Policy 5.9.2 Planning, Regulation and Advocacy Initiatives: Outer Boundary of the Islands Trust Area

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POLICY – 5.9.2 Planning, Regulation and Advocacy Initiatives: Outer Boundary of Islands Trust Area Page 1 
 
Policy: 5.9.2 
Approved By: Trust Council 
Approval Date: September 10, 2014 
Amendment Date(s):   
Policy Holder: Director of Local Planning Services 
 
PLANNING, REGULATION AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVES: 
OUTER BOUNDARY OF ISLANDS TRUST AREA 
Purpose 
1. To provide for a consistent approach to potential Islands Trust Council advocacy initiatives along the outer 
boundary of the Islands Trust Area. 
2. To provide for a consistent approach to potential local trust committee initiatives for land use planning, 
regulation and advocacy along the outer boundary of the Islands Trust Area. 
3.  To manage the financial resources that the Islands Trust Council devotes to local trust committee 
initiatives for land use planning, regulation, and advocacy initiatives along the outer boundary of the 
Islands Trust Area in a manner that is fair and equitable to all local trust committees.  
4.  To identify those areas that the Islands Trust Council considers the priority geographical areas within each 
local trust area for the land use planning and regulatory functions of local trust committees.  
A. Definitions 
‘advocacy’ is the act of influencing and/or seeking cooperation with other agencies and decision-makers 
about laws, regulations, policies, programs, budgets, priorities, and other decisions relevant to the Islands 
Trust mandate.  
‘Islands Trust Area’ has the same meaning as is given in the Islands Trust Act. 
‘Local Trust Area’ has the same meaning as is given in the Islands Trust Regulation. 
‘Outer boundary of the Islands Trust Area’ means the boundary of the Islands Trust Area that is adjacent 
to Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland.  
‘new land use planning and regulatory initiatives of local trust committees’ means initiatives that begin 
after the adoption date of this policy. 
B. Background 
1.  Boundary of the Islands Trust Area 
1.1 Schedule A to the Islands Trust Act defines the boundary of the Islands Trust Area through a 
‘metes and bounds’ description. Generally, it includes all of the islands and waters that lie 
between the BC mainland and Vancouver Island, starting at the Canada-USA boundary in 
the south and extending to a line that runs north of Denman, Hornby and Lasqueti Islands. 

 
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The precise metes and bounds description, and other legislative references are provided in 
Attachment A.  
1.2 The metes and bounds description of the Islands Trust Area indicates that the boundary 
begins and ends at the high water mark on Vancouver Island, and follows the 
international boundary where it exists. While the description does not specify where the 
boundary begins and ends on the British Columbia mainland, the Islands Trust Area map 
attached as Schedule A to the Islands Trust Regulation has insets that suggest

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