Development Application No. PL2025-100

Subject Property: Lot 159, Nanoose District, Plan 1873, Elk Trail

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) has received an application to amend the "Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1873, 2024" (RGS) and "Electoral Area F Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1152, 1999" (OCP) for a property accessed from Elk Trail in Electoral Area F. The proposed bylaw amendments are will permit the subdivision of a 24 hectare property into 16 lots. The proposal will include parkland dedication adjacent to the Englishman River Regional Park in the amount of 1.21 hectares.

The subject property is currently designed as Resource Lands and Open Space in the RGS and Resource Lands in the OCP. The Resource Lands designation contains policy that requires a 50 hectare minimum parcel size for any lot created through subdivision. The RGS prohibits the decrease in minimum parcel size within this Resource designation. The purpose of this application is to amend the RGS to permit the decrease in minimum parcel size and change the designation from 'Resource Lands and Open Space' to 'Rural Residential'. This application is also to amend the OCP designation from 'Resource Lands within the FLR' with a 50 hectare minimum lot size to 'Rural Residential' with a one hectare minimum lot size.

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