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Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1555 Electoral Area ‘D’/ Rural Grand Forks Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 843 Rossland Avenue Trail, BC V1R 4S8 Telephone: 250.368.9148 Toll Free in BC: 800.355.7352 Fax: 250.368.3990 Adopted by The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Board of Directors October 27, 2016 Acknowledgments Many individuals were involved in creating this revised Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Official Community Plan. Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Planning and Development Department staff worked with a dedicated Official Community Plan Steering Committee who spent countless hours reviewing staff reports related to various aspects of the Plan, reviewing drafts; and attending public meetings. The Official Community Plan Steering Committee members were: • Werner Behrens; • Deb Billwiller; • Jenny Coleshill; • Gord Davis; • Bob DeMaertelaere; • Edith MacAllister; • Lesley Matthews; • David Reid; • Roly Russell, Director for Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks; and • Graham Watt. Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks residents and property owners provided valuable input through questionnaire responses; individual meetings and telephone conversations; and by attending workshops and open houses. REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOTENAY BOUNDARY Electoral Area ‘D’ / Rural Grand Forks Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1555, passed on the 27th day of October, 2016 Together with Amendment Bylaws Replacing Electoral Area ‘D’ Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 852, 1999 CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY Consolidated bylaws are consolidated for convenience only and are merely representative. Each consolidated bylaw consists of the original bylaw text and maps, together with current amendments which have been made to the original version. Copies of all bylaws (originals and amendments) may be obtained from the RDKB Planning and Development Department. AMENDMENT BYLAW NO: DATE OF ADOPTION 1674 (Text and Map Amendment) RDKB File: D-13 July 25, 2019 REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOTENAY BOUNDARY Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1555, 2016 A Bylaw to provide land use regulations for Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary: WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 472 of the Local Government Act the Board may adopt one or more Official Community Plans for one or more areas; AND WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 477 of the Local Government Act, the Board must adopt a community plan by bylaw, and, following adoption of such a bylaw, the community plan is an Official Community Plan; AND WHEREAS the Board has had prepared a community plan, such community plan being expressed in text and maps; AND WHEREAS the Board, in compliance with Sections 475 and 476 of the Local Government Act, considered and provided several opportunities for consultation with persons, or organizations and authorities it considered would be affected; NOW THEREFORE the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, in open meeting assembled ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1555, 2016’. 2. The attached Schedule “A” is hereby adopted as the Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Official Community Plan. 3. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Electoral Area ‘D’ Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 852, 1999 and all amendments is hereby repealed. READ A FIRST time this 23rd day of June, 2016. Board consideration of Section 477 of the Local Government Act this 22nd day of September, 2016. READ A SECOND time, as amended this 22nd day of September, 2016. PUBLIC HEARING held this 17th day of October, 2016 READ A THIRD TIME this 27th day of October, 2016 ADOPTED this 27th day of October, 2016 Manager of Corporate Administration Chair I, Theresa Lenardon, Manager of Corporate Administration of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Bylaw No. 1555, cited as the “Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1555, 2016”. Manager of Corporate Administration Date Schedule ‘A’ Table of Contents 1 Introduction ______________________________________________________ 1 1.1 Definitions _________________________________________________________________ 1 1.2 Purpose and Required Content _________________________________________________ 3 1.3 Plan Preparation _____________________________________________________________ 3 1.4 Interpretation _______________________________________________________________ 4 1.5 Review and Amendment of the Plan _____________________________________________ 4 2 Community Overview _______________________________________________ 5 2.1 Geography _________________________________________________________________ 5 2.2 History _____________________________________________________________________ 6 2.3 Land Use Patterns____________________________________________________________ 7 2.4 Population and Housing Demand _______________________________________________ 7 3 Guiding Principles _________________________________________________ 9 4 Greenhouse Gas Reduction ________________________________________ 10 5 Natural Hazards __________________________________________________ 12 6 Heritage Resources _______________________________________________ 14 7 Environmentally Sensitive Areas ____________________________________ 16 8 Conservation Subdivisions _________________________________________ 18 9 Transportation ___________________________________________________ 21 10 Sand and Gravel Deposits __________________________________________ 23 11 Agricultural Resources ____________________________________________ 24 12 Sewer Services ___________________________________________________ 26 13 Water Services ___________________________________________________ 27 14 Solid Waste Management __________________________________________ 30 15 Recreation Resources _____________________________________________ 32 16 Property Maintenance and Safety ____________________________________ 34 17 Affordable, Rental and Special Needs Housing_________________________ 35 18 Utility Corridors __________________________________________________ 36 19 Land Use Designations ____________________________________________ 37 19.1 Residential Serviced 1 and 2 __________________________________________________ 38 19.2 Manufactured Home Park ____________________________________________________ 39 19.3 Rural Residential ___________________________________________________________ 40 19.4 Agricultural Resource 1 and 2 _________________________________________________ 41 19.5 Rural Resource 1, 2 and 3 _____________________________________________________ 43 19.6 Drinking Water Resource _____________________________________________________ 45 19.7 Commercial ________________________________________________________________ 46 19.8 Industrial __________________________________________________________________ 47 19.9 Parks and Recreation ________________________________________________________ 48 19.10 Conservation _____________________________________________________________ 49 19.11 Rail/Trail Corridor _________________________________________________________ 50 19.12 Institutional and Community Facilities ________________________________________ 51 20 Implementation ___________________________________________________ 52 20.1 Zoning and Subdivision Control ________________________________________________ 52 20.2 Minimum Parcel Size Exceptions in the Implementing Zoning Bylaw __________________ 52 20.3 Development Approvals Information Area _______________________________________ 52 List of Maps: Map 1. Land Use Designations Map 2. Locations of Selected Red- and Blue- Listed Species Map 3. Terrain Stability and Flood Hazards Map 4. Wildfire Risk for Areas of Higher Population Density Map 5. Areas of Significant Archaeological Potential and Places of Historic Interest Map 6. Environmentally Sensitive Areas Map 7. Transportation and Sand and Gravel Deposits Map 8. Agricultural Land Reserve Map 9. Community Water Service Areas and Aquifers Map 10. Recreation and Trails 1 Introduction 1.1 Definitions In this Bylaw all words or phrases have their normal or common meaning with the exception of those that have been changed, modified or expanded by the definitions below. For convenience only, terms for which a definition has been provided are periodically highlighted in bold italic text throughout the document. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE means agricultural production of a product that falls under the federal government’s definition of a controlled Bylaw substance, (e.g. the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulation); 1674 AGRI-TOURISM means an activity defined in the Agricultural Land Reserve Regulation; AGRICULTURE means farm use as defined in the Agricultural Land Commission Act and BC Regulation 171/2002; BLUE-LISTED SPECIES means indigenous species and subspecies considered to be of special concern (formerly vulnerable) in British Columbia. Elements are of special concern because of characteristics that make them particularly sensitive to human activities or natural events. Blue-listed elements are at risk, but are not extirpated, endangered or threatened; BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary; COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM means a water supply system within the meaning of the Drinking Water Protection Act that is owned,
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