OPERATIONAL PLANNING REGULATION

PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS

Division 3 - Lakes

B.C. Reg. 107/98 Deposited April 2, 1998
O.C. 0426/98 effective June 15, 1998 (Consolidated to December 12, 2003)

• OPERATIONAL PLANNING REGULATION
  • PART 1 - INTERPRETATION
  • PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION
  • PART 3 - FOREST DEVELOPMENT PLANS
  • PART 4 - LOGGING PLANS
  • PART 4.1 - SITE PLANS
  • PART 5 - SILVICULTURE PRESCRIPTIONS
  • PART 6 - STAND MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTIONS
  • PART 7 - RANGE USE PLANS
  • PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS
    • Division 1 - Streams
    • Division 2 - Wetlands
    • Division 3 - Lakes
  • PART 9 - COMMUNITY WATERSHEDS
  • PART 10 - GREEN-UP
  • PART 10.1 - UNGULATE WINTER RANGE, IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE AND FOREST ECOSYSTEM NETWORK

PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS

Division 3 - Lakes

Riparian classes of lakes

63. A lake has a riparian class of one of the following:

(a) L1 if it is

(i) greater than 5 ha in size, or

(ii) designated by the district manager;

(b) L2 if it is between one ha and 5 ha in size and is in the following biogeoclimatic zones and subzones:

(i) Ponderosa Pine;

(ii) Bunch Grass;

(iii) Interior Douglas-fir, very dry hot, very dry warm or very dry mild;

(iv) Coastal Douglas-fir;

(v) Coastal Western Hemlock very dry maritime, dry maritime or dry submaritime;

(c) L3 if it is between one ha and 5 ha in size and is in a biogeoclimatic zone or subzone other than those referred to in paragraph (b);

(d) L4 if it is

(i) between 0.25 and one ha in size and is in a zone or subzone referred to in paragraph (b) (i), (ii) or (iii), or

(ii) between 0.5 and one ha in size and is in a zone or subzone referred to in paragraph (b) (iv) or (v).

Minimum widths of riparian reserve zones and riparian management zones for lakes

64. (1) A lake with a riparian class of L1 has a riparian reserve zone width of 10 m, unless otherwise specified by the district manager, and a lakeshore management zone of a width established by the district manager.

(2) A lake with a riparian class other than L1 has the following minimum riparian reserve zone and riparian management zone widths:

Riparian Class	Riparian Reserve Zone (m)	Riparian Management Zone (m)	Riparian Management Area (m)
L2	10	20	30
L3	0	30	30
L4	0	30	30

 

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a lake greater than 1 000 ha has no riparian reserve zone.

(4) Despite subsections (1) and (2), for any lake or portion of a lake, the district manager may vary the widths referred to in those subsections.

(5) Despite subsection (3), for a lake referred to in that subsection or a portion of that lake, the district manager may

(a) require a riparian reserve zone, and

(b) specify the width of that zone.

(6) The riparian reserve zone extends the widths specified in subsection (1), (2), (4) or (5) from the edge of

(a) the natural boundary of the lake, or

(b) the wetland that is contiguous to the lake if the wetland is up to 5 ha in size.

(7) The riparian management zone extends from

(a) the outer edge of the riparian reserve zone, or

(b) if there is no riparian reserve zone, the edge of the wetland.