---
title: "P2 zone in Sooke: Community Facilities"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: P2
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/p2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/p2.json"
---

# P2 zone in Sooke: Community Facilities

Community facilities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Community facilities.
- **Main uses:** Assembly use; Cemetery; Concession; Country market; Horticulture; Institutional use; Place of worship
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Accessory dwelling unit, one per lot
- **Minimum lot area:** 600 m² within the Sewer Specified Area; 1 ha outside it
- **Minimum lot width:** 30 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 60% within the Sewer Specified Area; 40% outside it
- **Maximum height:** 15 m
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 8 m
- **Front setback:** 3 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area or adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Rear setback:** 4.5 (outside Sewer Specified Area, unit not shown in the table); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 6 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area); 6 m (adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)
- **Street side setback:** 3 m (outside Sewer Specified Area); 0 m (inside Sewer Specified Area or adjacent to residential zones, including CD zones)

## Source

- [Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025), s. 602](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=140) (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/p2/_