Proposed Zoning Amendment: No Public Hearing to be Held.
Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 960, 2024 (Small Scale Multi Unit Housing Compliance and Short Term Vacation Rentals)
NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN under Section 467 of the Local Government Act that the Village of Pemberton Council will consider first, second, and third reading for Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 960, 2024 (Small Scale Multi Unit Housing Compliance and Short Term Vacation Rentals) during the regular council meeting to be held at 5:30pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Council is authorized under Section 135 of the Community Charter and Section 480 of the Local Government Act, to give the bylaw up to three readings at this meeting.
Purpose: The proposed bylaw amendments will bring Village of Pemberton Zoning Bylaw No. 832, 2018, into compliance with Bill 44 Housing Statutes, the new provincial legislation that received royal assent on December 7, 2023. The Village is required to update the zoning bylaw to allow all properties in Restricted Zones to be permitted a secondary suite or a detached accessory dwelling unit (i.e. carriage house). Properties in the Village’s Restricted Zones already comply with the legislation, with the exception of the Tiyata subdivision as described below. Also, Village Council has resolved to opt-in top the provincial principal residence requirement for short-term rentals and to enact zoning bylaw amendments to align short term vacation rental regulations with the new provincial regulations in Bill 35. Staff have prepared the new definitions and amended regulations as part of this bylaw amendment.
Subject Lands: The proposed amendments to comply with Bill 44 will allow secondary suites to be permitted in the CD-5 Comprehensive Development Zone that regulates land use in the Tiyata subdivision, shown in the map below. Amendments to the Short-Term Vacation Rental (STVR) definition and other regulations will apply to all zones where STVRs are permitted.
Bylaw Reading: Consideration of first, second, and third readings of the proposed bylaw is scheduled at the Regular Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Final adoption will follow after the proposed bylaw has received approval from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
How do I get more information?
A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant information may be inspected at the Village of Pemberton Office, 7400 Prospect Street from Tuesday, April 23, 2024, until the bylaws are adopted, during office hours 9:00am to 4:00pm (closed 12:00pm-1:00pm), Monday to Friday (closed on statutory holidays), and online at: https://www.pemberton.ca/departments/development-services/regulatory-bylaws