Official Community Plan

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A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL INFORMATION AREAS Pursuant to the Local Government Act, a local government (i.e., the City) may require the submission of development approval information to ensure that sufficient supporting documentation is provided to allow the City to carefully assess the potential impact of new development. Procedures for the preparation and review of development applications, and approval process information requirements are established within the City’s Development Procedures Bylaw as is amended from time to time. Pursuant to the Local Government Act, the entire City of Courtenay is designated as a Development Approval Information Area in which the following types of development approval information may be required in conjunction with a development application. Development approval information may be required for the following circumstances and areas. 1 Flooding Criteria – Development application where the subject property is within the Courtenay, Tsolum, or Puntledge floodplains, the floodplain of any other watercourse, lake, marsh or pond, or adjacent to the K’ómoks Estuary as shown in Map APX-2 (Appendix 2 – Maps) and defined as all floodplain

Rationale – To assess the nature, extent, magnitude, frequency, and potential effect of natural hazards that may affect the development; and to assess the proposed development with regards to safe and intended use, building sites, building elevations and foundation design requirements, mitigation measures, and the construction of on‑site protective works. the subject property is in or adjacent to an area subject to rockfall, land slip, or slopes over 20%, including, but not limited to, those identified on the Steep Slopes Map APX-8 (Appendix 2 – Maps). magnitude, frequency, and other potential effect of natural hazards that may affect the development; and to assess the proposed development with regards to safe and intended use, building sites, building elevations and foundation design requirements, mitigation measures, and the construction of on-site protective works. that contain Environmentally Sensitive Areas , whether mapped or not, and on all properties equal to or greater than 4,000 m 2 in size. Mapping information for known Environmentally Sensitive Areas is included in Terrestrial Environmentally Sensitive Areas Map APX-6 and Aquatic Environmentally Sensitive Areas Map F-7 (Appendix 2 – Maps). 3 Natural Environment Impacts Criteria – Development application within lands Rationale – To assess the nature, extent, 2 Geotechnical Hazards Criteria – Development application where

setbacks and construction levels identified in the City’s Floodplain Management Bylaw.

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