Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes
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Topics: Agriculture & the ALR · Climate & environment · Governance & budget — our classification, not the Trust's.
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ADOPTED Gabriola Island ADOPTED 1 Local Trust Committee Community Information Meeting Notes June 25, 2014 _____________________________________________________________________________ Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of a Special Business Meeting to Hold a Community Information Meeting Regarding Proposed Bylaw Nos. 273, 274 and 275 ____________________________________________________________________________ DATE OF MEETING: June 25, 2014 LOCATION: The Haven – Heron Room 540 Davis Road Gabriola Island, BC MEMBERS PRESENT: Gisele Rudischer, Local Trustee Sheila Malcolmson, Local Trustee STAFF PRESENT: Courtney Simpson, Regional Planning Manager Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner Jessie Sherk, Recorder REGRETS: David Graham, Chair MEDIA AND OTHERS PRESENT: Approximately (8) members of the pubic and (1) member of the local media were in attendance 1. INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS The meeting commenced at 7:00 pm. Trustee Rudischer thanked the Agricultural Advisory Committee for their input. Planner Zupanec explained that tonight was about ensuring any questions that the public might have about these bylaws are answered. She stated there would be a public hearing regarding these bylaws on July 16, 2014. 2. BYLAW NO 273 IMPLEMENTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION Planner Zupanec explained the rationale behind this project. She stated that there are two policies that relate to this in the Official Community Plan; one deals with parking regulations and the other deals with measuring floor area for dwellings. Planner Zupanec then went through the changes in the bylaw regarding green, sustainable energy in homes noting the existing definitions and comparing them to the new wording. A member of the public noted that the new wording for the definition of a sustainable energy system utility room seemed very specific and asked how long this wording would ADOPTED Gabriola Island ADOPTED 2 Local Trust Committee Community Information Meeting Notes June 25, 2014 be useful with all the changes to technology. She suggested using words that would allow for technology changes. Planner Zupanec replied that they did put a lot of thought into the wording and that ambiguity would be a problem as it could leave things open for interpretation and lead to illegitimate uses. . A member of the public asked if the concept of attached sunrooms and greenhouses had been discussed. Planner Zupanec replied that it had not. Planner Zupanec discussed the next significant change in the bylaw regarding parking spaces in the village and at Twin Beaches mall. She noted that the changes deal with how the minimum parking regulations are interpreted. A member of the public asked if bike parking factored into this. Planner Zupanec replied that it did not. A member of the public asked why the bylaw speaks only to the restaurants and bars in
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