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The current OCP was originally adopted in 2004 and subsequently repealed and replaced in 2008 as part of a larger review of Regional District land use bylaws (NOTE: this process did not result in any substantive changes to the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).  it is anticipated that a new Electoral Area "A" OCP Bylaw will be completed by early 2021.

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The OCP Bylaw Review will requires a broad engagement and consultation process. Engagement will focus on electoral area residents and stakeholders and will also include Town of Osoyoos and Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB). Given the relatively small and dispersed population of the area, it is envisioned that the existing Advisory Planning Commission (APC) will play an important and ongoing role in the project. 

Multiple engagement opportunities through all project phases will occur, including in-person meetings, online engagement, printed information materials (Community Workbooks, newsletters), surveys, and other methods.  For more information, please refer to:

Electoral Area "A" OCP Update - Engagement Framework (November 2019)

Survey Results (June 2020)

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

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

The Regional District is currently exploring the scheduling of an in-person meeting at the Sonora Centre (8505 68th Avenue, Osoyoos) for the end of August 2020.  Please check back for more details regarding this meeting in the coming weeks.

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/

November 2019

June 2020

Anarchist Community Association - PowerPoint Presentation (2020-07-15)

Monday June 22, 2020:
Agenda
PowerPoint Presentation

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)

Current Electoral Area "A" Bylaw No. 2450, 2008:

• Osoyoos Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2450, 2008
• Schedule ‘B’ – Official Community Plan Maps
• Schedule ‘C’ – Environmentally Sensitive Development Permit Area and Other Important Ecosystem Area
• Schedule ‘D’ – Watercourse Development Permit Area
• Schedule ‘E’ – Road and Trail Network Plan