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Gabriola Island Thursday Local Trust Committee March 1, 2018 Welcome! Housing Options Review Project Sunrise 6:56 am Sunset 5:58 pm Agenda: • Presentation on Proposed Bylaw 293 (LUB) Moonset 7:02 am Moonrise 5:51 pm • Public Q+A • Public Hearing • LTC Consideration of Next Steps High Tide 5:23 am Low Tide 10:54 am High Tide 4:11 pm

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee • Regulations to permit secondary suites in lieu of accessory cottages outside the ALR; • Allow home occupations accessory to any dwelling (to a total maximum floor area for the lot); • Remove regulations prohibiting bathroom or cooking facilities in an accessory building; • Allowing secondary suites on RR1 zoned lots 2ha or larger; • Minor text and administrative corrections.

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Secondary Suite Regulations

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee B.6.6.5 The maximum permitted floor area for a secondary suite located within or attached to a single family dwelling is 90 square metres (968 square feet) or 40% of the floor area of Secondary the dwelling , whichever is less; Suite B.6.6.6 The maximum permitted floor area for a secondary Regulations suite located within an accessory building is 90 square metres (968 square feet); B.6.6.7 A secondary suite must not be located within a manufactured home ; B.6.6.8 For lands outside of the ALR, a secondary suite shall not be permitted on a lot unless the owner of the lot has registered a restrictive covenant under Section 219 of the Land Title Act in favour of the Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee prohibiting the registration of a strata plan under the Strata Property Act or Land Title Act which would result in the secondary suite being a separate lot .

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee RR1 Zoning

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Agricultural Land Commission Act Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation “The following non-farm uses are permitted in an agricultural land reserve unless otherwise prohibited by a local government bylaw : (i) one secondary suite in a single family dwelling, and (ii) either (A) one manufactured home, up to 9 m in width, for use by a member of the owner's immediate family, or (B) accommodation that is constructed above an existing building on the farm and that has only a single level.”

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee For parcels in the ALR – One secondary suite Agriculture Land Commission wholly within a SFD; any Regulations 2016 tenancy; no farm status required. One single family Or one suite above an (principle) dwelling “EXISTING” building max. for “one person or a family” farm status One CSA manufactured home for required. “immediate family” only; max. 1300 sqft; no farm status required.

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Lots 2ha or larger - one What do the CURRENT Gabriola secondary suite wholly LUB regulations permit in the within a SFD; any tenancy; ‘Agriculture (AG) Zone’ for land no farm status required; in the ALR? max. 40% floor area or 968 sqft whichever is less. One single family (principle) dwelling Lots 2ha or larger with farm status - one CSA manufactured home for “immediate family” or farmworkers only; max. 1300 sqft.

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee LTC Options After the close of the Public Hearing March 1, 2018: A. Consider amending the bylaw as per Attachment #1 in the staff memo; AND B. Give third reading of Bylaw 293 at the close of the hearing; OR C. Request staff prepare other amendments to the bylaw for further consideration; OR D. Request staff bring back additional, new information in order to inform a decision about potential changes. This would trigger the need for an additional public hearing. E. Make substantive changes to the bylaw that requires additional consultation/re-referrals or additional public hearing; or F. Proceed no further with the bylaw.

Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Proposed Bylaw 293 (LUB) • Public Q+A • Public Hearing • LTC Consideration of Next Steps gabriolahousing@islandstrust.bc.ca