The purpose of the Official Community Plan (OCP) is to provide a long term vision for the District of Ucluelet. It sets out broad objectives and policies that will guide planning and land use decisions within the District, while respecting the community's existing character. The OCP charts a growth management course that supports Ucluelet's quality of life, enhances economic prosperity and advances environmental sustainability.
The Province of British Columbia's Local Government Act provides the authority and direction for the preparation of the Official Community Plan. Once adopted as a bylaw, an Official Community Plan has a legal status that requires that all subsequent bylaws enacted and works undertaken be consistent with the plan.
The 2011 Official Community Plan replaces the previous Official Community Plan, adopted in 2004.
View 2011 Official Community Plan
View 2011 Official Community Plan Maps (Bylaw 1140)
2020 Draft Official Community Plan
On October 12, 2021, Council reviewed proposed edits to the 2020 Draft Official Community Plan related to parks and trails. For more information please review Report No. 21-146. At this meeting, Council also directed Staff to undertake an analysis of growth options informed by the 2021 West Coast Land Use Demand Study in the context of the Draft OCP and present the analysis and Draft OCP at a future Committee of the Whole Meeting.
Council will review the Draft OCP and analysis of growth options at a Committee of the Whole Meeting on November 23, 2021, at 5:30 PM in the Main Hall in the Ucluelet Community Centre. There will be an opportunity for public input at this meeting. For more information about how to participate in-person or online please visit the communicating with Council webpage.
The Land Use Demand Study, commissioned in 2021 by the Districts of Tofino and Ucluelet, provides reference for discussions about our Official Community Plan.
View the Draft 2020 Official Community Plan
View the Analysis on Growth Options
- To view the OCP schedules click on the links below:
- Schedule A - Long-Range Land Use Plan
- Schedule B - Tranportation Network
- Schedule C - Parks & Trails Network
- Schedule D - Water & Sewer Infrastructure
- Schedule E - Environmental Development Permits Areas
- Schedule F - Development Permit Areas for Form and Character
- Schedule G - Development Permit Areas for Hazardous Conditions
- To view the OCP Maps click on the links below:
- OCP Map 1 - Coastal Context
- OCP Map 2 - Regional Infrastructure
- OCP Map 3 - Archeological & Cultural Potential
- OCP Map 4 - Coastal Storm Flood Planning Support
- OCP Map 5 - Tsunami Flood Planning Support 1
- OCP Map 6 - Tsunami Flood Planning Support 2
- OCP Map 7 - Existing Land Uses
- OCP Map 8 - Enviornmental Base Information
The following reports to Council give an overview of the background to the draft OCP update, and the steps taken in the process of gathering public input so far:
Bylaw No.1236 Official Community Plan 2020
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Bylaw (23 February 2021)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Bylaw (12 January 2021)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Bylaw (18 August 2020)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Bylaw (18 September 2018)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Process (21 August 2018)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Housing (26 June 2018)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Consultation (24 April 2018)
Vancouver Island University Consultation Summary Report (March 2018)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Update (12 December 2017)
Report to Council: Official Community Plan Engagement (09 May 2017)
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NOTE: 2018 Draft Official Community Plan
Council gave the 2018 Draft Official Community Plan its first reading in 2018, and referred it out for agency input, public input and comme A revised document was produced after all responses have been collated and analysed, and is now incorporated and is referred to as the 2020 Draft Official Community Plan, please see above.