Electoral Area B Official Community Plan
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Squamish Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area B Official Community Plan 0 SQUAMISH LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT BYLAW NO. 1073, 2008 A bylaw of the Squamish Lillooet Regional District to adopt an Official Community Plan for Electoral Area B. WHEREAS the Board of the Squamish Lillooet Regional District wishes to adopt a new Electoral Area B Official Community Plan; NOW THEREFORE, the Regional Board of the Squamish Lillooet Regional District, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as ‘Electoral Area B Official Community Plan Adoption Bylaw No. 1073, 2008.’ 2. Schedule A to Electoral Area B Official Community Plan Adoption Bylaw No. 1073, 2008 is attached to and forms part of this bylaw. 3. The Duffey Lake Corridor Official Community Plan Adoption Bylaw No. 479, 1992 is rescinded. 4. The Seton Portage and Anderson/Seton Lakes Official Community Plan Adoption Bylaw No. 922, 2004 is rescinded. 5. The Pavilion Lake Official Community Plan Adoption Bylaw No. 770, 2002 is rescinded. READ A FIRST TIME this 26th day of January , 2009. READ A SECOND TIME this 27th day of April , 2009. PUBLIC HEARING held on the 13th day of May , 2009. READ A SECOND TIME as amended this 24th day of August , 2009. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING held on the 9th day of September , 2009. READ A THIRD TIME this 21st day of September , 2009. APPROVED BY THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT on this 4th day of February , 2010. ADOPTED this 22nd day of February , 2010. _______________________ _______________________ Russ Oakley Paul R. Edgington Chair Chief Administrative Officer 1 I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of Bylaw No. 1073 cited as ‘Electoral Area B Official Community Plan Adoption Bylaw No. 1073, 2008’ as read a third time. ________________________ Paul R. Edgington Chief Administrative Officer 2 SCHEDULE A ELECTORAL AREA B OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 PLANNING PROCESS................................................................................................................................................... 4 AMENDING THE PLAN ................................................................................................................................................ 5 DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREAS.................................................................................................................................. 5 COMMUNITY ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................. 5 2. CULTURAL HERITAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 8 3. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................................. 9 4. GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION STRATEGY ................................................................................................... 12 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................................. 14 5. BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................................ 14 6. NATURAL HAZARDS ....................................................................................................................................... 18 SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................................. 22 7. SERVICES & UTILITIES ................................................................................................................................... 22 8. TRANSPORTATION .......................................................................................................................................... 23 LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.................................................................................................................................. 25 9. RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL RESIDENTIAL ........................................................................................................ 25 10. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 27 11. AGRICULTURE ................................................................................................................................................ 32 12. COMMERCIAL AND RESORT COMMERCIAL ..................................................................................................... 34 13. INDUSTRIAL ................................................................................................................................................... 35 14. INSTITUTIONAL .............................................................................................................................................. 36 15. COMMUNITY WATERSHED PROTECTION AREA .............................................................................................. 36 16. PARK .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 PAVILION LAKE SUB-AREA PLAN .................................................................................................................... 39 SETON PORTAGE SUB-AREA PLAN .................................................................................................................. 45 YALAKOM VALLEY SUB-AREA PLAN ............................................................................................................. 53 MAPS: Map 1: Electoral Area B Overview Map 7: Seton Portage Sub-area Plan Map 2: Critical Wildlife Habitats Map 8: Seton Portage Land Use Map 3: Riparian Assessment Areas Map 9: Yalakom Valley Land Use Map 4: Terrain Stability Map 10: Recreation Sites & Trails Map 5: Electoral Area B Land Use Map 6: Pavilion Lake Land Use 3 INTRODUCTION The Electoral Area B Official Community Plan (OCP) contains objectives, policies, and land use designations adopted by the Squamish Lillooet Regional District Board of Directors. The purpose of these objectives, policies, and designations is to provide direction for land use and development that are consistent with the community values of the electoral area. The policies of the plan are meant to balance the demands placed on the land base in order to ensure an equitable, comprehensive, and logical distribution of land uses. Policies are often implemented on a long-term basis, generally over a 10 to 15 year period. The OCP provides a basis for the following actions: a) The adoption or amendment of land use regulations, such as the zoning bylaw; b) The direction of public and private investment; c) The guidance of elected officials, and others having statutory approval authority, in the evaluation of proposals, referrals, and amendment of bylaws; and, d) Bringing the SLRD into compliance with provincial regulations, such as the Riparian Area Regulation and the greenhouse gas management requirements of the Local Government Act. The Electoral Area B OCP updates and consolidates three previously written OCPs, and provides new policy direction for the electoral area as a whole. The following OCPs are consolidated into the Electoral Area B OCP: 1. Pavilion Lake (originally written in 2002), 2. Seton Portage (originally written in 2004), and, 3. Duffey Lake Corridor (originally written in 1992). Six communities are addressed in the Electoral Area B OCP. These six communities are Seton Portage- Shalalth, Yalakom Valley, Bridge River/West Pavilion, Texas Creek, Fountain, and Pavilion Lake. Policies are provided to address community planning, economic development, cultural heritage, biodiversity, natural hazards, utilities, transportation, and land use. Policy direction is also provided for the Duffey Lake Corridor. This OCP also has three sub-area plans for the following communities: 1. Pavilion Lake, 2. Seton Portage, and, 3. Yalakom Valley. PLANNING PROCESS The development of the Electoral Area B OCP was initiated in 2007. Invitations for early participation in the review process were sent to adjacent local governments, First Nations, School District #74, and provincial agencies. Consultation and discussions with the District of Lillooet, the St'át'imc Nation, the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Forests and Range, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of 4 Tourism, Sport and the Arts, the Integrated Land Management Bureau, the Agricultural Land Commission, BC Parks, and School District #74 occurred throughout the development of the OCP. A series of public open houses and meetings were held in Lillooet and the Yalakom Valley during the course of the plan review. Following first reading of the bylaw, a public hearing was held to provide an opportunity for formal comment on the plan in bylaw form. AMENDING THE PLAN An OCP is not intended to be a static document. Rather, it is intended to be adaptable to new trends within society and responsive to changing