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Hornby Island Local Trust Committee
Regular Meeting Addendum
 
 
Date:January 27, 2017
Time:11:30 am
Location:New Horizons
1765 Sollans Road, Hornby Island, BC
Pages
14.NEW BUSINESS2:45 PM - 3:05 PM
14.3Provincial Private Moorage Policy Update January 2017 - Memorandum2 - 6
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  MEMORANDUM 
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Islands Trust Memorandum 1 
File No.: 3030-01 (LTC General) 
DATE: January 24, 2017 
TO: Local Trust Committees (Northern Region) 
FROM: Ann Kjerulf, MCIP, RPP 
Northern Team 
SUBJECT: Provincial Private Moorage Policy Update  
PURPOSE 
The  Ministry  of  Forests,  Lands  and  Natural  Resource  Operations  (FLNRO)  has recently  amended  its  private 
moorage policy to no longer require applications for private moorage (i.e. docks) in certain locations and under 
certain conditions.  These are now authorized as ‘General Permissions’.   
However, applications will continue to be required in ‘Application-Only Areas’ (see attached  West  Coast  and 
South Coast Region Private Moorage Application-Only Area maps). In ‘Application-Only Areas’, all proposed new 
private docks,  regardless  of size,  will  continue  to  be  subject  to  review  and  decision  under the Land  Act,  and  all 
proponents of new private docks will be required to submit an application to FrontCounter BC. However, tenure 
replacements  for  existing  docks  within ‘Application-Only  Areas’, which  meet the  terms  and  conditions  of  a 
General Permission, will fall under the new General Permission policy and as such will not require an application 
and statutory decision.  
Denman,  Hornby, and Lasqueti Islands and  the  North  Pender Associated Islands  south  of  Piers  and  Moresby 
Islands, are excluded from the ‘Application-Only Areas’ and  private  moorage  is  permitted under  the  General 
Permission  policy (with  no  application  to FLNRO  or  referral  to  Islands  Trust).  Correspondence from  FLNRO 
indicates their staff will be carrying out of a review of the ‘Application-Only’ areas with the intention of applying 
the General Permission provision to a larger area over the coming months. 
Please  note  the  changes  to  the  Private  Moorage  policy  do  not  affect  local  government  zoning  or  bylaws. Local 
zoning  bylaw  requirements  must  be  met  regardless  of location.  Prospective  dock  owners  must  continue  to 
ensure compliance with local zoning bylaws.  
The Private Moorage Policy and supporting documents are available on the Province of BC website: 
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/natural-resource-use/land-use/crown-land/crownland-
uses/residential-uses/private-moorage.  
Submitted By: Ann Kjerulf, MCIP, RPP  
Regional Planning Manager 
January 24, 2017 
ATTACHMENTS 
1. Letter from FLNRO to UBCM (January 17, 2017) 
2. South Coast Region Private Moorage Application-Only Areas Map 
3. West Coast  Region Privat

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