{"title":"RSF zone in Delta: Single Detached Residential Floating Home Zone","code":"RSF","slug":"rsf","name":"Single Detached Residential Floating Home Zone","group":"Residential","section":"11.90","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Floating homes.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Floating homes.","quotes":["This zone is intended for floating homes."]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Floating home"],"quotes":["Floating home"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Home occupation"],"quotes":["Home occupation, accessory to a floating home"]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"Total water coverage of floating homes and moorage walkways: 45% of the water area below the natural boundary of the Fraser River","quotes":["exceed 45% of the water area below the natural boundary of the Fraser River."]},"max_density":{"value":"1 floating home per water area","quotes":["Maximum density shall be 1 floating home per water area."]},"max_height":{"value":"2.5 storeys; 8 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof; 9.5 m to roof ridge of a pitched roof","quotes":["Maximum Storeys 2.5 1","to mid-roof or the 8m 3m","to roof ridge for a 9.5 m 3.75 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"1 storey; 3 m to mid-roof or top of a flat roof; 3.75 m to roof ridge of a pitched roof","quotes":["Maximum Storeys 2.5 1","to mid-roof or the 8m 3m","to roof ridge for a 9.5 m 3.75 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"1.5 m from all sides of the water area other than the side abutting or opposite the natural boundary of the Fraser River","quotes":["of 1.5 m shall be provided from all sides of the area other than the","side abutting or opposite to the natural boundary of the Fraser River."]},"setback_rear":{"value":"1.5 m from all sides of the water area other than the side abutting or opposite the natural boundary of the Fraser River","quotes":["of 1.5 m shall be provided from all sides of the area other than the","side abutting or opposite to the natural boundary of the Fraser River."]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"1.5 m from all sides of the water area other than the side abutting or opposite the natural boundary of the Fraser River","quotes":["of 1.5 m shall be provided from all sides of the area other than the","side abutting or opposite to the natural boundary of the Fraser River."]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"1.5 m from all sides of the water area other than the side abutting or opposite the natural boundary of the Fraser River","quotes":["of 1.5 m shall be provided from all sides of the area other than the","side abutting or opposite to the natural boundary of the Fraser River."]},"other":{"value":["Floating home height is measured from the lower of the top of the floating foundation and 0.6 m above the water","At least 3 m of open water between adjacent floating homes","Emergency or fire-fighting access at least 6 m wide to open water","Outdoor amenity space of at least 4.5 m² per floating home on the upland area"],"quotes":["(ii) 0.6 m above the level of the water.","(a) A minimum distance of 3 m of open water is required between the floats or walls of","(c) A floating home shall have a direct and clear emergency or fire fighting access of a","minimum width of 6 m to open water.","(e) An outdoor amenity space in a minimum amount of 4.5 m2 per floating home shall be"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017 (consolidated for reference purposes to April 21, 2026, incorporating amendments up to Bylaw No. 8552)","url":"https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City's consolidation is for reference purposes only; refer to the City's online version for the current consolidation. Older site-specific \"CD\" zones (CD1 to CD495) are still regulated by the repealed Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977 and are not in this document; only the CDZ zones (CDZ1 onward) are written out here."},"source_url":"https://delta.civicweb.net/document/177229#page=160","place":{"path":"ca/bc/delta","name":"Delta","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/rsf/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/rsf.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/rsf.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/delta/zoning/index.json"}}