British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Local Government Supplementary Letters Patent (SLP) issued for the City of Fort St (O.C. 758/2001)

O.C. 758/2001

British Columbia — Orders in Council

Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of Me Order.) PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. — 7 j" 3 , Approved and Ordered AUG - 9 2001 tizierroternteraar A d minis fratur Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Ll=gr=1:13=11ZW, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that el 61 minis traitor 1. Supplementary Letters Patent, in the form attached, be issued for the City of Fort St. John. 2.

Supplementary Letters Patent, In the form attached, be issued for the Peace River Regional District. Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: ‘sevvvy,_ , Sec 20 7 k Other (specify): (OP 4033) DK-111 2 CaoA3col\13

A elminiSila tor CANADA PROV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ELIZABETH the SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and I ler Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith To all to whom these presents shall come- GREETING. Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services (

WHEREAS by

section 20 of ( the Local Government Act it is provided the ( Lieutenant Governor in Council ( may, by Supplementary Letters Patent, ( extend the area of a municipality ( under the conditions therein ( set out:

AND

WHEREAS a petition has been received by the Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services from the Council of the City of Fort St. John praying that the area of the City of Fort St. John be amended to include all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land situate, lying and being as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of Lot 1 of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18, West of the Sixth Meridian, Peace River Land District, Registered Plan 17708, on file in the Land Title Office, Prince George; thence northerly along the northerly prolongation of the easterly boundary of said Lot I, Plan 17708 to the point of intersection with the southerly boundary of

Section 33, Township 83, Range 18; thence easterly and northerly along the southerly and easterly boundaries of the West I Ialf of

Section 33 to the point of intersection with the southwesterly limit of 13. C. Railway Right of Way, Registered Plans 33226 and 11660; thence on a bearing of 122 degrees, 48 minutes, 55 seconds for a distance of 266.70 metres; thence on a bearing of 138 degrees, 43 minutes, 4 seconds for a distance of 66.541 metres, and being a point on the southerly lin ►it of li. C. Railway Right of Way, Plan 33226; thence easterly along the arc described as having a radius of 152.995 metres and an arc length of 107.350 metres, as shown on B. C.

Railway Right of Way Plan 33226; thence on a bearing of 130 degrees, 12 minutes, 25 seconds for a distance of 569.685 metres; thence due south for a distance of 88.29 metres to the southeast corner of the Remainder of the South I lalf of

Section 33, Township 83, Range 18; thence due south to the northeast corner of Lot A of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18, Registered Plan 20366, being a point on the westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of said Lot A, Plan 20366 to the southeast corner thereof, being a point on the westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way; thence southerly along the said westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way to the

northeast corner of Parcel A (G14676) of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly, southerly and easterly along the northerly, westerly and southerly boundaries of said Parcel A (014676) to the southeast corner thereof; thence southerly along the westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly along the southerly boundaries of said Northeast Quarter of

Section 28 and the Northwest Quarter of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18 to the point of intersection with the southerly prolongation of the easterly boundary of Lot 1 of

Section 28, Plan 17708; thence northerly along said southerly prolongation and continuing northerly along the easterly boundary of Lot 1, Plan 17708 to the northeast corner thereof, being the point of commencement, and containing by admeasurement 125.80 hectares of land, more or less. AND

WHEREAS the conditions and requirements of the said

section 20 of the Local Government Act have been duly complied with: NOW KNOW YE THAT by these presents We do order and proclaim th, ►t the area of the City of Fort St. John be amended by the inclusion therein of the lands hereinbefore described and that on, from and after the date of these Supplementary Letters Patent, the boundary of the City of Fort St. John be defined as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of

Section 36, Township 83, Range 19, West of the Sixth Meridian, Peace River Land District; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said

Section 36, Township 83, to the point of intersection with the westerly prolongation of the southerly boundary of Lot 7 of

Section 36, Township 83, Registered Plan 12105 on file i n the Land

Title Office, Prince George; thence easterly along said prolongation and continuing easterly along the southerly boundary of said Lot 7, Plan 12105, to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of Lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and I of

Section 36, Township 83, Plan 12105, to the northeast corner of said Lot 1, Plan 12105; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of Lot I of

Section 36, Township 83, Range 19, Plan 12105 and continuing westerly along the westerly prolongation thereof to the point of intersection with the aforesaid westerly boundary of

Section 36, Township 83; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said

Section 36, Township 83, to the point of intersection with the westedy prolongation of the southerly boundary of Lot 11 of

Section 36, Township 83, Registered Plan 9803; thence easterly along said prolongation and continuing easterly along the southerly boundary of said Lot I I, Plan 9803, to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of Lots 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and I of

Section 36, Township 83, Plan 9803, to the northeast corner of said Lot I, Plan 9803; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of Lot I of

Section 36, Township 83, Plan 9803 and continuing westerly along the westerly prolongation thereof to the point of intersection with the aforesaid westerly boundary of

Section 36, Township 83; thence northerly along said westerly boundary of

Section 36, Township 83, to the southwest corner of Lot 1 of

Section 36, Township 83, Registered Plan 11628; thence west to the point of intersection with the easterly boundary of

Section 35, Township 83, Range 19; thence northerly along said easterly boundary of

Section 35 to the southeast corner of Lot 1 of said

Section 35, Registered Plan 7141; thence westerly, northerly and easterly along the southerly, westerly and northerly boundaries of said Lot 1, Plan 7141, to the most northerly northeast corner thereof, being a point on the southwesterly limit of Alaska Highway, as shown on Registered Plan A938; thence northwesterly along said southwesterly limit to a point which lies due south of the most southerly southwest corner of Lot 2,

Section 2, Township 84, Range 19, Registered Plan 4

17455; thence north to said corner; thence northeasterly, northwesterly, northeasterly, southeasterly and easterly along the boundaries of said part of the Southeast Quarter of

Section 2, Township 84, Range 19, shown outlined in red on Plan 17455, to the northeast corner thereof; thence due cast to the westerly boundary of the Southwest Quarter of

Section 1, Township 84, Range 19; thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly boundaries of said Southwest Quarter of

Section 1 to the northeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 1, Township 84, Range 19, to the northeast corner of Lot A of

Section 1, Township 84, Range 19, Registered Plan 9780; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of said Lot A, Plan 9780 and continuing westerly along the westerly prolongation thereof to the point of intersection with the westerly boundary of

Section 1, Township 84, Range 19; thence northerly along said westerly boundary of

Section I, Township 84, Range 19, to the southwest corner of those parts of Sections I and 12 of Township 84, Range 19, shown outlined in red on Registered Plan A1560; thence easterly along the southerly boundary of said parts of Sections I and 12, Township 84, Range 19, shown outlined in red on Plan A1560 to the point of intersection with the southeasterly limit of British Columbia Railway right-of-way as shown on Registered Plan 18522; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly limit of Plan 18522, to the point of intersection with the westerly boundary of the Southeast Quarter of

Section 12, Township 84, Range 19; thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly boundaries of said Southeast Quarter of

Section 12, to the northeast corner thereof; thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of said Southwest Quarter of

Section 7, to the most westerly southwest corner of Block 1 of

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18, Registered Plan 11695; thence northeasterly, northerly and northeasterly along the northwesterly, westerly and northwesterly boundaries of said Block 1, Plan

11695; to the southeast corner of Lot 1 of

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18, Registered Plan 17904, thence northerly, easterly, southerly and westerly along the westerly, northerly, easterly and southerly boundaries of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18, to the southwest corner thereof; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of the Southwest Quarter of

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18 to the point of intersection with the westerly prolongation of the northerly boundary of Lot 4 of Block 4,

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18, Registered Plan 8871; thence caste :y along said prolongation and continuing easterly along the northerly boundary of Lots 4 and 3 of Block 4,

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18, Plan 8871, to the northeast corner of said Lot 3 of Block 4, Plan 8871; thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of Lot A of

Section 7, Township 84, Range 18, Registered Plan 12021; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of said Lot A, Plan 12021 and continuing easterly along the easterly prolongation thereof to the point of intersection with the easterly boundary of said

Section 7, Township 84; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of said

Section 7, Township 84, to the southeast corner thereof; thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of

Section 5, Township 84, Range 18; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of the Northwest Quarter of

Section 5, Township 84, to the point of intersection with the westerly limit of the Fort St. John bypass road as shown on Registered Plan 19028; thence southerly along said westerly limit to the point of intersection with the southerly boundary of the Northwest Quarter of

Section 5, Township 84; thence westerly along said southerly boundary of the Northwest Quarter of

Section 5, Township 84, to the southwest corner thereof; thence westerly in a straight line to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 6, Township 84, Range 18; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of

Section 6, Township 84, Range 18, to the southeast corner thereof; thence southerly in a straight line to the northeast corner of

Section 31, Township 83, Range 18; thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of 6

Section 32 of said Township 83, Range 18; thence easterly along the northerly boundaries of Sections 32 and 33 to the northeast corner of the West Half of

Section 33, Township 83, Range 18; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of the said West Half of

Section 33 to the point of intersection with the southwesterly limit of 13. C. Railway Right of Way, Registered Plans 33226 and H660; thence on a bearing of 122 degrees, 48 minutes, 55 seconds for a distance of 266.70 metres; thence on a bearing of 138 degrees, 43 minutes, 4 seconds for a distance of 66.541 metres, and being a point on the southerly limit of B. C. Railway Right of Way, Plan 33226; thence easterly along the arc described as having a radius of 152.995 metres and an arc length of 107.350 metres, as shown on B. C.

Railway Right of Way Plan 33226; thence on a bearing of 130 degrees, 12 minutes, 25 seconds for a distance of 569.685 metres; thence due south for a distance of 88.29 metres to the southeast corner of the Remainder of the South Half of

Section 33, Township 83. Range I 8; thence due south to the northeast corner of Lot A of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18, Registered Plan 20366, being a point on the westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of said I .01 A, Plan 20366 to the southeast corner thereof, being a point on the westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way; thence southerly along the said westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way to the northeast corner of Parcel A (G14676) of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly, southerly and easterly along the northerly, westerly and southerly boundaries of said Parcel A (G14676) to the southeast corner thereof; thence southerly along the westerly limit of Swanson Lumber Road right of way to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly along the southerly boundaries of said Northeast Quarter of

Section 28 and the Northwest Quarter of

Section 28, Township 83, Range 18 to the point of intersection with the southerly prolongation of the easterly boundary of Lot I of

Section 28, Registered Plan 17708; thence northerly along said southerly

prolongation and continuing northerly along the easterly boundary of Lot I, Plan 17708 to the northeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the northerly prolongation of the easterly boundary of Lot 1 of

Section 28, Plan 17708 to the point of intersection with the southerly boundary of

Section 33, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of said

Section 33 to the southwest corner thereof; thence westerly in a straight line to the northeast corner of

Section 29, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of said

Section 29 to the point of intersection with the westerly limit of Road 146 (Bypass Highway) as shown on Registered Plan 19028; thence southerly along said westerly limit of Road 146 (Bypass Highway) to the point of intersection with the northeasterly limit of Alaska Highway, Registered Plan A938; thence northwesterly along the said northeasterly limit, to the point of intersection with the easterly boundary of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18; thence southerly along the said easterly boundary of

Section 30, to the southeast corner thereof; thence southerly, westerly and northerly along the easterly, southerly and westerly boundaries of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 19, Township 83, Range 18, to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly in a straight line to the southeast corner of Lot 10 of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Registered Plan 24226; thence northerly along the easterly boundaries of said Lot 10, Plan 24226 and Lot 9 of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Registered Plan 24738, to the northeast corner of said Lot 9, Plan 24738; thence westerly along the northerly boundaries of Lots 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Plan 24738 and Lot 4 of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Registered Plan 24162, to the northwest corner of said Lot 4, Plan 24162; thence west to the point of intersection with the westerly limit of 100th Street as shown on Plan 24226; thence northerly along said westerly limit to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 25, Township 83, Range 19; thence easterly in a straight line to the southwest corner of the North Half of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18; thence easterly along the 8

southerly boundary of the North I fall of said

Section 30 to the point of intersection with the southerly prolongation of the westerly boundary of Lot 1 of

Section 30, Township 83, Registered Plan 24895; thence northerly alcng said prolongation and continuing northerly along the westerly boundary of said Lot 1, Plan 24E95, to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly in a straight line to the southwest corner of Lot 11 of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Plan 24895; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said Lot 11, Plan 24895, to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly in a straight line to he southwest corner of Lot 12 of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Plan 24895; thence northerly, easterly and northerly along the westerly, northerly and westerly boundaries of said Lot 12, Plan 24895, to the most northerly northwest corner thereof; thence easterly along the northerly boundaries of Lots 12 to 17, inclusive, of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Plan 24895, to the northeast corner of said Lot 17, Plan 24895; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the Northeast Quarter of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, to the northwest corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of

Section 31, Township 83, Range 18, to a point which lies due north of the northeast corner of Lot I of

Section 30, Township 83, Range 18, Registered Plan 19912; thence south to said northeast corner; thence southerly, westerly and northerly along the easterly, southerly and westerly boundaries of Lot 1 of

Section 30, Town:,hip 83, Range 18, Plan 19912, to the northwest corner thereof; thence north to the point of intersection with the southerly boundary of

Section 31, Township 83, Range 18; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of said

Section 31 to the southwest corner thereof; thence westerly in a straight line to the southeast corner of aforesaid

Section 36, Township 83, Range 19; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of said

Section 36 to the aforesaid southwest corner thereof, being the point of commencement, and containing by admeasurement 2277.27 hectares of land, more or less.

AND .1.11AT the Letters Patent of the City of Fort St. John, hereinafter referred to as "the municipality" be deemed to be amended so as to conform to the premises as and from the date of these Supplementary Letters Patent subject to the provisions hereinafter contained or referred to: REGIONAL DISTRICT BYLAWS 1.0 Subject to these Supplementary Letters Patent and pursuant to

section 24(2) of the Local Government Act, each bylaw, regulation, contract, restriction, right, resolution, order, licence and permit of whatsoever kind and description passed, made, enacted, entered into and granted, and in effect, or in force in, or issued to, or by the Peace River Regional District, hereinafter referred to as "the regional district", having application in the area newly included within the municipality by these Supplementary Letters Patent, insofar as they arc within the powers of the municipality, shall remain in full force and effect in and for the municipality and each may be amended or repealed by the council of the municipality in the same manner as if they were passed, made, enacted, entered into, or granted by the municipality.

REGIONAL DISTRICT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 2.0 Subject to these Supplementary Letters Patent, all property, both real and personal, ar ►d all rights, powers and privileges arising out of any contract, agreement, collective agreement, covenant, or otherwise whatsoever, and all taxes, debts, actions, causes of action, and all claims and demands whatsoever, either at law or in equity, appertaining to the regional district, in respect to the area newly enclosed within the municipality by these Supplementary 10

Letters Patent, vest in and belong to the municipality on and from the effective date of these Supplementary Letters Patent. TRANSFER OF REGIONAL DISTRICT SERVICES 3.0 The jurisdiction for all services of the regional district which have application to the area newly enclosed within the municipality by these Supplementary Letters Patent and which are within the jurisdiction of the municipality, arc hereby transferred to the municipality as set out in Supplementary Letters Patent of the regional district issued concurrently with these Supplementary Letters Patent.

MUNICIPAL TAXATION LIMITATION 4.0 The City of Fort St. John shall, in the area newly included within the municipality by these Supplementary Letters Patent, levy a tax rate, pursuant to

section 359(1)(

a) of the Local Government Act, on property Class 4 (Major Industry) and 5 (Light Industry) prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under

section 26 of the Assessment Act, except that for the taxation years of 2002 to 2005 inclusive the tax rate for these classes shall not exceed the sum of:

i) the tax rate for the prevailing taxation year set pursuant to the Taxation (Rural Area) Act for property Class 4 (Heavy Industry) and Class 5 (Light Industry), respectively; and LI

the tax rate for the prevailing taxation year levied by the Surveyor of Taxes for the purpose of recovering the costs of the following services on behalf of the Peace River Regional District for property Class 4 (Heavy Industry) and Class 5 (Light Industry), respectively:

a) services to electoral areas for which all of electoral area "C" is an electoral participating area; and

b) the fire protection local service established under the Fort St. John Rural Fire Protection Local Service Establishment By-law No. 639, 1989, and subsequent amendments. ROADS, DRAINAGE AND APPROVING OFFICER 5.0 For the purposes of Division 5 - I Iighways, of

Part 15 - Municipal Services, of the Loud Government Act, and pursuant to Pail 3 of the Highways Act, all public roads within the area newly enclosed within the municipality, except for those classified as arterial highways, arc the responsibility of the municipality. 5.1 Notwithstanding the generality of

section 5.0 above, the responsibility for roads and bridges, including all maintenance (including electrical and railway crossings), capital improvements, road drainage, signs, traffic regulation and all permits previously administered by the Ministry of Transportation (including access and utility permits), is the responsibility of the municipality. 12

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 758/2001
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0758 2001
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	89611dcd921cf1fc1c537f784b6d1771c35588e1

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