Regional
Denman Island Local Trust Committee
Governs Denman Island Local Trust Area · Part of Islands Trust Council
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Source: bclaws.gov.bc.ca, checkedDenman Island Local Trust Committee in plain words
- What it's for
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A local trust committee makes land use rules for its island or island group, including the official community plan and zoning, to carry out the Islands Trust's object of preserving and protecting the islands and their environment.
Islands Trust Act, ss. 3 and 24 · Applies to every Islands Trust local trust committee
- What it can't do
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Its bylaws have no effect until the Islands Trust Executive Committee approves them (or the Trust Council, on referral), and an official community plan also needs the minister's approval. It cannot borrow money or take on debt.
Islands Trust Act, ss. 24(3) and 27 · Applies to every Islands Trust local trust committee
- Who it answers to
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It is made up of the area's two local trustees, elected by local voters at general local elections, and one member of the Trust's Executive Committee appointed by the chair of the Trust Council.
Islands Trust Act, ss. 6 and 23 · Applies to every Islands Trust local trust committee
- Where its money comes from
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Its operating costs are recovered through a property tax in the local trust area, which the province collects on the minister's requisition.
Islands Trust Act, ss. 47(2) and 48 · Applies to every Islands Trust local trust committee
- Shares responsibility with
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Works within the policies of the Islands Trust Council, and alongside the regional district, which provides other local services and can withhold building permits while the committee prepares new land use bylaws.
Islands Trust Act, ss. 15, 37 and 39 · Applies to every Islands Trust local trust committee
Who sits on it
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Chair
Appointed by the Chair
- David Maude Chair
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2 local trustees
Held by 2 of the Local Trustees
- David Graham Local Trustee
- Sam Borthwick Local Trustee
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chair bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked
- David Maude as Chair islandstrust.bc.ca · checked
- Local Trustee bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked
- David Graham as Local Trustee islandstrust.bc.ca · checked
- Sam Borthwick as Local Trustee islandstrust.bc.ca · checked
What it can do
- Land use planning and zoning
Regulates the development and use of land in the local trust area with official community plans, land use bylaws and permits, holding a regional district's Part 14 planning powers (Islands Trust Act ss.24, 29).
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Sources for what it can do
- Land use planning and zoning bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked
Sources
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Islands Trust Act s.23-24: the two local trustees for the Denman Island Local Trust Area plus a member of the executive committee appointed by the chair of the trust council; regulates land use in the local trust area. For: Denman Island Local Trust Committee
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c. 239: Islands Trust Act, ss. 3 and 24. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: What it's for
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c. 239: Islands Trust Act, ss. 24(3) and 27. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: What it can't do
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c. 239: Islands Trust Act, ss. 6 and 23. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Who it answers to
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c. 239: Islands Trust Act, ss. 47(2) and 48. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Where its money comes from
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c. 239: Islands Trust Act, ss. 15, 37 and 39. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Shares responsibility with
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Land use planning and zoning: Regulates the development and use of land in the local trust area with official community plans, land use bylaws and permits, holding a regional district's Part 14 planning powers (Islands Trust Act ss.24, 29). For: Land use planning and zoning
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Local Trustee (2 seat(s)). The two local trustees elected for the Denman Island Local Trust Area (Islands Trust Act s.23(2)(a)). For: Local Trustee
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked Chair (1 seat(s)). A member of the executive committee who is not a local trustee for this area, appointed by the chair of the trust council (Islands Trust Act s.23(3)(a)). For: Chair
- islandstrust.bc.ca · checked Local Trustee: Islands Trust contact-trustees page (2022-2026 trustees); member of the Denman Island Local Trust Committee For: David Graham as Local Trustee, Sam Borthwick as Local Trustee
- islandstrust.bc.ca · checked Chair: Islands Trust contact-trustees page (2022-2026 trustees); listed as Chair of the Denman Island Local Trust Committee For: David Maude as Chair