Graham Island Area D – Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District
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Official Community Plan for Rural Graham Island Area D – Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District July 4, 2011 SKEENA-QUEEN CHARLOTTE REGIONAL DISTRICT BY-LAW NO. 532 - 2011 A By-Law to adopt an Official Community Plan for Rural Graham Island (Electoral Area D) WHEREAS Section 876 of the Local Government Act provides that the Regional District may by bylaw adopt an Official Community Plan; AND WHEREAS the Board of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District deems it necessary to adopt an Official Community Plan in order to ensure orderly development for Rural Graham Island; AND WHEREAS the Board of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District has provided one or more opportunities for consultation with persons, organizations and authorities it considers affected in the development of the Official Community Plan in accordance with Section 879 of the Local government Act; AND WHEREAS the Board of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District in accordance with Section 882 of the Local government Act, has considered the Official Community Plan in conjunction with its Financial Plan and any applicable Waste Management Plan; NOW THEREFORE, the Board of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District in open meeting assembled enacts as follows: 1. This bylaw may be cited as the “Rural Graham Island Official Community Plan Bylaw no. 532-2011.” 2. This bylaw is applicable to all lands within the boundaries of Rural Graham Island Community Plan Area as shown on Schedule B. 3. The Official Community Plan is comprised of Schedules “A”, “B” “C”, “C1”, “C2”, “C3”, “C4”, “C5” ,”C6” and “D”, which are attached to and form an integral part of the Bylaw. 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this bylaw is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase, as the case may be, shall be severed and the validity of the remaining portions of the bylaw shall not be affected. 5. This bylaw shall take effect upon its adoption by the Regional District Board. READ A FIRST TIME this 27th day of May , 2011. CONSIDERED in conjunction with the Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District Financial Plan and any applicable Waste Management Plans pursuant to Section 882 of the Local Government Act this 27th day of May , 2011 READ A SECOND TIME this 27th day of May , 2011. PUBLIC HEARING HELD this 16th day of June , 2011. READ A THIRD TIME this 17th day of June , 2011. RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2011. _____________________________________ Barry Pages Chair _____________________________________ J. Merrick Administrator Schedule A: Official Community Plan for Rural Graham Island Table of Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 1 SUSTAINING OUR COMMUNITY ............................................................................................ 1 1.1 Vision Statement ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Guiding Principles ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 2 PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................................... 4 2.1 Purpose of the Official Community Plan ...................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 OCP Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.3 Authority.................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.4 Implementation .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.5 OCP Amendments ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.6 Relationship with Other Plans .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.7 Advocacy Policies ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.8 Zoning and Land Use Designations ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.9 The OCP Process ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3 BACKGROUND AND PLANNING CONTEXT ............................................................................ 11 3.1 Location and Planning Area ............................................................................................................................................ 11 3.2 Existing Rural Settlement Areas ..................................................................................................................................... 13 3.3 Environment and Geography ......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.4 History and Heritage .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.5 Demographic profile ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 PART II: OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES ....................................................................................... 20 4 FUTURE LAND USE AND LAND USE DESIGNATIONS .............................................................. 20 4.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 4.2 Land Use Designations ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 5 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDS ............................................................................ 23 5.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 5.2 Protected Areas ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.3 Environmentally Sensitive Areas ................................................................................................................................... 24 5.4 Marine and Shoreline Eco-systems ............................................................................................................................... 27 5.5 Natural Hazards ................................................................................................................................................................... 31 5.6 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation ............................................................................................................. 32 6 MANAGING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................... 35 6.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 6.2 Growth Management and Development ................................................................................................................... 35 6.3 Community Cores ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 7 RESIDENTIAL USES .......................................................................................................... 39 7.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 7.2 Housing and Residential Subdivision .......................................................................................................................... 39 7.3 Affordable, Supportive and Accessible Housing ..................................................................................................... 42 7.4 Home Based Businesses ................................................................................................................................................... 43 8 COMMERCIAL USES, WORKING LANDS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .................................. 44 8.1 Overview ...............................................................................................................................................................................