District of Lillooet Zoning Bylaw No 400, 2011 Schedule A

 Buffers

1. Any commercial, industrial or residential land use abutting an agricultural zone including land in the ALR shall provide and maintain a buffer on the non-agricultural side of the lot boundary that complies with the requirements of the Agricultural Land Commission’s Landscape Buffer Specifications, ALC 1993.

2. Resource extraction activities as permitted by the relevant agency of the Provincial Government shall require a buffer to be maintained on all lot boundaries, except that where a lot abuts a right of way or easement for public or quasi-public purposes, which is contiguous with a highway, such right of way or easement may be deemed to be within the lot for purposes of establishing the buffer area.

.1 The depth of buffer required in the case of any resource extraction activities as permitted by the relevant agency of the Provincial Government shall be 30 meters [100 ft].

.2 The depth of a buffer required in the case of a landfill shall be 60 meters [200 ft].

3. Within a buffer area:

.1 No building or structure may be erected or placed, except a fence, a wall, or in the case of that part of the buffer area contiguous with the highway, identification signs.

.2 No garbage disposal area and no vehicle parking area shall be located.

.3 Except where danger or a road is involved, no plant material may be removed, nor may any substance of which land is composed be deposited or removed except as part of a recognizable beautification scheme.

.4 The only roads permitted in the buffer areas are those which cross it as close to right angles as practicable and connect directly with the road system contained within the remainder of the lot.

Keeping of Animals

1. The keeping of animals, where permitted, shall be subject to the following regulations:

.1 On any parcel 2.0 ha or less in area, the total number of livestock, must not exceed one (1) animal unit for each 0.2 ha of parcel area;

.2 despite Section 4.31.1, on any parcel 0.4 ha or less in area, the total number of poultry and/or fur bearing animals shall not exceed twenty-five (25).

.3 All structures, pens, runs, enclosures and manure piles shall in addition be located to the satisfaction of the Medical Health Officer in respect of all nearby wells, lakes, streams, springs, groundwater or other bodies of water which in his opinion could suffer contamination therefrom and subject to the regulation of the Waste Management Act.