J.H. Boyd site plan rejected again

For the second time in a year and a half, a residential development proposal for the old J.H. Boyd property has been denied.

Lake Cowichan town council refused to give third reading to bylaw and official community plan amendments that would have allowed 34 homes to be built on about five acres of the property, with another four acres sold to the Lake Cowichan Fellowship Church. The rest of the property would have had protective covenants for streams.

“I’m not surprised,” said developer John Kelly. “Disappointed, yes.”

Kelly said he doesn’t expect he will come forward with another plan of his own for the property.

“I just don’t see the point of coming up with ideas that get turned down,” he said. “If someone comes to me with an idea that seems to have merit, I’ll consider it.”

He said he has talked to the Ratepayers and to Don Beldessi of the Founders’ Independent Living Society about a possible seniors’ care facility on the property, but received no return calls. That’s when he and Roler came forward with the residential development plan.

Councillor Bob Day moved that the OCP not be amended. The motion carried unanimously, which effectively killed the bylaw amendment as well.

“My reasons are out of respect for the official community plan,” said Day, which a year ago was amended to protect P1 zoning. “Personally, I don’t think the application gives the OCP due respect.”

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