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

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         58                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
B.7 PARK AND RECREATION LAND USE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 
 
B.7.1 Park and Recreation Designation 
 
B.7.1.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
B.7.1.1.1 To preserve and protect the natural environment 
of the island's public recreational lands and park 
land   while   providing   for   local   and   regional 
recreational needs.  
 
B.7.1.1.2 To recognize the interests of First Nations in the 
Crown Lands in this designation. 
 
B.7.1.1.3 To encourage the management or disposition of 
the island's Crown Land  in a manner consistent 
with   broader   policies   of   this   Plan   regarding 
settlement   patterns   and   the conservation of 
environmentally sensitive areas and 
conservation of  areas  of  significance  to  First 
Nations. To preserve the recreational, 
conservation and  community  farm  land uses  of 
that land.   
 
B.7.1.1.4 To encourage a broad range of recreational opportunities, with an emphasis on those that do not 
consume resources and that benefit the health and safety of residents. 
  
 
B.7.1.2 POLICIES 
 
B.7.1.2.1 The areas designated for Parks and Recreation are shown on Map 1.   
 
B.7.1.2.2 Zones  within  the  Parks  and  Recreation  Designation  will  continue  to allow  parks and  recreation 
activities. 
 
B.7.1.2.3 Zones  within  other  Designations  will  continue  to  allow Public  Park and  recreation  activities  on 
lands where they are now allowed. 
 
B.7.1.2.4 The Local  Trust  Committee should continue  to  zone  parks, in  consultation  with  the  Salt  Spring 
Island Parks and  Recreation Commission,  CRD  Regional  Parks  and  B.C.  Parks, to permit 
appropriate  uses,  including traditional  community  uses  of  public  lands  such  as  day  care, 
intermittent commercial uses and agriculture. 
 
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B.7.1.2.5
  
Zoning changes should not be made in this designation to allow commercial, general employment 
or residential developments, with the exception of single caretakers' residences. 
 
Others are encouraged to help achieve the objectives of this Section as follows: 
 
B.7.1.2.6 The Integrated  Land  Management  Bureau is  urged  not  to  approve  licenses,  leases  or  sale  of 
Crown  Land  for  uses  that  would  be  in  conflict  with  the  community's  objectives  for  more 
sustainable settlement patterns (see Section B.2.3), or that would alienate or occupy Crown Land 
for  private,  non-park  purposes.  Where  First  Nations  interests  have  been  satisfied, Integrated 
Land Management Bureau is encouraged to approve applications by other government agencies 
to  acquire  Crown  Land  in  the  Park  and  Recreation  Designation  for conservation or  park  and 
recreation purposes, as outlined in Policy B.7.2.2.9. 
TENT CAMPING IN RUCKLE PARK  
   artwork: B. Curan 

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