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

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         63                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
B.8 CONSERVATION LAND USE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 
 
B.8.1 Watershed and Islet Residential Designation 
 
B.8.1.1 OBJECTIVES 
 
B.8.1.1.1 To develop land use policies that protect the quality of community water supply lakes and reduce 
or avoid the need for remedial water treatment. 
 
B.8.1.1.2 To continue to provide for residential, commercial and institutional development in those parts of 
catchment areas where it is currently allowed, but to avoid an increase in development or activity 
within watershed catchments. 
 
B.8.1.1.3 To  identify  small  islets  in  the  Plan  area  zoned  for  residential  use,  but  with  fragile  and  sensitive 
natural environments. 
 
B.8.1.2 POLICIES 
 
B.8.1.2.1 The lands designated as the Watershed and Islet Residential Designation are shown on Map 1.  
 
B.8.1.2.2 Zones  within  the  Watershed  and  Islet  Residential  Designation  will  continue  to  allow  the  uses 
allowed under current zoning.  Existing commercial and institutional zones will remain, but zoning 
changes should not be made to locate additional new or higher impact developments on lands in 
this Designation.  
  
B.8.1.2.3 Land that is presently zoned only for watershed protection should remain in such a zone and not 
have development potential.  
 
B.8.1.2.4 The  minimum  size  of  lots  that  can  be  created  by  subdivision  in  this  Designation  will  remain  the 
same as indicated in the Local Trust Committee's current Land Use Bylaw.  New lot sizes should 
continue to be no smaller than 12 ha in the Maxwell Lake watershed and no smaller than 4 ha in 
other watershed areas.  
 
B.8.1.2.5 Zoning  should  continue  to protect community  water  supply  lakes from  the  potential  impacts  of 
septic field siting. 
  
B.8.1.2.6 The Local  Trust  Committee should  consider  rezoning  applications  that  would allow  owners of 
undeveloped  property  within  the  Designation  to  transfer  their  development  potential  to  more 
suitable locations.  Such applications should follow the guidelines in Appendix 4.  The Watershed 
and Islet Residential Designation is a Development Potential Donor Area. 
 
B.8.1.2.7 The Local  Trust  Committee will  support  applications  by conservation agencies  such  as  the 
Islands  Trust  Fund  Board  to  acquire  the  Crown  Land adjacent  to  Cusheon  Lake  for  watershed 
protection. 
 
B.8.1.2.8 The  Local  Trust  Committee  should  give  consideration  to  the  protection  of community  water 
system supply watersheds through designation as development permit areas. 
 

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee         64                                                                  Otober 2020 
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 434 – Volume 1 (Consolidated) 
 
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