2021 AVICC-UBCM Resolution Letter re Allowing Temporary Use Permit

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February 19, 2021       File No.: 0230-20 
 
 
Association of Vancouver Island 
   and Coastal Communities 
525 Government Street  
Victoria BC  V8V 0A8 
 
Re: 2021 Resolution 
 
Please be advised that on February 3, 2021, the Islands Trust Executive Committee passed the 
following resolution for the 2021 AVICC Annual General Meeting: 
 
That the Executive Committee direct staff to forward a resolution with backgrounder for 
consideration at the 2021 Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities 
(AVICC) and Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) conventions, requesting that the 
Ministry of Municipal Affairs update the Local Government Act to allow temporary use 
permit and public hearing notification to be provided electronically. 
 
Please find attached the proposed resolution and backgrounder. 
 
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information. 
 
Yours truly, 
 
 
 
Carmen Thiel 
Corporate Secretary 
 
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            2020 RESOLUTION SUBMISSION TO AVICC 
 
 
ELECTRONIC PERMIT AND PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION                                      ISLANDS TRUST 
 
RESOLUTION: 
 
WHEREAS the Local Government Act, Part 14, Divisions 3 and 8, requires that local governments give 
notice of public hearings in two consecutive issues of a gazette newspaper, and temporary use permits in 
one issue of a gazette newspaper;  
 
AND WHEREAS many small communities no longer have local newspapers, or a newspaper that meets 
the definition of gazette in the Interpretation Act; 
 
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that AVICC & UBCM call upon the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to update 
the Local Government Act to allow temporary use permit and public hearing notifications to be provided 
electronically, via an application or website if the local government can demonstrate equal or greater 
ability to reach relevant constituents than a regular printed local newspaper. 
 
BACKGROUNDER: 
 
Under current legislation, public hearing notices are placed in two consecutive issues of a gazette 
newspaper, defined in the Interpretation Act as a newspaper that publishes at least once a week. The 
last notice must be no less than three days before and no more than 10 days before the public hearing.  
For a temporary Use Permit, the notice is published once in a gazette newspaper, and must appear no 
less than three days before and no more than 14 days before the date of consideration of issuance of 
the permit. There is currently no provision in legislation for public notices being provided electronically. 
 
Because the legislation does not allow electronic not

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