---
title: "I6 zone in Delta: Waterfront Industrial Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: I6
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/i6/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/i6.json"
---

# I6 zone in Delta: Waterfront Industrial Zone

Marine oriented industrial and service uses along the waterfront.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Marine oriented industrial and service uses along the waterfront.
- **Main uses:** Boat moorage; Boat building and repair; Brew pub; Coffee shop; Fish processing; Liquor primary establishment; Machine shop; Marina; Marine fire protection and coast guard services; Marine fuelling; Marine research laboratories; Marine taxi, towing and tugboat services and installations; Restaurant; Rental and sale of fishing and marine supplies; Rental and sale of non-motorized recreational equipment; Rental and sale of recreational marine vessels; Water oriented recreation; Yacht club
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Any use customarily accessory to a principal use; Caretaker dwelling unit, accessory to marina or an establishment for the sale or rental of non-motorized recreational equipment or recreational marine vessels; Office operation, accessory to marina; Sale of fish products, accessory to fish processing
- **Maximum height:** Upland: 2 storeys and 8 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof; on or above water: 6 m above the level of the water
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** Upland: 2 storeys and 8 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof; on or above water: 6 m above the level of the water
- **Front setback:** Upland area: 2 m (the front lot line is the lot line abutting a highway)
- **Rear setback:** Upland area: 0 m (rear or natural boundary of the Fraser River, whichever is closer to the front lot line)
- **Interior side setback:** Upland area: 3 m; water area: 0 m on sides abutting or opposite the natural boundary of the Fraser River, 2 m on other sides
- **Street side setback:** Upland area: 3 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Same as principal structure (applies to principal and accessory structures)
- **Other rules:** A maximum of 1 caretaker dwelling unit is permitted, on either the upland area or the water area accommodating the marina or the sales or rental establishment.; Retail of fish products accessory to fish processing may occupy no more than 10% of the floor area of the principal use.

## Source

- [Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 16.60](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=258) (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/i6/_