Title
Bylaw No. 2015-02
Proposed Amendment to Land Use Bylaw No. 20-2009 to redistrict Pt. N.E. 31-51-07-W5M (Linc. No. 0022432397) from the ANC - Agricultural / Nature Conservation District to the AGG - Agricultural General District on Land Use District Map 3.
Proposed Motion(s)
1. That Bylaw No. 2015-02 receive first reading; and
2. That a Public Hearing be scheduled for February 24, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Council Chambers to hear public comment on proposed Bylaw No. 2015-02.
Body
Administration Recommendation(s)
Administration supports the proposed Bylaw No. 2015-02 as presented.
Purpose
The Applicant is requesting a Land Use Bylaw amendment to redistrict the subject lands in order to pursue additional subdivision on the quarter section of land.
Further details are provided by the Applicant in the Attachment "Applicant's Letter".
Summary
The subject 100 acres are currently districted within the ANC - Agricultural / Nature Conservation District under the Land Use Bylaw. The ANC District only allows a single residential parcel of a maximum parcel size of 4.05 ha (10.0 ac) from an original quarter section of land. The subject quarter section already has one subdivision of 24.28 ha (60 ac) which is also owned by the Applicants but is districted under the AGG - Agricultural General District. The Applicants wish to reduce the size of the existing subdivided parcel from 60 acres to 10 acres as well as to subdivide two additional residential parcels from the quarter section consistent with the AGG - Agricultural General District. The Applicants note that the recently updated and amended Environmental Conservation Plan as accepted by Council no longer identifies any lands within the quarter section as being within an Environmentally Significant Area. As the current Environmental Conservation Plan no longer identifies the subject lands as being within the Pembina River Valley Environmentally Significant Area, more intensive agricultural activities and related uses s...
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