File #: 26-0275    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/3/2026 In control: Environmental Services Committee
On agenda: 4/15/2026 Final action:
Title: Bylaw No. 4765 - Exemption of Salt Spring Island Composting Facility from Bylaw No. 2736 - A Bylaw to Regulate the Operations of Composting Facilities in the Capital Regional District
Attachments: 1. Staff Report: Bylaw 4765 – SSI Compost Facility Exemption (Bylaw 2736), 2. Appendix A: Composting Reg Bylaw Amendment – Exemption (No. 2736), 3. Appendix B: Bylaw 2736 – Composting Facilities Regulation (Redline)

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Bylaw No. 4765 - Exemption of Salt Spring Island Composting Facility from Bylaw No. 2736 - A Bylaw to Regulate the Operations of Composting Facilities in the Capital Regional District

 

Recommendation

The Environmental Services Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board that:

1.                     That Bylaw No. 4765, “Capital Regional District Composting Facilities Regulation Bylaw No. 1, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2026”, be read a first, second and third time;

2.                     That staff conduct an online consultation on the exemption of the Salt Spring Island Composting Facility from the application of Bylaw No. 2736 for a minimum of one month;

3.                     That, pending the outcome of this consultation process, staff refer Bylaw No. 4765 to the Minister of Environment and Parks for written approval; and

4.                     That staff incorporate a repeal of Bylaw No. 2736 into the CRD’s next Solid Waste Management Plan that is scheduled to be updated by 2030, including a public engagement process, and, subject to the completion of these tasks, prepare a bylaw for the CRD Board’s approval to repeal Bylaw No. 2736.