REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO

 

 

MINUTES OF THE ELECTORAL AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE

MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007, AT 6:00 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

 

Also in Attendance:

 

                                     M. Pearse                                                      Senior Manager, Corporate Administration

                                     P. Thorkelsson                                             General Manager, Development Services

                                     P. Thompson                                                Manager, Long Range Planning

                                     G. Garbutt                                                      Manager, Current Planning

                                     N. Tonn                                                         Recording Secretary

 

 

DELEGATIONS

 

Chuck and Linda Addison, re Rezoning/OCP Amendment Application No. A00604 – 2610 Myles Lake Road – Area ‘C’.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Addison provided information with respect to their application which has been held in abeyance since November 2006. The property is zoned Resource presently, and the property owners asked the Board of reconsider their application which would include changing the property zoning to Rural Residential.

 

MINUTES

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Van Eynde, that the minutes of the Electoral Area Planning Committee meeting held September 11, 2007 be adopted.

CARRIED

PLANNING

 

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS

 

Development Permit Application No. 60734 – Fern Road Consulting Ltd. on behalf of C. Redman and J. Prescott – Redman & Malcolm Roads – Area F.

 

MOVED Director Biggemann, SECONDED Director Young, that Development Permit Application No. 60734 submitted by Fern Road Consulting Ltd., on behalf of C Redman and J Prescott, in conjunction with the subdivision on the parcel legally described as the Northwest ¼ of Parcel A (DD4504-N) of Lot 9, Cameron District, Except Part in Plans 16020 and VIP55971 and designated within the Watercourse Protection Development Permit Area pursuant to OCP Bylaw No. 1152, 1999, be approved subject to the conditions outlined in Schedules No. 1 and 2 of the corresponding staff report and to the notification requirements pursuant to the Local Government Act with respect to the proposed variance.

CARRIED


OTHER

 

Terms of Reference – Electoral Area ‘A’ Official Community Plan Land Inventory.

 

MOVED Director Burnett, SECONDED Director Stanhope, that the proposed Terms of Reference attached as Schedule No. 1 be received and that staff be directed to proceed with the land inventory as proposed.

CARRIED

 

Proposed Board Policy – Expression of Parcel Area in Land Use Bylaws.

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that the Board of the Regional District of Nanaimo adopt the Board Policy attached to the corresponding staff report, to establish the General Survey Instruction Rules for Plan Deposits as the method to determine the expression of parcel areas in relevant Regional District of Nanaimo bylaws.

CARRIED

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that the Board of the Regional District of Nanaimo direct staff to proceed to include Interpretation Sections to adopt the General Survey Instruction Rules for Plan Deposits as the method to determine the expression of parcel areas in “Regional District of Nanaimo Land Use and Subdivision Bylaw No. 500, 1987” and “Regional District of Nanaimo Electoral Area ‘F’ Zoning and Subdivision Bylaw No. 1285, 2002”.

CARRIED

BUSINESS ARISING FROM DELEGATIONS OR COMMUNICATIONS

 

Rezoning/OCP Amendment Application No. AA00604 – 2610 Myles Lake Road – Area C.

 

MOVED Director Young, SECONDED Director Burnett, that the Electoral Area Planning Committee reconsider Application No. AA00604 and the motion stated in the Electoral Area Planning Committee’s minutes dated November 14, 2006 regarding the application.

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that the application be referred back to staff for a full report.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

 

MOVED Director Burnett, SECONDED Director Young, that this meeting terminate.

CARRIED

 

 

TIME:  6:37 PM

 

 

 

 

                                                                                              

CHAIRPERSON