Welcome to the Juan de Fuca
Electoral Area
Juan de Fuca encompasses the west coast of Vancouver Island from the community of Otter Point all the way to Port Renfrew, and also includes the geographically separate communities of East Sooke and Willis Point.
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The Juan de Fuca communities of Willis Point, Malahat, East Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley, Jordan River and Port Renfrew make up an unincorporated rural Electoral Area under the jurisdiction of the Capital Regional District (CRD). The CRD provides many of the local government functions and services normally found in a municipality or town, but most administrative functions are handled from offices in Sooke or Victoria.
Proposed Rural Resource Lands Official Community Plan (Bylaw 3591) & Land Use Bylaw (Bylaw 3602) Revised - LUC Meeting November 17, 2009
The Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee (LUC) considered an amended version of the proposed bylaws prepared by staff at their November 17, 2009 meeting. At the meeting the LUC made additional revisions to the proposed bylaws. These amendments have been incorporated into the documents and these revised proposed bylaws will be considered at the December CRD Board meeting.
The LUC is recommending that the CRD Board give the revised proposed bylaws second reading and that they be forwarded to a Public Hearing. Due to the difficulty in scheduling meetings in December, the Public Hearing will be scheduled for January 2010.
The proposed Rural Resource Lands Official Community Plan (Bylaw 3591) has been revised to include motions from the LUC November 17, 2009 meeting. The OCP includes:
- Map 1 Location (PDF
) - Map 2 Land Use Designations (PDF )
- Map 3 Development Approval Information Area (PDF )
- Map 4 Development Permit Areas (PDF )
The proposed Rural Resource Lands Land Use Bylaw (Bylaw 3602) has been revised to include motions from the LUC November 17, 2009 meeting and includes:
- Map 1 Location (PDF )
- Map 2 Land Use Zoning (PDF )
Should you have any questions, please contact June Klassen at 250.642.1500 local 206.
If you wish to be receive updates on these bylaws please provide your email address to 
email.
JDF Land Use Committee to Consider Allowing Detached Accessory Suites - Proposed Bylaw No. 3605- Revised November 17, 2009
The JDF Electoral Area Land Use Committee (LUC) at the November 17, 2009 meeting, considered a revised version of Bylaw No. 3605, an amendment to the Sooke Land Use Bylaw 2040, which would allow a suite to be located in an accessory building, if a certain set of conditions were adhered to. At the meeting the LUC amended the proposed bylaw prepared by staff. The amendment was incorporated into the document and the revised proposed amendment bylaw, Bylaw No. 3605, will be considered at the December CRD Board meeting.
The LUC is recommending that the CRD Board give the revised proposed bylaw, Bylaw No. 3605, first and second reading and that it be forwarded to a Public Hearing. Due to the difficulty in scheduling meetings in December, the Public Hearing will be scheduled for January 2010.
In addition, the LUC directed staff to take the revised Bylaw back to the East Sooke Advisory Planning Commission for consideration. The date for this meeting has not been scheduled.
Should you have any questions, please contact June Klassen at 250.642.1500 local 206.
Juan de Fuca Bylaw Appeal Unsuccessful
The Capital Regional District has been unsuccessful in an appeal of the BC Supreme Court's December 2008 decision regarding Juan de Fuca Electoral Area (JDFEA) local area planning bylaws and the voting arrangement in the area.
The appeal's decision renders a number of interim bylaws invalid, which were passed in response to the release of 28,000 hectares of land, owned by Western Forest Products (WFP) from Tree Farm Licenses 6, 19 and 25 on Vancouver Island by the Minister of Forests.
Status of Development Permit Applications Subject to Delegation Bylaw No. 3462
At their May 13, 2009 meeting the CRD Board approved a recommendation by the Land Use Committee (LUC) to delegate the authority to staff to expedite those Development permits applications which meet the development permit guidelines of the Official Community Plans (OCPs).Read more
Bylaw Amendments for Rural, Resource and Forestry Lands in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area
In 2007 the CRD proposed several amendments to official community plans, land use and subdivision use regulations dealing with the zoning of rural, resource and forestry land within the Electoral area. Read more
Local Services Announcements
Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission
Bylaw No. 3517 to create an Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area was given final reading by the Regional Board on March 12, 2008
Proposed Bylaws
- Preliminary Parks Plan (PDF )
Reports of Public Hearing
- Z-02-08 - Lot A, DL 39, Malahat District, Plan VIP71814 - From Forestry (AF) to Rural A
- Z-04-08 - Strata Lots 1,2 and 4, Section 109, Sooke District, Plan VIS6519 - from Rural B to Rural A
Reports of the Juan de Fuca Land Use Committee
Reports are available online in the CRD Document Library.
© Top image courtesy of Mary Sanseverino