North & South Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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South & North Pender Local Trust Committee   
Electronic Special Meeting Minutes 
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         North & South Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
January 15, 2021 
Electronic Meeting (Zoom Webinar) 
 
Members Present: Laura Patrick, Chair  
 Steve Wright, Local Trustee, South Pender Island 
 Cameron Thorn, Local Trustee, South Pender Island 
 
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Kim Stockdill, Island Planner 
 Maple  Hung, Planning Assistant, Host 
 Shannon Brayford, Recorder 
  
Public: There were approximately fifty-five (55) attendees at the Zoom Webinar. 
  
  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Patrick called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.  She acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
 3.1 Staff presentation – Legal Non-Conforming 
Planner Stockdill delivered a presentation on the concept of Legal Non-Conforming, which 
included a slideshow presentation through the shared screen function. The presentation 
included the answers to frequently asked questions and concerns from the community.  
Members of the North Pender Local Trust Committee and South Pender Local Trust Committee 
(LTC) noted some of the concerns that they have heard from the community and provided 
information regarding those concerns.  
Chair Patrick invited members of the community to speak:  
 
 
    
 
 
 
  
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A member of the community identified as “Rose”, requested and received information on how 
Legal Non-Conforming regulations apply when the foundation of the structure is damaged.  
A discussion was held regarding the impact of complete damage to a dwelling unit in terms of 
Legal Non-Conforming status. 
Bruce McConchie addressed the changing nature of the Penders and the challenges of defining 
“rural” as the community and its membership evolves. He provided an overview of the history of 
the current Islands Trust South Pender Island Bylaws and their role in limiting house size.  
Jim Morgan spoke in favour of including exemptions in the bylaw that would allow property 
owners to rebuild a legal non-conforming home should it suffer destruction. He requested and 
received information on how the regulations would impact accessory buildings.  
Wayne Kouf requested and received direction on how to locate both the Frequently Asked 
Questions about Legal Non-Conforming document and also the options being considered for 
limiting floor size.   
David Hooper noted 

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