DRAFT Gambier Island Shoreline Development Permit Area

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DRAFT Gambier Island
Shoreline Development Permit Area — Public Engagement 2026

GAMBIER ISLAND SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREA

Designation

The Shoreline Development Permit Area includes all land 30 m upland of the natural boundary of
the sea, the foreshore area and all that area of land covered by water between the natural
boundary of the sea and and the boundary of the area of bylaw application.

This designation is shown in a generalized representation on Schedule X. The definitive designation
and delineation of Development Permit Area X consists of a digital record compiled by means of a
digital elevation model. This digital record is stored and maintained in a Geographic Information
System at the offices of the Islands Trust.

Authority

The Shoreline Development Permit Area is designated a development permit area pursuant to
Section 488(1)(a) of the Local Government Act for the protection of the natural environment, its
ecosystems and biological diversity, and Section 488(1)(b) for the protection of development from
hazardous conditions.

Special Conditions and Objectives That Justify the Designation

It is the Object of the Islands Trust to “Preserve and protect the Trust Area and its unique amenities
and environment of the Trust Area for the benefit of the residents of the Trust Area, and of British
Columbia generally, in cooperation with municipalities, regional districts, improvement districts,
First Nations, other persons and organizations and the government of British Columbia.”

It is Provincial legislation in Section 473(1)(d) of the Local Government Act that an official
community plan must include statements and map designations for the area covered by the Plan
respecting restrictions on the use of land that is subject to hazardous conditions, or that is
environmentally sensitive to development.

It is policy of the Islands Trust Council that protection must be given to the natural processes,
habitats and species of the Trust Area, including those of open coastal grasslands, the vegetation
of dry rocky areas, estuaries, tidal flats, salt water marshes, drift sectors, lagoons, kelp and eel
grass beds and that development, activity, buildings or structures should not result in a loss of
significant marine or coastal habitat, or interfere with natural coastal processes.

It is also policy of the Islands Trust Council that local trust committees shall in their Official
Community Plans and regulatory bylaws, address:

e the protection of sensitive coastal areas;

e the planning for and regulation of development in coastal regions to protect
natural coastal processes;

® opportunities for the sharing of facilities such as docks, wharves, floats,
jetties, boat houses, board walks and causeways; and

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e the compatibility of the location, size and nature of marinas with the
ecosystems and character of their local planning 

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