Gabriola trustees ask OCP review to consider soil rules
The committee passed a motion asking the Official Community Plan review to consider whether to regulate soil deposits and removal.
The Gabriola Firestarter · Governance · 2025-02-20 · updated 2026-10-15 · Gabriola Island
The Gabriola Local Trust Committee has asked its Official Community Plan review to consider the need to regulate the deposit and removal of soil, following discussion of whether the issue could be handled as a separate minor project.[1]
The minutes say trustees discussed a letter raising concerns about soil removal and debris dumping between properties on the island. They noted that staff would need direction on issues to examine, that a minor project might not be possible during the comprehensive OCP review, and that the topic’s fit within the review needed to be assessed.[1]
The motion, GB-2025-009, carried at the February 20 meeting.[1] In the recording, a trustee asked whether a soil deposit and removal bylaw could be a minor project or should be considered as part of the OCP review.[2]
The committee also approved up to $200 from its communications budget to advertise trustee-hosted discussions about the OCP review through the end of fiscal 2024-25.[1]
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee minutes, February 20, 2025
that Gabriola Local Trust Committee request that the Official Community Plan Review consider the need to regulate the deposit and removal of soil.
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Recording transcript of the February 20, 2025 meeting
could we amend our land use by-law to include a soil deposit and removal by-law as a minor project?
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