North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Agenda - Part 2

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  STAFF REPORT 
 
Islands Trust Staff Report 1 
File No.: PL-DP-2025-0499 
DATE OF 
MEETING: 
January 30, 2026 
TO: North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
FROM: Bruce Belcher, Planner 2 
Southern Team 
COPY: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
SUBJECT: PL-DP-2025-0499 
 Applicant: Budd Kerfoot 
 Location: 1325 Mackinnon Rd, North Pender Island 
 
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
RECOMMENDATION
1.That the North Pender Island Local Trust Committee approve issuance of Development Permit 
PL-DP-2025-0499.
REPORT SUMMARY
The  purpose  of  this report  is  to  consider  a  Development  Permit  (DP)  application  for  construction of  two
commercial  vacation  rental  cottages  and  a  parking  lot within  the Commercial  and  Industrial  Form  and
Character Development Permit Area (DPA) on the property.
BACKGROUND
The application is preceding a building permit application, as the new construction would require a DP based
on the following section within the North Pender Island Official Community Plan No. 171, 2007 (OCP):
The  following  activities  shall  require  a  development  permit  whenever  they  occur  within  the  DPA,
unless specifically exempted below:
  1) Construction of, addition to or alteration of a building or other structure.
This work is not exempt from the requirement for a DP as a building permit is required.
The  applicant  plans to  construct two  identical  commercial  vacation  rental  cottages  to  be  located  at  1325
Mackinnon Rd, as part of The Tides Cottages commercial vacation rental business, which also operates on
1329 Mackinnon Rd. The two new cottages would each have a floor area of 900 ft
2 
or about 83.6 m
2
. Additional
to the new cottages a new parking lot is also proposed with a capacity of six parking spaces.
Through conversations with staff the applicant has proposed to locate the eastern of the two cottages within
the 6.1 metre interior side lot line setback to 1329 Mackinnon Rd. Since both properties operate under the
same commercial business the applicant’s rationale was to locate the new cottages closer to the existing
commercial tourist accommodation operation and away from the neighbour to the west. Since the requested
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variance would result in closer adherence to the guidelines in the DPA the variance is being included within 
the DP application.  
The draft development permit is included as Attachment 4. 
 
Figure 1: Subject Property Location 
ANALYSIS 
Official Community Plan: 
The entirety of the property is within the Commercial and Industrial Form and Character DPA. The objective 
of this development permit area is to ensure that new or additional commercial or industrial uses are 
developed in a manner that is consistent with and enhances rural character and avoids impacts on 
adjacent properties. 
 
The new construction does involve the addition of two new commercial guest accommodation units. The 
proposal is generally unobtrusive and maintains con

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