Denman LTC Special Meeting Agenda

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Denman Island Local Trust Committee
 
Special Meeting Revised Agenda
 

Date:July 27, 2022
Time:2:00 pm
Location:Electronic Meeting
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
“Please note, the order of agenda items may be modified during the meeting. Times are
provided for convenience only and are subject to change.”
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.DENMAN ISLAND FARMING REGULATION REVIEW PROJECT
3.1.Presentation by Ione Smith - Upland Consulting Ltd.
2 - 29
3.2.Question and Answer Session
3.3.Staff Report - for decision
30 - 86
4.NEW BUSINESS
4.1.DFO Shellfish Aquaculture Management Advisory Committee
5.ADJOURNMENT
4:30 PM - 4:30 PM

July 2022
Denman Island Farm Regulations 
Review
Engagement Summary and 
Key Directions
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This project hopes to enhance and preserve farming activities 
on the island through updates to the Denman Island Official 
Community Plan policies and Land Use Bylaw regulations. 
The project is focused on implementing three recommendations 
from the Denman Farm Plan.
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11) Undertake a review of farm worker housing and 
agritourism accommodation
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13) Implement zoning updates through the Land Use Bylaw
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14) Amend the Official Community Plan 
Project Objectives
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Engagement
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Main Engagement Activities
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Presentation to APC
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Presentation to LTC
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Community mail-out
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Interviews (8)
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Questionnaire (164)
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Community Information 
Meeting (7)
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Engagement with Farming Community
4
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APC meetings with GPA members (x2)
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7 farmers invited to be interviewed, 4 accepted
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43% of respondents to the questionnaire are in the ALR
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Definition of Agriculture
5
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Interviews w farmers 
indicated a shorter 
definition preferable
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Less likely to need to 
be updated as 
provincial policies 
change if the definition 
is more broad
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Direction: Consider shortening and aligning 
definition of agriculture Hornby Island 
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“Agriculture” means the use of land, buildings, 
or structures for the growing, rearing, 
harvesting, processing, marketing or production 
of agricultural plants, crops, or livestock.
Definition of Agriculture
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Intensive Agriculture
7
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Reminder: Must be permitted within the ALR but can 
be restricted outside the ALR.
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Current: “Intensive agriculture” is defined as: the use 
of land, buildings and structures by a commercial 
enterprise or an institution for the confinementof 
poultry, livestock or fur bearing animals, or the 
growing of mushrooms, except for forest fungi, and 
excludes feedlots 
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Intensive Agriculture
8
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What does ”confinement” mean?
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Provincial Agricultural Environmental Management 
Code defined confined livestock/poultry areas as: 
an outdoor area, other than a grazing area, 
seasonal feeding area or temporary holding area, 
where livestock/poultry are confined by structures or 
topography
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This could be interpreted as barns, pig-sty, chicken 
coops
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Intensive Agriculture
9
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Support is mixed: keep status quo, do not define it all, or 
add some restrictions such as animal densities
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Most residents a

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