Amendment to Zoning Bylaw 8500 to Restrict Certain Industrial Uses with Odour-Related Environmental Impacts

Accordingly, and as directed, the proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment seeks to: • Define "Large-scale open-air composting" as "the outdoor biological decomposition of food waste, biosolids, and animal byproducts generated off-site at a scale intended for industrial or commercial business, characterized by heavy machinery and infrastructure unless otherwise authorized by the Agricultural Land Reserve Use Regulation or the Agricultural Land Commission Act. This use does not include the decomposition of strictly plant-based matter, nor does it include composting as a secondary use in residential zones"; • Define "Rendering, food waste and organics" as "the processing, storage, distributing and converting of organic matter including animal, fish, or food waste into materials such as fats, fuels, oils, proteins or feedstock, through the application of physical, thermal or chemical treatment for institutions, industrial or commercial business for their direct use or for resale to individual business customers but not the general public. This use includes ancillary office space, provided it is only used to administer the use and is not a stand-alone office space"; and • Add the above "Large-scale open-air composting" and "Rendering, food waste and organics" as uses in Section 3.5 (Non-Permitted Uses and Definitions) of the Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, which would not permit this use in any zone city-wide. The proposed definition for large-scale open-air composting has been written to exclude composting uses governed by the Agricultural Land Commission Act and Agricultural Land Reserve Use Regulation to continue supporting farm operations. This approach is consistent with Division 2, Section 7 of the Agricultural Land Reserve Use Regulations, which restricts a local government from prohibiting the production, storage and application of compost derived from agricultural by-products from an associated farm operation on Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) lands. The proposed amendment does not seek to take on any regulatory oversight or permitting responsibilities from Metro Vancouver.

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