Planning and Development 2024


Course Date: March 7, 2024

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 37min
Total Ethics: 39min
Course Agenda ▼
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
 
Genevieve Chang — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Alyssa D. Bradley — Young Anderson, Vancouver
 
Buying and Selling Local Government Property (9:05 – 9:55)
 
  • authority to sell and purchase local government property 
  • disposing of parks and roads
  • property tax and property transfer tax considerations
  • unique legislative requirements 
    • notices of disposition and assistance
    • reserve fund requirements
    • elector approval requirements
Pamela J. Jefcoat — Civic Legal LLP, Vancouver
 
Local Government Discretion to Downzone (9:55 – 10:45)
 
  • highlighted in the BC Court of Appeal September 2023 decision Onni Wyndansea Holdings Ltd. v. Ucluelet (District), 2023 BCCA 342 (CanLII) https://canlii.ca/t/jzttl
  • authority to decrease intensity or density of land use and remove previously permitted uses
  • phased development agreements and permit applications already in process
  • non-conforming use protection
  • rights of landowners and the potential for compensation
Joshua Krusell — Stewart McDannold Stuart, Victoria
 
BREAK (10:45 –11:00)
 
Recent Developments in Municipal Expropriation (11:00 – 11:50)
 
  • expropriation overview
  • pure injurious affection
  • de facto expropriation
  • expropriation and redevelopment
  • Nathan Lapper — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
LUNCH (11:50 – 12:50)
 
New Housing Legislation – Part 1 (12:50 – 1:40)
 
James G. Yardley — Lidstone & Company, Vancouver
 
New Housing Legislation – Part 2 (1:40 – 2:30)
 
Guy Patterson — Young Anderson, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:30 – 2:45 )
 
Judicial Review and Procedural Fairness in the Planning Context (2:45 – 3:35)
 
Nathalie J. Baker — Eyford Partners LLP, Vancouver 
 
Ethics and Practice Management in the Planning Context (3:35 – 4:10)
  • discussion on issues that may arise in the planning and development context and best practices
Alyssa D. Bradley — Young Anderson, Vancouver
James G. Yardley — Lidstone & Company, Vancouver
 
Closing Questions and Comments (4:10 – 4:15)
 
Alyssa D. Bradley — Young Anderson, Vancouver