Soil Removal Bylaw No. 418 Summary

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23/09/2009 
 
 
 
Summary of Bylaw 418 
 
REGISTRATION  
Registration IS Required: 
Soil Removal/Deposit Registration and Permit Requirements 
 
Removal or deposit of soil anywhere on Salt Spring Island may require either 
Registration or a Soil Removal and Deposit Permit.  
 
 
EXEMPTIONS 
Registration is NOT required if: 
 
• To remove or deposit between 40 and 
100 cubic metres of topsoil; 
 
• to remove between 40 and 100 cubic 
metres of rock; 
 
• to deposit between 40 and 1000 cubic 
metres of rock; 
 
• to remove or deposit a combined 
volume of soil, rock or topsoil 
between 40 and 1000 cubic metres. 
 
 
• Soil removal or deposit is done in accordance with 
a Permit under this bylaw;
 
• 
soil removal or deposit directly relates to work 
authorized by a permit to install a sewage disposal 
system, or under the Agricultural Land Reserve 
Subdivision Regulation; 
 
• 
soil removal or deposit directly relates to the 
maintenance of an existing residential driveway or 
parking area (however, putting in a new driveway 
requires registration);
 
• soil removal or deposit is required for the 
construction or repair of roads or other works done 
on behalf of the regional district, a water or sewer 
district, a public utility company, the Ministry of 
Transportation, or any of their agents;
 
• 
soil removal or deposit is an agricultural or nursery 
use on the lot where that business is conducted;
 
• 
soil removal or deposit is carried out in the 
operation of a concrete or asphalt plant, for the 
regular maintenance of a golf course or park, for a 
waste processing or disposal operation (including 
composting), on a lot where soil is legally stored for 
resale or for the regular maintenance of a garden.
 
 
 Ten cubic metres of material = approximately one truck load. 
 If you need to register a soil removal and deposit activity, you need to abide by the Regulations and 
Operating Standards in Section 5 of Bylaw 418. 
 Note that all registration forms must be accompanied by a site plan showing the location of the soil 
removal and deposit activity.  Regardless of how the registration form is submitted, the site plan can 
be submitted as an attachment to an email (ssisoil@islandstrust.bc.ca), by fax, or by hard copy to 
the Islands Trust. 
 A simple and free registration form
 
 
 
 is available on line.   Registration forms can be submitted by 
email, by fax, or by hard copy to the Islands Trust. On-line registration forms are automatically sent 
to ssisoil@islandstrust.bc.ca. 

23/09/2009 
 
Summary of Bylaw 418 Con’t 
 
 
Removal or deposit of soil anywhere on Salt Spring Island may require a Soil Removal and Deposit 
Permit:
 
 
 Application for a permit
 If a permit is required, the property owner must retain a registered professional engineer, landscape 
architect, or land surveyor, who will file a report that includes plans for the proposed permit area, a 
description of how the work will be carried out, an assessment of risk facto

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