At their regular meeting on September 15th, Council gave three readings to the proposed amendments to the City’s Zoning Bylaw, which would introduce two new mixed use apartment zones that could be used for new mixed use developments of up to six storeys in height. One zone could be used for strata condominiums, while the other is designed for residential rental tenure. This work is part of Delta’s Housing Accelerator Fund action plan. 

The new MU6 (Mixed Use Apartment 6) and MU6R (Mixed Use Apartment 6 Rental) zones would allow for a mix of uses within a primarily residential development and could be applied to properties along arterial and collector streets in areas of the city designated Neighbourhood Centres and Corridors (NC), Urban Centre (UC), or Scott Road Corridor (SRC) in the Official Community Plan. With the exception of the MU6R zone restricting residential development to rental tenure, the two zones are identical. Adding these zones to the Zoning Bylaw enables their use for future applications. No properties are being rezoned at this time and future applications to rezone properties to either MU6 or MU6R would need to meet development application procedures and statutory public notification requirements. 

Additional information can be found in the  full report by City staff and  Delta Zoning Amendment Bylaw.