Environmental Protection & Permits
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Environmental Protection
If you would like to report a violation regarding pollution, wildlife, fish and fish habitat, riparian areas, trees, please contact 1.877.952.7277 or #7277 (RAPP) Option 1.
If you would like to report a violation regarding concerns over the Water Sustainability Act (eg: water licenses, changes in and about a stream, etc.), forests, heritage and/or wild fire, please contact the Province by calling 1.877.952.7277 or #7277 (RAPP) Option 2.
Alternatively, you can complete an online report by visiting https://forms.gov.bc.ca/environment/rapp/.
Agricultural Land
If you would like to report a violation and/or suspicious activities on Agricultural Land Reserve land, please contact the ALC.
Air Quality
Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) regulates air quality in our region. Complaints / concerns should be submitted through MVRD’s Air Quality Complaint department by calling 604.436.6777 or complete their online form.
Environmental Development Permits
Development activities within the applicable shaded areas on Map 10A and 10B of the Official Community Plan may require an application for any of the following Development Permits:
- Permit Area 1: Natural Environment
- Permit Area 2: Riparian Areas
- Permit Area 3: Wildfire Hazard
- Permit Area 4: Slope Hazard
- Permit Area 5: Farmland Protection
In addition, a Soil Deposit/Removal Permit may be required.
Professional Reliance
The City relies on the Professional Reliance model for supplemental information on development-related application submissions. Professional reliance in general terms, is a regulatory model in which the government sets the natural resource management objectives or results to be achieved and the professionals hired by proponents decide how those objectives or results are to be met. The government is responsible to ensure objectives have been achieved through compliance and enforcement.