North Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Special Meeting  
February 6, 2016 ADOPTED Page 1 of 6 
 
 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
February 6, 2016 
Royal Canadian Legion  
1344 MacKinnon Road, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Dianne Barber, Local Trustee 
Derek Masselink, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Seth Wright, Acting Planner Two 
Shannon McConchie, Recorder 
  
Regrets: None 
  
Public Present: There were approximately seventy (70) members of the public 
present.  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 1:01 pm. He introduced the Local Trust 
Committee (LTC) and staff. Chair Grams provided an overview of the meeting’s format 
and encouraged the public to participate actively.  
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
 
3. PRESENTATION AND INFORMATION  
 
Chair Grams invited Planner Starke to facilitate the workshop. 
 
Planner Starke provided an overview of the meeting’s structure and goals of each 
section. She then gave a presentation which included the following points:  
 An overview of the previous special LTC meeting on Short Term Vacation 
Rentals (STVR) and the outcomes of that meeting.  
 Regulatory options for STVRs including Temporary Use Permits (TUPs), 
accessory use, rezoning, home-based businesses, and principal use.   
 An overview of the Islands Trust’s planning framework.  
 
During the presentation, community members were invited to ask questions and the 
following information was provided in response to those questions: 
 TUPs transfer with the sale of a property, unless there are conditions in the TUP 
which prevent this.  
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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Special Meeting  
February 6, 2016 ADOPTED Page 2 of 6 
 
 
 Zoning Bylaw changes require amendments to the Land Use Bylaw (LUB).  
 Variance permits cannot be used to vary land use or density.  
 It is a policy of the Official Community Plan (OCP) that STVRs are not allowed as 
principal uses in residential zones. 
 An overview of the OCP amendment process was provided to illustrate the 
difference in rigour compared with amendments to the LUB.  
 
Members of the community raised the issue of holding a referendum regarding STVRs. 
Planner Starke provided an explanation of the governance process and explained the 
reasons why referendums are not a legal option for the LTC.  
 
 
4. BREAK OUT GROUPS 
 
Planner Starke provided an explanation of the break-out group process and an overview 
of the worksheets that each group would receive.  
 
Julie Roper, a member of the North Pender Advisory Planning Commission (APC) spoke 
and requested that her comments be recorded in the minutes. The following points were 
made:  
 This meeting was being presented as a way to determine the community’s 

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