Squamish-Lillooet Regional District By-Law No. 689-1999 A
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SQUAMISH-LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT BY-LAW NO. 689-1999 A By-law to adopt an Official Community Plan for a portion of Electoral Area C of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District WHEREAS pursuant to Part 26 of the Municipal Act the Board may, by by-law, adopt an official community plan; AND WHEREAS an official community plan is a general statement of the broad objectives and policies of the Board of Directors on the general form and character of existing and proposed land use pattern in the area covered by the plan; AND WHEREAS an official community plan shall be in writing and may include plans, maps, tables or other graphic material and shall include statements and map designations for the area covered by the plan pursuant to Section 876 of the Municipal Act; NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. This by-law shall be cited as the Electoral Area C Official Community Plan Adoption By- law No. 689-1999. 2. Schedule “A” attached hereto and forming part of this by-law is the Electoral Area C Official Community Plan. 3. The objectives, policies, and land use designations set out in Schedule “A” attached hereto and forming part of this by-law are hereby adopted and are to be followed in determining future development in the Electoral Area C Official Community Plan area. 4. If any schedule, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of the By-law is for any reason held to be invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this By-law. 5. Pemberton Fringe Area Official Community Plan By-law No. 408, 1989 is hereby repealed. READ A FIRST TIME this 26th day of July , 1999. READ A SECOND TIME this 22nd day of November , 1999. A PUBLIC HEARING was held on 17th and 19th day of January , 2000. READ A THIRD TIME this 24th day of January , 2000. APPROVED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING this day of , 2000. APPROVAL NO. ADOPTED this day of , 2000. Susan L. Gimse R.A. Beauchamp Chair Secretary-Treasurer I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of Electoral Area C Official Community Plan Adoption By-law No. 689-1999 as read a third time January 24, 2000. ______________________________ R.A. Beauchamp Secretary-Treasurer CP689 3910.689 Squamish - Lillooet Regional District ELECTORAL AREA C OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN January 2000 SQUAMISH - LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA C PLAN Table of Contents Page No. List of Tables, Maps and Graphs ........................................................ ii PART A: BACKGROUND........................................................................1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................1 1.1 Plan Area ........................................................................................1 1.2 Organization of Plan Document .....................................................4 1.3 Content of an Official Community Plan.........................................4 1.4 Amending the Plan .........................................................................5 2.0 POPULATION ....................................................................................6 3.0 ECONOMY .......................................................................................10 3.1 Labour Force.................................................................................10 3.2 Development Trends ....................................................................10 4.0 PLAN AREA CHARACTER............................................................12 4.1 Plan Objectives.............................................................................13 PART B: PLAN POLICIES......................................................................15 1.0 AGRICULTURE ...............................................................................15 2.0 RESIDENTIAL and Rural Residential..............................................19 3.0 COMMERCIAL ................................................................................27 tourism Commercial/Back Country ...........................................................29 4.0 PUBLIC USES ..................................................................................30 5.0 PARKS ..............................................................................................32 6.0 TRANSPORTATION........................................................................34 7.0 RESOURCE USE..............................................................................36 8.0 INDUSTRIAL....................................................................................37 9.0 UTILITY SERVICING......................................................................38 9.1 Water Supply................................................................................38 9.2 Sewage Disposal...........................................................................39 9.3 Solid Waste Management.............................................................39 PART C: IMPLEMENTATION...............................................................40 1.0 DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREAS ................................................40 1.1 Development Permit Area A: Lillooet River Setbacks ................40 1.2 Development Permit Area B: All Commercially Designated Properties in Mount Currie ....................................................................41 2.0 REQUIRED EXTERNAL AGENCY ACTIONS .............................42 2.1 Ministry of Municipal Affairs And Housing................................42 2.2 Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks..................................42 SQUAMISH LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA C OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN PAGE i SQUAMISH - LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA C PLAN Table of Contents Page No. 2.3 Village of Pemberton....................................................................42 2.4 Mount Currie Indian Band and N'Quatqua Nation.......................43 3.0 RECOMMENDED BYLAW AMENDMENTS ...............................44 LIST OF TABLES, MAPS AND GRAPHS Table A: 20 Year Historic Population, Pemberton Fringe Area....................... 8 Table B: Plan Area Population Including Indian Reserves (IR’s).................... 9 Map 1 Plan Area ........................................................................................3 Map 2 Constraints to Development .........................................................16 Map 3: Potential for Rural Residential Development...............................26 Map B: Pemberton Fringe Inset Land Use Plan.....................................45 Map C: D’Arcy/Devine Inset Land Use Plan.........................................46 Map A Electoral Area C Land Use Plan.....................................................1 Graph 1: Projected Population: Pemberton Fringe Area Plan ........................ 10 Graph 2: Building Permits Issued (1992 - 1996) ............................................ 12 SQUAMISH LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA C OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN PAGE ii PART A: BACKGROUND 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PLAN AREA The area covered by the Electoral Area C Official Community Plan is the settled portion of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District’s Electoral Area C. Generally, the Plan area encompasses the Pemberton Valley lowlands and includes: • land areas immediately surrounding the Village of Pemberton boundaries (Pemberton Fringe) • the Highway 99 road corridor south of Pemberton to the Whistler Village boundary (Whistler / Pemberton Corridor) • the Pemberton-Mt. Currie Highway road corridor north-east of the Village to D’Arcy (Birken / D’Arcy Corridor) • the Pemberton-Meadows Highway road corridor north-west of the Village to Pemberton Meadows (Pemberton Meadows) Map 1 shows the plan area, in generalized terms, on the following page. Indian Reserves Within the plan area there are a number of Indian Reserves, some of which have a considerable land base and population - several are located within minutes of the Village of Pemberton boundaries. While the population living on these Reserves may impact planning decisions within the Electoral Area C (for example, the need for additional commercial space, educational and community facilities), lands found within Indian Reserves are legally under Federal jurisdiction and not subject to land use regulations of the Regional District. The policies contained in the Fringe Area and Plan are not intended to apply to Indian Reserve lands. It is understood that the Mount Currie Band and N’Quat’qua Nation have prepared land use and economic development plans for their Reserve lands. The Regional District supports the efforts of these First Nations that would compliment the land use policies contained within this Plan. Beyond defined Indian Reserve boundaries much of the Plan Area is also subject to land claims and treaty negotiations by the Mount Currie Band and N'Quatqua Nation. While the treaty process is currently underway, it is SQUAMISH LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA C OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN PAGE 1 uncertain, at this time, when land claims and associated issues, such as land jurisdiction and governance, will be finally resolved. With conclusion of the treaty process, the Regional District encourages the N'Quatqua Nation and Mount Currie Band to develop their land within the context of the spirit of this Plan preserving the area's rural character. Municipal Boundaries The plan area