Salt Spring LTC Delegation Bylaw No. 534

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SALT SPRING ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
BYLAW NO. 534, 2022 
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A bylaw of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee to  
Delegate the Power to Issue Certain Land Use Permits  
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The Salt  Spring Island Local  Trust  Committee,  being  the Local Trust Committee  having  jurisdiction  in 
respect of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area under the Islands Trust Act, enacts as follows: 
 
SHORT TITLE 
 
1. This bylaw may be cited as “Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Delegation Bylaw No. 534, 
2022”. 
 
DEFINITIONS 
 
2. In this bylaw: 
 
“Act” means the Local Government Act, RSBC 2015 Chapter 1, as amended. 
 
“Local Trust Committee” means the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee. 
 
“Director” means the Director of Local Planning Services. 
 
“Regional Planning Manager” means the Manager assigned to the Local Trust Committee. 
 
 
DELEGATION 
 
3. The Local Trust Committee hereby delegates to the Director, or in his or her absence the 
Regional Planning Manager, the power to issue a development permit or a development permit 
amendment under Section 490 of the Act in respect of development permits issued within the 
following development permit areas: 
 
a. Development Permit Area 3 (Marine Shorelines), 
b. Development Permit Area 4 (Lakes, Streams and Wetlands), 
c. Development Permit Area 5 (Community Well Capture Zones), 
d. Development Permit Area 6 (Slope Stability and Soil Erosion Hazards); and  
e. Development Permit Area 7 (Riparian Areas). 
 
4. The delegation under Section 3 does not include the authority to vary or supplement a land use 
regulation or a subdivision regulation. 
 
5. The Director, or in his or her absence the Regional Planning Manager, is also delegated the 
power to require, under Section 502 of the Act, an applicant to provide security in an amount 
stated in the Permit by way of an irrevocable letter of credit or the deposit of securities in a 
form satisfactory to the Director. 
 

 
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6. The amount of security to be provided under Section 502 of the Act, in relation to a 
development permit issued by the delegate, shall be 125% of the cost of site restoration, 
landscaping, remediation of damage to the natural environment or improvements including 
materials and installation, as determined by a professional landscape architect, a nurseryperson, 
a landscape contractor, a habitat biologist, or another person approved by the Director to 
provide.  
   
7. For clarity, a person to whom a power, duty or function has been delegated under this bylaw 
has no authority to further delegate to another person any power, duty or function that has 
been delegated by this Bylaw.
 
 
 
RECONSIDERATION 
 
8. An applicant may have a decision of the delegate in relation to a permit reconsidered by the 
Local Trust Committee by submitting a writt

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