RLCÍs South End proposal encompasses three contiguous properties, totaling approximately 98 hectares. The properties are bounded by Cemetery Road to the north, Sutil Point Road to the east and south and Hayes Road and the Sliammon Indian Reserve to the west. The forest is primarily mature second-growth Douglas-fir, with some western red cedar, pine and western hemlock.

RLC has applied to rezone these properties to Forest Land Stewardship to allow a maximum of 25 strata lots, as well as conservation, selection logging, public trails and parkland. Click here to see a map of the proposed site design.

We hope to complete the rezoning process by the end of 2004 and have strata lots available by summer 2005.

RLCÍs goal is to protect biodiversity and the forest ecosystem, while preserving the long-term sustainable forestry potential on these lands. The South End proposal includes a large Forest Conservation Area, the use of which will be governed in part by a conservation covenant, held by The Land Conservancy of BC.

Another goal for RLC is to promote public access, as appropriate, on suitable private lands. Public access and recreation will be encouraged on South End properties through the creation of a network of public trails, and the donation of a Regional Park near the MansonÍs Area. RLC hopes that over time, as the MansonÍs core develops, this permanently protected area will provide both a basis and an impetus for the future development of greenspace and trail systems on adjacent properties and throughout the MansonÍs Landing area. RLC also hopes that the establishment of this public trail network will act as a catalyst to encourage other private landowners, as appropriate, to allow public access to existing trails on their lands.

RLC is currently seeking a rezoning that will permit the creation of up to twenty-five residential strata lots under a bare land strata subdivision. Conservation covenants will prohibit the future creation of any additional lots. Proposed strata lots are clustered in order to minimize the ecological impact on the land, make use of existing road infrastructure, spread the concentration of population around existing neighborhoods and infrastructure and minimize fragmentation of the Forest Conservation Area.

Each strata lot will include a maximum 0.8 hectare (2-acre) Residential Use Area in which residential clearing, residential dwellings and outbuildings, and associated residential activities will be permitted Residential Use Areas will have a minimum 15-metre setback from lot lines and roads in order to increase privacy for landowners and reduce the aesthetic impact for existing neighbours. The remainder of each strata lot will be designated as a Residential Conservation Area.

RLC has adopted ïSmart GrowthÍ measures as much as possible to minimize the ecological impact of residential development, including:

The charts below summarize the South End proposal.

PART ONE: Proposed Forest Land Stewardship zoning, Lots 1-23 on attached map above. (93.6 hectares, 231 acres)

PART TWO: Proposed Residential Zoning; Lots 24 & 25 on attached map above.(3.1 hectares, 7.7 acres)