 | AREA C ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION | |
| Thursday, August 15, 2024 | ||
| Minutes of the Area C Advisory Planning Commission held on August 15, 2024 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 4:00 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | P. Gibson | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| Director: | E. Grieve | Puntledge/Black Creek (Area 'C') |
| Members: | K. Keylock | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| G. Gordon | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| C. Davidson | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| J. Yeomans | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| R. von Kampen | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| C. Scoville | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| J. MacLean | Senior Planner - Development | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | A. Burch | Area C Advisory Planning Commission |
| S. Varney | Area C Advisory Planning Commission | |
| 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 | ||||||
| J. Yeomans/C. Davidson: THAT the Minutes of the Area C Advisory Planning Committee meeting held July 18, 2024 be received [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS | ||||||
| FORM AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PERMIT – UNADDRESSED LOT ALONG MACAULAY ROAD (M & C LEIGHTON HOLDINGS LTD.) | ||||||
| J. MacLean, Senior Planner, provided an overview of the letter dated August 8, 2024 regarding issuance of a Commercial and Industrial (Form and Character) Development Permit for a campground development on an unaddressed lot along Macaulay Road (M & C Leighton Holdings Ltd.). [Item] | ||||||
| K. Keylock/C. Scoville: THAT the Area C Advisory Planning Commission support the issuance of a Commercial and Industrial (Form and Character) Development Permit as proposed in the letter dated August 8, 2024 for the following reasons:
-Form and character suits rural setting -Functional for the planned use; however, the following is recommended to be addressed: -Dark Sky Policy to be met to the current standards and reviewed by a lighting professional including use of ambient light levels appropriate for the proposed use -any lighting including LED shall not be offensive including RV pedestals, signage and security lighting -fencing height/privacy -consider propane fires in lieu of burning wood -consider tree retention throughout the site and landscape trees in the parking area -access to roads (eg. McCaulay, Shiloh) | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| STATUS UPDATE ON APC RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||||
| T. Trieu, Manager of Planning Services, provided updates regarding Electoral Areas Services Committee and Board decisions related to APC recommendations. | ||||||
| TERMINATION | ||||||
| R. von Kampen/G. Gordon: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 5:12 pm | ||||||
| Confirmed By: ____________________________________ Peter Gibson, Chair | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Kip Keylock, Recording Secretary These minutes were received by the Electoral Areas Services Committee on the _____ day of _______________ 20___. |