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By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 SQUAMISH-LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BY-LAW NO. 495 A by-law to adopt the Electoral Area D Official Community Plan By-law No. 495. WHEREAS the Board wishes to adopt a new Official Community Plan pursuant to Part 29, Division 1 of the Municipal Act; AND WHEREAS the Board has examined the plan in conjunction with its most recent capital expenditure program under Section 266 of the Municipal Act and any waste management plan or economic strategy plan that is applicable to the Regional District to ensure consistency between them; AND WHEREAS the Board has referred the plan to adjoining municipalities and regional districts for comment; AND WHEREAS the Board has held a Public Hearing pursuant to Section 956 of the Municipal Act; NOW THEREFORE, the Board of the Regional District in open meeting assembled hereby enacts as follows: 1. This by-law shall be cited as the “Electoral Area D Official Community Plan By-law No. 495. 2. Schedule A attached hereto is hereby made part of this by-law and adopted as the Official Community Plan for the Electoral Area D Plan Area. 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this By-law is for any reason held to be invalid by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid portion shall be severed and the decision that it is invalid shall not affect the validity of the remainder. READ A FIRST TIME this 25th day of January , 1993. READ A SECOND TIME THIS 31st day of January , 1994. PUBLIC HEARING held on the 12th day of April , 1994. READ A THIRD TIME this 30th day of May , 1994. APPROVED by the Minister of Municipal Affairs on the 24th day of August , 1994. APPROVAL NO. 940505 RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of September , 1994. R. D. Cumming Ivan Knowles Chairperson Secretary-Treasurer I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of “Electoral Area D Official Community Plan By-law No. 495” as adopted by the Regional Board September 26, 1994. Ivan Knowles Secretary-Treasurer L:\legal\Bylaws\Bylaws\Consolidated By-laws\CCP495.doc IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL CONSOLIDATION OF BY-LAW NO. 495 WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY. (Amendment By-laws #677, 692, 714, 743, 885, 913, 940, 946) ALTHOUGH THE SQUAMISH-LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT IS CAREFUL TO ASSURE THE ACCURACY OF ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS CONSOLIDATION, YOU SHOULD CONFIRM ALL INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS BASED ON IT. INFORMATION CAN BE CONFIRED THROUGH THE SLRD PLANNING DEPARTMENT By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 SCHEDULE A SQUAMISH-LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA D OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN May 1994 6119703.1 By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 SECTION 2 PLAN AREA BOUNDARIES 2 SECTION 3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 4 3.1 Principle 1 - Manage Development by Providing 4 an Overall Strategy and a Series of Land Use Designations 3.2 Provide a Sharp Distinction Between Fully Serviced 5 Development and Rural Development Self Sufficient in Services 3.3 Exercise Caution in Natural Hazard Areas 5 3.4 Consider Cumulative Effect of Development 5 3.5 Cooperate with Other Local Governments and Indian 6 Bands which have Reserves Adjacent to the Plan Area 3.6 Maintain High Visual Quality Standards in the Area 6 Included in the Sea to Sky Local Resource Use Plan (LRUP) Area 3.7 Recognize the Diversity of Settlements and Structure 6 Local Planning Processes for the Various Sub-Areas SECTION 4 GENERAL P0LICIES 7 4.1 Crown Land 7 4.2 Agricultural Land Reserve 8 4.3 Hazard Areas 8 4.4 Fringe Area Development 10 4.5 Community Services 10 4.6 Affordable Housing 12 4.7 Heritage Resources 12 4.8 Highway 99 Visual Quality 12 4.9 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 13 4.10 Sand and Gravel Resources 14 4.11 Transportation 14 4.12 Commercial Development 15 4.13 Industrial Development 15 By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) PAGE SECTION 5 LAND USE POLICIES 16 5.1 Overall Strategy 16 5.2 Land Use Designations 18 5.3 Sub-Area Planning 24 SECTION 6 IMPLEMENTATION 29 6.1 Preparation of a Sub-Area Plan for Sub-Area No. 3 29 6.2 Amendments to the Official Community Plan 30 6.3 Preparation of and Amendment to a Zoning By-law 31 6.4 Subdivision Servicing By-law 32 SCHEDULE B HOWE SOUND EAST SUB-AREA 3 PLAN (Amendment By-law 714) By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 INTRODUCTION SECTION 1 An Official Community Plan is intended to provide the Regional District with an overall statement on how it intends to manage development within the Plan Area. The Plan contains statements of objectives and policies respecting the form and character of existing and proposed land use, and on servicing requirements within the Plan Area. The focus is on the settlement of land and the Plan does not attempt to provide policy direction on matters such as forest management practices, mineral extraction, and pollution control. These issues are within the jurisdiction of various provincial agencies and it is not the intent of this Plan to undermine the mandate of the relevant provincial agencies. 1 By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 PLAN AREA BOUNDARIES SECTION 2 The objectives and policies of the Electoral Area D Official Community Plan apply to all land and water bodies within the area outlined on Map No. 1. The Plan Area is generally bounded by: • the Electoral Area D boundary to the north; • the boundary of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the south; • the height of land and the boundary of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the west; • the height of land and the boundary of the Garibaldi Provincial Park to the east. 2 By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 Insert Plan Area Boundaries Map No. 1 3 By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 GUIDING PRINCIPLES SECTION 3 The following statements of guiding principles set out the philosophy and broad direction for dealing with the development issues in the Plan Area. They have been derived taking into account a wide range of factors, including: opinions of local residents expressed during the public meetings and through written submissions; input from a wide range of agencies who have been involved in the preparation of the Plan. These agencies were contacted and provided their input during numerous meetings held to discuss the Plan and its contents; recognition of what is currently happening in the Plan Area and the influence the continued growth in the Lower Mainland will have on the Plan Area. Existing development, the potential for additional development, as well as development currently underway has been recognized; recognition that numerous agencies and groups have jurisdiction and differing interests within the Plan Area; sound community planning principles. The guiding principles are translated into objectives and policies as set out in Sections 4 and 5. 3.1 PRINCIPLE 1 - MANAGE DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING AN OVERALL STRATEGY AND A SERIES OF LAND USE DESIGANTIONS The purpose of preparing an official community plan is to: establish an overall land use strategy; identify land which should be retained in its current state; identify land which could be developed given existing information; identify land, which upon further study, may have development potential; identify land which should be preserved. 4 By-law 495 - Consolidation for Convenience Only January 2007 Included as part of the overall strategy is the establishment of a process which all development applications will follow. By doing so, residents, potential developers, government agencies and interest groups will know the process which will be followed as part of the review for development applications. 3.2 PROVIDE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN FULLY SERVICED DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF SUFFICIENT IN SERVICES Experience has shown that development which is permitted on smaller, rural parcels without the benefit of a community sewer system tends to become a problem for the local government. However, it is also important to recognize that some residents in the Plan Area want to maintain a rural lifestyle. In order to satisfy both issues, the Plan must allow rural residential development but on the premise that the rural subdivisions must be either fully serviced or rely on on-site services. Fully serviced subdivisions could contain smaller lots while maintaining a rural atmosphere. Lots which are not fully serviced would have to be large enough to safely accommodate all on-site services. 3.3 EXERCISE CAUTION IN NATURAL HAZARD AREAS There are numerous potential hazard areas in the Plan Area. These include unstable soils, floodplains, areas subject to snow slides and debris flows. The consequences of inappropriate development in these natural hazard areas can be extreme – major property damage, safety hazard to people, legal liability claims against the Regional District and the Province. To prevent such consequences, it is prudent for the Regional District to identify areas which are documented as hazard areas and to exercise extreme caution in dealing with any applications for development in the hazard areas. 3.4 CONSIDER THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT The Regional District will be under pressure to designate large areas of land as potential development areas. While individual applications might appear reasonable, it is important to be mindful that there is a potential for a number of major proposals. Over a number of years, the cumulative effect of the developments may lead to increased pressure on community services (schools, policing) and on the environment.