Salt Spring Island OCP Bylaw No. 434 - Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         16                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
A.6 CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY  
 
A.6.1 OBJECTIVES  
 
A.6.1.1 To consider the impacts of climate change as a central factor in land use decision-making. 
 
A.6.1.2 To  establish  the  importance  of  energy  efficiency, energy  security, greenhouse  gas  emissions 
reduction, and carbon cycling in land use, site planning, building design and transportation. 
 
A.6.1.3 To promote the use of renewable energy and the development of renewable energy sources. 
 
A.6.1.4 To  work  with  other  agencies,  stakeholders  and  the  community  to  achieve  energy conservation 
and emissions reduction goals. 
 
A.6.1.5 To support actions to minimize greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate 
change in land use decision-making. 
 
A..6.1.6 To recognize the importance of our forested lands in removing carbon dioxide from the 
atmosphere. 
 
BL443 (08/10) A.6.1.7 To support a reduction  of at least 15%  in Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2015;  at least 40%  by 
2020 and at least 85% by 2050 based upon 2007 data.  Within the local trust area this reduction 
will be achieved by actions resulting from individual and community initiatives, the actions of other 
levels of government, technological changes, and changes to land use policies and regulations. 
   
Background Note:   2007 data is  provided  in the Salt  Spring  Island Community  Energy Strategy 
Baseline Report – Second Update, March 2010. 
 
 
A.6.2 POLICIES 
 
A.6.2.1 The  Local  Trust  Committee  will  develop  improved  methods  of  determining  and  assessing  the 
energy  efficiency  and  climate  change  impacts  of  proposed  development  when  it  is  processing 
land   use   applications.   The   Committee   should   consider   utilizing   a   Development   Approval 
Information Bylaw, as authorized in G.1.4, to ensure that consistent information about the energy 
efficiency  and  anticipated  impacts  of  development  is  obtained  when  the  proposal  includes 
significant new development, increase in density, or change of use.  Application checklists should 
be revised to include climate change mitigation and adaptation criteria, such as energy efficiency, 
energy security, renewable energy and carbon sequestration impacts. 
 
A.6.2.2 The  Local  Trust  Committee  will  consider  the  energy  efficiency  attributes  and  climate  change 
adaptation and mitigation impacts in all rezoning applications that propose an increase in density 
or significant change of use. 
 
A.6.2.3 Rezoning applications proposing a significant increase in density or significant change of use may 
be requested to include a calculation of the projected carbon budget, or demonstrate conformity 
with LEED Neighbourhood Design criteria, or the equivalent. 
 
A.6.2.4 The  Local  Trust  Committee 

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