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title: "MUPGE zone in Delta: Mixed Use Port Guichon East Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: MUPGE
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/mupge/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/mupge.json"
---

# MUPGE zone in Delta: Mixed Use Port Guichon East Zone

Mainly residential uses plus fish boat and small craft moorage and cottage business.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Mainly residential uses plus fish boat and small craft moorage and cottage business.
- **Main uses:** Boat moorage; Floating home; Single detached dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Boat repair, accessory to boat moorage, a floating home or a single detached dwelling; Cottage business, accessory to a floating home or a single detached dwelling; Net shed, accessory to boat moorage
- **Minimum lot area:** 4,000 m² (for subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 20 m (for subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Upland area 40%; water area 40% (water area may rise to 65% only with a density transfer from the upland area)
- **Maximum density:** Upland area: 1 single detached dwelling, floor space ratio 0.5; water area: 1 floating home, floor space ratio 0.5 (up to 2 floating homes and FSR 0.75 in the water area with a density transfer)
- **Maximum height:** Upland area: 1.5 storeys, 5.5 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof, 7.5 m to roof ridge of a pitched roof; water area: 2.5 storeys, 8.0 m, 9.5 m to roof ridge
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 1 storey, 3.75 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof, 4.6 m to roof ridge of a pitched roof (upland and water areas)
- **Front setback:** Upland area: 1.5 m where average lot depth is 12 m or less; 4.0 m where it is more than 12 m (attached garage at least 1.0 m further back)
- **Rear setback:** Upland area: 0.0 m (rear or natural boundary of the Fraser River, whichever is closer to the front lot line)
- **Interior side setback:** Upland area: 5.0 m total, minimum 1.5 m per side
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Upland area: front 5.0 m; side follows the setback line of the dwelling where a single detached dwelling is located, 3.0 m where none; rear 0.0 m
- **Other rules:** Boat building and major or structural boat repairs (anything involving hauling a boat out of water) are not permitted.; Floor area used for cottage businesses may not exceed 20% of the gross floor area of any dwelling unit.; Floating homes need at least 3.0 m of open water between floats or walls and 6.0 m of emergency access to open water.; Fences, walls and landscaping may not exceed 1.2 m or 1.8 m in height on the portions of the lot shown in the bylaw figure.

## Source

- [Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 15.20](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=229) (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/mupge/_