Public hearing on OCP amendment tops agenda
SUMMERLAND — A public hearing on an OCP amendment that would allow increased density in rural residential areas where municipal services are provided is at the top of the agenda of this evening’s meeting of Summerland council.
The change would facilitate the creation of a greater number of lots at the Hunter’s Hill development at 18654 Garnet Valley Road and part of 19013 Bentley Road.
The property owners are also applying to amend two restrictive covenants in order to remove the 67-lot restriction on the development.
Two development variance permit applications will come before council beginning with the request to reduce the rear yard setback for property located at 8707 Tomlin Street to allow construction of a single detached dwelling fronting on and accessed from Tomlin Street.
The second application is to amend the zoning bylaw that the maximum number of clients allowed to be present on the site of a home-based business at any given time be increased from two to six.
The home-based business under consideration is a dance studio located at 12223 Saunders Crescent.
Staff recommend that council support the application from Mountain View Growers to the Agricultural Land Commission for non-farm use of a lot located at 14815 Washington Ave., directly north of the existing operation.
If eventually approved by the ALC, the property owners would cover the 3.4 ha lot to a depth of 0.2 m granular aggregate which would facilitate expansion of their forest tree nursey business.
In other business, council will receive a detailed report including recommendations from a workshop held on June 26, at which the current state of, and future opportunities for arts and cultural in Summerland were discussed.
The report states that participants’ responses “were overwhelmingly positive.”
The workshop was co-hosted by the district and the Social planning and Research Council of B.C.
Council will consider providing a letter in support of FortisBC’s application to the B.C. Utilities Commission to increase funding for its conservation and energy management group, specifically for demand side management which encourages all customers to use less energy.
Sustainability and alternative energy coordinator Tami Rothery will report on the awarding of a $125,000 grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Climate Innovation Program and of $25,000 from FortisBC’s Strategic Community Energy Planning initiative.
Both awards support the district’s comprehensive climate action planning project.
Staff recommend that the district continue the Master Services Agreement with Recycle BC and enter a five year and one-month term beginning Nov. 30, 2018.
Staff also recommend that four zoning bylaw amendment applications be read for the first and second times and that public hearings for the first three be held on Sept. 24, 2018.
The first application is to amend the zoning from residential medium lot to residential duplex zone for property at 19233 Lakeshore Drive and the second to allow indoor recreational services in a heavy commercial zone, as a sitespecific use for property located at 9304 Jubilee Road East.
The third application is to allow ‘contractor services, general’ as a site-specific use for the property located at 15823 Logie Road in the light industrial zone.
The final recommendation is to allow craft brewery/distillery as a site-specific use for property at 13220-13224 Victoria Road North and to hold a public hearing on Oct. 9, 2018.
At the morning committee of a whole meeting Hayley Anderson and Dan Nixon will present a summary of the district’s Recycling Ambassadors summer student project.
Council will also consider accepting the offer from the North Growth Foundation of $25,000 and using up to $30,000 from the district’s unallocated surplus fund to install a solar photovoltaic energy generation system on one or more municipal buildings.
The public is welcome to attend the committee of the whole which begins at 9 a.m. and the regular meeting at 7 p.m.
Both meetings are held at the Municipal Hall, 13211 Henry Avenue.