Salt Spring LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED                      
 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee ADOPTED 1 of 10 
Meeting Minutes  
March 20, 2025 
                   Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 
Location: Meaden Hall 
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island  
  
Members Present: 
 
 
Timothy Peterson, Chair 
Jamie Harris, Local Trustee (electronic) 
Laura Patrick, Local Trustee   
 
Staff Present: 
 
 
 
Others Present: 
 
Chris Hutton, Regional Planning Manager 
Milad Panahifar, Planner 1 (electronic) 
Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance & Enforcement Manager  
Rob Pingle, Legislative Clerk 
Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder (electronic)  
 
There were approximately 6 members of the public present 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 SS-2025-028 
  It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that Trustee Harris be admitted to the March 20, 2025 meeting and be permitted 
to participate as a voting member of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust 
Committee by electronic or other means. 
CARRIED 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m.  He introduced himself, the 
Trustees and staff and acknowledged that the Local Trust Committee is meeting in the 
territory of the Coast Salish First Nations including the Hul’qumi’num  and SENĆOŦEN 
speaking peoples. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 19.2 May 8, 2025 Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Meeting Time 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
Peter Lloyd Jones, President, Salt Spring Island Accommodation Group, spoke in favour 
of opting into BC Provincial Bill 35 and expressed that the legislation will provide 
stronger tools for managing short-term vacation rentals, establish a provincial role for the 
management and regulation of such, and enforce the principal residency requirement. 
He indicated support is conditional on Bylaw Enforcement Bylaw sections 3.13.7 to 3:15 

                                                                                                                                                                                   
ADOPTED                      
 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee ADOPTED 2 of 10 
Meeting Minutes  
March 20, 2025 
be revised to be in compliance to work with the legislation or be enforceable, and the 
existing standing resolution which enacts a moratorium on proactive enforcement of 
tourism accommodation should remain in place until Bylaw 355 is revised and approved. 
A member of the public spoke to the interpretation of the object of Islands Trust as 
exclusively preserving and protecting the natural environment which does not reconcile 
with the needs of the community in terms of affordable housing. 
A member of the public asked why Trustee Harris is not attending the meeting in person. 
Chair Peterson recommend

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