REGIONAL DISTRICT OF
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,
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
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
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
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
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 &
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
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
CHAIRPERSON