Official Community Plans: Staff use these plans to provide guidance on future development.
Land Use and Zoning Bylaws: Staff review these bylaws to provide guidance on how land can be used.
Development Applications: Staff review various types of applications and provide recommendations for land development approval.
Staff support the local Advisory Planning Commissions, Boards of Variance, the Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee and the Electoral Area Director.
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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.
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.
Citizens’ Committee Information:
Appointed by Al Wickheim, Director of the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, the Citizens’ Committee was formed to hear from the Port Renfrew community and provide input on the update to the Port Renfrew OCP.
Citizens’ Committee Members:
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
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 breweryaccessory 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.
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 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 will consider recommending to the CRD Board that Bylaw No. 4764 be given first and second reading and direction to proceed to public hearing at its meeting of July 21, 2026.
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 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.
Should you have any questions or for further information, please email jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca or call 250.642.8100.
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