Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
June 14, 2016 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
June 14, 2017 
The Haven - Heron Room 
240 Davis Road, Gabriola Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee 
Heather O'Sullivan, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present 
 
 
 
Others Present 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Madeleine Koch, Planner 1 
Lisa Millard, Recorder 
 
There were approximately twenty (20) members of the public and 
one (1) member of the media in attendance 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.  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. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
 
Housing Options Review Project 
 
3.1 Planner Presentation 
 
Planner Zupanec conducted a presentation and highlighted the following: 
 
 The objectives and scope of Phase I of the project; 
 Current zoning for accessory cottage provisions; 
 The proposed bylaw amendments to the Official Community Plan (OCP); 
 The proposed bylaw amendments to the Land Use Bylaws (LUB); 
 The proposed bylaw amendments do not increase density allowances; 
 It was clarified that this is not an affordable housing project but a housing 
options review; 
 The consultation process to date; 
 Allowable configurations for secondary suites; 
 The differences between allowances for secondary suites within the 
Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and outside of the ALR; 
 A manufactured home for family farm worker use in addition to a secondary 
suite will be allowed within the ALR; 

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 Lot owners building new secondary suites will be required to register a 
restrictive covenant under Section 219 of the Land Title Act and this covenant 
prohibits the registration of a strata plan under the Strata Property Act which 
would result in the secondary suite becoming a separate lot; 
 A map that previously created a geographical restriction of the location of a 
suite that could be developed on one specific lot will be eliminated; 
 The timeline of the project including upcoming review by the newly formed 
APC and opportunity for public input through a public hearing. 
 
3.2 Public Questions and Answers 
 
Members of the public asked questions and staff responded as follows: 
 
 Will the restrictive covenant become a disincentive for property owners to 
build a secondary suite, particularly because the covenant stays on the title? 
o Registering the covenant becomes another step in the process and will 
be part of the building permit application.  It is not an onerous step as 
most of the work is already done through the use of a model covenant. 
 While the process of getting the covenant registered mig

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