Mayne LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Mayne Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Business Meeting 
February 24, 2025 ADOPTED Page 1 of 7 
 
Mayne Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
February 24, 2025 
Mayne Island Agricultural Hall 
430 Fernhill Road, Mayne Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Tobi Elliott, Chair 
 David Maude, Local Trustee 
 Jeanine Dodds, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Narissa Chadwick, Island Planner 
 Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement Manager 
(electronic) 
 Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator (electronic) 
 Katherine Vogt, Recorder 
  
Others Present: There were approximately four (4) members of the public present. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Elliott called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. She acknowledged that the meeting 
was being held in the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations.  
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Chair Elliott spoke on the benefits of indigenous people’s past and present stewardship of 
the land. 
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
4. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
• A member of the public spoke on a recent bylaw enforcement determination letter 
for inappropriate land use he had received following a neighbor’s complaint of noise 
occurring at the property  
o The speaker expressed that the language in the determination letter and Land 
Use Bylaw was confusing 
o The speaker believed that all contractors on Mayne Island who rely on trucks for 
their business, including plumbers and electricians, were possibly at risk 
o The speaker noted that his business provided employment and services on the 
island and that substantial contributions had been made to various community 
groups over 4 years  
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o Manager Dingman offered that the property owner could contact him for 
further clarification 
o It was suggested that the property owner could apply for a Temporary 
Use Permit (TUP), which gives 90 days for the property owner to seek a 
solution 
o The property owner expressed that the Land Use Bylaws (LUB)s notion of a 
contractor’s yard assumed that business would be continuous and ongoing in 
the yard, whereas he used the yard for storage only 
o The Planner responded that a contractor’s yard is treated as a home-based 
business in the LUB to allow a plumber to keep his truck on his property; but 
that to be considered a home-based business, the property owner, business 
owner, or an employee of the company is expected to be residing on the 
property 
o The present situation seems to go beyond what the current LUB allows 
o A three-year trial-run TUP may lead to site rezoning if business 
operations are satisfactory, or the TUP can be renewed 
o A Trustee added that all TUP applications are circulated to neighbors within a 
100-meter radius; and that good neighbor relations are a significant 
consideration for Trustees; and that byla

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