Ballenas-Winchelsea Development Procedures Bylaw No. 32

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTING AS A LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE  
(BALLENAS – WINCHELSEA ISLANDS) 
BYLAW NO. 32 
 
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A Bylaw to define procedures under which an owner of land may apply for amendment to a plan or 
bylaw or the issue of a permit under Part 14 of the Local Government Act 
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The Executive Committee Acting as a Local Trust Committee (Ballenas – Winchelsea Islands) 
being the Local Trust Committee having jurisdiction in respect of the Executive Committee Local 
Trust  Area (Ballenas – Winchelsea  Islands) in  the  province  of  British  Columbia  pursuant  to 
section 21(5) of the Islands Trust Act (the "Act") enacts as follows: 
 
Title 
 
1. This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Executive Committee Acting as a Local 
Trust  Committee (Ballenas – Winchelsea  Islands) Development  Procedure  Bylaw  No. 
32, 2016". 
 
Applications 
 
2. Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this bylaw apply in respect of: 
 
(1) applications  for  amendments  to  the Ballenas – Winchelsea  Islands Official 
Community Plan, Bylaw No. 27 and the Ballenas – Winchelsea Islands Land Use 
Bylaw No. 28; 
 
(2) applications for: 
 
 a) development permits and amendments thereto; 
 
 b) development variance permits; 
 
 c) temporary use permits; 
 
 d) amendments to land use contracts; 
 
(3) applications under the Strata Property Act for conversion of existing buildings into 
strata lots. 
 
3. An application by an owner of land for amendment to an official community plan or zoning 
bylaw, for a permit, or for conversion of a building into strata lots, shall: 
 
(1) be  made  by  the  owner  of  the  land  or  by  a  person  authorized  in  writing  by  the 
owner; 
 
(2) be submitted to the Islands Trust office in the appropriate form established by the 
Islands Trust, as may be varied from time to time. 
 
(3) contain all the information required by the applicable form. 
 
4. An  application  or  substantially  similar  application may not be submitted in respect of the 
same development less than one year from the date of refusal of a previous application or 
in the case of an application for conversion of a building into strata lots less than one year 
from the date of refusal of a previous application, unless the Local Trust Committee has 
agreed to such reconsideration. 
 
 

 
 
 
5. The  Local  Trust  Committee  may,  on receipt of an application to amend a plan or  bylaw, 
resolve  to  proceed  with  an  amendment  bylaw  or  resolve  not  to  proceed  with  the 
application.  The Local Trust Committee may, on receipt of a permit application, resolve to 
proceed with or resolve not to proceed with the permit. 
 
6. The  Local  Trust  Committee  may  initiate  an  amendment  to  a  plan  or  bylaw  without  first 
receiving an application to amend. 
 
Fees 
 
7. Where an application is submitted for amendment to

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