Riparian Areas Protection Regulation (178/2019). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision British Columbia Document type Regulation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries, Water Keyword Freshwater fishes Local government Monitoring Data collection/reporting Surface water Freshwater resources management Risk assessment/management Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Entry into force notes This Regulation enters into force on 1 November 2019. Abstract This regulation applies in relation to a development if (a) the development is a residential, commercial or industrial development, (b) the development is proposed to occur in a riparian assessment area of a stream that provides fish habitat to protected fish, and (c) a local government has the power under Part 14 [Planning and Land Use Management] of the Local Government Act to regulate, prohibit or impose requirements in relation to the development. A local government must not approve a riparian development to proceed unless the local government (a) has received an assessment report under section 6 in relation to the development that has not expired under section 7, and (b) imposes as a condition of the approval that the development proceed as proposed in the assessment report and comply with any measures recommended in the assessment report. The riparian assessment area for a stream consists of a 30 m strip on each side of the stream, measured from the stream boundary. (2) If a stream is in a ravine, the riparian assessment area for the stream consists of the following areas, as applicable: (a) if the ravine is less than 60 m wide, a strip on each side of the stream that is measured from the stream boundary to a point that is 30 m beyond the top of the ravine bank; (b) if the ravine is 60 or more metres wide, a strip on each side of the stream that is measured from the stream boundary to a point that is 10 m beyond the top of the ravine bank. A local government must cooperate with the minister, and the federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, in developing strategies in relation to (a) monitoring and reporting on the effect of developments on riparian areas, (b) public education respecting the protection of riparian areas, and (c) the implementation of and compliance with recommendations in an assessment report. Full text English Website www.bclaws.ca