Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Agenda Addendum

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GB SPLTC – Late Items, Additions to Agenda – October 23, 2013 
 
 
 
 
 
GABRIOLA ISLAND  
LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
AGENDA
 
 
SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING  
OF THE GABRIOLA ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
held at 10:15 AM on Wednesday, October 23, 2013  
at    the Gabriola Island Agricultural Hall,  
465 South Road 
Gabriola Island, B.C. 
 
 
 
 
LATE ITEMS, ADDITIONS 
 
 
AMENDMENTS/ADDITIONS 
TO ITEMS: 
 
3. PROPOSED BYLAW NOS. 265 AND 266 
 3.1.1 Supplemental Staff Report dated October 22, 2013 - attached 
  
 
 
 
 
 

 
ST A F F  RE P O R T 
 
Islands Trust Staff Report Page 1 of 5 
 
Date: 
October 22, 2013 
File No.: 
6500-20 (Gabriola RAR) 
To: 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
For the special meeting of October 23, 2013 
 
 
From: 
Courtney Simpson, Regional Planning Manager 
 
 
cc: 
David Marlor, Director Local Planning Services 
 
 
Re: Riparian Areas Regulation Implementation – Post Public Hearing 
 
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 
 
OVERVIEW: 
In the staff report dated October 15, a number of questions and suggestions submitted by 
Trustee Malcolmson prior to the public hearing were not addressed. The purpose of the report is 
to address these, and it should be read as a supplement to the October 15 report. 
 
RECOMMENDED BYLAW AMENDMENTS 
Based on submissions received at and before the public hearing, staff recommends the 
following change to proposed bylaw 266. 
  
Text amendments: 
 
 To F.3.2 Applicability, to the list under F.3.2.1, amend clause e by inserting “impervious” 
between “non-structural” and “or” 
 
This change would make the clause consistent with other bylaws such as the North Pender 
OCP, and more accurately follows the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR).  
 
 
POSSIBLE BYLAW AMENDMENTS  
Staff does not recommend the following suggested change as it is seen to have little or no 
benefit, but at the same time does not recommend against it, if the LTC prefers the amended 
wording. 
1. Amend the exemption for gardening and yard maintenance in existing landscaped 
areas and add a definition of “landscaped area”. 
The following amended exemption is proposed by Trustee Malcolmson, underlined text 
is added:  
d. gardening and yard maintenance activities within a pre-existing landscaped 
area, including mowing, pruning, planting and minor soil disturbance that does 
not alter the general contours of the land. 

Islands Trust Staff Report Page 2 of 5 
 
And the following is a definition of “landscaped area” from the District of Saanich RAR 
DPA: 
Landscaped area means an area significantly altered by human activity where 
there is the continuous maintenance of no vegetation, cultivated vegetation 
and/or landscape materials, including but not limited to stones, boulders, 
cobbles, pavers and decorative concrete. 
 
There are benefits and risks to the proposed changes. The benefit is more clarity for 
the reader as to what constitutes a previously landscaped area. The risk is that there 
remains a need for judgement, for example as to w

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