Salt Spring LTC Board of Variance Bylaw No. 442

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SALT SPRING ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
 
BOARD OF VARIANCE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROCEDURE BYLAW NO. 442 
 
 
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A Bylaw to establish and to set out procedures for a Board of Variance for the Salt Spring Island Local 
Trust Committee pursuant to Section 899 of the Local Government Act. 
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1.  This  Bylaw  may  be  cited  as  “Salt  Spring  Island  Local  Trust  Committee  Board  of  Variance  
Establishment and Procedure Bylaw No. 442, 2009”. 
 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD 
 
2. Three persons shall be appointed to the Board of Variance (the Board). 
 
3.  The  appointment  of  the  Board  of  Variance  shall  be  by  resolution  of  the  Local  Trust  Committee  
(LTC). 
 
4. The Board shall by resolution appoint one of the appointed members as the Chair. 
 
5. The Chair may appoint a member of the Board as Acting Chair to preside in the absence of the 
Chair. 
 
6. By resolution of the LTC, the Chair, or any other member of the Board, may be removed from the 
Board. 
 
7. At the time of their appointment, the members shall be appointed to a three-year term. 
 
8. A quorum of the Board for all hearings, pursuant to the provisions of this Bylaw, shall be two (2) 
or more members. 
 
9.  Advertising  for  members  of  the  Board  shall  be  done  through  the  newspaper  and  at  the  usual  
posting place in the Local Trust Area.   
 
10. A person who is a member of the Advisory Planning Commission, a Trustee of the Islands Trust, 
or an officer or employee of the Islands Trust, is not eligible to be appointed to the Board. 
 
PROCEDURES OF THE BOARD 
Secretary to the Board 
 
11. The Director of Local Planning Services, or their representative, is appointed as the Secretary to 
the Board. 
 
12.  The  Secretary,  in  addition  to  receiving  applications  and  preparing  agendas  on  behalf  of  the  
Board, must: 
  
 a)   maintain a record of all decisions of the Board;  and, 
 b)   ensure that such records are available for inspection by the public during the normal business 
hours of the office.  
 
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13.  Not  less  than  seven  days  prior  to  the  Board  meeting,  the  Secretary  must  prepare  an  agenda  of  
the matters to be considered at the meeting and mail or otherwise deliver a copy of the agenda to 
each Board member and post the agenda at the usual posting place in the Local Trust Area.  
 
Application Procedure 
 
14.  Any  person  may  appeal  to  the  Board  by  submitting  an  application  to  the  Islands  Trust  with  the  
required  attachments  and  an  application  fee  as  required  by  the  fees  Bylaw  for  the  Local  Trust  
Area. 
 
15. Every application to the Board must include a plan signed by a B.C. Land Surveyor the adequacy 
of which 

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