District of Sechelt Bylaw 492, 2010 Official Community Plan

Topic	Sub-Topic	Policy or Policy Excerpt	Document Location	Language Rating
development and productive use of agricultural land;	urban containment/growth boundary; commercial development; residential development;	New residential and commercial development will be focused within the Urban Containment Boundary shown on Schedules B and C. These areas provide more than 20 years supply of residential land to accommodate a mix of housing types in various neighbourhood settings, and to allow the District to concentrate infrastructure spending and community amenities within or near the Resort Developments	1.1;	*
development and productive use of agricultural land;	ALR subdivision; urban containment/growth boundary; ALR;	Areas outside the Urban Containment Boundary designated as Agricultural, Resource or Rural Residential will be retained as small acreages ranging from .6 ha (1.5 acre) to 2. ha (5.0 acre) lot sizes for Rural Residential lands (see OCP policy 5.8) and 4.0 hectares (10 acres )for Resource or Agricultural (ALR) lands. These lands are not intended to develop within the next 15-20 years, and will not be considered for residential development until lands within the Urban Containment Boundary are substantially built out and development is intensified within the Downtown Centre and neighbourhood centres.	1.5;	*
development and productive use of agricultural land;	ALR subdivision; ALR;	Within the Agriculture and Resource designations, a minimum parcel size of at least 4.0 hectares applies to lands within the ALR, Provincial Forest or other forestry tenure. For lands outside these tenures, a minimum parcel size of 2.0 hectares will apply. The District will review the zoning bylaw to implement these lot sizes.	8.3;	*
food processing, storage and distribution; food sales, access and procurement; economic development;;	farmers' markets; food processing; farm retail/farm gate sales; farm diversification; agri-tourism;	Growth, diversification and development of the local agricultural economy is supported, including farming and associated activities such as farm-gate marketing, farmer’s markets, value-added agricultural processing, and agri-tourism opportunities that are ancillary to farming and support the viability of the farm use.	8.4;
water management; waste management;	water rate for agriculture;	Infrastructure policies such as reduced water rates or use of biosolids that will benefit agricultural production are supported.	8.5;
development and productive use of agricultural land;		Intrusions of urban infrastructure into agricultural areas will be minimized.	8.6;
development and productive use of agricultural land;	roads in agricultural land; buffer at agricultural edge; residential development;	Residential developments abutting agricultural land will be required to reduce potential conflicts between residential and agricultural uses by: (a) Designing road access to direct traffic away from agricultural land; (b) Using larger lot sizes along the interface with farming to provide for greater separation; (c) Providing screening and landscaping buffers within the residential development to protect residents from agricultural activities; (d) Increased building setbacks for residential buildings along the agricultural edge; and (e) Provide a drainage study prepared by a Professional Engineer to ensure runoff from the proposed development does not affect agricultural land.	8.7;	*
food production;	aquaculture; livestock;	Land-based aquaculture is supported in appropriate locations as a means of enhancing local food production.	8.8;
development and productive use of agricultural land;	ALR exclusion; ALR;	The District of Sechelt does not support the exclusion of lands from the ALR except where approved by the Agricultural Land Commission. The District may require that equivalent land areas be added to the ALR to compensate for any lands removed.	8.10;