 | BOARD OF VARIANCE | |
| Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Comox Valley Regional District Board of Variance held on September 29, 2020 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 12:00 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | J. Schommer | Board of Variance |
| Member: | C. Halbert | Board of Variance |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| B. Chow | Rural Planner | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR: | ||||||
| L. Dennis, Manager of Legislative Services, called the meeting to order and opened the floor to nominations for the position of chair. At the close of nominations, Joe Schommer was the only nomination and as such, was declared chair by acclamation. | ||||||
| Chair Schommer assumed the role of presiding member at 12:01 pm. | ||||||
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES | ||||||
| The chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| BOARD OF VARIANCE BACKGROUNDER | ||||||
| Chair Schommer reviewed the background information regarding the Board of Variance role and process. [Item] | ||||||
| ELECTORAL AREA A - BOARD OF VARIANCE APPLICATION BV 1A 20 - 7870 SHIPS POINT ROAD (HICKMAN AND HOWICK) | ||||||
| The Board reviewed the following material:
- Report dated September 10, 2020 regarding Board of Variance Application BV 1A 20 to reduce the front yard setbacks of the proposed accessory building from 4.5 metres to 1.75 metres for its foundation and from 2.5 metres to 1.1 metres for its eaves; [Item] | ||||||
| - E-mail correspondence dated September 24, 2020 from Gary and Maureen Patterson, 7866 Ships Point Road, regarding Board of Variance Application BV 1A 20 - 7870 Ships Point Road (Hickman and Howick); [Item] | ||||||
| - E-mail correspondence dated September 25, 2020 from David South, adjacent neighbour, regarding Board of Variance Application BV 1A 20 - 7870 Ships Point Road (Hickman and Howick); and [Item] | ||||||
| - E-mail correspondence dated September 26, 2020 from Carole Anthony , 7862 Ships Point Road, regarding Board of Variance Application BV 1A 20 - 7870 Ships Point Road (Hickman and Howick). [Item] | ||||||
| B. Chow, Rural Planner, provided an overview of the Board of Variance Application BV 1A 20 - 7870 Ships Point Road (Hickman and Howick).
Harry Hickman and Susannah Howick, applicants, were in attendance and provided information regarding the application. No members of the public were in attendance to speak to the application. | ||||||
| After deliberation, the Board of Variance rendered the following decision: | ||||||
| C. Halbert/J. Schommer: THAT the Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 520 be varied to reduce the front yard setback of the accessory building located at 7870 Ships Point Road from 4.5 metres to 1.75 metres and to reduce the setback for the eaves of the accessory building from 2.5 metres to 1.1 metres as presented in the staff report dated September 10, 2020 and that construction start within two years from the date of approval. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| J. Schommer/C. Halbert: THAT the meeing terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 12:33 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Joe Schommer Chair | |
| Certified correct by: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services Recorded by: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Legislative Services Assistant |