Ballenas-Winchelsea OCP Bylaw No. 27

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BALLENAS-WINCHELSEA ISLANDS 
OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN  
BYLAW No. 27, 2013  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

Front of back cover  

 
 
ISLANDS TRUST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTING AS A LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE (Ballenas – Winchelsea 
Islands) 
BYLAW NO. 27 
 
 
A BYLAW TO ADOPT AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THE BALLENAS-WINCHELSEA ISLANDS 
 
 
WHEREAS Section 29 of the Islands Trust Act gives the Islands Trust Executive Committee acting as a Local Trust 
Committee (Ballenas – Winchelsea Islands) the same power and authority of a Regional District under Part 26 except 
sections 932 to 937 and 939 of the Local Government Act; 
 
AND WHEREAS the Islands Trust Executive Committee acting as a Local Trust Committee (Ballenas – Winchelsea 
Islands) wishes to adopt an Official Community Plan; 
 
AND WHEREAS the Islands Trust Executive Committee acting as a Local Trust Committee (Ballenas – Winchelsea 
Islands) has held a Public Hearing; 
 
NOW THEREFORE the Islands Trust Executive Committee acting as a Local Trust Committee (Ballenas – Winchelsea 
Islands) enacts as follows: 
 
1. TITLE 
 
 Bylaw 27 may be cited for all purposes as the “Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Official Community Plan Bylaw, 
2013”. 
   
2. APPLICATION 
 
The Plan applies to the land, the water on the land, the bed of the sea, the water column, and surface of the sea 
adjacent to the land in the Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands as shown on Schedule “B” of this Bylaw. 
   
3. SCHEDULES 
  
 The following schedules attached to and forming part of this Bylaw, are adopted as “Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands 
Official Community Plan Bylaw 2013”: 
 
  SCHEDULE “A” – Official Community Plan Policy Document 
  SCHEDULE “B” – Bylaw Area Map 
  SCHEDULE “C” – Land Use Designations 
 
READ A FIRST TIME this  3rd day of May  , 2013 
READ A SECOND TIME this   6th  day of  March    , 2014 
PUBLIC HEARING HELD this  14th  day of  April    , 2014 
READ A THIRD TIME this    7th  day of  August    , 2015 
APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ISLANDS TRUST this   
     14th  day of  August    , 2015 
APPROVED BY THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY, SPORT AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT this 
     14th  day of  January    , 2016 
ADOPTED this    16th  day of  February   , 2016 
 
 
 
 
SECRETARY 
 
 
 
CHAIRPERSON 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
SCHEDULE A – Policy Document .........................................................................................................................1 
 
1. BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................... 1 
 
1.1 THE OBJECT OF THE ISLANDS TRUST ..................................................................................................1 
1.2 THE BALLENAS-WINCHELSEA ISLANDS PLANNING AREA .................................................................1 
1.3 OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN .......................................................................................................

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