Salt Spring Agricultural APC Meeting Minutes

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Salt Spring Island 
Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission Minutes 
September 16, 2021       ADOPTED Page 1 
 
Salt Spring Island  
Agricultural Advisory Planning 
Commission 
 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting
 
 
 
 
Date of Meeting: Thursday, September 16, 2021 
 
Location:  Electronic Meeting 
 
Members Present:  Bree Eagle, Chair  
  Ken Byron, Commissioner  
 Conrad Pilon, Commissioner  
 Nathan Roberson, Commissioner 
 Jan Steinman, Commissioner 
 
Regrets: Brent Brochu-Ingram, Vice Chair 
 
Absent:  Zack Hemstreet, Commissioner   
    
Staff Present:  Geordie Gordon, Planner 2 
 Kristine Mayes, Planner 1 
 Sarah Shugar, Recorder 
 
Media and Others  Peter Grove, Local Trustee 
Present: Laura Patrick, Local Trustee 
 Reed Bailey, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) 
 Doug Pepper, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) 
 
 
 
These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. 
 
Chair Eagle called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.   
 
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
 
By general consent the agenda was adopted. 
 
2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 
 
2.1  Draft Minutes of the August 12, 2021 AAPC Meeting 
  
By general consent,
 
the minutes of the August 12, 2021 Salt Spring Island Agricultural Advisory 
Planning Commission meeting were adopted. 
 
 
 

 
 
Salt Spring Island 
Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission Minutes 
September 16, 2021       ADOPTED Page 2 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
 
3.1 Changes to Residential Permissions in the Agricultural Land Reserve 
 
Planner Gordon and  Planner  Mayes presented  a  memorandum  dated September  1,  2021 
regarding forthcoming Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) changes to residential permissions in 
the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). 
 
In discussion the following comments and questions were noted: 
 There was a question regarding whether draft Bylaw No. 526 is in line with the Provincial 
regulations.  Planner  Gordon  reported  draft  Bylaw  No.  526  is  intended  to  bring  the  Salt 
Spring Island Land Use Bylaw into conformity with forthcoming ALC changes to residential 
permissions in the ALR. 
 Reed Bailey, MoA Representative asked whether staff considered less than the maximum 
permissions that the ALC will allow. Planner Gordon reported 90 square metres is in line 
with other additional residences that have been permitted such as in Bylaw No. 512, a bylaw 
that expanded permissions for full-time rental cottages.  
 There was a comment that the AAPC has been advocating for housing on farmland for a long 
time and that the AAPC should support the new Provincial regulations. 
 Reed Bailey advised that Local Governments are not required to change bylaws to be the 
same as the new Provincial regulations. 
 There was a concern that the increased housing permitted in the new Provincial regulations 
does not need to be used for farm use and that the AAPC has been advocating for housing 
for farmworkers.  
 There was  a  comment  that  the  new  Provincial regulations  permit genera

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