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The future of Richmond farmland has been the topic of much discussion.
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Council votes for status quo in farm home debate
By Don Fennell
Published 4:03 PDT, Tue May 15, 2018
It was well into the midnight hour Tuesday
morning, after listening to 35 speakers from the public and following
considerable angst, that Richmond City Council voted to go with the status quo.
Council opted to retain a bylaw that allows
for a maximum 1,000 square-metre (10,764 square feet) farm home plate with
septic field on agriculturally zoned land.
Council also voted to allow farmers on
property eight hectares (20 acres) or larger to add a second dwelling to a
maximum of 299 square metres (3,229 square feet).
Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Coun. Harold Steves
and Coun. Carol Day voted against the motions.
Council will also be writing a letter to
Premier John Horgan along with the B.C. ministers of agriculture and finance,
with copies to all Richmond Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Leader of
the Third Party, the Leader of the Official Opposition, and the chair of the
B.C. Agricultural Land Commission requesting the province review their policies
on foreign ownership, taxation, providing greater incentives for farmers, and
strengthening the Agricultural Land Commission’s enforcement actions for
non-farm uses.
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