The SCRD Board Essentially Blindly “Rubber Stamps” Staff’s Recommendation
The 2022 finding was overturned on appeal: 2024 BCCA 169.
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Who really runs the SCRD? The directors you elect or the general managers you never voted for? A resident needed a permit. The staff report recommended denial, reviewed by general manager of planning Ian Hall. Instead of reviewing the file, an elected director said out loud, none of them were willing, capable, or qualified to go through all those 5,000 pages. and I'm going to put my faith in staff's recommendations. The board denied her.
She went to court and won. The district was ordered to process her file on an expedited basis and costs were granted to the landowner. When you vote on October 17th, make sure your director is not just collecting a stipend and signing whatever staff put in front of them with their eyes closed. The court said the board essentially rubber-stamped planning staff's recommendation. Ask them, will you read the file? More films at scrdfiles.ca