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North Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan

Review of Draft for 1st Reading
Committee of the Whole
October 7, 2021

Overview
• Some Background
• Approach to Move Forward
• High Level Overview of Draft OCP and mapping
• Timing & Next Steps

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Some Background

• OCP Review started in 2014-2015

• Originally 3 separate committees – in 2017 blended into 1 Steering
Committee
• Most recent Draft of OCP seen publicly in 2018 – conducted public
open houses and outreach to First Nations Communities
• Key stakeholders were contacted in 2020 (meetings with FSJ, Taylor,
ALC and MOTI) to ensure OCP was on the right track
• Staff turnover and legislative changes caused further delays

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Approach to Move Forward

• Isolate Old Fort Area as an “Area of Non-Decision”
• All maps will show the area greyed out
• All related text is shaded grey – Non-Decision
• Allows rest of OCP to move forward through approvals process
without further delays

• Draft OCP also contains a framework for collaboration on comprehensive

development planning around the fringe of FSJ and Taylor
• Regional Board to give 1st Reading of Bylaw
• Release for Public Review and Commenting
• Statutory Approvals Process to be followed

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The OCP Area

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Old Fort “Area of Non-Decision”

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Structure of the OCP

• Part 1 - Setting the Stage
• OCP background, OCP Area, How to Use, Definitions
• Part 2 – Regional Considerations
• Growth Management, Land Demands, Agricultural Land
Reserve (ALR), Subdivision and Indigenous Collaboration
• Part 3 – Land Use
• Land Use Designations
• Development Permit Areas & Temporary Use Permits
• Part 4 – Community Development
• Housing, Environment, Recreation, Transportation,
Services & Utilities, Social Well-Being
• Natural Resources & Economic Development
• Part 5 - Implementation

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Main Themes of Draft OCP

Collaborate on
Protect Rural
Protect theforrural Fringe Area Long
Lifestyle
current
lifestyle &
for existing and Range Planning
future residents and Growth
future residents
Management

Protect Agricultural Sustainable

Land for Resource
Management
Agricultural and
Purposes Community
Development

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Growth Management & Land Use Designations

Development Permit Areas

Growth Management and • General Policies

Comprehensive • Area Specific Policies

Temporary Use Permits
Development Planning
detailed
framework Land Use Designations
Reduced Number of LUDs
More Clarity/Operative
Policies

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Land Use Designations

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Example of ALR Block Exclusion

Future Considerations

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How this Draft Achieves Long-Range Planning Goals

Addresses Growth
Management,
Respects the Values and Goals
Land Needs &
More Clarity of Development
Fringe Collaboration Protection of Requirements and

Agricultural Land, Considerations

Resources and
Rural Lifestyle

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Timing & Next Steps

• By isolating the Old Fort Area, the rest of the OCP can move through the
approvals process without further delay
• Development Applications that have been on hold can be dealt with
(unless within the Old Fort Area of Non-Decision)

• Release OCP Draft for Public Review and Commenting

• Schedule Public Open House(s) for late October
• Target Late Fall 2021 for Public Hearing
• Target Adoption by end of Q1 2022

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