Denman Island Land Use Bylaw No. 186, 2008 — as submitted to the Executive Committee

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Supplied by Islands Trust on request, received 2026-08-26

The bylaw as it went to the Executive Committee. Image-only scan, not yet transcribed. Its Schedule B pages still need comparing against the zoning map the Trust publishes today — see README section 4.

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Topics: Agriculture & the ALR · Aquaculture & shellfish · Bylaw enforcement · Forestry & trees · Governance & budget · Housing & affordability · Marine & foreshore · Transportation & ferries · Fresh water & aquifers — our classification, not the Trust's.

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Denman Island Land Use Bylaw 2008 — Proposed 1

DENMAN ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE

PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 186

A bylaw to establish regulations and requirements respecting the use of land, including the surface of water,
the use, siting and size of buildings and structures, the provision of parking, landscaping, screening, signs,
and the subdivision of land within the Denman Island Local Trust Area.

The Denman Island Local Trust Committee, being the Local Trust Committee having jurisdiction in respect of
the Denman Island Local Trust Area in the Province of British Columbia pursuant to the /slands Trust Act,
enacts as follows:

1. The regulations and guidelines contained in Parts 1 to 5 inclusive in Schedule A and the North Map
and South Map in Schedule B, attached to and forming part of this Bylaw, are adopted as a bylaw
pursuant to Part 26 of the Local Government Act and the islands Trust Act.

2. This bylaw applies to the entire area of land, all other islands and islets, rocks, reefs, the seabed, and
sea surface plus any other water surface area and all air spaces within that part of the Denman
Island Local Trust Area, excepting indian Reserve Areas, as shown lying within the line designated
as the “Zoning Boundary” on Schedule B’.

3. Denman Island Land Use Bylaw, 2002 is repealed in its entirety.

4. This Bylaw may be cited as “Denman Island Land Use Bylaw, 2008”

READ A FIRST TIME this 26th day of June , 2008
PUBLIC HEARING this 6th day of August , 2008
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING this 30th day of September , 2008
READ A SECOND TIME this 1st day of October , 2008
AMENDED this 9th day of December , 2008
THIRD PUBLIC HEARING WAIVED 9th day of December , 2008
READ A THIRD TIME this 2nd day of January , 2009
APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ISLANDS TRUST

this day of , 2009
ADOPTED this day of , 2009

Chairperson Secretary

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Denman Island Land Use Bylaw 2008 — Proposed

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Denman Island Land Use Bylaw 2008 — Proposed

1

ADMINISTRATION

1.1 Definitions

In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:

accessory in relation to a use, building or structure means ancillary, secondary and exclusively devoted to a
principal use, building or structure expressly permitted by this Bylaw on the same lot or, where the accessory use,
building or structure is located on common property in a bare land strata plan, on a strata lot in the same strata
plan;

access Stairway means an outdoor stairway and landings, provided the depth of the landing does not exceed the
width of the stairway ;

agriculture means the use of land, buildings or structures for any of the following activities:

® growing, producing, raising or keeping animals or plants, including mushrooms, or the primary
products of those plants or animals;

e clearing, draining, irrigating or cultivating land;
° using farm machinery, equipment, devices, materials and structures;
° applying fertilisers, compost, manure and other growing agents;

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