---
title: "RSC zone in Delta: Single Detached Residential Coach House Zone"
place: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/delta
zone: RSC
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/rsc/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/rsc.json"
---

# RSC zone in Delta: Single Detached Residential Coach House Zone

A legacy zone for single detached housing with a coach house; not intended for new development.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** A legacy zone for single detached housing with a coach house; not intended for new development.
- **Main uses:** Single detached dwelling
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Coach house; Home occupation
- **Minimum lot area:** 330 m² (smallest lot that may be created by subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** 10 m (average lot depth 33 m)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 41%
- **Maximum density:** Floor space ratio 0.65 of lot area
- **Maximum height:** 2.5 storeys; 8.3 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof; 10.8 m to roof ridge of a pitched roof
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 2 storeys; 7.3 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof; 9.8 m to roof ridge of a pitched roof
- **Front setback:** 4 m (principal); accessory 25 m as written
- **Rear setback:** 6.7 m (principal); accessory 1.5 m
- **Interior side setback:** 1.5 m, except that when a lot has two interior side lot lines one may be reduced to 1.2 m (no projections except eaves and gutters to no closer than 0.9 m); accessory 1 m
- **Street side setback:** 3.5 m for 25% of the building length and 1.5 m for the remainder (principal); accessory 1.5 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 25 m (as written), interior side 1 m, exterior side 1.5 m, rear 1.5 m
- **Other rules:** A maximum of 1 single detached dwelling and 1 coach house per lot; Maximum gross floor area of an accessory building, including a garage, is 110 m²; A garage may only be in an accessory building; at least 50% of required parking must be in a garage

## Source

- [Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552), s. 11.80](https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=156) (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/rsc/_