Bylaw 23-020 - Development Authority

Lethbridge County, Alberta

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## LETHBRIDGE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ## IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA BY-LAW NO. 23-020 BEING a bylaw of the Lethbridge County in the Province of Alberta to establish a municipal Development Authority; AND WHEREAS the Municipal Government Act, Chapter M-26, RSA 2000, as amended from time to time, requires the municipality to adopt a bylaw to establish a Development Authority; AND WHEREAS the Development Authority is authorized to make decisions on applications for development approval in accordance with the administrative procedures, land uses and schedules established in the municipal land use bylaw; AND WHEREAS this bylaw may be cited as the Lethbridge County Development Authority Bylaw; NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Lethbridge County in the Province of Alberta duly assembled; enacts as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS: 2. (a) Act means the Municipal Government Act, Chapter M-26, RSA 2000 as amended from time to time. 3. (b) Authorized persons means a person or organization authorized by the council to which the municipality may delegate any of its Development Authority powers, duties or functions. 4. (c) Council means the Municipal Council of the Lethbridge County. 5. (d) Development Authority means the person or persons appointed, by bylaw, to exercise only such powers and perform duties as are specified: 6. (i) in the Act; or 7. (ii) in the Lethbridge County Land Use Bylaw; or 8. (ili) in this bylaw; or 9. (iv) by resolution of council. 10. (e) Municipality means the Lethbridge County in the Province of Alberta. 11. (f) All other terms used in this bylaw shall have the meaning as is assigned to them in the Municipal Government Act, as amended from time to time. 2. For the purpose of this bylaw, the Development Authority for the municipality shall be the authorized persons, being the Development Planner and the Supervisor of Planning and Development. 3. The Development Authority shall exercise the powers in the land use bylaw, statutory plans, and other duties directed by council. 4. This bylaw hereby repeals Bylaw No. 1392. 5. This bylaw comes into effect upon the third and final reading thereof. <!-- image --> GIVEN first reading this 1 day of Septemb - 2023. Reeve but <!-- image --> <!-- image --> <!-- image --> <!-- image --> GIVEN second reading this I day of September , 2023. Reeve it Call hief Administrative Officer GIVEN third reading this 7\_ day of Septembe , 2023. 'met Administrative Officer