Notice of Public Hearing
3:45 pm on Thursday, August 27, 2020
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Bowen Island Council is considering changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP) to designate the entire municipality as an area where Temporary Use Permits (TUPs) may be issued.
Bylaw No. 521, 2020 amends Policy 135 of the OCP to:
- Include a designation of the entire municipality as an area where TUPs may be issued
- Remove language requiring that a TUP be issued for a use that is “short-term or seasonal.” TUPs would remain able to be issued under conditions of the Local Government Act.
Ways you can have your say:
Speak at the Public Hearing: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 3:45 pm:
1. E-mail the Corporate Officer (hdallas@bimbc.ca) BEFORE 3:45 pm with:
Subject line: “Public Hearing – Verbal Submission”
Your full name, address and phone number
2. Join via Zoom and wait for your name to be called out. (See Zoom details above)
Write to the attention of Mayor and Council:
E-mail: mayorandcouncil@bimbc.ca
Mail: 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G2
To ensure a fair process, Council cannot consider any submissions received after the Public Hearing has ended.
Background Information
| April 14, 2020 Meeting | |
| RES#20-188 | It was Moved and Seconded That Council direct staff to prepare an amendment bylaw to the Official Community Plan designating areas where Temporary Use Permits may be allowed. CARRIED |
| May 11, 2020 Meeting | |
| RES#20-253 | It was Moved and Seconded That Council refer the staff report dated May 1, 2020 regarding an amendment to the Official Community Plan to designate the whole island as an area where temporary use permits are allowed to the Islands Trust and the Advisory Planning Commission. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY |
| June 22, 2020 Meeting | |
| RES#20-311 | It was Moved and Seconded That Bylaw No. 521, 2020 cited as “Bowen Island Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 521, 2020 be read a first time; and That Council refer Bylaw No. 521, 2020 to the Advisory Planning Commission, and the Islands Trust. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY |
| RES#20-312 | It was Moved and Seconded That Council request the Advisory Planning Commission to specifically review the definition of “Short Term” in the context of an amendment to the OCP to address Temporary Use Permits. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY |
| RES#20-359 | It was Moved and Seconded That Bylaw No. 521, 2020 cited as “Bowen Island Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 521, 2020 be read a second time as amended; and That Council refer Bylaw No. 521, 2020 to a Public Hearing. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY |
APC – May 21, 2020 Meeting
It was Moved and Seconded
That the Advisory Planning Commission recommend that Council direct Staff to proceed with amending the Official Community Plan to allow for Temporary Use Permits on Bowen Island, as proposed at the May 21, 2020 APC meeting, with all of Bowen Island as the designated permit area.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
APC – July 15, 2020 Meeting
It was Moved and Seconded
That the Advisory Planning Commission support Bowen Island Official Community Plan (OCP) Amendment Bylaw No. 521, 2020 and recommend the following amendment be made to OCP Policy 235:
- Remove: “is short-term and seasonal in nature and”.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
None