Town bylaw 1051: Bylaw No 1051 2024 Zoning Amendment

TOWN OF PRINCETON

BYLAW NO. 1051, 2024

The Council of the Town of Princeton, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: This Bylaws may be cited for all purposes as the “Town of Princeton Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1051, 2024.” The Town of Princeton Zoning Bylaw No. 880, 2013 is amended by:

1. Adding a new section 6.12a Specific Flood Exemptions read as follows:

6.12a Specific Flood Exemptions

The Chief Administrative Officer, or their authorized designate, may grant a site- specific flood exemption with respect to the setback requirements or elevation requirements where:

1. The Development of any lands within the designated Floodplain is located

in a Commercial or Institutional and Health Care Zone.

2. The development does not include residential dwelling units situated

below the prescribed Flood Construction Level for that location.

3. A Qualified Professional has submitted a site-specific Flood Assessment Report,

consistent with Provincial Guidelines & Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) Professional Practice Guidelines, and supplemented with a Flood Assurance Statement as specified in EGBC Professional Practice Guidelines, that certifies that the property can be safely used for the intended use and that protection from the corresponding Design Event can be achieved through an engineered design without reliance on a dike; and

4. the owner enters into a Section 219 Covenant absolving the Town of Princeton of any liability with respect to the flooding of the property or flood damage to land, structures and contents thereof.

Read a first, second, and third time this 20th day of November 2024 Adopted this 4th day of December 2024

_______________________ ___________________________ Mayor Spencer Coyne Corporate Officer R. Lyle Thomas Original signed by Mayor Coyne Original signed by CAO Thomas