REGIONAL DISTRICT OF
MINUTES
OF THE ELECTORAL AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE
MEETING
HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2006, AT 6:30 PM
IN
THE RDN BOARD CHAMBERS
Present:
Director D. Bartram Chairperson
Director J. Burnett Electoral
Area A
Director M. Young Electoral
Area C
Alternate
Director F. Van Eynde Electoral Area
E
Director L. Biggemann Electoral Area
F
Director J. Stanhope Electoral
Area G
Alternate
Director M. Lefebvre City of
Also in Attendance:
P. Thorkelsson General
Manager, Development Services
W. Moorman Manager
of Engineering
N. Tonn Recording
Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
The Chairperson welcomed
Alternate Directors Van Eynde and Lefebvre, to the meeting.
DELEGATIONS
Allen Meyer, re Development Variance Permit Application No.
90616 – Meyer –
Mr. Meyer has withdrawn his request to speak.
LATE DELEGATIONS
MOVED Director Van Eynde,
SECONDED Director Burnett, that two late delegations be permitted to address
the Committee.
CARRIED
Barbara Ehmig, Budget Steel, re Budget Steel –
Ms. Ehmig provided a
verbal update on Budget Steel’s current business standards, providing written
material for the Committee’s information, and requested that the Budget Steel’s
application be denied at its present location.
Hazel Dunaway, re Budget Steel –
Ms. Dunaway raised her
concerns regarding the increased noise and traffic associated with Budget
Steel’s business.
MINUTES
MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED
Director Biggemann, that the minutes of the Electoral Area Planning Committee
meeting held September 12, 2006 be adopted.
CARRIED
PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Development
Permit Application No. 60624 – Fern Road Consulting Ltd. on behalf of A G
Project Management Inc. – McColl Road – Area H.
The Chairperson noted that the floor
elevation of 1.5 metres above the present natural boundary of the ocean in the
staff report, should be 1.9 metres.
MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED
Director Biggemann, that Development Permit Application No. 60624, with
variances to allow the construction of a dwelling on
CARRIED
Development
Permit Application No. 60651 – Anderson/Sims –
The Chairperson requested that
Schedule 1 to Development Permit Application No. 60651 be amended to include
the following:
1) The receipt by RDN staff of written confirmation of the
Ministry of Transportation’s acceptance of the encroachment on to
2) The existing dwelling unit is to be removed and the area
reclaimed as per the recommendations of the Geotechnical Engineer upon
completion of the new dwelling unit.
MOVED Director Stanhope,
SECONDED Director Young, that Development Permit Application No. 60651 for a
parcel located at 5151 Island Highway, including variances to legalize two
existing accessory buildings and one existing deck, and allow the construction
of an over height dwelling unit, be approved according to the terms outlined in
Schedule No. 1 as amended, subject to the Board’s consideration of the comments
received as a result of public notification.
CARRIED
DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT
Development Variance Permit Application No. 90608 –
Zajes/Sims –
MOVED Director Biggemann, SECONDED
Director Van Eynde,:
1. That Development Variance Permit Application No. 90608,
to vary “Regional District of Nanaimo Zoning and Subdivision Bylaw No. 1285,
2002”, for property located at 2260 Alberni Highway, as outlined on Schedule
No. 1, be approved subject to the Board’s consideration of the comments
received as a result of public notification.
2. That if terms number 1 to 5 contained in Schedule No. 1
are not complete to the satisfaction of the Regional District of Nanaimo by
January 5, 2007, that the Board approval of this permit be withdrawn, and the
Board direct staff to withhold the issuance of this permit and proceed with the
removal of the illegal addition in accordance with the Court Order issued in
November 2005.
CARRIED
Development Variance Permit Application No. 90620 – Dave
Scott for 3536696 Canada Inc –
MOVED Director Van Eynde, SECONDED
Director Biggemann, that Development Variance Permit Application No. 90620, to
vary the permitted height of an existing dwelling at
CARRIED
OTHER
Request for Relaxation of the Minimum 10% Perimeter
Requirement – Fern Road Consulting Ltd., on behalf of Arthur Coben & Peter
Swann – 510 & 530 Grovehill Road – Area H.
MOVED Director Stanhope,
SECONDED Director Burnett, that the request from Fern Road Consulting Ltd., on
behalf of Arthur Coben & Peter Swann, to relax the minimum 10% frontage
requirement for the proposed Remainder of Lot 42, as shown on the submitted
plan of the subdivision of Lot 42, District Lot 81, Newcastle District, Plan
1967, Except Part in Red on Plan 513RW, be approved.
CARRIED
Request for
Relaxation of the Minimum 10% Perimeter Frontage Requirement – Timberlake-Jones
Engineering Ltd., on behalf of 699399 BC Ltd. – off Northwest Bay Road – Area
E.
MOVED Director Van Eynde, SECONDED
Director Stanhope, that the request for relaxation of the minimum 10% frontage
requirement for proposed Strata Lot 9 in conjunction with the subdivision of
the property legally described as District Lot 68, Nanoose District, Except
Amended Parcel A Thereof and Except Those Parts in Plans 3940, 26680, 27026,
27376, 30341 and VIP80336 be approved subject to Schedule Nos. 1 and 2 of the
staff report.
CARRIED
ADJOURNMENT
MOVED Director Van Eynde,
SECONDED Director Young, that this meeting terminate.
CARRIED
CHAIRPERSON