South Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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South Pender Local Trust Committee 
Special Business Meeting 
April 7, 2024 ADOPTED Page 1 of 4 
 
South Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
April 7, 2024 
St. Peter’s Anglican Church Hall, North Pender Island 
 
Members Present: David Maude, Chair  
 Dag Falck, Local Trustee  
 Kristina Evans, Local Trustee  
  
Staff Present: Kim Stockdill, Island Planner  
  
Others Present: There were approximately 30 members of the public present. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Maude called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. He acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held on the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
3.1 Dwelling height, freshwater catchment regulations, agriculture regulations, shipping 
containers, and other minor amendments  
Island Planner Stockdill briefly described the purpose of the meeting to review proposed 
changes in Bylaw 122, the amending bylaw that makes changes to Land Use Bylaw 114. 
In response to a question raised, it was noted that the reason today’s meeting was not 
being held on South Pender is because, based on past Community Information 
Meetings, more people were expected than could be accommodated at the Fire Hall on 
South Pender and Poet’s Cove was considered to be too expensive.  
A document that highlights the proposed changes was distributed.  
DEFINITIONS  
Island Planner Stockdill reviewed the changes proposed to definitions. The following 
comments were made: 
 
 Definitions related to agriculture were taken directly from the Agricultural Land 
Commission 
A D O P T E D 

  
South Pender Local Trust Committee 
Special Business Meeting 
April 7, 2024 ADOPTED Page 2 of 4 
 “Basement floor area” is a definition that has no effect as it does not show up in 
the Land Use Bylaw 
 The maximum floor area of 70 square metres in the definition of “cottage” was 
removed, and the maximum floor area of 70 square meters was subsequently 
added to each individual zone to allow property owners to apply for a variance 
permit 
 Floor area is measured by the interior walls (the previous calculation was to the 
exterior of the walls) 
 
Discussion with community members ensued and the following comments were made: 
 R-value measurement could be considered when deciding whether a property 
owner’s floor area should be measured by interior or exterior walls, to 
encourage more efficiently insulated buildings 
 Support was expressed for measuring exterior walls as changing the 
measurement of floor area from exterior to interior walls does not make a 
significant difference, and it is complicated to measure the inside of the house 
 Support was expressed for measuring floor area from the interior walls to not 
penalize buildings such as straw bale houses that have thick walls 
 The Capital Regional District that issues the building permits measures floor area 
from t

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