Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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Special Meeting Minutes 
September 9, 2018 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
Date: 
Location: 
September 9, 2018 
Mudge Island Driftwood Drive Public Access 
Mudge Island, BC 
 
Members Present:  Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee, Acting Chair 
 Heather O'Sullivan, Local Trustee 
Staff Present:  Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager 
 Teresa Rittemann, Island Planner 
  Nadine Mourao, Recorder 
Others Present: There were approximately twenty-five (25) members of the public in 
attendance 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
“Please note, the order of agenda items may be modified during the meeting. Times are provided 
for convenience only and are subject to change.” 
Acting Chair Mamoser called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm.  She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations, welcomed the public and 
introduced Trustees, Staff and Recorder. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
3. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
3.1 Planner Presentation - Mudge Island Targeted OCP/LUB Review 
Planner Rittemann provided a handout and summarized the draft amendments to 
Proposed Bylaw No. 299.   
 3.2 Proposed Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 299 
Various buildings and structures in the Rural Residential zone would not contribute to 
the 10% maximum lot coverage calculation, as listed in the new subsection 5.1(4.1).  
This would allow for a reasonable build out on an average small lot on Mudge Island, 
while maintaining a low density of buildings and structures in the rural environment 
consistent with the Official Community Plan (OCP).  Some of the main exemptions 
included: 
 Cistern, dugouts, ponds, and similar catchment systems for the collection and 
storage of water, and similarly water towers that are for fire-fighting purposes; 
 Garden beds and 15 square metres (161.4 square feet) of accessory buildings (for 
domestic food security and to encourage local food production.  Any additional 
accessory buildings in excess of 15 square metres for this purpose, would continue 
to contribute to lot coverage; 
 Pervious ground-level foot paths, driveways and parking spaces; 
 80% of Mudge Island lots are 0.4 hectares (1 acre); thus, on these smaller lots, up to 
100 square metres (1,076 square feet) of outdoor, unenclosed deck space would 
continue to contribute to lot coverage; 

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 Many Mudge Islanders use wood to heat their dwellings, and therefore one 
woodshed up to 15 square metres (161.4 square feet) in size is proposed to be 
exempted from the 10% lot coverage calculations; a second woodshed or any area 
of a woodshed in excess of 15 square metres would continue to contribute to the 
maximum 10% lot coverage calculations; and 
 Wells, utilities, pump/utility houses, and septic systems are all required for rural 
island

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