Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 25 No. 22 May 30, 2014
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Blind Bay Resort application returns
Zoning amendment: Property plans go back to regional district for approval. By Barb Brouwer
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After being turned down in a controversial tie vote by Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors in January, Blind Bay Resort owner Dan Baskill’s application to develop his property was quietly given approval for first reading at the board’s May15 meeting. This was just four months after his proposal was denied instead of the six-month timeline set out in the Municipal Act, as is the directors’ right.
Unlike the sometimes contentious chat that took place during the Jan.16 board meeting attended by some 40 outraged Baskill supporters, directors consented to revisiting the proposal without comment. CSRD senior planner Dan Passmore then noted that Baskill’s proposal for 19 modular buildings in an area of single-family homes is incompatible with the area’s newlyminted official community plan. “There is incompatibility with neighbourhood uses, particularly on
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cent of the people support this,” he said. “I am asking for your support to see this go through and, as this is a fairly complex development, I would like for staff to arrange a site visit so directors could see how important it is.” This could go far to address angry protests that followed the January decision that directors living far from a development and without full knowledge of it have the power to See Public on page A2
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the foreshore, which is a keystone in the OCP bylaw 725 (new bylaw), which was eight years in construction,” he said. But once again offering his ardent support for the application, South Shuswap director Paul Demenok pointed out the area has always been a resort and there are not many campsites left in the area. “The other thing to consider is look at the last public hearing, where, based on my assessment of the scenario, a minimum of 80 per
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