Regional Planning Committee Regular Meeting Agenda

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Regional Planning Committee
Agenda
 

Date:Thursday, April 27, 2023
Time:10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location:Coast Bastion Hotel
10 Gordon Street, Nanaimo BC
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.AGENDA
2.1Review of the Agenda
Late items, new items and re-ordering of the agenda
2.2Approval of Agenda
3.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
4.DELEGATIONS
None. 
5.CORRESPONDENCE
5.1Letter dated March 9, 2023 RE Temporary Use Permits for Housing Advocacy
3 - 11
5.2Salt Spring Solutions Integrated Housing Framework for Salt Spring Island
12 - 14
6.ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION
6.1Draft Minutes of Previous Meetings
15 - 19
For review and approval
6.2Resolutions Without Meeting
None. 
6.3Follow up Action List
20 - 23
For review
7.BUSINESS - WORK PROGRAM ITEMS
7.1Project Tracking - BRF
24 - 28
7.2Applications Report - BRF
29 - 31

7.3Request from Gabriola LTC to add "Shoreline Protection review" to projects - BRF
32 - 33
7.4Housing Action Scan - BRF
34 - 42
7.5Annual Report - RFD
43 - 47
7.62024/25 Business Case and Current Fiscal - RFD
48 - 51
7.7Housing Strategy - RFD
52 - 92
8.BUSINESS - OTHER
8.1Agricultural Land Commission Exclusion Regulation - BRF
93 - 96
8.2Governance Review - Annex 1 Recommendations - BRF
97 - 120
9.BUSINESS - NEW
10.WORK PROGRAM
For review and referral to Trust Council before each quarterly TC meeting
10.1Current Work Program (Top Priorities and Projects)
121 - 125
10.2Discussion of Priorities
11.NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, September 6, 2023. 
12.CLOSED MEETING
If desired:
That the meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the Community Charter, Part 4,
Division 3, s.90, (quote the pertinent section here, for example, (1)(a) personal information
about...) and that the recorder and staff [attend/not attend] the meeting.
13.RISE AND REPORT
If desired
14.ADJOURNMENT
*Approximate time is provided for the convenience of the public only and is subject to change
without notice.
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Tony Law
, Hornby Island, BC  V0R1Z0
To:   Islands Trust Council                                                                                                 09 March 2023
and   Hornby Island Local Trust Committee
re: Temporary Use Permits for Housing and for Short Term Rentals
- advocacy for changes to the Local Government Act
Temporary use permits (TUPs) are a potentially valuable tool for local trust committees, Bowen Island 
Municipality, and other local governments, to address non-permanent housing solutions and the use of 
dwellings for short term rentals.
However, provincial regulations governing the use of temporary use permits - Part 14, Division 8, of 
the Local Government Act -  specify requirements originally put in place for commercial and industrial 
uses. These requirements create challenges in using TUPs for housing and short term rentals.
I encourage the Islands Trust to approach the Ministry of Municipal Affairs - and to work with other 
local government (such as through AVICC and UBCM) - to advocate for amendments to the Local 
Government Act to make TUPs a more useful t

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