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## BYLAW NO. +94
## BEING A BYLAW OF THE VILLAGE OF HINES CREEK IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Village of Hines Creek in the Province of Aiberta has a Municipal Development Plan adopted by Bylaw No. 481 on December 8. 1998;
WHEREAS, the Village of Hines Creek in the Province of Alberta has Land-Use Bylaw o. 482 adopted on December 8, 1998, and further amended by Bylaw No. 493 ccordance with the Farming Practices Protection Statutes Amendment Ac
Protection Statutes Amendment Act
VOW THEREFORE, COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF HINES CREEK, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, DULLY ASSEMBLED AND HEREBY ENACTS THE FOLLOWING:
- That Sections 4.2 - Policy Statements - of the Municipal Development Plan be amended by adding Subsections 6 to 11 inclusive to the end of existing Section 4.2; Subsections 6 to 11 shall read as follows:
- The Village of Hines Creek has been, and will continue to be, an agricultural service centre for the surrounding Region, and it shall be the policy of the Village to provide services and facilities to support the agricultural industry in the Region.
- 7 Over the long-term future, the Municipal Development Plan envisions eventual conversion of the existing agricultural use of land to urban land uses and development. However, good agricultural land and existing farming operations within the Village shali be protected for as long as possible, until they are required for conversion to urban development.
- 8 he Village shall ensure an orderly progression and staging c evelopment in order to prevent premature land development ar to avoid potential conflicts with the existing agricultural
- 9 Extensive agricultural land uses such as field crops may be allowed in the designated Future Development Areas but intensive agricultural operations including intensive livestock operations shall not be permitted.
- 10 The Village shall promote compatibility between the urban land uses within the village and the agricultural operations within the Municipal District of Clear Hills No. 21 in the vicinity of the Village boundaries. The village shall utilize the mechanisms available to achieve such compatibility such as buffers between urban land uses and adjacent farming operations, policies and landuse designations in inter-municipal development plans, comments on development applications and general communications with the Municipal District of Clear Hills No. 21.
- 11 The Municipal Development Plan acknowledges that, from time to time, there may be adverse effects of farm operations that may be objectionable to some adjacent residents with regard to, for example, odours, application of fertilizers, slow moving tractors, late-evening operations in summer, smoke, and movement of farm
2. That Section 5 - IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING of the Municipal Development Plan be amended by adding, to the end of the
existing Municipal Development Plan, Section 5.6 - Notification 10 Landowners Adjacent to Agricultural Operations that shall read as follows:
In accordance with Farming Practices Protections Statutes Amendment Act, the Village will utilize a variety of means to notify residents and owners situated adjacent to farming operations located within and adjacent to the Village limits.
Methods of notification may include any or all of the following:
1. Official notifications on development, land use bylaw amendment applications and development permit applications, where applicable.
2. Pamphlets, circulars, special notices in tax notice mailings, newsletters, local newspapers, radio and television stations, and municipal websites.
3. Special notices to persons who have been issued a residential development permit.
4. Municipality.
5. Periodic publications.
6. nd Rural Development, pu and Run that are senated wishin or a direory of titlera
7. resentations of materials at annual ratepayer meeting
8. onsidering posting of signs on, or adjacent to, the lands ‹ agricultural operations.
9. Other means of notice as deemed appropriate.
3. That Bylaw No. 494 shall come into effect upon the passing of the third and final reading of the resolution by Council.
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First Reading given on the 28 \_ day of. Augue , 2001.
Saves
Ann Zavisha, Mayor
Grace Zavisha, Municipal Manager
Second Reading given on the
day of September.
, 2001.
Ann Zavisha, Mayor
Third Reading and Assent given on the/
Grace Zavisha, Municipal Manager
\_ day of September, 2001.
Ann Zazisha, Mayor
Grace Zavisha, Manicipal Manager
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