Gambier LTC Special Meeting Agenda

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Gambier Island Local Trust Committee
Special Meeting Agenda
 
 
Date:February 19, 2016
Time:1:00 pm
Location:Eric Cardinal Hall
930 Chamberlain Road, Gibsons, BC
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.BUSINESS ITEMS
3.1GM-DVP-2016.1 (Convention of Baptists Churches - Keats Island)
3.1.1Staff Report dated February 5, 20162 - 22
3.2Board of Variance - Update
3.2.1Memorandum dated January 22, 201623 - 24
3.3Bylaw No. 128 (Rezoning at Cotton Bay,  Gambier Island)25 - 26
Bylaw No. 128 cited as “Gambier Island Land Use Bylaw, 2004, Amendment No. 1,
2015”, be adopted.
4.ADJOURNMENT2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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ST A F F  RE P O R T 
 
Islands Trust Staff Report Page 1 of 5 
 
Date: 
February 5, 2016 
File No.: 
GM-DVP-2016.1 
To: 
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee 
For meeting February 19, 2016 
 
 
From: 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner  
 
 
Copy: 
Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager 
Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner 
 
 
Re: Development Variance Permit 
DL 696 Keats Island 
PID 014-385-694 
 
 
Owner: 
The Convention of Baptist Churches of British Columbia 
Applicant: 
Kasian Architecture 
Location: 
900 Keats Road – Keats Island 
 
THE PROPOSAL 
The applicant is seeking relief from the provisions of Section 4.10.7 of the Keats Island Zoning 
Bylaw (LUB) which states, in part: 
4.10.7 The maximum height of structures is 4.6 metres (15.0 feet) 
The purpose of the application (Attachment 1) is to seek an increase to the maximum permitted 
height for a structure on the subject property to allow for a new garage/workshop with a height 
of 5.8 metres (19.0 feet). 
A copy of the proposed development variance permit is attached (Attachment 2) to this report. 
BACKGROUND 
The  Convention  of  Baptist  Churches  of  British  Columbia  (owner)  leases  a  12,000  square  foot 
portion of DL 696 to BC Hydro for vehicle, equipment and materials storage. This portion of land 
is within the CS2 zone and subject to a Land Use Contract between the owner and the Gambier 
Island Local Trust Committee (LTC). BC Hydro had constructed (circa 1981) an 800 square foot 
wood frame building and subleased a portion of the building to Telus for the purposes of vehicle 
and materials storage. The building is proposed to be demolished and replaced with a new 2400 
square foot garage/workshop to accommodate storage needs for both BC Hydro and Telus. 
SITE CONTEXT 
District  Lot  696 is  located at Keats Island  (Figure  1) and  the  owners  have  been  working  on  a 
complex subdivision and rezoning application for the subject property with the Islands Trust for 
over 15 years. BC Hydro leases a small 12,000 square feet site within a forested section of the 
subject property (Figure 2).  The existing BC Hydro building (Figure 3) can no longer serve the 
purposes of vehicle  and  materials  storage  and  will  be  demolished  and  replaced  with  a  new 
building with a taller, gabled roof to accommodate the newer service vehicles used by BC Hydro 
(Figure

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