gross floor area.","c) Live – work dwellings:","Must be constructed as an employee housing unit within a","Must have a private, exterior, residential entrance from the","at least 7.5 m in width extending","at least 4.5 m in width extending along the entire frontage"]}},"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=134","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/m5/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m5.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m5.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/index.json"}}