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Overview
Land use planning is the management of land and resources. It helps communities set goals about how to manage change while keeping important social, economic, and environmental concerns in mind.
It balances the interests of individual property owners with the Islands Trust preserve and protect mandate, and the wider interests and objectives of the whole community. Official community plans, land use bylaws and zoning bylaws are land use planning tools.
Hornby Island Local Trust Area Official Community Plan
An official community plan provides a vision, goals, objectives, and policies for how the community will manage change. The official community plan (OCP) guides planning and decision making about land use and related community priorities. Developed in consultation with community members and organizations, First Nations, and provincial agencies, OCPs also reflect the Islands Trust preserve and protect mandate.
Each OCP is unique to the community or island it serves, but it must include:
- Residential development plans
- Defined land uses:
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Agricultural
- Recreational
- Public utility
- Sand and gravel deposits suitable for extraction
- Land use restrictions due to environmental sensitivity or hazards
- Road, sewer and water systems plans
- Proposed public facilities (public facilities, parks, schools, waste treatment, disposal sites)
Hornby Island Official Community Plan
Hornby Island OCP Bylaw 149
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) Hornby Island Official Community Plan Schedules or Maps
Maps of defined land use areas are in the OCP schedules along with development permit areas.
Hornby Island Sch C - Land Status & Road Designations Map - OCP Bylaw No. 149
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) Hornby Island Sch D1 - Environmentally Sensitive Areas Map - OCP Bylaw No. 149
VIEW (PDF 677 KB) Hornby Island Sch D2 - Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Aquifers Map - OCP Bylaw No. 149
VIEW (PDF 149 KB) Hornby Island Sch E - Development Permit Areas Map - OCP Bylaw No. 149
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) Hornby Island Sch F - Hazard Areas Map - OCP Bylaw No. 149
VIEW (PDF 505 KB) Hornby Island Sch B - Land Use Designations Map - OCP Bylaw No. 149
VIEW (PDF 485 KB) Hornby Island Official Community Plan Adopted Bylaw Amendments
The Official Community Plan is sometimes updated and revised to reflect new developments or priorities.
There are none at this time.
Hornby Island Local Trust Area Regulatory Bylaws
Regulatory bylaws are created by local trust committees to facilitate implementation of official community plan policies and establish what is allowed on specific lots. Regulatory bylaws can include:
- Zoning (use, density, siting, size of buildings and structures)
- Runoff control
- Flood plain protection
- Off-street parking
- Signs
- Screening
- Landscaping to mask or separate different uses of the property
- Subdivision servicing requirements
- Surface of water
- Size and siting of buildings and structures
Hornby Island Regulatory Bylaws
Hornby Island LUB No. 150
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) Land Use Bylaw Schedules and Maps
Hornby Island Sch B - Zoning Map - Land Use Bylaw No. 150
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) Land Use Bylaw Amendments
Land use bylaws are sometimes updated and revised to reflect new developments or priorities.
There are no adopted land use bylaw amendments at this time.
Hornby Island Administrative Bylaws
Hornby Island Local Trust Area administrative bylaws may include bylaws that establish procedures for meetings, applications and fees.
We make every effort to ensure the bylaws on our website are current, but some may not contain the latest amendment(s). If you are taking any action related to our bylaws, please contact one of our planning offices to ensure you have the most recent version.
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Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw No. 158
This bylaw establishes an advisory planning commission for the Hornby Island Local Trust Area pursuant to the Local Government Act and the Islands Trust Act.
B
Bylaw Enforcement Notification Bylaw No. 159
This bylaw was established to respect the enforcement of bylaw notices within the Hornby Island Local Trust Area.
Bylaw Infractions Investigations Bylaw No. 51
This bylaw authorizes the inspection of alleged infractions against regulations.
Board of Variance Bylaw No. 120
This bylaw establishes and sets out procedures for a board of variance for the Hornby Island Local Trust Committee pursuant to Section 899 of the Local Government Act.
D
Development Approval Information Bylaw No. 161
This bylaw establishes procedures and policies for requiring development approval information for the Hornby Island Local Trust Area.
Development Procedure Bylaw No. 74
This bylaw defines procedures under which an owner of land may apply for an amendment to a plan or bylaw or the issue of a permit under Part 29 of the Local Government Act.
F
This bylaw prescribes fees for amending bylaws, issuing permits, examining applications for subdivisions, and examining other referrals and applications.
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Bylaw No. 171
This bylaw designates the head of the Hornby Island Trust Committee for the purposes of, and to set fees under, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, RSBC 1996, c. 165, as amended.
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Meeting Procedure Bylaw No. 170
This bylaw establishes procedures for meetings of the Hornby Island Local Trust Committee.
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Siting and Use Permit Bylaw No. 168
This bylaw requires and defines procedures for applications for Siting and Use Permits in compliance with Hornby Island Official Community Plan No. 149, 2014 and Hornby Island Land Use Bylaw No. 150, 2014.
Get Up-To-Date Bylaws
We make every effort to keep bylaws posted to the website, but if you are taking any action related to our bylaws, please contact one of our planning offices to ensure you have the most recent version.
Standing Resolutions
View standing resolutions for Hornby Island in the document library.