Young driver racing through the province 15 August 6, 2014
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The new calf scramble event proved to be very popular with all the youngsters who participated, as well as the audience at the 24th Annual Interlakes Rodeo on Aug. 2. Participants attempted to retrieve ribbons from the calf to win prizes.
Horse Lake OCP slated for change Waterfront lots potentially open for subdivision Carole Rooney Free Press
Cariboo Regional District directors are moving forward with a proposed text amendment to the South Cariboo Official Community Plan (OCP) affecting Horse Lake waterfront lot density. Against the advice of their planning department and the area director, the majority of directors voted to potentially change a bylaw to allow re-designation of waterfront lands within 200 metres of Horse Lake to permit the creation of new lots.
CRD Area L Director Bruce ther subdivided under its current Rattray, who voted against zoning. the change, says it has to do with While individual lots can range the way Horse Lake waterfrom two acres to 10 front zoning was set up in acres, the OCP is “pretty the past. definitive and leaves no lati“It actually came out of tude” on average sizes, he an application to subdivide explains. a five-acre waterfront prop“The intention was to erty. The problem was it is control density, as it is a zoned as something called moderately sensitive ‘General Residential’, which lake, and it is also the Bruce requires a five-acre average water supply for 100 Mile Rattray for the [whole] subdivision House.” as the minimum.” After several communications Rattray says this lot is one of the with the CRD, the applicant request“average” lot sizes, so cannot be fur- ed rezoning the lot, with certain
conditions, to a Country Residential designation. So, how will the CRD then control lakefront density? “Well, that’s the issue,”Rattray explains There remains a finite number of lots that could be potentially subdivided, but substantially more than was contemplated in the original OCP, he says, adding there was only a brief discussion on the topic at the meeting. “I made my arguments, which were basically reiterating the planning [department’s] position.” Continued on 3