Gabriola LTC Development Procedure Bylaw No. 114

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 Gabriola Island Trust Committee 
 
 Bylaw No. 114 
 
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A Bylaw to define procedures under which an owner of land may apply for amendment to a plan or bylaw 
or the issue of a permit under Part 29 of the Municipal Act 
 
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The Gabriola Island Trust Committee ("Trust Committee"), being the Trust Committee having jurisdiction 
in respect of the Gabriola local trust area in the province of British Columbia pursuant to the Islands Trust 
Act (the "Act") enacts as follows: 
 
Title 
 
1. This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Gabriola Island Trust Committee Development 
Procedure Bylaw No. 114, 1992". 
 
Applications 
 
2. Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this bylaw apply in respect of: 
 
(1)  applications  for  amendments  to  the  Gabriola  Official  Community  Plan,  the  Gabriola  
Zoning Bylaw, the DeCourcy Official Community Plan and the Nanaimo Regional District 
Zoning Bylaw; 
 
(2)         applications         for:         
 
 a) development permits and amendments thereto; 
 
 b) development variance permits; 
 
 c) temporary commercial use permits; 
 
 d) temporary industrial use permits; 
 
 e) amendments to land use contracts; 
 
(3) applications under section 9 of the Condominium Act for conversion of existing buildings 
into strata lots. 
 
3. An application by an owner of land for amendment to an official community plan or zoning bylaw, 
for a permit, or for conversion of a building into strata lots, shall: 
 
(1) be made by the owner of the land or by a person authorized in writing by the owner; 
 
(2) be submitted to the Islands Trust office in the appropriate form established by the Islands 
Trust, as may be varied from time to time. 
 
(3) contain all the information required by the applicable form. 
 
4.  An  application  or  substantially  similar  application  may  not  be  submitted  in  respect  of  the  same  
development less than one year from the date of refusal of a previous application or in the case 

 
 
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of an application for conversion of a building into strata lots less than one year from the date of 
refusal of a previous application, unless the Trust Committee has agreed to such reconsideration. 
 
5.  The  Trust  Committee  may,  on  receipt  of  an  application  to  amend  a  plan  or  bylaw,  resolve  to  
proceed  with  an  amendment  bylaw  or  resolve  not  to  proceed  with  the  application.    The  Trust  
Committee  may,  on  receipt  of  a  permit  application,  resolve  to  proceed  with  or  resolve  not  to  
proceed with the permit. 
 
6.  The  Trust  Committee  may  initiate  an  amendment  to  a  plan  or  bylaw  without  first  receiving  an  
application to amend. 
 
Fees 
 
7. Where an application is submitted for amendment to a plan or bylaw or

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