 | AREA B ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION | |
| Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Commission held on March 16, 2021 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 7:28 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | M. Obal | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| Members: | F. Cochran | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| B. Lowey | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| S. Hartfelder | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| A. Gibson | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| B. Chow | Planner | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | I. McIntyre | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| C. McIntyre | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| All members participated in the meeting by electronic means.
C. McIntyre and I. McIntyre advised prior to the meeting of a conflict of interest regarding the rezoning application - RZ 1B 20 – 5254 Langlois Road (Whyte) as the applicant is their neighbour. | ||||||
| CALL TO ORDER AND RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES: | ||||||
| The Chair called the meeting to order and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| RECEIPT OF MINUTES: | ||||||
| S. Hartfelder/A. Gibson: THAT the minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Committee meeting held February 16, 2021 be received [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| REZONING APPLICATION RZ 1B 20 – 5254 LANGLOIS ROAD (WHYTE) | ||||||
| B. Chow, Planner, provided an overview of the memorandum dated February 24, 2021 regarding Rezoning Application RZ 1B 20 – 5254 Langlois Road (Whyte) to rezone the property under Section 514 of the Local Government Act (RSBC, 2015, c. 1), to facilitate a two-lot subdivision to provide a residence for a relative. [Item] | ||||||
| Zachary Whyte, applicant was in attendance via electronic means. | ||||||
| S. Hartfelder/B. Lowey: THAT the Area B Advisory Planning Commission oppose the application as proposed for the following reasons:
• This application would be precedence setting, and would be unfair to others. • There is a viable option, such as a carriage house, for the applicant. • The proposed single detached dwelling on the proposed subdivided lot would be so much bigger than the 90 square metres limit of a secondary dwelling unit. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS | ||||||
| B. Chow, Planner, provided an overview of the memorandum dated February 16, 2021 regarding proposed amendments to Bylaw No. 520, being the “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw, No. 520, 2019" for commission members’ review and comment. [Item] | ||||||
| F. Cochran/S. Hartfelder: THAT the Area B Advisory Planning Commission support the proposed amendments to Bylaw No. 520, being the “Rural Comox Valley Zoning Bylaw, No. 520, 2019 as presented in the memorandum dated February 16, 2021. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| STATUS UPDATE ON APC RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||||
| B. Chow, Planner, provided an update regarding Electoral Area Services Committee and board decisions related to APC recommendations. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| A. Gibson/F. Cochran: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 8:57 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed By:
____________________________________ Michael Obal, Chair | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ B. Chow, Planner These minutes were received by the Electoral Areas Services Committee on the ______ day of __________20__. |