CITYDOCS-#4353664-v5-Zoning Bylaw 3000 1996 (2022) Office Consolidation working copy

NATURAL BOUNDARY means the visible high water mark of any lake or watercourse, where the presence and action of the water are so common and usual and so long continued in all ordinary years as to mark upon the soil of the bed of the lake or watercourse a character distinct from that of the banks of the lake or watercourse, in respect to vegetation as well as in respect to the nature of the soil it. [...] ALLOWABLE FOOTPRINT, for a site subject to undue hardship, has the meaning given to it in Sub-sections (a) and (b) below: (a) if the area of human disturbance on the site is less than or equal to 70% of the area of the site, the allowable footprint is 30% of the area of the site; and (b) if the area of human disturbance on the site is greater than 70% of the area of the site, the allowable footpri. [...] RIPARIAN ASSESSMENT AREA means that area around a stream that is determined in accordance with Sub-sections (a) and (b) below: (a) subject to Sub-section (b), the riparian assessment area for a stream consists of a 30 metre strip on each side of the stream, measured from the stream boundary; and (b) if a stream is in a ravine, the riparian assessment area for the stream consists of the following a. [...] STREAM BOUNDARY, in relation to a stream, means whichever of the following is farther from the centre of the stream: (a) the visible high water mark of a stream where the presence and action of the water are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark on the soil of the bed of the stream a character distinct from that of its banks, in vegetation, as well as in the. [...] UNDUE HARDSHIP, for the purposes of this Section 523, applies to a site if: (a) the site was created by subdivision in accordance with the laws in force in British Columbia at the time the site was created; (b) the developer has sought and received a decision on every variance that would reduce the legally restricted area of the site; and (c) the developable area of the site is less than the allow.