{"title":"W3 zone in Sooke: Marina","code":"W3","slug":"w3","name":"Marina","group":"Commercial","section":"703","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Marine water area for commercial uses or public marina use.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Marine water area for commercial uses or public marina use.","quotes":["to establish provisions for commercial","uses or public marina use."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Boat ramp","Boat shed or shelter","Breakwater","Marina","Marina fueling station","Marine pub","Passive recreation","Restaurant","Sales and rental of boats and water sports equipment"],"quotes":["a) Boat ramp","b) Boat shed or shelter","c) Breakwater","d) Marina","e) Marina fueling station","f) Marine pub","g) Passive recreation","h) Restaurant","i) Sales and rental of boats"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Office","Retail","Slips, docks, breakwaters, ramps, dolphins and pilings necessary for the establishment and/or maintenance of the marina"],"quotes":["j) Office","k) Retail","l) Slips, docks, breakwaters,","maintenance of the marina"]},"max_height":{"value":"9 m above high water, all buildings and structures","quotes":["703.4 Maximum Height above High Water for All Buildings and Structures:","9m"]},"other":{"value":["Residential use of structures, floats, or piles is prohibited"],"quotes":["703.3 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=148","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/w3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/w3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/w3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/index.json"}}