An Official Community Plan (OCP) is the vision a community has for its future. It contains goals and policies that will shape future land use in a way that reflects the community's vision. These goals and policies form a framework used by the Regional Board, Regional District staff, other agencies and the community to guide their decisions about future land use.

In October of 2019, the Regional District initiated a review and update of the Electoral Area "A" (Osoyoos Rural) OCP Bylaw.  The Review will be conducted in accordance with the Local Government Act which specifies purpose, required content, and adoption procedures of an OCP Bylaw. 

The current OCP was originally adopted in 2004 and subsequently repealed and replaced in 2008 as part of a larger review of Regional District land use bylaws (NOTE: this process did not result in any substantive changes to the original OCP).

To show how Draft Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2905 differs from the current Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2450, 2008, the following Comparison Tables have been prepared:

NOTE: the section numbers listed in the table above relate to those found in Draft OCP Bylaw No. 2905.

The OCP Bylaw Review incorporated a broad engagement and consultation process (Engagement Framework - November 2019) that focused on electoral area residents and stakeholders, the Town of Osoyoos, Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) and the Electoral Area "A" Advisory Planning Commission (APC).  Multiple engagement opportunities occurred through all project phases and included in-person meetings, online engagement, printed information materials (Community Workbooks, newsletters), surveys, and other methods.

ONLINE SURVEYS

Round 1 - Survey Results (June 2020)

Round 2 - Survey Results (October 2020)

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS

OUT-AND-ABOUT

The Regional District had a booth at the Osoyoos Market on Main - Farmer's Market on the following dates:

• Saturday July 25, 2020;
• Saturday August 15, 2020.

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

To receive email, text and/or phone call notifications related to the Electoral Area "A" OCP Review, consider signing-up for the Regional District's "CivicReady Mass Notification System".  More information is available at the following web-page (see "Land Use Changes: Projects"): https://www.rdos.bc.ca/news-events/civic-ready/

Draft Electoral Area "A" Housing Needs Report (December 2019)

Draft Electoral Area "A" Community Profile (December 2019)

Electoral Area "A" Technical Background Report (December 2019)