---
title: "C4 zone in Delta: Service Station Commercial Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: C4
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/c4/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/c4.json"
---

# C4 zone in Delta: Service Station Commercial Zone

Gas stations and automobile maintenance and repair facilities.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Gas stations and automobile maintenance and repair facilities.
- **Main uses:** Automotive services; Sale of motor vehicles and accessories; Service station
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Car wash, accessory to automotive services or a service station; Convenience store, accessory to a service station; Rental of motor vehicles, accessory to automotive services or a service station
- **Minimum lot area:** 900 m² (for subdivision)
- **Maximum height:** 8 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 8 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof)
- **Front setback:** 6 m (pump island canopy 3 m)
- **Rear setback:** 3 m, but 6 m where abutting a lot zoned for residential or health care use (pump island canopy: same rule, 6 m next to residential or health care)
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m, but 3 m where abutting a lot zoned for residential or health care use (pump island canopy: 3 m, or 6 m next to residential or health care)
- **Street side setback:** 3 m (pump island canopy 3 m)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 6 m, interior side 3 m, exterior side 3 m, rear 3 m
- **Other rules:** All motor vehicle repair work must be inside a building.; Rental of motor vehicles needs a lot of at least 2,400 m², no more than 4 rental vehicles, each not over 5,500 kg.; 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. 14.40](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=212) (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/c4/_