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Barge loading rezoning application for the Hatzic region
published: Nov. 14, 2014What's going on?
The foundations of a large scale gravel barge loading operation are being laid in our backyard right now
The district is proposing to rezone the riverfront property at the foot of Dewdney Trunk to allow the loading of barges. The application proposes: "to rezone the subject property where barge loading has continued as a legally non-conforming use".
Translation: they are already loading barges here so we're just going to tweak the zoning to reflect that.
What it doesn't say is that this zoning will allow, without restriction, the loading of barges from the subject properties.- no restriction on what can be loaded
- no restriction on operating hours
- no restrictions on the amount of material, number or size of barges
As a resident of the area you are probably well aware there is no barge loading operations currently underway at either property. The best the respective owners could come up with when questioned by council was that every once in a while a barge is unloaded in the area. Once it was some equipment being brought in and another time it was a house loaded on or off a barge.
The notion that this will simply recognize what is already happening on the property is disingenuous at best.- the application did not make it to 3rd reading due to the number of questions that were raised including habitat concerns over the sturgeon in the river nearby
- there is still time to communicate to city hall your concerns even though public comment is 'officially' closed
- an election is coming so with some public pressure we may be able to push the decision out passed the election when we may have a new council with a new vision for the region
FVRD - Gravel Operations Bylaw
http://www.fvrd.bc.ca/InsidetheFVRD/CommunityPlanning/Pages/Gravel-Operations.aspx
http://www.theprogress.com/news/146178445.htmlProblems with the process
- there's a good chance you weren't even notified about this application. The district only sent out notifications to residents within 150 meters of the property. (Contrast this with the recent notification of rezoning application for the high density housing project on Hatzic lake)
- this 'little' bylaw tweak will open the door to go from basically zero to unfettered gravel barge loading operations with very little consideration of the impact that may have on a large and well established neighbourhood.
- this is old business from a previous council
- reset on this application after the election
- the home owners in the Hatzic region have a stake in what happens on neighbouring properties. There should be more opportunity for community input to the
- the district should withdraw the application and let the new council move forward with an opportunity for the community to have input
Here is a recording of the public hearing from Nov. 3rdSome thoughts
Maybe I'm just naive but this feels like a very old-school way of making major land-use decisions like this.
If the landowners want to make a major change to the existing land use so close to a well established community like the Hatzic Bench region they should come through the front door, not the back-door, and address the concerns of local residents.
The Hatzic Bench community has been around a long time and there is too much at stake for the home-owners in the region to not have input into major decisions like this.
Questions:- where are the economic benefits to Mission or Hatzic? - there are no new jobs or revenue or value add to a gravel loading terminal
- has the district considered what something like this would do to local property values?
- is industrial is the best zoning for those 2 properties at all?
- - good low bank riverfront
- Who benefits from this rezoning?
- what safety measures are going to be?
- has the city considered what happens if hundreds of trucks are turning into that intersection and rail line
- - 25+\- trains a day
What you can do
1) email this or tell your neighbours
2) email or phone the planning department at city hall and let them:- you don't support this rezoning application
- the district withdraw the application for the 2 properties
- let the next council have the opportunity to re-apply with more constructive input from all the stakeholders
- Mike Younie - Director of Development Services
- phone 604 820 3748
- email planning@mission.ca
As a community we need to send a message to city hall that there is a community here that has a stake in how the lands around here are developed. We are paying attentionInitial thoughts along the angular journey
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So in the spirit of 2014 and trying to publish more often I'm publishing my impressions and thoughts to this point fwiw.
It seems there are lots of opinions around application architecture.
After working with it for a while now I still have lots of questions but feel much more comfortable
Similar to how you can 'cut your toes off' with node.js as well. Backbone.js leaves a lot of opinionating up to you as well.
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When to break something out into a directive
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