Park, Conservancy and

180/90 O.C. 867/90 June 8, 1990 August 1, 1990 Park Act Park, Conservancy and Recreation Area Regulation [Last amended June 26, 2024 by B.C. Reg. 154/2024] 180_90_pit Schedules D to J Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 62/99, s. 4.] Schedule K [en. B.C. Reg. 437/2004, s. 2; am. B.C. Regs. 25/2005, Sch., s. 2; 215/2006, Sch., s. 13; 112/2010, s. 10; 211/2015, s. 27; 296/2016; 66/2017.] Fees for Park Use Permits and Resource Use Permits (Section 53) Tax imposed under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) applies to all fees in this schedule but is not included in the listed amounts. Part 1 — Application Fees for Park Use Permits and Resource Use Permits   Column 1 Column 2   Use applied for Fee payable by applicant 1  Commercial recreation, one year or longer term — minor/low impact, non-motorized use; multiple trips $250 2  Commercial recreation, less than one year term — minor/low impact, non-motorized use; single or multiple trips Actual costs based on $50/hour staff time, with a 2-hour minimum and $250 maximum 3  Commercial services, general — vendors and client services including: equipment rentals, food concessions and provision of access transportation $250 4  Commercial recreation, motorized — major/high impact: heli-ski operations, use of tracked vehicles, helicopters to guide ski excursions, boat tours $3 300 5  Minor ski areas — compact/small, minimal use of mechanized lifts, moderate impact $1 000 6  Major resorts — alpine ski facilities with multiple mechanized lifts, lodges, resorts or tourism developments Actual costs based on $50/hour staff time or $3 300, whichever is greater 7  Communication sites — transmission/receiving structures; radio, microwave, repeater, satellite, cellular phones $1 000 8  Roadways — public $250 9  Roadways — industrial or private access $1 000 10  Rights-of-way (utilities) less than 25 km long — including hydro lines, gas, fibre optics, oil, water $1 000 11  Rights-of-way (utilities) longer than 25 km — including hydro lines, gas, fibre optics, oil, water Actual costs based on $50/hour staff time or $1 000, whichever is greater 12  Agriculture or grazing $250 13  Residential — institutional or community use of private or Crown-owned structures, with or without adjacent area; cottages, cabins, huts $250 14  Non-profit organizations — use of private or Crown-owned structures; with or without adjacent area $250 15  Private moorage — foreshore facilities; docks, wharves $250 16  Aquaculture — shellfish, molluscs, finfish $4 925 17  Quarrying — rock or aggregate removal $1 000 18  Log handling — log storage, log sorts $1 000 19  Alternative power projects — includes water and wind power $3 300 20  Energy and mining $500 21  Film production $200 Part 2 — Administration Fees for Park Use Permits   Column 1 Column 2   Administrative request or requirement Fee payable by permit holder 1  Permit renewal 50% of new application fee 2  Minor amendments to permit $100 3  Major amendments to permit $500 4  Assignment and sub-tenure or transfer $250 5 to 9  Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 66/2017.] Part 3 — General Fees Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3  Types of permits classified according to the use permitted Fees payable by an individual, group, company or local government for use of Park Act lands Fees payable by an individual or company for industrial use of Park Act lands 1 Privately-owned structures The exclusive use of a structure or structures not supplied by the Province    (a) without a defined adjacent area (site only), or $500 per year and $50 per structure per year $1 000 per year  (b) with a defined adjacent area. $500 per year and $250 per hectare per year plus $50 per structure per year. $1 000 per year or $500 per hectare per year plus $100 per structure per year, whichever is greater.  Satellite Facilities $200 per site per year  Tent/Spike Camp $100 per site per year     2 Provincially-owned structures    The exclusive use of a structure or structures supplied in whole or in part by the Province, with or without a defined adjacent area. $500 per year, or, if occupying a defined adjacent area, $25 per m2 of structure per year plus $250 per hectare per year, whichever is greater. $1 000 per year, or, if occupying a defined adjacent area, $50 per m 2 of structure per year plus $500 per hectare per year, whichever is greater. 3 Access    The use of a defined area for a road, chairlift, trail, ski run or ski trail. Individual or group: $500 per year or $60 per hectare per year, whichever is greater.  Company or local government: $500 per year or 2% of gross revenues per year, whichever is greater. $500 per year or $60 per hectare per year, whichever is greater. 4 Rights of way and miscellaneous land use without structures    The use of a defined area for a powerline, telephone line, pipeline or other service or utility right of way and other miscellaneous land use without structures. Individual or group: $60 per hectare per year Company or local government: $500 per year or $60 per hectare per year, whichever is greater. $1 000 per year or $60 per hectare per year, whichever is greater. Part 4 — Miscellaneous Fees Item Column 1 Column 2  Types of park use permits and resource use permits classified according to the use permitted Fee 1 Commercial recreation — major resorts The use of a defined area to operate alpine ski facilities or large-scale lodges and resorts. $500 per year and a percentage of gross revenues as identified in the park use permit or resource use permit.  2 Commercial use/activity The use of a defined area to carry on, for compensation received or promised, a commercial activity not referred to in any other item of this schedule, whether or not the right to use the area or conduct the activity is exclusive.   (a) Non-motorized activity and no use of structures For six consecutive months or less, $125 or $1 per client day, whichever is greater.  For six consecutive months to one year, $250 or $1 per client day, whichever is greater.  (b) Motorized activity $500 per year or $1 per client day plus $50 per structure plus, if occupying a defined adjacent area,  $250 per hectare per year, whichever is greater  3 Commercial mechanized ski guiding   The use of a defined area to carry on commercial activities in which tracked vehicles, fixed wing planes or helicopters are used to guide or conduct ski excursions. $1 000 per year or $4 per user day, whichever is greater.  4 Grazing   The use of a defined area for the grazing of animals. $100 per year or the total ground rent plus, if the permittee held a licence or permit under the Range Act , the grazing fee that would be payable each year under section 10 of the Range Regulation, B.C. Reg. 199/2000, in respect of the territory and animals to which the permit relates, whichever is greater.  5 Oysters, other molluscs and finfish   The use of a defined area for the purpose of seeding, raising and harvesting oysters, other molluscs and finfish. $500 per year or $100 per hectare per year, whichever is greater.  6 Communications site   The use and occupancy of a defined area for a television, radio, microwave or other communication structure. $1 000 per year or $500 per hectare per year plus $100 per facility per year, whichever is greater.  7 Sand/gravel and quarry site   The use of a defined area for the purpose of removing sand, gravel, rock or other material. $1 000 per year or $500 per hectare per year plus $100 per facility per year, whichever is greater.  8 Trapping and trapping cabins   The use, by the holder of a registered trapline under the Wildlife Act, of a territory allocated for trapping purposes and of cabins, without an adjacent area, for purposes incidental to the seasonal operation of a trapline. Trapping $100 per year.  Trapping Cabins $10 per cabin per year to a maximum of $25 per year.  9 Commercial film production Major Shoot The lesser of $50 000 and the sum of the following: (a) $1 500 per day of filming in each park that is a high-value film park; (b) $750 per day of preparing, wrapping or holding in each park that is a high-value film park; (c) $400 per day of filming, preparing, wrapping or holding in each park that is not a high-value film park. Minor Shoot $100. 10 Guide outfitters, transporters and angling guides licensed pursuant to the Wildlife Act   (a) The use, by a guide outfitter, transporter or angling guide, of a territory allocated in conjunction with the activity of a guide outfitter, transporter or angling guide. For six consecutive months or less, $125 or $1 per client day, whichever is greater.  For six consecutive months to one year, $250 or $1 per client day, whichever is greater.  (b) The exclusive use of a structure or structures not supplied by the Province but used in conjunction with the activity of a guide outfitter, transporter or angling guide:   (i) without a defined adjacent area (site only), or $500 per year  (ii) with a defined adjacent area. Base Facilities $500 per year or $1 per client day plus $250 per hectare per year plus $50 per structure per year, whichever is greater.  Satellite Facility $50 per year  Tent/Spike Camp $25 per year Part 5 — Interpretation 1 1 For the purposes of this Schedule, a measurements expressed in hectares must be rounded upwards to the next whole hectare and measurements expressed in square metres or cubic metres are rounded upwards to the next whole square metre or cubic metre, and b measurements expressed in square metres of any structure must be based on the outside dimensions including verandahs or porches. 2 In this Schedule: base facility means a facility that is the main location or one of the main locations for a commercial or industrial operation; defined means an area specified in the park use permit or resource use permit for which the fee is payable; high-value film park means any of the following parks: a Alice Lake Park; b Brandywine Falls Park; c Coquihalla Canyon Park; d Cultus Lake Park; e Cypress Park; f E. C. Manning Park; g Elk Falls Park, excluding the Elk Falls Protected Area; h Garibaldi Park; i Golden Ears Park; j Goldstream Park; k Gordon Bay Park; l Juan de Fuca Park; m MacMillan Park; n Mount Seymour Park; o Murrin Park; p Peace Arch Park; q Porteau Cove Park; r Rathtrevor Beach Park; s Sasquatch Park; t Shannon Falls Park; u Skaha Bluffs Park; v Stawamus Chief Park, including the Stawamus Chief Protected Area; minor shoot means commercial film production with no disturbance of the users or natural resources of a park, conservancy or recreation area; non-profit organization means a club or association that is a society as defined in the Societies Act or a school board incorporated under the School Act , in which the use or activity undertaken is a of demonstrable benefit to the whole community, and b consistent with the approved objectives of the park, conservancy or recreation area; satellite facility means a facility with one permanent structure, excluding pit toilets, that is used for temporary accommodation, storage of supplies or fuel, or as an emergency shelter or an improved helicopter landing site; structure means any building or permanent improvement constructed, placed or established on Park Act lands, excluding pit toilets; tent/spike camp means a site with no permanent improvements or structures used on a non-exclusive basis for temporary tenting accommodation or the storage of supplies; trapping cabin means a cabin used for shelter and for storage of trapping supplies on a periodic but temporary basis in conjunction with the operation of a trapline. Schedules L and M Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 62/99, s. 4.] [Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Park Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 344, s. 29.] Contents 180_90_00 Divisions 1 to 9 180_90_01 Schedule A 180_90_02 Schedule B 180_90_03 Schedule C 180_90_04 Schedules D to M 180_90_05