REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO

 

 

MINUTES OF THE ELECTORAL AREA PLANNING COMMITTEE

MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009, AT 6:30 PM

IN THE RDN BOARD CHAMBERS

 

Present:

                                Director G. Holme                                    Chairperson

                                Director J. Burnett                                   Electoral Area A

                                Director M. Young                                   Electoral Area C

                                Director L. Biggemann                            Electoral Area F

                                Director J. Stanhope                               Electoral Area G

                                Alternate

                                Director D. Heenan                                 Electoral Area H

 

Also in Attendance:

 

                                C. Mason                                                 Chief Administrative Officer

                                M. Pearse                                                Senior Manager, Corporate Administration

                                P. Thompson                                           Manager, Long Range Planning

                                T. Osborne                                              General Manager, Recreation & Parks Services

                                N. Tonn                                                   Recording Secretary

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

The Chairperson welcomed Alternate Director Heenan to the meeting.

 

DELEGATIONS

 

Chuck & Linda Addison, re Zoning & OCP Amendment Application No. 0604.

 

Mr. & Mrs. Addison provided a map showing the subject property and the previous designated land use prior to its change to resource zoning and requested that the Board consider site specific rezoning to allow 2 hectare parcels.

 

MINUTES

 

MOVED Director Burnett, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that the minutes of the Electoral Area Planning Committee meeting held June 9, 2009 be adopted.

CARRIED

PLANNING

 

AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS

 

Zoning Amendment Application No. ZA0903 – Fern Road Consulting for Springford – 1884 & 1950 Northwest Bay Road – Electoral Area ‘E’ and ‘G’.

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that this item be referred back to staff.

CARRIED


DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATIONS

 

Development Permit Application No. 60837 – Harford for Harford & Hale – 501/515 Kaplar Road – Electoral Area ‘G’.

 

The Manager of Long Range Planning noted that the wording in Item 2(b) of Schedule I should be changed to read as follows:

 

                “b.            There shall be no removal of the existing native vegetation within 15.0 metres of the east lot line of the parent parcel unless a development permit has been issued to permit such removal”.

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that the request from Dan Harford on behalf of D. Harford, E. Harford, B. Hale and T. Hale, for the building strata conversion as shown on the Proposed Strata Plan of Lot 9, District Lots 65 and 66, Newcastle District, Plan 1803, be approved subject to the conditions being met as set out in Schedules No. 1 and 2 of the corresponding staff report.

CARRIED

 

MOVED Director Stanhope, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that Development Permit Application No. 60837, submitted by Dan Harford on behalf of D. Harford, E. Harford, B. Hale and T. Hale, in conjunction with the proposed building strata conversion application and designated within the Farm Land Protection and the Environmentally Sensitive Features Development Permit Areas be approved subject to the conditions outlined in Schedules No. 1 and 2 of the corresponding staff report.

CARRIED

 

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WITH VARIANCE APPLICATIONS

 

Development Permit with Variance Application No. 60921 – Whitaker – 5361 Island Highway West – Electoral Area ‘H’.

 

MOVED Director Heenan, SECONDED Director Burnett, that Development Permit with Variance Application No. 60921, to construct a dwelling unit and attached garage with a maximum height of 8.7 metres within the Hazard Lands and Environmentally Sensitive Features Development Permit Area pursuant to “Regional District of Nanaimo Electoral Area ‘H’ Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1335, 2003”, for the property legally described as Lot A, District Lot 16, Newcastle District, Plan 11435 be approved subject to the conditions outlined in Schedules No. 1 to 4 and the notification requirements of the Local Government Act.

CARRIED

 

Development Permit with Variance Application No. 60925 – Wells – 1720 Wilkinson Road – Electoral Area ‘A’.

 

MOVED Director Burnett, SECONDED Director Young, that Development Permit with Variance Application No. 60925, to construct a dwelling unit and attached garage with a minimum setback from the front lot line of 5.0 metres within the Streams, Nesting Trees & Nanaimo River Floodplain Development Permit Area, pursuant to “Regional District of Nanaimo Electoral Area ‘A’ Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1240, 2001”, for the property legally described as Lot A, District Lot 4, Section 3, Nanaimo District, Plan 7320 be approved subject to the conditions outlined in Schedules No. 1 to 4 and the notification requirements of the Local Government Act.

CARRIED

 


Development Permit with Variance Application No. 60926 – Ivens – 3951 Bovanis Road – Electoral Area ‘H’.

 

MOVED Director Heenan, SECONDED Director Stanhope, that Development Permit with Variance Application No. 60926, for the construction of a second storey addition to an existing single dwelling unit on the subject property legally described as Lot 6, District Lots 85 and 22, Newcastle District, Plan 23173, be approved subject to the conditions outlined in Schedules No. 1 to 4 and the notification requirements of the Local Government Act.

CARRIED

OTHER

 

Request for Frontage Relaxation – Henning for Diedrichsen, Laird, Corranini – 2915 & 2945 Amrik Road – Electoral Area ‘C’.

 

MOVED Director Young, SECONDED Director Burnett, that the request to relax the minimum 10% frontage requirement for proposed Lot 3, submitted by Brian Henning, BCLS on behalf of W. Diedrichsen, L. Laird, W. Corraini & G. Corraini, in conjunction with the proposed lot line adjustment subdivision for the properties legally described as Lot B, Sections 10 and 11, Ranges 4 and 5, Plan VIP77295; Lot A, Section 11, Range 5, Plan VIP8595; and Lot 2, Section 11, Range 4 and 5, Plan VIP80268, Except That Part in Plan VIP85953 , all of Mountain District, be approved.

CARRIED

 

Request for Regional Growth Strategy Amendment to Support Zoning & OCP Amendment Application No. 0604 – Addison – 2610 Myles Lake Road – Electoral Area ‘C’.

 

MOVED Director Young, SECONDED Director Biggemann, that it be recommended to the Sustainability Select Committee and the Board that the Electoral Area Planning Committee supports consideration of this application for a site specific amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy.

CARRIED

 

Amendment Bylaw No. 1469.01 – Provides for a Housekeeping Amendment to the Floodplain Management Bylaw.

 

MOVED Director Burnett, SECONDED Director Young, that “Regional District of Nanaimo Floodplain Amendment Bylaw No. 1469.01, 2009” be given three readings.

CARRIED

 

MOVED Director Burnett, SECONDED Director Young, that “Regional District of Nanaimo Floodplain Amendment Bylaw No. 1469.01, 2009” be adopted.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

 

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

CARRIED

TIME:  6:50 PM

 

 

 

 

                                                                                              

CHAIRPERSON