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488 (1) An official community plan may designate development permit areas for one or more of the following purposes:

  • (a) protection of the natural environment, its ecosystems and biological diversity;
  • (b) protection of development from hazardous conditions;
  • (c) protection of farming;
  • (d) revitalization of an area in which a commercial use is permitted;
  • (e) establishment of objectives for the form and character of intensive residential development;
  • (f) establishment of objectives for the form and character of commercial, industrial or multi-family residential development;
  • (g) in relation to an area in a resort region, establishment of objectives for the form and character of development in the resort region;
  • (h) establishment of objectives to promote energy conservation;
  • (i) establishment of objectives to promote water conservation;
  • (j) establishment of objectives to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  • (2) With respect to areas designated under subsection (1), the official community plan must
  • (a) describe the special conditions or objectives that justify the designation, and
  • (b) specify guidelines respecting the manner by which the special conditions or objectives will be addressed
  • (3) As an exception to subsection (2)(b), the guidelines referred to in that subsection may be specified by zoning bylaw but, in this case, the designation is not effective until the zoning bylaw has been adopted.
  • (4) If an official community plan designates areas under subsection (1), the plan or a zoning bylaw may, with respect to those areas, specify conditions under which a development permit under section 489 would not be required.

RS1996-323-919.1; 2000-7-162; 2007-6-25; 2008-23-23; RSBC 2015-1-488, effective January 1, 2016 (B.C. Reg. 257/2015).