Hornby committee sets housing review after OCP and bylaw work

The committee added a community process on residential density to its projects list, to follow completion of the Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw review.

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The Hornby Island Local Trust Committee added a community process to review residential density and community housing needs to its projects list, to begin after the Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw review is complete.[1]

The committee also set the OCP and LUB review as its top priority, placed a review of the Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw second and riparian mapping and implementation third, and removed the Vacation Home Rentals Regulations Review from its top priorities.[1]

During the town hall, residents raised questions about housing, detached secondary units and enforcement of the vacation rental bylaw; Trustee Law said a complaint would be needed to trigger an investigation and that complaints about non-permitted buildings would be prioritized.[1]

The minutes record that a petition on full-time affordable housing contained 310 signatures and requested a response by the end of the month; it asked the committee to adopt a moratorium on investigating and enforcing non-conforming situations providing housing for community residents, subject to stated exceptions.[1]

Sources

  1. Hornby LTC Regular Meeting Minutes — minutes, 2013-05-07
    that the following be added to the Projects List: Establish a community process to review residential density to address community housing needs following the completion of the Official Community Plan-Land Use Bylaw review.

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