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title: "M5 zone in Sooke: Technical Industrial Business Park"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: M5
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/m5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/m5.json"
---

# M5 zone in Sooke: Technical Industrial Business Park

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.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** 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.
- **Main uses:** 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 (Some uses (marked *) are subject to conditions of use.)
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot; Commercial office space; Retail; Employee housing
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 70% within the Sewer Specified Area; 50% outside it
- **Maximum height:** 2 storeys up to 13 metres high
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 10 m
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 3 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Interior side setback:** 7.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 3 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Street side setback:** 6 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 4.5 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Other rules:** 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

## Source

- [Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025), s. 505](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=134) (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/m5/_