Radium Hot Springs Draft Official Community Plan - Flipbook - Page 85
APPLICABILITY
The “Riparian & Habitat DPA“ represents areas
identi昀椀ed from surface water layers within
Provincial databases, which include Lakes,
Rivers, Streams, and Wetlands. High-value
habitat areas are identi昀椀ed from Schedule B
in Radium Hot Springs Bylaw No. 396, 2013.
These areas make up the Development Permit
Area as shown on Map 11: Riparian Area DPA.
sensitive areas and mitigate any
impacts on the Riparian Area, sensitive
ecosystem, or stream 昀氀ow, drainage
patterns and channel geometry.
6.5.5.
Maintain and/or restore vegetation
within the required Riparian Area
setback to minimize erosion.
6.5.6.
Retain standing dead trees with wildlife
habitat attributes where they do not
pose hazards to the development
or the risk can be appropriately
mitigated in accordance with the
recommendations of a “Quali昀椀ed
Environmental Professional (QEP)”.
6.5.7.
Incorporate plants native to British
Columbia and the Radium Hot Springs
area, and select them in accordance
to Wild昀椀re fuel reduction strategies
wherever possible.
Riparian Areas are mapped and identi昀椀ed with
the following spatial boundaries:
x 60 metres from the edge of lakes and
rivers;
x 35 metres from the centreline of streams;
and
x 30 meters from the edge of wetlands.
RIPARIAN AREA POLICIES
6.5.1.
Require development and all
associated clearing, grading and
landscaping to be a minimum of:
a) 60 metres from the “Natural
Boundary” of the Columbia River;
b) 30 metres from the “Natural
Boundary” of creeks and streams; and
c) 30m from the “Natural Boundary”
of wetlands.
6.5.2.
Where, through mapping error or
scale, the proponent identi昀椀es that
the classes or boundaries of Riparian
Areas may be incorrect, require the
proponent to retain a “Quali昀椀ed
Environmental Professional (QEP)” to
map and con昀椀rm current boundaries
and buffers, and submit the results to
the Village.
6.5.3.
Notify senior government agencies
through referral where development
or land clearing is understood to
be occurring within or adjacent to
Critical Habitat for Endangered and
Threatened Species.
6.5.4.
Require developments to avoid
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