FAQ - Village of Buffalo Narrows Draft 2018 Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw

• What is an Official Community Plan (OCP)?

• What is a Zoning Bylaw?

• Why is the Village getting a Zoning Bylaw and Official Community Plan?  

• If most of Buffalo Narrows is in a flood plain, where and how can I build?

• Are the flood regulations new?

• Why were the properties across Sawmill Bay rezoned to Future Development? How do I ever build out there now?

• Why was my property rezoned in the updated zoning bylaw?  Can the Village legally do that? 

• Was the whole Village rezoned in the new Zoning Bylaw?

• Does a Zoning Bylaw restrict who I can sell my land to?

• Does a Zoning Bylaw restrict what I can do on my land?

• Is the OCP and Zoning Bylaw written in stone?

• I should be able to build wherever, whatever, and however I want

• Where can I get a copy of the OCP and Zoning Bylaw?

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