 | AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION | |
| Thursday, November 18, 2021 | ||
| Minutes of the Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission held on November 18, 2021 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 8:04 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | G. McClintock | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission |
| Director: | E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) |
| Members: | C. Brown | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission |
| A. Burch | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission | |
| M. Halstead | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission | |
| R. Poirier | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission | |
| W. Prothero | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission | |
| B. Thompson | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission | |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| J. MacLean | Planner II | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | D. Page | Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission |
| ATTENDANCE | ||||||
| With the exception of B. Thompson, Director Grieve and all commissioners attended via electronic means. | ||||||
| C. Brown was not in attendance when the meeting was called to order. | ||||||
| CALL TO ORDER | ||||||
| The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:04 pm. | ||||||
| RECEIPT OF MINUTES | ||||||
| B. Thompson/W. Prothero: THAT the minutes of the Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission meeting held October 14, 2021 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS | ||||||
| FARM LAND PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT PERMIT DP 11B 21 – 1226 DON ROAD (POTTER-COGAN) | ||||||
| J. MacLean, Planner II, provided an overview of the memorandum dated November 3, 2021 regarding Farm Land Protection Development Permit DP 11B 21 – 1226 Don Road (Potter-Cogan) to enable the construction of new buildings within 30 metres of an agricultural property. [Item] | ||||||
| With the consent of the commission, Heather Gjesdal, adjacent neighbour, provided comments regarding the Development Permit application DP 11B 21 – 1226 Don Road (Potter-Cogan).
C. Brown joined the meeting via electronic means. | ||||||
| B. Thompson/W. Prothero: THAT the Agricultural Advisory Commission support the Development Permit application DP 11B 21 – 1226 Don Road (Potter-Cogan) as proposed in the memorandum dated November 3, 2021 for the following reasons:
• The property is located in a residential area adjacent to land designated ALR and except for that fact, is in keeping with area development and zoning; • The adjacent ALR property area next to the proposal is developed as residential and is not likely to be used for any serious agricultural enterprise in that immediate area; • The applicant has constructed a six foot metal panel fence separating the properties as well as planted Portuguese Laurel hedging. There is no visual nor other hindrance to any activity on either property; • The proposed building site is repurposing an existing foundation meaning no more impact than already exists; • The space from the building site to the boundary fence is 19 metres of open yard; • This is a reasonable development request without any impact on ALR land use. | ||||||
| Defeated | ||||||
| The following members voted in opposition to the above-noted motion: C. Brown, G. McClintock, A. Burch, M. Halstead, R. Poirier. | ||||||
| R. Poirier/W. Prothero: THAT the Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission support the Development Permit DP 11B 21 – 1226 Don Road (Potter-Cogan) as proposed in the memorandum dated November 3, 2021 with the recommendation that the vegetated buffer be planted on the entire boundary with the adjacent agricultural boundary, with the following rationale:
• the screening and buffering should not rely on the trees on the agricultural land but should make provisions on the residential side; • the additional vegetative buffering would be a good additional measure for buffering sound in addition to the fence currently and especially if the land were used more intensively for livestock or other agricultural uses; • that Portuguese laurels or Leyland Cypress would be suitable options for plantings; • acknowledging the proposed new building is increasing to a two-storey structure and extending closer to the boundary with the lean-to, the septic will also be within the buffer area, which isn’t ideal, though due to the small lot sizes this is unavoidable. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| STATUS UPDATE ON APC RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||||
| J. MacLean, Planner II, provided an update regarding Electoral Area Services Committee and board decisions related to APC recommendations. | ||||||
| TERMINATION | ||||||
| B. Thompson/W. Prothero: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 8:48 pm | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Gerry McClintock, Chair | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Megan Halstead, Recording Secretary |