Minutes of General Meeting

In Attendance:      Rob Hill, Chair       Ken Kyler

                                      Helen Sims           Michelle Jones

Egon Kuhn            Glenn McCurrie

Gerry Lewkowich     Frank Haylock

Ross Harvey           Gary Carniato

Wendy Maurer        Lorrie Conn

Councillor Anton Kruyt     

Councillor Jim Banks

Marilyn Hayden, Recording Secretary

Guest: Geoff Garbutt, RDN Senior Planner

Pam Shaw, RDN Manager of Community Planning

Rob Hill called the meeting to order at 7:30 A.M., introduced and welcomed the guest speakers, Geoff Garbutt and Pam Shaw and turned the meeting over to them.

Copies of the Bylaw were distributed to the members. Copies of the Bylaw are available on the RDN website www.rdn.bc.ca and also available by calling Marilyn for a copy.

This Bylaw is separate from Bylaw 500 and only applies to Area F.

RDN conferred with 800 owners and interested groups before adoption of the Bylaw on June 25, 2002.

8 categories of zoning

52 site specific zones

11 comprehensive development zones

3 Zones

1. Industrial Development

214 ha of industrial land in 3 zones

Focus of industrial development is Church Road (30+ - 5 acre lots)

Key issue is groundwater protection – EBA Study

Bylaw includes prohibited uses, storm water standards and storage regulations

2. Home Based Business

Recognizes smaller scale rural commercial/industrial, not urban regulations

Allowed in all agriculture, forestry, rural, residential and mixed use zones

Maximum of 400 m² including outdoor storage

2 non-resident employees

3. Strata Title Development

Bylaw includes minimum permitted lot sizes and minimum frontage for each zone

Bylaw requires a density of 1 dwelling per 2.5 acres

Where a parcel is large enough to allow for 2 or more dwellings, at the time of construction a building strata can be registered and is recognized in the Bylaw

Ground water issues and storm water management are included in the Bylaw – refer to section 2, page 2.

Run off control standards – refer to section 2.5.

No business licence requirements.

No building inspections.

Home-based business registration is offered at no charge for listings on the web site.

Housekeeping amendments will be made to cover site specific existing use zones for properties that were missed in the Bylaw.

Feedback would be welcome from members on their experience working within the Bylaw.

Discussion on Bylaw 500 height restriction definitions (average of 4 corners). An amendment to Bylaw 500 definitions must be presented to the Board of Directors. Direction for definition amendments comes from the Board of Directors.

Rob Hill thanked Geoff Garbutt and Pam Shaw for their informative presentation.

Triple H Construction Boardroom

Guest Speakers: Gayle Jackson and City Staff, City of Parksville

  21/10/2010