Denman Island OCP Bylaw No.185

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Denman Island 
Official Community Plan 
Bylaw No. 185, 2008 
 
 
As amended by the  
Denman Island Local Trust Committee  
 
Consolidated Version:  July 24, 2024 
 
This Bylaw is consolidated for convenience only and is not to be 
construed as a legal document. 
 
 
For reference to original bylaw and amendments,  
please contact: 
Islands Trust - Northern Office, 700 North Road 
Gabriola Island, BC  V0R 1X3 
(250) 247-2063 
 
Preserving Island communities, culture and environment 
 
 
 

 
CONSOLIDATED BYLAW TEXT AMENDMENTS 
 
This copy is consolidated for convenience only and includes the following text amendments only: 
 
Bylaw Number Amendment Number Adoption Date 
 
Bylaw No. 198   Amendment No. 2, 2010   August 3, 2010 
Bylaw No. 199   Amendment No.1, 2011   August 15, 2011 
Bylaw No. 210   Amendment No. 1, 2014   November 30, 2014 
Bylaw No. 212   Amendment No. 2, 2014   May 17, 2016 
Bylaw No. 219   Amendment No. 2, 2015   January 31, 2017 
Bylaw No. 233   Amendment No. 1, 2019   September 27, 2022 
Bylaw No. 241   Amendment No. 1, 2021   February 7, 2023 
Bylaw No. 228   Amendment No. 1, 2018   May 7, 2024 
 

DENMAN ISLAND TRUST COMMITTEE 
 
 BYLAW NO. 185 
 
 
 
 
A BYLAW TO DESIGNATE THE COMMUNITY PLAN FOR DENMAN ISLAND AS THE 
OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN FOR DENMAN ISLAND 
 
 
WHEREAS Section 29 of the Islands Trust Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, Chap. 239) gives the Denman 
Island Trust Committee the power and authority of a Regional District under sections 694 
(1) (j) and 723 of the Local Government Act and Part 26 of that Act, except Division 10 and 
sections 937.2, 937.3 and 937.5 to 937.91 of that Part and except section 939; section 242 
of the Strata Property Act; the Real Estate Development Marketing Act; and the Agricultural 
Land Commission Act; and 
 
WHEREAS Section 944 and 948, respectively, of Division (1) of Part 26 of the Local 
Government Act apply to this Committee and authorize it to adopt Official Community Plans 
and outline procedures for developing and adopting such plans including a public hearing 
and Ministerial approval; and 
 
WHEREAS Section 27 of the Islands Trust Act requires that the Executive Committee of the 
Islands Trust must approve an Official Community Plan prior to adoption; and 
 
WHEREAS Section 945 of the Local Government Act lists the subjects that must be 
addressed in a Plan; and 
 
WHEREAS Section 949(1) of the Local Government Act does not commit or authorize the 
Denman Island Trust Committee to proceed with any project that is specified in the Plan; 
and 
 
WHEREAS Section 949(2) of the Local Government Act requires all bylaws enacted, permits 
issued, and works undertaken by Denman Island Trust Committee by consistent with the 
Official Community Plan; 
 
NOW THEREFORE the Denman Island Trust Committee being the Trust Committee having 
jurisdiction on and in respect of Denman Island in the Province of British Columbia pursuant 
to the Islands Trust Act, R.S.B.C., 1996, Chap. 239, enacts as follows

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