Whereas the Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation has established the standards for a second dwelling on Agricultural Land Reserve ALR land and the Agricultural Land Commissions ALC Policies L-08 and L-18 specify that manufactured homes must normally conform to the CSA Z240 series standards unless a property owner makes a non-farm application to the Commission; And whereas construction of factory built, movable dwellings has progressed significantly with technology and the CSA Standard is not flexible enough to accommodate the needs of farmers to provide accommodation on their properties without an application; And whereas these new movable dwellings incorporate innovative energy-efficient, green building technology and can be sited to reinforce the farmland protection objectives of the ALC: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Ministry of Agriculture amend the Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation to provide more certainty for types of manufactured homes that are permitted as residential uses and request that the Agricultural Land Commission amend their policies to allow for the siting of other types of factory built, movable dwellings outside of the CSA Z240 series standards.
Ministry of Agriculture S. 31biiA of BC Regulation 1712002 indicates that an additional dwelling for a family member is permitted on ALR parcels as a non-farm useas noted below: A one manufactured home, up to 9 m in width, for use by a member of the owners immediate family ALC Policy L-18 defines a manufactured home as: manufactured home means a transportable prefabricated structure, whether ordinarily equipped with wheels or not, that is designed, constructed or manufactured to be moved from one place to another and to be used for residential use by a single family. The structure normally conforms to the CSA Z240 series standards of the Canadian Standards Association for manufactured homes built on concrete pile or surface pier foundation systems. The ALC is prepared to consider alternate options as to the definition of a manufactured home, taking the perspective that a manufactured home should be mobile easily moved and sited on a non-permanent foundation. Agricultural Land Commission and Ministry of Agriculture staff will also consider whether widening the scope of the definition of a manufactured home is consistent with the purposes of the ALC Act as outlined in Section 6.
Agricultural Land Commission Resolution B139 requests that the Province amend the Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation to provide more certainty for types of manufactured homes that are permitted as residential uses and request that the Agricultural Land Commission amend their policies to allow for the siting of other types of factory built, movable dwellings outside of the CSA Z240 series standards. S. 31biiA of the ALC Regulation 1712002 indicates that an additional dwelling for a family member is permitted on ALR parcels as a non-farm use - as noted below: A one manufactured home, up to 9 m width, for use by a member of the owners immediate family ALC Policy L-18 defines a manufactured home as manufactured home means a transportable prefabricated structure, whether ordinarily equipped with wheels or not, that is designed, constructed or manufactured to be moved from one place to another and to be used for residential use by a single family. The structure normally conforms to the CSA Z240 series standards of the Canadian Standards Association for manufactured homes built on concrete pile or surface pier foundation systems. The Agricultural Land Commission is prepared to consider alternate options as to the definition of a manufactured home, taking the perspective that a manufactured home should be mobile easily moved, limited in size and height, and sited on a non-permanent foundation. As part of a the consideration, Agricultural Land Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture will also consider whether widening the scope of the definition of a manufactured home is consistent with the purposes of the ALC Act as outlined in Section 6.