New Local Government Powers
Some of the new and enhanced planning, regulatory and
development approval powers included in the Local
Government Statutes
Amendment Act, 1997 give municipalities, regional districts
and the Islands Trust the ability to:
- In official community plans (OCPs), designate: policies
relating to the natural environment, its ecosystems
and biodiversity; development permit areas and guidelines
for this purpose; development information areas/circumstances
in OCPs for which development approval information
about
impacts may be required from developers at developers'
cost.
- In new regulatory powers, require: screening or landscaping
to protect, restore or enhance the natural environment;
limits to impervious surfaces and ongoing management
of runoff.
- In development permit areas, require: specified natural
features or areas to be preserved, protected
restored or enhanced in accordance with the permit; protection
measures, including that vegetation be planted
or retained in order to preserve, protect, restore
or
enhance fish
habitat.
Local governments were also given power to
provide riparian area property tax exemptions
to properties
covered by a conservation covenant held by
the local government.
For more information please contact Lynn Siddaway, Ministry
of Municipal Affairs and Housing, (250) 387-4089.
To order maps, please contact:
Clover Point Cartographics
Ph.: (250) 384-3537
Fax: (250) 384-2679
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Changes to the Maps
Can you provide information, from personal knowledge
or otherwise, regarding updates and revisions to the
SEI data? Let the
Conservation Data Centre know (see below)!
Information on these maps will change from time to time.
A wetland may be drained or ditched. Development or resource
extraction may reduce or eliminate some SEI sites. The
Conservation Data Centre is attempting to track these
changes, to keep the data base as up-to-date as possible.
Please use the change forms provided.
Revisions to the maps will be considered at a later
date, depending on available funding.
For more information:
- on ground truthing and change forms:
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Conservation Data Centre
Jan Kirkby
Ph. (250) 387-0732
Fax: (250) 387-2733
e-mail: Jan.Kirkby@gems9.gov.bc.ca
- on the SEI project and consultants:
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Vancouver Island Region, Nanaimo
Marlene Caskey or Trudy Chatwin
Ph: (250) 751-3100
Fax: (250) 751-3103
e-mail:
mcaskey@ nanaimo.env.gov.bc.ca
tachatwn@nanaimo.env.gov.bc.ca
- on the SEI project and digital data:
Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service
Peggy Ward
Ph. and Fax: (250) 752-9611
email: Peggy.Ward@ec.gc.ca
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