Title
Proposed Bylaw 2022-10 Text Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 2017-18 Section 4.1.2(c) for site specific discretionary use (Storage, Warehousing and Distribution, Outdoor) within AGG-Agricultural General District
Proposed Motions
1. That Bylaw 2022-10 receive first reading.
2. That a Public Hearing be scheduled on October 11, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. in Council Chambers to hear public comment on Bylaw 2022-10.
Body
Administration Recommendation
Administration supports the proposed amendment and recommends that Council give first reading to Bylaw 2022-10, and set a Public Hearing for October 11, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. to hear public comment on Bylaw 2022-10.
Purpose
To amend the Land Use Bylaw 2017-18 to add a site specific use in the AGG-Agricultural General District, being Storage, Warehousing and Distribution, Outdoor as a discretionary use only on a parcel legally described as Plan 167MC Lot 3.
Summary
Administration finds the application to be in line with the future intent for this area as established within the Municipal Development Plan and the Acheson Industrial Area Structure Plan and is in line with the Strategic Economic Development pillar of the Parkland County Strategic Plan 2022-2025.
Proposed Bylaw 2022-10 is a Land Use Bylaw text amendment to allow for the future development of a Storage, Warehouse and Distribution, Outdoor business to occur on Plan 167MC Lot 3. This use in not listed in the AGG-Agricultural General District and as such, the applicant is proposing a site specific LUB amendment to allow for this type of development, specifically on the subject parcel. This would allow for a future development permit to be issued for Storage, Warehousing and Distribution, Outdoor, without the requirement to redistrict the lands to an Industrial District, which would require connection to municipal services. Policy within the MDP and Acheson Industrial ASP require redistricting and servicing to carry out industrial and commercial development on the subject lands, however, administration recognizes the subject lands present challenges to viable municipal servicing in the short term, and perhaps long-term, and are geographically isolated from current development in Acheson. Administration supports the site specific amendment.
Administration supports the site specific amendment for the subject lands because it allows for the intermediate use of these lands for a limited scale development without negatively impacting the long term potential development of the area.
Strategic Plan/Policy/Legal/Staff Implications
The proposed amendment is consistent with goals of the Municipal Development Plan No. 2017-14, the Acheson Industrial Area Structure Plan No. 2020-13 and the Parkland County 2022-2025 Strategic Plan.
Financial Impact
Cost: $0
Source of Funding: Private Development