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title: "I1 zone in Delta: Low Impact Industrial Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: I1
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/i1/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/i1.json"
---

# I1 zone in Delta: Low Impact Industrial Zone

Low impact industrial uses plus limited commercial and service commercial uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Low impact industrial uses plus limited commercial and service commercial uses.
- **Main uses:** Auction room; Automotive body shop; Automotive services; Brewery or distillery; Card/Key lock refueling facilities; Coffee shop; Cold storage facility; Construction services; Convenience store; Courier and delivery services; Farming; Financial institution; Household goods repair; Household or commercial moving services; Household recycling and collection facility; Laundry and dry cleaning services; Low impact industry; Machine shop; Office operation; Printing, publishing and allied industries; Recording studio; Rental or repair of machinery and heavy equipment; Rental or repair of modular and prefabricated structures, including mobile homes and modular homes; Rental or repair of recreational marine vessels; Rental or repair of recreation vehicles and trailers; Restaurant; Sale of agricultural products and horticultural products; Sale of building and construction supplies; Sale of camping and sporting goods; Sale of furniture and fixtures; Sale of household appliances; Sale of machinery and heavy equipment; Sale of modular and prefabricated structures, including mobile homes and modular homes; Sale of recreation vehicles and trailers; Sale of recreational marine vessels; Sale of tires, wheels and accessories; Scientific research and testing laboratory, excluding nuclear reactors; Self storage; Taxi dispatch office, parking and maintenance of taxis; Trade school; Veterinary clinic; Warehousing, wholesaling and distribution
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Indoor amenity space, accessory to a principal use other than farming or kennel; Lounge, accessory to a brewery or distillery; Food services and recreation facilities primarily intended for the use of employees, except as accessory to farming; Retail, accessory to a brewery, distillery, low impact industry, printing, publishing and allied industry, or warehousing, wholesaling and distribution use; Uses accessory to farming as permitted in the A1 zone; Security guard dwelling unit, accessory to a principal use other than farming
- **Maximum height:** 15 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof); uses other than farming
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 15 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof); uses other than farming
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m (uses other than farming)
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m, but 3.5 m where the lot backs onto an interior side lot line of an adjoining lot; where the lot abuts residential or health care zoning, equal to the building height but not less than 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m where a hard surfaced highway at least 9 m wide gives vehicle access to the rear of the lot, otherwise 7.5 m on one side; where the lot abuts residential or health care zoning, equal to the building height but not less than 7.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m, but where the lot abuts River Road equal to the building height and not less than 7.5 m; where the lot abuts residential or health care zoning, equal to the building height but not less than 7.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Same as principal structure (see the front, side and rear setbacks above)
- **Other rules:** A convenience store may not exceed 140 m² of floor area.; A lounge accessory to a brewery or distillery must be in the same building and occupy no more than 125 m² or 10% of the principal use floor area, whichever is less.; Retail accessory to a brewery, distillery, low impact industry, printing, publishing or warehousing use must be in the same building and occupy no more than 10% of the principal use floor area.

## Source

- [Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 16.10](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=245) (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/i1/_
