Hornby trustees remove proposed 67-rental cap from bylaw draft
The Local Trust Committee gave second reading to two amended bylaws and asked staff to report in fall on provincial short-term rental registry data before a community information meeting and public hearing are scheduled.
The Hornby Firestarter · Governance · 2025-05-16 · updated 2026-10-09 · Hornby Island
The Hornby Island Local Trust Committee removed a proposed cap of 67 vacation home rentals from its draft land-use bylaw, then gave the amended bylaw second reading at its May 16 meeting.[1] The committee also asked staff to report in fall 2025 on the land-use impacts and implications of the provincial short-term rental registry before scheduling a community information meeting and public hearing for the two proposed bylaws.[1]
The committee gave second reading to the amended Official Community Plan bylaw as well as the Land Use Bylaw, after approving changes to both drafts.[1] The minutes say consideration of secondary dwellings on lots under 4 hectares and secondary suites on residential properties was deferred to the next stage of the project following input from K’omoks First Nation.[1]
Forty-one members of the public spoke about the proposed rental cap, with comments recorded both for and against a cap and on alternatives including licensing and Temporary Use Permits.[1] The minutes summarize calls to wait for provincial registry data, concerns about housing, water and the environment, and arguments that rental income supports property costs, local businesses and jobs.[1]
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Hornby Island Local Trust Committee minutes, May 16, 2025
that the draft tracked changes version of Hornby Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 177, cited as “Hornby Island Land Use Bylaw No. 150, 2014, Amendment No. 1, 2024 as presented in Attachment 2 of the staff report dated May 16 2025 be amended by removing Item 1.11(b) the cap of 67 vacation home rentals.
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