---
title: "C3 zone in Delta: Tourist Commercial Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: C3
bylaw: Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/c3/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/c3.json"
---

# C3 zone in Delta: Tourist Commercial Zone

Hotels, motels and related facilities outside core commercial areas.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Hotels, motels and related facilities outside core commercial areas.
- **Main uses:** Coffee shop; Hotel; Motel; Restaurant
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Rental of motor vehicles, accessory to a hotel or motel
- **Minimum lot area:** 900 m² (for subdivision)
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 0.45 (may be increased where required parking is underground, to a maximum of 1)
- **Maximum height:** 3 storeys and 12 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3 storeys and 12 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof)
- **Front setback:** 6 m
- **Rear setback:** 6 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m, but 6 m where abutting a lot zoned for residential or health care use
- **Street side setback:** 6 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 12 m, interior side 3 m, exterior side 12 m, rear 3 m
- **Other rules:** 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. 14.30](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=210) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Delta: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/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/delta/zoning/c3/_