Salt Spring Island OCP Bylaw No. 434 - Village Land Use Objectives and Policies

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         43                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
B.5 VILLAGE LAND USE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 
 
B.5.1 General Village Land Use Objectives and Policies 
 
B.5.1.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
B.5.1.1.1 To  continue  to  provide  an  adequate  supply  of  appropriately  zoned  land  in  compact  pedestrian-
oriented villages to support the community's larger commercial, institutional and cultural activities 
in combination with high and medium density residential use. 
 
B.5.1.1.2 To encourage a modest scale of village development  compatible  with the rural character  of Salt 
Spring Island and with the protection of the community's natural and heritage resources. 
 
B.5.1.1.3 To encourage the commercial viability of island villages and  to retain traditional village functions. 
 
B.5.1.1.4 To promote mixed uses of village land. 
 
B.5.1.1.5 To avoid the development of commercial strips along roads leading into island villages. 
 
B.5.1.1.6 To  ensure  that  village  land  uses  continue  to  focus  on  the  requirements  and  convenience  of 
residents and that traditional village functions are not displaced. 
  
B.5.1.1.7 To  consider  the designation of  one  or  more  additional  hamlets  or  villages,  resulting solely from 
the  transfer  of  existing  development  potential,  and  providing  that  the  transfer results in  the 
preservation of large areas of open space or intact resource lands.  
 
B.5.1.1.8 To  support  multiple  modes  of  travel  in  and  between  villages,  particularly bicycling,  walking  and 
public transit. 
 
B.5.1.1.9 To support strategies to reduce demand for automobile use within and between the villages. 
 
B.5.1.2 POLICIES 
 
B.5.1.2.1 Village  Designations  are  shown  on  Map  1.    There  are  three  areas:    the  Ganges  Village 
Designation, the Fulford Village Designation and the Channel Ridge Village Designation.  General 
Policies  that  apply  to  all  Village  Designations  are  outlined  in  this  Section  (B.5.1.2).    Specific 
objectives and policies for each village are outlined in following sections of this Plan. 
 
 B.5.1.2.2 Zoning in Village Designations will continue to allow the mix of commercial, institutional, cultural, 
and  multi-family  land  uses  that  are  currently  allowed.    Commercial  zoning  should  be  simplified 
with fewer zones and a broader range of uses allowed in each.  The maximum residential density 
allowed  on  any  single  property  will  remain  at  37  units  per  ha.   However,  where  a  multifamily 
development is comprised of special needs housing or affordable seniors’ supportive housing, the 
density  of  development  may exceed  37  units  per  ha,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  a floor  space 
ratio of 0.6, a site coverage of 33 percent, a maximum of two storeys and a maximum of 50 units 
in any one development.  
 
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