Staff Report - STVR Review – Bylaw No. 275 – Post Public Hearing

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STAFF REPORT 
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Islands Trust Staff Report 1 
File No.: 
GL-6500-20 Affordable 
Housing - STVR Review 
DATE OF MEETING: February 1, 2021 
TO: Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
FROM: Brad Smith, Island Planner 
Victoria Office 
SUBJECT: STVR Review – Bylaw No. 275 – Post Public Hearing 
RECOMMENDATION 
1. That the Galiano Island Local Trust Committee proposed Bylaw No. 275, cited as “Galiano Island Official 
Community Plan Bylaw No. 108, 1995, Amendment No. 1”, be read a third time. 
2. That the Galiano Island Local Trust Committee proposed Bylaw No. 275 be forwarded to the Secretary of 
the Islands Trust for Executive Committee Approval. 
3. That the Galiano Island Local Trust Committee proposed Bylaw No. 275 be forwarded to the Minister of 
Municipal Affairs for approval. 
REPORT SUMMARY 
The intent of proposed Bylaw No. 275 is to amend the Galiano Island Official Community Plan No. 108, 1995 (OCP) 
to restrict the issuing of Temporary Use Permits (TUPs) for Short term Vacation Rental (STVR) land uses in the 
Galiano Island Local Trust Area.  
The recommendations above are supported as: 
 Significant research and community outreach has taken place to help inform the LTC on this topic; 
 The proposed changes will not affect home occupation STVRs or existing TUP holders; and 
 The bylaw has been sent out for agency referral and no responses were received. 
BACKGROUND 
The Galiano Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) is considering Bylaw No. 275 that would amend the OCP to 
restrict the issuing of TUPs for STVR land uses in the Galiano Island Local Trust Area. The proposed changes will 
not affect home occupation STVRs. 
A public hearing is scheduled for February 1, 2021. A public hearing is a quasi-judicial process within and 
following which specific procedures must be followed. 
Following the hearing, the LTC may choose to give further readings to a bylaw, defeat a bylaw, or alter a bylaw 
within certain parameters.  The procedural steps following the close of the hearing are as follows:   
1. Consideration of Second Reading (this may include amendments to alter a bylaw). 
2. Consideration of Third Reading. 

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3. Forwarding of the bylaw to Executive Committee for approval. 
4. Forwarding of the bylaw to the Minister’s office for approval (OCP amendment bylaws only). 
5. Reconsideration and adoption. 
Following the close of the hearing, the LTC may not hear further submissions without holding a new hearing.  
The principle is that if new information is considered by the LTC, all other interested parties also need to have 
the opportunity to consider any new relevant material and to make further representations to the LTC. The 
courts have clarified that this does not open the door to endless public hearings: a lo

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