Hornby LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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March 29, 2011 
MINUTES OF THE HORNBY ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE  
SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING 
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011 AT 3:30 PM 
AT ROOM TO GROW, HORNBY ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL 
SOLLANS ROAD, HORNBY ISLAND BC 
 
 
 
PRESENT: Tony Law Local Trustee and Acting Chair 
Fred Hunt Local Trustee 
Brodie Porter Island Planner and Recorder (via 
telephone) 
 
There was one (1) member of the public in attendance and Hornby Island Local Trust 
Committee Chair Louise Bell listened by telephone but did not participate in the 
meeting. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Acting  Chair  Law  called  the  meeting  to  order  at  3:30  pm.  and  advised  that  minutes  
were recorded via a telephone link, 
 
 
2.        APPROVAL        OF        AGENDA        
 
The agenda was approved by consensus with the following additions: 
 
 Add 3.2 Official Community Plan Review 
 Add 3.3 HO-RZ-2009.2 Hornby Island Resort Ltd.  
 
 
3.        NEW        BUSINESS        
 
3.1 Preparations for Upcoming Community Information Meetings 
 
13.1.1 Options to Present at Community Information Meetings  
 
The  Local  Trust  Committee  discussed  options  for  the  upcoming  
community information meetings to be held on April 2, 4 and 6
th
, 2011 
regarding  Vacation  Home  Rentals  and  the  review  of  the  Official  
Community  Plan.  Discussion  focused  on  community  comment  about  
perceptions of the Vacation Home Rental review including: 
 
    Questioning why there is need to change the status quo; 
    Options to enhance the status quo; and 

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    Role  of  home  occupations,  bylaw  enforcement  policy  and  
other policies and regulations in addressing vacation home 
rentals. 
 
Discussion then focused on presenting information at the upcoming 
community information meetings on background leading to the current 
discussions and options to enhance the status quo. A draft information 
sheet was reviewed and edits suggested. The document was 
approved by consensus for use at the community information 
meetings. 
 
HO-014-2011 It was MOVED and SECONDED that the Hornby Island Local Trust Committee present 
the following suggested approach to vacation home rentals at the upcoming 
community information meetings and to solicit comments from the community: 
 
1. to amend the Official Community Plan to better reflect the community’s 
relationship with vacation home rentals while retaining a policy to enable 
vacation home rentals as a home occupation; 
2. to amend the Land Use Bylaw to allow vacation home rentals as a home 
occupation where a resident is living on the lot; 
3. to amend the Official Community Plan and the Land Use Bylaw to include 
designations and guidelines to enable consideration of temporary use permits 
for vacation home rentals; and  
4. that given finite resources available for enforcement activities and in order to 
ensure the most effective results for enforcement a

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