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C1A zone in Delta: Core Commercial A Zone

Delta, British ColumbiaDraft, not yet reviewedBylaw read 2026-11-07

In short

A wide range of commercial and service uses in addition to limited residential uses serving a larger community.

Zone rules

PurposeA wide range of commercial and service uses in addition to limited residential uses serving a larger community.
Main uses
  • Animal grooming
  • Assembly hall
  • Auction room
  • Club
  • Coffee shop
  • Cultural facility
  • Education facility
  • Financial institution
  • Garden shop
  • Health care office
  • Hotel
  • Household goods repair
  • Household recycling and collection facility
  • Indoor recreation facility
  • Liquor primary establishment
  • Liquor store
  • Manufacturing (only of commodities sold retail on the premises)
  • Office operation
  • Personal services
  • Pharmacy
  • Polyclinic
  • Repair and installation of automotive glass
  • Rental of small tools
  • Restaurant
  • Retail sales
  • Secondary residential accommodation
  • Veterinary clinic
  • Wine store
Also allowed (secondary uses)Rental of motor vehicles (accessory to a hotel)
Minimum lot area300 m² (subdivision)
Maximum height10.75 m measured to the top of the structure (to the mid-roof for a pitched roof); same for accessory structures
Maximum height, accessory buildings10.75 m measured to the top of the structure (to the mid-roof for a pitched roof)
Front setback0 m (principal and accessory structures)
Rear setback1.5 m, or half the height of the building where abutting a lot zoned for residential or health care use (principal and accessory structures)
Interior side setback0 m, or 1.5 m where abutting a lot zoned for residential or health care use (principal and accessory structures)
Street side setback1.5 m (principal and accessory structures)
Accessory building setbacksSame as principal structures: front 0 m, interior side 0 m (1.5 m next to residential or health care), exterior side 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m
Other rules
  • A liquor store must be within 200 m of 56 Street, 120 Street (Scott Road) or Ladner Trunk Road, in a hotel or shopping centre, at least 1 km from another liquor store, and not over 186 m² in floor area
  • No storage of goods or materials outside a building

Source: Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 14.11 (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply, and a lot can have site-specific rules. The City's consolidation is for reference purposes only; refer to the City's online version for the current consolidation. Older site-specific "CD" zones (CD1 to CD495) are still regulated by the repealed Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977 and are not in this document; only the CDZ zones (CDZ1 onward) are written out here. Zone pages are taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and have not yet been reviewed by a person: confirm with the bylaw before you rely on them. How answers are checked.

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