Juan de Fuca Community Planning

The Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee (LUC) directed staff to initiate the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Official Community Plan (OCP) Consolidation and Willis Point OCP/Local Area Plan Update project in accordance with the project Terms of Reference at its meeting of July 15, 2025.

Terms of Reference [PDF/195KB]

Al Wickheim, Director of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, has appointed the following persons as members of the Advisory Group for the Willis Point Official Community Plan Update:

• Rod Cameron 
• Joel Cotter
• Dana Hayden
• Daniel Kenway
• Brent Kornelson
• Nikki Macdonald
• Devon McDonald 
• Robert Scott
• George Turner
• and Vern McConnell, Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee member

Should you have any questions or for further information, please email jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca or call 250.642.8100.

• Karl Ablack
• Daniel Behrens
• Colby Benty
• Ken Calvert
• Cassidy Childs
• Tynan Jones
• Jocelyn Lees
• Kaitlyn Monteith
• John Rathwell
• and Roy McIntyre, Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee member
• Citizens' Committee Terms of Reference [PDF/127KB]
• Learn More About the OCP Update

Should you have any questions or for further information, please email jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca or call 250.642.8100.

The Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee (LUC) considered a request to amend the Juan de Fuca Land Use Bylaw, Bylaw No. 2040, to rezone the subject property from the Forestry (AF) zone to a new Rural 3 – Home Brewery (RU3) zone to permit home brewery accessory to a principal residential use (Bylaw No. 4766) at its meeting of May 19, 2026. 

At that meeting the LUC recommended that proposed Bylaw No. 4766 be amended to strike "on no more than 3 days per calendar week and" from the RU3 zone. 

The LUC further recommended that the proposal be referred to agencies and to the Shirley-Jordan River Advisory Planning Commission (APC).

A Public Information Meeting was held June 17, 2026.

The Shirley-Jordan River APC considered the application at its meeting of July 7, 2026. 

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The Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee (LUC) considered a request to amend the Juan de Fuca Land Use Bylaw, Bylaw No. 2040, to rezone the subject property from the Rural 2 (RU2) zone to a new Rural 2 – Recreation (RU2-R) zone to permit outdoor facilities for recreation activities including a non-motorized multiuse trail, hiking, picnic areas, fishing, archery, and disc golf establishments, and a convenience store accessory to the outdoor recreation principle use (Bylaw No. 4764) at its meeting of April 21, 2026. 

At that meeting the LUC recommended that the proposal be referred to agencies and to the Shirley-Jordan River Advisory Planning Commission (APC).

The proposal was presented at a public information meeting and then considered by the Shirley-Jordan River APC at its meeting of June 3, 2026. 

The LUC recommended that Bylaw No. 4764 be given first and second reading and direction to proceed to public hearing at its meeting of July 21, 2026. 

The CRD Board gave Bylaw No. 4764 first and second reading and direction to proceed to public hearing at its meeting of September 9, 2026. 

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The Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee (LUC) considered a request to amend the Shirley-Jordan River Official Community Plan, Bylaw No. 4001, by redesignating a 0.5 ha portion of the subject property from Coastal Uplands (CU) to Commercial (CO), and a 3.5 ha portion from CU to Pacific Acreage (PA) (Bylaw No. 4705) and to amend the Juan de Fuca Land Use Bylaw, Bylaw No. 2040, to support the request to split-zone a 0.5 ha portion from the Forestry (AF) zone to a new Commercial Rural Market (C-2) zone, and the remaining 3.5 ha from the AF zone to the Rural Residential 3 (RR-3) zone (Bylaw No. 4706) at its meeting of September 16, 2025. 

At that meeting the LUC recommended that the proposal be referred to agencies and to the Shirley-Jordan River Advisory Planning Commission (APC).

The proposal was considered at a public information meeting and a meeting of the Shirley-Jordan River APC on December 2, 2025. 

The LUC recommended that Bylaw No. 4705 and Bylaw No. 4706 be given first and second reading and direction to proceed to public hearing at its meeting of February 17, 2026. 

The CRD Board recommended that Bylaw No. 4705 and Bylaw No. 4706 be given first and second reading and direction to proceed to public hearing at its meeting of March 11, 2026.

A public hearing was held March 31, 2026. 

The CRD Board gave Bylaw No. 4705 third and fourth reading, adopting Bylaw No. 4705, at its meeting of May 13, 2026.  At that meeting, the CRD Board gave Bylaw No. 4706 third reading. 

The CRD Board gave Bylaw No. 4706 fourth reading, adopting Bylaw No. 4706, at its meeting of September 9, 2026. 

Should you have any questions or for further information, please email jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca or call 250.642.8100.