Title
PUBLIC HEARING:
Proposed Bylaw 01-2012, to amend Section 12.12(1)(a) of Land Use Bylaw 20-2009
Recommendation
That Council give Bylaw 01-2012 second reading.
Body
Purpose
To no longer allow extraction within 304.8m (1000 ft) of the boundary of a multi-parcel residential subdivision.
Summary
Parkland County's Land Use Bylaws 19-79 and 8-86 allowed extraction and reclamation as a discretionary use within the Country Residential District and at the time had no requirement for a 304.8m (1000 ft) buffer to a multi-parcel subdivision. The buffer requirement became part of the Land Use Bylaw in 1989 and has formed part of the Land Use Bylaw since then.
Land Use Bylaw Section 12.12(1)(a) currently reads as follows:
"within a multi-parcel residential subdivision or within 304.8 m (1,000.0 ft) of the boundary of a multi-parcel residential subdivision or a row housing development. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, extraction and reclamation only uses and activities (i.e. no washing, crushing, processing, etc.) may be permitted on a discretionary basis within 304.8 m (1,000.0 ft) of the boundary of a multi-parcel residential subdivision or a row housing development;"
At present Parkland County has given approval to 3 gravel pits to extract within the 304m (1000 ft.) buffer adjacent to a multi parcel subdivision.
Administrative Position
Administration does not support the proposed Land Use Bylaw amendment and recommends that Council defeat the Bylaw at second reading.