ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING MEETING AGENDA Community Wildfire Protection Planning Community Planning Identified Issues Objectives Options Brilliant Head Ponds Overview SHIM Shoreline Management R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING The Area I Community Plan Review was initiated in the spring of 2016 as required under Part 14 of the Local Government Act. A Community Backgrounder was prepared over the summer of 2016 which was followed by a Land Use Survey distributed to households and property owners over September and October of 2016. Following the Land Use Survey, a series of community specific workshops were held in November of 2016 which further refined the information gathered from the survey and also provided greater detail as to the issues and values of each community. A Gap Analysis was conducted over the winter of 2017 and additional community meetings are being held to further define community specific options for policy development. INVENTORY SURVEY COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS GAP ANALYSIS OPTIONS R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN ZONING An ‘Official Community Plan’ is a general If legal controls are desired to govern statement of the broad objectives and growth or manage activities, a community policies of a local government respecting would have to set up regulatory bylaws. the character of existing and proposed This is called ‘Zoning’. land use and servicing needs in the area covered by the Plan. Zoning bylaws establish specific land use patterns for development; such as The purpose of an Official Community permitted uses of land, as well as Plan is to guide future land use decisions guidelines to development; such as height by local and provincial governments. An restrictions, setbacks from property lines, OCP can be adopted on its own or with a and appropriate lot sizes for subdivision set of bylaws in order to implement the purposes. OCP. OCP’s themselves can only regulate land use with Development Permit Areas Area I has had land use regulation since and/or Temporary Industrial and 1983, although the community of Brilliant Commercial Use Permits. had its own plan by 1980. R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING The following THEMES must be considered during the development of an Official Community Plan: RESIDENTIAL (type and density for anticipated housing needs over a 5 to 10 year period) COMMERCIAL (location, amount and type) INDUSTRIAL (location, amount and type) INSTITUTIONAL (location, amount and type) AGRICULTURAL (location, amount and type) RECREATIONAL (location, amount and type) PUBLIC UTILILITIES (location, amount and type) SAND AND GRAVEL (location and amount) HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS restrictions on the use of land ROADS, SEWER AND WATER the approximate location and phasing PROPOSED PUBLIC FACILITIES including schools, parks and waste treatment and disposal sites; HOUSING POLICIES respecting affordable housing, rental housing and special needs housing; and TARGETS for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the area covered by the plan, and policies and actions of the local government proposed with respect to achieving those targets. R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING RESIDENTIAL AND HOUSING POLICIES (type and density for anticipated housing needs, housing policies) Slow population growth of 6% between 2006 and 2011 and slight decrease in 2016 - but higher population o growth in adjacent areas indicate this will not persist Expected need for housing for additional 185 persons by 2026 – greater diversity in population and senior o population growing – large lots are difficult to maintain for aging population CONSTRAINTS Vulnerable aquifers below all three communities and constraints to septic disposal o Housing stock is primarily single family dwellings and in need of maintenance o Few rentals and single occupancy household options o SHOREACRES, VOYKIN AND PLAYMOR SPECIFICS Voykin Subdivision is small lot residential and may not have additional capacity for in-fill – issue of utility o corridor being sold for private use and lack of capacity in water system to accommodate Concern over allowance of additional home for a relative if two septic systems installed on properties o Needs to be consideration to either not allow additional dwellings or restrict them in size to those that can be o accommodated on existing septic systems – secondary suites, carriage homes, etc. R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL (location, amount and type) There are no commercially or industrially designated properties within all three communities o CONSTRAINTS There is limited highway frontage to accommodate commercial and industrial development o Home based businesses exist in all three communities – concerns expressed over heavy equipment and vehicle o storage SHOREACRES, VOYKIN AND PLAYMOR SPECIFICS Home based business regulations seem to be working well in most communities, with the exception of heavy o equipment storage and/or parking Tourist accommodation options supported generally provided they are kept small scale and do not put undue o pressure on servicing capacity within the community Support for a small farmer’s market during the summer and fall o Voykin is situated proximate to the community boundaries with Electoral Area H which is seeing a number of o commercial and small scale industrial activity occurring in the last ten years which are not screened for visual impacts or noise and nuisance mitigation R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PROPOSED PUBLIC FACILITIES (location, amount and type; including schools, parks and waste treatment and disposal sites;) Civic uses within the community include the Shoreacres Community Hall and Beach o The Shoreacres Elementary School has now been sold for private residential use o CONSTRAINTS Limited facilities available for children in Shoreacres and trail systems do not easily connect to walking trails to o access schools or Slocan Pools Boat launch facilities do not exist in the community o Loss of school in Shoreacres has led to social isolation and disconnection as there is no where to congregate o and interact with the exception of the Shoreacres Beach SHOREACRES, VOYKIN AND PLAYMOR SPECIFICS Emphasis needed in identifying connections within the community for walking and public access to the o Kootenay River Enhanced use and facilities needed at the community hall and Shoreacres beach - children’s play area or picnic o tables R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING AGRICULTURAL (location, amount and type) There are no lands within the ALR in all three communities – though there is one agriculturally assessed o property in Shoreacres CONSTRAINTS There is arable land within Shoreacres that could be used for enhanced agricultural opportunities like market o gardens or forage Limited number of large parcels in the community o SHOREACRES, VOYKIN AND PLAYMOR SPECIFICS Strong community support for small scale agriculture and expanded opportunity in farm related business o Concerns over keeping of farm animals in areas where they need to be concentrated due to land constraints o and potential risk to domestic water supply Small poultry and rabbits kept in Voykin and Playmor o R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING RECREATIONAL (location, amount and type) There are limited outdoor recreational opportunities within each of the three communities, though facilities o exist at Shoreacres Beach, Crescent Valley Beach and Slocan Pools and the playing fields Indoor recreation is generally served within the community through the recreation complexes in Nelson and o Castlegar CONSTRAINTS There is a lack of facilities at local beaches, with the exception of on-going development at Crescent Valley Beach o Local trail development is limited by private property and the CPR tracks o SHOREACRES, VOYKIN AND PLAYMOR SPECIFICS There is increased use of Shoreacres Hall for community events and there is dialogue to expands its use by o residents Opportunities for development of trails toward Slocan Pools would be an asset o Boat launch facilities and public access points on the Kootenay and Slocan Rivers should be identified and o enhanced R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
ELECTORAL AREA I LAND USE PLANNING OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Public Utilities o Voykin and Playmor Improvement Districts o Sand and Gravel o Ministry of Transportation Properties o Hazards and Environmentally Sensitive Lands o Flood and Hazard Management – Emergency Evacuation Routes (CPR Tracks) o Erosion o Targets for Greenhouse Gas Emissions o SCEEP, Accelerate Kootenays, Woodstove Exchange, Retro-fit Programs o R epresenting D iverse C ommunities in the K ootenays www.rdck.ca
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