 | AREA C ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION | |
| Thursday, May 12, 2022 | ||
| Minutes of the Area C Advisory Planning Commission held on May 12, 2022 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:03 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | D. Pacholuk | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| Director: | E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) |
| Alt. Director: | M. Larock | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| Members: | G. Gordon | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| L. Krainer | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| M. Presley | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| B. Thompson | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| C. Scoville | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area C) | |
| P. Gibson | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| C. Davidson | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| B. Chow | Planner II | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | K. Keylock | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| CALL TO ORDER AND RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| RECEIPT OF MINUTES | ||||||
| B. Thompson/G. Gordon: THAT the minutes of the Area C Advisory Planning Commission held on April 14, 2022 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS | ||||||
| DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT DV 4C 22 AND COMMERCIAL/ INDUSTRIAL FORM AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, DP 7C 22 – 7648 ISLAND HIGHWAY (EDGE GRAIN FOREST PRODUCTS LTD.) | ||||||
| B. Chow, Planner II, provided an overview of the memorandum dated April 21, 2022 regarding Development Variance Permit DV 4C 22 to vary the proposed setback for the commercial building by 7.5 metres and a Commercial/ Industrial Form and Character Development Permit 7C – 7648 Island Highway (Edge Grain Forest Products Ltd.) to address the form and character of the commercial/industrial development. [Item] | ||||||
| Shannon Kelly, Dennis Nelson and Shawn Nelson, applicants, were in attendance. | ||||||
| C. Scoville/M. Presley: THAT the Area C Advisory Planning Commission support the Commercial/ Industrial Form and Character Development Permit (DP 7C 22) – 7648 Island Highway (Edge Grain Forest Products Ltd.) as presented in the memorandum dated April 21, 2022 for the following reasons:
- support for rural business and local jobs; - complies with form and character guidelines; and with the following additional considerations: - proposed vegetation was sparse, not native for the most part, not necessarily the best plants considering further drying out and wild fire issues due to habitual lack of rains and the building wall facing the highway was going to appear massive and not very attractive; - vegetation placed between the Island Highway and the back of the proposed building and at the corner of Surgenor Road should not interfere with the sight lines up and down the highway from Surgenor Road . | ||||||
| Carried | NAY: C. Davidson; L. Krainer | |||||
| C. Scoville/P. Gibson: THAT consideration of Development Variance Permit Application DV 4C 22 be deferred due to the following traffic safety issues: sight lines, dangerous traffic conditions making left hand turns in a high speed passing area, lack of room for a deceleration lane; and removing the option to widen the roadway limits options for future road construction or mitigation options, pending the recommendations of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways report on the application. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| STATUS UPDATE ON APC RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||||
| B. Chow, Planner II provided an update regarding Electoral Area Services Committee and board decisions related to APC recommendations. | ||||||
| TERMINATION | ||||||
| B. Thompson/M. Presley: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 5:23 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed By: ____________________________________ Dave Pacholuk, Chair | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Grant Gordon, Recording Secretary These minutes were received by the Electoral Areas Services Committee on the _____ day of _______________ 20___. |