2019 AVICC-UBCM Resolution Letter

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January 2, 2021        File No.: 0230-20 
 
 
 
Association of Vancouver Island 
and Coastal Communities 
525 Government Street  
Victoria  BC  V8V 0A8 
 
Re: 2019 Resolution 
 
Please be advised that on January 30, 2019 the Islands Trust Executive Committee passed the following 
resolution for the 2019 AVICC Annual General Meeting: 
 
That the Executive Committee direct staff to finalize and forward resolutions with 
backgrounders for consideration at the 2019 Association of Vancouver Island and 
Coastal Communities and Union of BC Municipalities conventions requesting that the 
Province improve the enforceability of development permit area requirements and that 
the Province prioritize the approval of key marine cumulative effects values. 
 
Please find attached the background information regarding these two resolutions. 
 
I trust the above is satisfactory, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further 
information. 
 
Yours truly, 
 
 
 
Carmen Thiel 
Corporate Secretary 
 

 
 
Request for Province of BC to improve  
the enforceability of development permit area requirements  
 
WHEREAS in 2003 and 2011 UBCM endorsed resolutions calling for legislative changes so local 
governments can issue municipal ticket information or bylaw violation notices for contraventions of the 
prohibition on altering land in designated development permit areas, or contrary to issued development 
permits, but these changes have not yet occurred; 
AND WHEREAS in British Columbia, designation of development permit areas is the main legislative 
mechanism for addressing protection of riparian and environmentally sensitive area and for protecting 
development from hazardous conditions such as erosion; 
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM request the provincial government to improve the 
enforceability of development permit area requirements by enabling local governments to enforce 
violations by way of prosecution, ticket or bylaw notices. 
 
Background 
The main legislative mechanism in British Columbia for addressing riparian area protection is the 
designation of a development permit area in an official community plan under section 488 of the Local 
Government Act, and the corresponding prohibition of altering land without permit under s. 489 of the 
Local Government Act. The same is true for protection of development from hazardous conditions, such 
as erosion, landslip, and wildfire. While s. 524 of the Local Government Act provides for flood protection 
levels and setbacks, designation of development permit areas are also a key legal mechanism for 
addressing dangers from 

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