Draft CVRD Bylaw No. 4373 - Cowichan Valley Regional District Official Community Plan for the Electoral Areas Bylaw (OCP)

ABOUT THE DRAFT OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THE ELECTORAL AREAS

Draft Bylaw No. 4373 - Cowichan Valley Regional District Official Community Plan for the Electoral Areas Bylaw, 2024 sets out a vision for the electoral areas over the next twenty years.

On October 8, 2025, the CVRD Board gave second reading to the OCP. On October 20, 2025 a public hearing was held and on November 12, 2025, the Board was presented with the Public Hearing Chair's Public Hearing Report for information.

THE CVRD BOARD WILL CONSIDER DRAFT BYLAW 4373 FOR THIRD READING AND ADOPTION AT THE CVRD BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 26, 2025.

Official Community Plan for the Electoral Areas (OCP Bylaw 4373)

Click the links below to view the draft OCP Schedules.

Schedule A – OCP Policies and Objectives

Schedule C – Development Permit Areas

Schedule D - Agricultural Land Maps

Schedule E – Fire Protection Maps

Schedule F – First Nations Reserves Maps

Schedule G – Growth Containment Boundaries and Growth Areas Maps

Schedule H – Heritage Designation Maps

Schedule J – Sand and Gravel Deposits Maps

Schedule L – Land Use Designations Maps

Schedule M – Marine Area Maps

Schedule O – Floodplain and Dam Maps

Schedule P – Terrestrial Parks Maps

Schedule S – Service Area Maps

Schedule T – Transportation and Major Roads Maps

Schedule U – Development Permit Area Maps

For clarity, Schedule B Local Area Plans are still in development and anticipated for completion Winter 2025. Schedule B will be adopted as part of the OCP Bylaw 4373.

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF THE OCP

The scope of Bylaw 4373 includes all nine of the CVRD's electoral areas:

Area A - Mill Bay/Malahat
Area B - Shawnigan Lake
Area C - Cobble Hill
Area D - Cowichan Bay
Area E - Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora
Area F - Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls
Area G - Saltair
Area H - North Oyster/Diamond
Area I - Youbou/Meade Creek

Watch the 'A Place to Look After' VIDEO for an overview of the electoral areas.

The OCP's framework for organizing land use is called the Transect. Watch the 'Transect' VIDEO for an explanation of how the process helps us develop and inform land use in the CVRD.

For further information on Residential Land Use Designations, see the Residential Land Use Designation Explainer.