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

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         51                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
B.6 RESOURCE LAND USE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 
 
B.6.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
B.6.1.1 To  recognize  and  retain  traditional  resource-based  livelihoods  such  as  agriculture, forestry  and 
fishing.  To maintain and protect their land bases, support sustainable management practices and 
to  develop  zoning  that  accommodates  supportive  land  uses.    To  resist  pressures  to  manage 
agriculture, forestry and fishing for reasons that are primarily aesthetic.   
  
B.6.1.2 To maximize the local economic benefits of industries that consume island resources by providing 
for value-added processing of island resource products. 
 
B.6.2 Agriculture Land Uses 
 
B.6.2.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
B.6.2.1.1 To  support  farming  as a  social,  cultural  and  economic 
priority, and  an  ecologically  responsible land use on  Salt 
Spring Island. 
 
B.6.2.1.2 To maintain and protect the long term potential for 
farming and agro-forestry on Salt Spring Island; to 
preserve agricultural land and necessary water supplies. 
 
B.6.2.1.3 To  incorporate  the  spirit  and  intent  of  the  provincial 
Agricultural  Land  Commission  Act,  the Agricultural  Land 
Reserve  Use,  Subdivision  And  Procedure  Regulation, 
and  the Farm  Practices Protection  ("Right  to  Farm")  Act 
into local land use policies and bylaws. 
B.6.2.1.4 To limit the non-farm use of agricultural land.  
 
B.6.2.1.5 To  accommodate  a  level  and  type  of  residential  use  on 
agricultural  land that  reflects  the business needs  of  farm 
operations  and  is  consistent  with  objectives  for  island 
population. 
 
B.6.2.1.6 To  reduce  the  potential  for  conflicts  between  agricultural  areas  and  those  areas  that  have  been 
identified for higher density settlement. 
 
B.6.2.1.7 To encourage the creation and implementation of environmental farm plans. 
 
B.6.2.1.8 To ensure that sufficient water supplies remain available for agricultural purposes. 
 
B.6.2.1.9 To recognize agriculture’s contribution to the island’s social, economic and environmental nature 
and appeal, and to retain and build on the island’s agricultural base, especially organic. 
 
B.6.2.2 POLICIES 
 
Note:   Where  land  is  located  within  the  North  Salt  Spring  Waterworks  District,  any  rezoning 
proposals that would result in a net increase in water demand must also take into account 
the severe restraints on the District's available water  supply.  Policies in Section C.3.2.2 
must also be considered. 
 
 
FALL FAIR   photo: M. Levy 

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         52                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
B.6.2.2.1 The Local Trust Committee should maintain an Agricultural Advisory Committee 

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