{"title":"W1 zone in Sooke: Passive Recreation","code":"W1","slug":"w1","name":"Passive Recreation","group":"Public","section":"701","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"The seabed, water column and surface of marine water.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"The seabed, water column and surface of marine water.","quotes":["This zone applies to the seabed, water column and surface of","marine water in the District of Sooke."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Boat ramp","Breakwater","Environmental protection activities","Fishing","Government wharf","Habitat enhancement activities","Passive recreation","Pier"],"quotes":["Boat ramp","Breakwater","Environmental protection activities","Fishing","Government wharf","Habitat enhancement activities","Passive recreation","Pier"]},"other":{"value":["Residential use of structures, floats, or piles is prohibited"],"quotes":["Prohibited Uses: Residential use of structures, floats, or piles"]}},"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=144","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/w1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/w1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/w1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/index.json"}}