These properties in the Upper Quadra area (Leaf Hill Green) appear in Saanich’s atlas of Environmental Significant Areas subject to the Environmental Development Permit Area (EDPA) bylaw. While council earlier this year temporarily excluded them from EDPA bylaw, the overall fate of the bylaw remains up in the air. Wolf Depner/News Staff

These properties in the Upper Quadra area (Leaf Hill Green) appear in Saanich’s atlas of Environmental Significant Areas subject to the Environmental Development Permit Area (EDPA) bylaw. While council earlier this year temporarily excluded them from EDPA bylaw, the overall fate of the bylaw remains up in the air. Wolf Depner/News Staff

Council to hold public hearing on EDPA report Oct. 28

Saanich residents will finally get a chance to comment on a long-awaited report into a controversial bylaw designed to protect environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs).

Saanich has scheduled a special council for Saturday, Oct. 28 at Pearkes Recreation Centre Fieldhouse starting at 10 a.m. to consider Diamond Head Consulting’s report into the future of the Environmental Development Permit Area (EDPA) bylaw.

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