---
title: "I8 zone in Delta: Airport Terminal Industrial Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: I8
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/i8/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/i8.json"
---

# I8 zone in Delta: Airport Terminal Industrial Zone

Airport and aviation related uses and business park uses.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Airport and aviation related uses and business park uses.
- **Main uses:** Airport terminal; Aviation training; Aviation-related trade schools; Manufacture, assembly and service of aeronautical components and related equipment; Offices and services customarily associated with airport and for airport uses; Rental of motor vehicles; Sale, rental and maintenance services for aircraft and related equipment; Scientific, electronic, technological research and development and related manufacturing facilities; Storage and service of aircraft and airside vehicles, including fuel and related facilities
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Any use customarily accessory to a principal use; Retail, accessory to warehousing, wholesaling and distribution
- **Maximum height:** 16 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof)
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 16 m to the top of the structure (pitched roof: measured to the mid-roof)
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 1.5 m, but 3.5 m where the lot backs onto an interior side lot line of an adjoining lot
- **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
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Same as principal structure (see the front, side and rear setbacks above)
- **Other rules:** In the area hatched on the bylaw map, more uses are also permitted: coffee shop, cold storage facility, film production studio, financial institutions, liquor primary establishment, certain manufacture and assembly, office operation, restaurant, scientific research and testing laboratory, and warehousing, wholesaling and distribution.; Retail accessory to warehousing, wholesaling and distribution may occupy no more than 20% of the floor area of the principal use.; Garbage and other wastes edible to birds may not be stored or left open.; Setbacks are measured from sub-lease boundaries where one has been established.

## Source

- [Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 16.80](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=261) (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/i8/_