 | AREA B ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION | |
| Tuesday, November 16, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Commission held on November 16, 2021 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 7:08 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | M. Obal | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| Members: | F. Cochran | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| S. Hartfelder | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| B. Chow | Planner II | |
| D. Thiessen | Planner | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | I. McIntyre | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| B. Lowey | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| A. Gibson | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| ATTENDANCE | ||||||
| All commission members attended via electronic means. | ||||||
| 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/F. Cochran: THAT the minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Commission meeting held August 31, 2021 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS | ||||||
| DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT DV 5B 21 AND COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL FORM AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PERMIT DP 9B 21 – 6056 ISLAND HIGHWAY NORTH (RESCHKE/ JANZEN) | ||||||
| D. Thiessen, Planner, provided an overview of the memorandum dated November 4, 2021 regarding Development Variance Permit DV 5B 21 to reduce the rear yard setback for a proposed workshop and a Commercial/Industrial Form and Character Development Permit DP 9B21 for the construction of the new building at 6056 Island Highway North (Reschke/ Janzen) [Item] | ||||||
| David Reschke, applicant was in attendance via electronic means. | ||||||
| M. Obal/S. Hartfelder: THAT the Area B Advisory Planning Commission oppose the Development Variance Permit application, DV 5B 21 - 6056 Island Highway North (Reschke/ Janzen), as proposed in the memorandum dated November 4, 2021 for the following reasons:
- The building construction should be adjusted to prevent noise transmission; and - The lot line variance is too significant – the building size could possibly be reworked to reduce the variance. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| M. Obal/S. Hartfelder: THAT the Area B Advisory Planning Commission support the Commercial/Industrial Form and Character Development Permit application, DP 9B 21 - 6056 Island Highway North (Reschke/ Janzen) as proposed in the memorandum dated November 4, 2021 as it meets the intent of the commercial form and character development permit requirements. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REZONING APPLICATION RZ 1B 21 – 1334 AND 1338 HUDSON ROAD (MCQUEEN) | ||||||
| B. Chow, Planner II, provided an overview of the memorandum dated October 29, 2021 regarding Rezoning Application (RZ 1B 21) – 1334 and 1338 Hudson Road (McQueen) to subdivide the property in accordance with Section 514 of the Local Government Act to provide a residence for a relative. [Item] | ||||||
| Don McQueen, applicant, and the applicant's agent Ian Zaharko, were in attendance via electronic means. | ||||||
| F. Cochran/S. Hartfelder: THAT the Area B Advisory Planning Commission support the Rezoning application (RZ 1B 21) – 1334 and 1338 Hudson Road (McQueen) as proposed in the memorandum dated October 29, 2021 as the size of the new property is unusually small, but does meet Section 514 criterion. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| STATUS UPDATE ON APC RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||||
| D. Thiessen, Planner, provided an update regarding Electoral Area Services Committee and board decisions related to APC recommendations. | ||||||
| TERMINATION | ||||||
| S. Hartfelder/F. Cochran: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time 8:35 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed By:
____________________________________ Michael Obal, Chair | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Stan Hartfelder, Recording Secretary These minutes were received by the Electoral Areas Services Committee on the ______ day of __________20__. |