---
title: "P zone in Delta: Public Use Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: P
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/p/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/p.json"
---

# P zone in Delta: Public Use Zone

Public facilities and uses, including assembly, public services, and community services.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Public facilities and uses, including assembly, public services, and community services.
- **Main uses:** Assembly hall; Cemetery; Civic use; Community services; Cultural facility; Education facility; Hospital; Nature park; Parks and public open space
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Caretaker dwelling unit, accessory to a cemetery, civic use, nature park, parks and public open space or place of worship; Coffee shop, accessory to a civic use, cultural facility, hospital or parks and public open space; Community garden, accessory to an assembly hall, civic use, cultural facility, education facility or parks and public open space; Health care office, accessory to a civic use; Methadone clinic, accessory to a hospital; Methadone dispensary, accessory to a hospital; Restaurant, accessory to a civic use, cultural facility, hospital or parks and public open space; Sports rehabilitation centre, accessory to a civic use
- **Maximum height:** 18 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof on lots with a Civic and Institutional (CI) OCP designation; 9.2 m on lots with other OCP designations
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 3.75 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof
- **Front setback:** 7.5 m
- **Rear setback:** 7.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 12 m, interior side 1 m, exterior side 7.5 m, rear 1 m
- **Other rules:** A methadone clinic and a methadone dispensary may only be located within a hospital.

## Source

- [Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 18.10](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=269) (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/p/_