SLIDE 1 Thursday March 1, 2018
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
Welcome!
Housing Options Review Project Agenda:
- Presentation on Proposed Bylaw 293
(LUB)
- Public Q+A
- Public Hearing
- LTC Consideration of Next Steps
Sunrise 6:56 am Sunset 5:58 pm Moonset 7:02 am Moonrise 5:51 pm High Tide 5:23 am Low Tide 10:54 am High Tide 4:11 pm
SLIDE 2 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.
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Secondary Suite Regulations
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Secondary Suite Regulations
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 the dwelling, whichever is less; B.6.6.6 The maximum permitted floor area for a secondary 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.
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
RR1 Zoning
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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.”
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
For parcels in the ALR – Agriculture Land Commission Regulations 2016 One secondary suite wholly within a SFD; any tenancy; no farm status required. One CSA manufactured home for “immediate family” only; max. 1300 sqft; no farm status required. Or one suite above an “EXISTING” building max. for “one person or a family” farm status required. One single family (principle) dwelling
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What do the CURRENT Gabriola LUB regulations permit in the ‘Agriculture (AG) Zone’ for land in the ALR? Lots 2ha or larger - one secondary suite wholly within a SFD; any tenancy; no farm status required;
- max. 40% floor area or 968
sqft whichever is less. Lots 2ha or larger with farm status - one CSA manufactured home for “immediate family”
- r farmworkers only; max. 1300 sqft.
One single family (principle) dwelling
SLIDE 11 LTC Options
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 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
- rder 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.
SLIDE 12 Proposed Bylaw 293 (LUB)
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
- Public Q+A
- Public Hearing
- LTC Consideration of Next Steps
gabriolahousing@islandstrust.bc.ca
