Thetis LTC Board of Variance Bylaw No. 81

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THETIS ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
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BOARD OF VARIANCE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROCEDURE BYLAW NO. 81, 2006 
 
 
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A Bylaw to establish and to set out procedures for a Board of Variance for the Southern Gulf Islands 
of  the  Islands  Trust,  which  includes  the  Local  Trust  Committees  of  Salt  Spring  Island  and  Thetis  
Island pursuant to Section 899 of the Local Government Act. 
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TITLE 
 
1.  This  Bylaw  may  be  cited  as  “Thetis  Island  Local  Trust  Committee  Board  of  Variance  
Establishment and Procedure Bylaw No. 81, 2006”. 
 
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 separate resolution of each 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  separate  resolution  of  each  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.  
 
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 places in the Local 
Trust Area in which the appeal is being made. 
 
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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

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