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Moratorium prohibiting new Development Permits for "Natural Resource Extraction/Processing" applications for any lands mapped as Environmentally Sensitive Area's (ESA's) within the County's 2014 Environmental Conservation Master Plan.
...Proposed Motion(s)
1. That effective 11:59 am, June 10, 2014 Parkland County prohibits accepting applications for new Development Permits for Natural Resource Extraction/Processing operations or expansions (as may be considered under Section 12.12 of Land Use Bylaw No. 20-2009) that are situated fully or partially on any titled lands within Environmentally Sensitive Areas identified in the maps of the 2014 Parkland County Environmental Conservation Master Plan as accepted by Council. This Moratorium shall remain in effect until 11:59 pm, December 31, 2015, or an earlier date if so decided by Council.
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Purpose
To allow appropriate time for Council and Administration to review and adopt Statutory Plans and/or Regulations prior to accepting new Development Permits for "Natural Resources Extraction/Processing" applications on lands mapped as ESA's in the 2014 Parkland County Environmental Conservation Master Plan as accepted approved by Council.
The proposed moratorium would be specific to applications listed under Land Use Bylaw (Bylaw 20-2009) as Natural Resource Extraction/Processing and defined as:
" the removal, extraction and primary processing of raw materials. Typical resources and raw materials would include oil and gas, peat, sand, silt and gravel, shale, clay, marl, limestone, gypsum other materials precious or semi precious, timber and coal. Typical facilities or uses would include gravel pits (and associated crushing operations), asphaltic processing, sand pits, clay and marl pits, peat extraction, stripping of topsoil, sawmills and related timber/processing."
The moratorium would only effect areas mapped as ESA's in the 2014 Environmental Conservation Master Plan (ECMP) and until December 31, 2015...
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