South Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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South Pender Island Local Trust Committee  
Special Meeting Minutes 
December 16, 2019 ADOPTED Page 1 of 5 
        South Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
              Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
December 16, 2019 
South Pender Fire Hall 
8961 Gowlland Point Road, South Pender Island BC 
 
Members Present:  Laura Patrick, Chair  
 Cameron Thorn, Local Trustee 
 Steve Wright, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present:  Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
 Narissa Chadwick, Island Planner 
 Sheree Rialp, Recorder 
 
Public:  There were approximately 17 members of the public present.  
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Patrick called the meeting to order at 10:31 a.m.  She acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
 
3. PUBLIC HEARING RE: BYLAW NO. 117 
 
3.1 Recess for Public Hearing 
 
Chair Patrick recessed the meeting at 10:33 a.m. to hold the Public Hearing on proposed 
Bylaw No. 117. 
 
3.2 Recall to Order 
 
Chair Patrick recalled the meeting to order at 11:14 a.m. 
 
4. LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE PROJECTS 
 
4.1 Short-Term Vacation Rental (STVR) / Bylaw No. 117 – Staff Memo 
 
Planner Chadwick gave a brief summary of the Staff Report. 
 
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South Pender Island Local Trust Committee  
Special Meeting Minutes 
December 16, 2019 ADOPTED Page 2 of 5 
Trustees Thorn and Wright expressed their appreciation to those in the community who 
contributed their thoughts and ideas, gave written submissions and attended the 
Public Hearing. Trustee Wright gave a short history of the development of policies 
surrounding Short Term Vacation Rentals (STVRs) from adoption of the Official 
Community Plan (OCP) in 2002 and the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) in 2003, noting that 
South Pender had the most permissive rules on STVRs.  The following major issues 
regarding Bylaw No. 117 that were raised at the Public Hearing by island residents were 
clarified: 
 
 Bylaw No. 117 is a temporary restrictive measure based on a precautionary 
approach.  It recognizes the importance of STVRs to the community, and will 
give residents the opportunity to provide input in formulating regulations to 
make sure the operation of STVRs is consistent with community values.  Public 
engagement, input and participation does not end with approval of the bylaw, 
but rather is just the beginning of it; 
 The role of trustees is to prevent future problems surrounding STVRs from 
occurring, as presently there are no measures or system in place to collect the 
data or process complaints.  Other small communities have been having 
problems with growing STVRs; Bylaw 117 is intended to keep the same from 
happening in South Pender Island; 
 Trustees followed all legal requirements in posting notices and timelines and in 
presenting the bylaw to the public; 
 The objective of a STVR moratorium is t

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