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Grand Coulee
Zoning Bylaw
#06-2012
Consolidated 2020
(Bylaw 05-2013, Approved 2013)(01-2016, Approved 2016)(05-2020,
Approved 2020)
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1.0
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1
Authority ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2
Title..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3
Purpose ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.4
Scope................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.5
Severability Provision ...................................................................................................................................... 6
1.6
Interpretation .................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.0
DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.0
ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION DEVELOPMENT OFFICER ...........................................................15
3.1
Development Officer ...................................................................................................................................15
3.2
Council ...........................................................................................................................................................15
3.3
Application for a Development Permit ....................................................................................................16
3.4
Development Not Requiring a Permit ......................................................................................................16
3.5
Concept Plans ..............................................................................................................................................17
3.6
Development Permit Procedure ...............................................................................................................18
3.7
Development Permit Validity .....................................................................................................................20
3.8
Development Permit Application Fees ....................................................................................................21
3.9
Fee for Zoning Amendment Application .................................................................................................22
3.10
Concurrent Processing of Development Permits, Building Permits and Business Licenses .............23
3.11
Referral under the Public Health Act ........................................................................................................23
3.12
Development Appeals Board ....................................................................................................................23
3.13
Minor Variances ............................................................................................................................................24
3.14
Non-Conforming Buildings Uses and Sites ................................................................................................25
3.15
Development Permit - Invalid ....................................................................................................................26
3.16
Cancellation ..................................................................................................................................................26
3.17
Enforcement, Offences, and Penalties ....................................................................................................27
3.18
Stop Work .......................................................................................................................................................27
3.19
Offences and Penalties ...............................................................................................................................27
3.20
Inspection of Premises .................................................................................................................................27
3.21
Bylaw Compliance .......................................................................................................................................28
3.22
Performance Bonds .....................................................................................................................................28
3.23
Liability Insurance .........................................................................................................................................28
3.24
Registering Interests ......................................................................................................................................28
3.25
Moving of Buildings ......................................................................................................................................28
3.26
Demolition of Buildings ................................................................................................................................28
3.27
Temporary Development Permits..............................................................................................................29
3.28
Development Agreements .........................................................................................................................29
3.29
Servicing Agreements .................................................................................................................................29
4.0
GENERAL REGULATIONS ..................................................................................................................................30
4.1
Licenses, Permits, and Compliance with other Bylaws and Legislation ............................................30
4.2
Principal Use Established .............................................................................................................................30
4.3
Multiple Uses ..................................................................................................................................................30
4.4
Uses Permitted in all Zoning Districts ..........................................................................................................31
4.5
Number of Principal Buildings on a Site ....................................................................................................31
4.6
Accessory Buildings, Uses and Structures .................................................................................................31
4.7
Front Yard Reduction ...................................................................................................................................32
4.8
Frontage for Irregular Sites ..........................................................................................................................32
4.9
Swimming Pools ............................................................................................................................................32
4.10
Restoration to a Safe Condition ................................................................................................................33
4.11
Grading and Leveling of Sites ....................................................................................................................33
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4.12
Geotechnical Analysis Required ...............................................................................................................33
4.13
Minimum Ditch Frontage ............................................................................................................................33
4.14
Restrictions on Changes ..............................................................................................................................34
4.15
Height of Buildings ........................................................................................................................................34
4.16
Heritage of Properties ..................................................................................................................................34
4.17
Signage on Natural and Human Heritage Sites .....................................................................................35
4.18
Landscape Buffers ........................................................................................................................................36
4.19
Fence and Hedge Heights .........................................................................................................................37
4.20
Prohibited and Noxious Uses ......................................................................................................................37
4.21
Closings...........................................................................................................................................................38
4.22
Railway Crossings and Sight Distances ....................................................................................................38
4.23
Bare land Condominium Developments .................................................................................................38
4.24
Satellite Dishes ...............................................................................................................................................38
4.25
Communication Towers ..............................................................................................................................39
4.26
Private Garages, Sunrooms, Solariums, and Greenhouses ..................................................................39
4.27
Trailers, Box Cars, Sea and Rail Containers ..............................................................................................39
4.28
Disposal of Wastes ........................................................................................................................................39
4.29
Off Street Parking ..........................................................................................................................................40
4.30
Off Street Loading ........................................................................................................................................41
4.31
Signs ................................................................................................................................................................42
5.0
SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ................................................................44
5.1
Home Occupation (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ...........................................................................44
5.2
Home Based Business (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) .......................................................................45
5.3
Bed & Breakfast Homes ...............................................................................................................................45
5.4
Day Care Centres and Preschools............................................................................................................47
5.5
Residential Care Homes ..............................................................................................................................47
5.6
Garden Suite (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) .....................................................................................48
5.7
Secondary Suites ..........................................................................................................................................48
5.8
Modular Homes ............................................................................................................................................49
5.9
Service Stations and Gas Bars ....................................................................................................................49
5.10
Campgrounds ...............................................................................................................................................49
5.11
Wind Power Turbines and Towers ..............................................................................................................50
5.12
Solar Panels ....................................................................................................................................................50
6.0
ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAPS ........................................................................................................51
6.1
Zoning Districts ...............................................................................................................................................51
6.2
The Zoning District Map ...............................................................................................................................52
6.3
Boundaries of Zoning Districts .....................................................................................................................52
6.4
Holding Designation.....................................................................................................................................52
7.0
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE DWELLING DISTRICT (R1) ..............................................................................................53
7.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................53
7.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................53
7.3
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................54
7.4
Accessory Uses, Buildings, and Structures (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ....................................54
7.5
Outside Storage ............................................................................................................................................55
7.6
Projections in Yards (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ...........................................................................55
7.7
Other Requirements .....................................................................................................................................56
7.8
Discretionary Use Requirements (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ....................................................56
8.0
RESIDENTIAL MULTI-DWELLING DISTRICT (R2) ................................................................................................57
8.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................57
8.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................57
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8.3
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................58
8.4
Accessory Uses, Buildings, and Structures (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ....................................59
8.5
Outside Storage ............................................................................................................................................59
8.6
Projections in Yards (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ...........................................................................59
8.7
Other Requirements .....................................................................................................................................60
8.8
Discretionary Use Requirements (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020) ....................................................61
9.0
COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT (CS) .............................................................................................................61
9.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................61
9.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................62
9.3
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................62
9.4
Other Requirements .....................................................................................................................................64
10.0
NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C1) .............................................................64
10.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................64
10.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................65
10.3
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................65
10.4
Accessory Buildings and Structures ...........................................................................................................66
10.5
Temporary Buildings .....................................................................................................................................66
10.6
Driveways .......................................................................................................................................................66
10.7
Garbage and Storage ................................................................................................................................66
10.8
Other Requirements .....................................................................................................................................66
11.0
GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C2) ........................................................................................................68
11.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................68
11.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................69
11.3
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................69
11.4
Accessory Buildings and Structures ...........................................................................................................70
11.5
Supplementary Regulations .......................................................................................................................70
11.6
Temporary Buildings .....................................................................................................................................71
11.7
Projections into Yards ...................................................................................................................................71
11.8
Driveways .......................................................................................................................................................71
11.9
Fences and Screening ................................................................................................................................71
11.10
Landscaping .............................................................................................................................................72
11.11
Outside Storage and Garbage Collection .........................................................................................72
11.12
Other Requirements .................................................................................................................................72
12.0
BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT (BP) ...........................................................................................................................75
12.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................75
12.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................75
12.3
Prohibited Uses ..............................................................................................................................................76
12.4
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................76
12.5
Accessory Buildings ......................................................................................................................................77
12.6
Supplementary Regulations .......................................................................................................................77
12.7
Temporary Buildings .....................................................................................................................................77
12.8
Driveways .......................................................................................................................................................78
12.9
Fences and Screening ................................................................................................................................78
12.10
Landscaping .............................................................................................................................................78
12.11
Outside Storage and Garbage Collection .........................................................................................79
12.12
Design and Performance Standards ....................................................................................................79
12.13
Other Requirements .................................................................................................................................80
13.0
FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (FUD) ............................................................................................82
13.1
Permitted Uses ...............................................................................................................................................82
13.2
Discretionary Uses .........................................................................................................................................82
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13.3
Site Development Regulations ..................................................................................................................83
13.4
Other Regulations .........................................................................................................................................83
14.0
REPEAL AND ADOPTION ..................................................................................................................................84
14.1
Ministerial Approval......................................................................................................................................84
14.2
Council Readings and Adoption ..............................................................................................................84
15.0
RW - Railway Industrial District (Bylaw 05-2013, Approved 2013) ............................................................85
APPENDIX "A" - Development Permit Application Requirements .......................................................................87
APPENDIX "B" - Notice of Decision for a Development Permit or Zoning Bylaw Amendment .....................91
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1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Authority
Under the authority granted by The Planning and Development Act, 2007 (the Act), the
Council of the Town of Grand Coulee, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in open meeting
hereby enacts as follows.
1.2
Title
This Bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Bylaw" of the Town of Grand
Coulee.
1.3
Purpose
1.3.1
The purposes of this Bylaw are to:
Regulate development in the Town of Grand Coulee so as to provide for the
amenity of the area and for the health, safety and general welfare of the
inhabitants of the Town, and to implement the policies of the Official Community
Plan and the Town's other statutory and non-statutory plans.
1.4
Scope
Development shall hereafter be permitted within the limits of the Town of Grand Coulee only
when in conformity with the provisions of this Bylaw.
1.5
Severability Provision
If any section, clause, or provision of this Bylaw, including anything shown on the Zoning Map,
is for any reason declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall
not affect the validity of the Bylaw in whole or in part, other than the section, clause or
provision, including anything shown on the Zoning Map, so declared to be invalid.
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1.6
Interpretation
1.6.1
Where any provision of this Bylaw appears unclear, Council shall make the final
Bylaw interpretation.
2.0
DEFINITIONS
Wherever the following words or terms are used in the Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 05-
2012 and this Bylaw, they shall have the following definition unless the context provides
otherwise.
Abattoir: A facility for butchering or slaughtering
animals, and to dress, cut, inspect meats, refrigerate, cure
and manufacture by-products.
Accessory: A building or use that:
a) Is subordinate to and serves the principal building or
principal use;
b) Is subordinate in area, mass, extent, and purpose to the
principal building or principal use served;
c) Contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of
occupants of the principal building or assists the
principal use;
d) And Is located on the same site as the principal building or
use
Accessory Building, Large: An accessory
structure exceeding a height of 4.5 meters or having a
floor area of greater than 92 m².
Accessory Dwelling Unit: A second, small, dwelling
on the site of a primary, single-family dwelling that
accommodates one or two family members of the
owner/occupants of the primary residence and is intended
to allow the family to live independently but with the
support nearby of the extended family.
Act: The Planning and Development Act, 2007, Province
of Saskatchewan, as amended from time to time.
Adjacent: Contiguous or would be contiguous if not for
a river, stream, railway, road or utility right-or-way or
reserve land; and any other land identified in this Bylaw as
adjacent land for the purpose of notification.
Aggregate Resource: Mineral materials including
sand, gravel, clay, earth or mineralized rock, including
recycled concrete.
Agricultural: A use of land, buildings or structures for
the purpose of animal husbandry, fallow, field crops,
forestry, market gardening, pasturage, private
greenhouses and includes the growing, packing, treating,
storing and sale of produce produced on the premises and
other similar uses customarily carried on in the field of
general agriculture.
Alteration or Altered: With reference to a building,
structure or site means a change from one major
occupancy class or division to another, or a structural
change such as an addition to the area or height, or the
removal or part of a building, or any change to the
structure such as the construction of, cutting into or
removal of any wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor or
other support, or a change to or closing of any required
means of egress or a change to the fixtures, equipment,
cladding, trim, or any other items regulated by this Bylaw
such as parking and landscaping.
Animal Clinic: A building or part thereof used by a
qualified veterinarian for the treatment of animal health
needs where animals are not kept on the premises for
surgery or kept overnight.
Animal Hospital: The premises of a veterinary
surgeon where small, large domestic animals and
livestock are treated or kept involving surgery and the
keeping of animals in outdoor or indoor pens.
Apartment Block: A building containing three or
more dwelling units as herein defined, each of which is
occupied or intended to be occupied as a permanent
home or residence as distinct from a hotel or rooming
house.
Applicant: A developer or person applying for a
development permit under this Bylaw or for a subdivision
approval to an approving authority under the Act.
Attic: That portion of a building situated wholly or in part
within the roof and which is less than one-half story.
Auto Wrecker: An area where motor vehicles are
disassembled, dismantled or junked, or where vehicles not
in operable condition, or used parts of motor vehicles, are
stored or sold to the general public.
Awning: A structure that is mechanical and fabricated
from plastic, canvas or metal that is spread across a frame
designed to be attached to a wall and hung above a
doorway or window.
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Basement: That portion of a building that is partly or
wholly underground.
Bed and Breakfast: A dwelling unit, licensed as a
tourist home under The Tourist Accommodation
Regulations, 1969, in which overnight accommodation
within the dwelling unit, along with one meal served before
noon, is provided to the traveling public for a charge.
Billboard: A private free standing sign, including
supporting structure, which advertises goods, products,
services, organizations, or facilities that are available from,
located on, or refer to, a site other than the site on which
the sign is located.
Buffer: A strip of land, vegetation or land use that
physically separates two or more different land uses.
Building: A structure constructed on, in, or over land
and used for the shelter or accommodation of persons,
animals, goods, or chattels, and includes any structure
covered by a roof supported by walls or columns.
Building, Accessory (see Accessory
Building)
Building Bylaw: A bylaw of the Town of Grand Coulee
to regulate the erection, alteration, repair, occupancy, or
maintenance of buildings and structures.
Building Permit: A permit, issued under The Building
Bylaw of the Town of Grand Coulee, authorizing the
construction of, or the addition to, any building but does
not include a Development Permit.
Building, Principal: A building in which is conducted
the main or primary use of the site on which said building
is situated.
Building Line, Established: The average distance
from the street line to the main wall of existing buildings on
any side of any block where more than half the frontage of
the block has been built on.
Bulk Fuel Sales and Storage: includes land,
buildings, and structure for the storage and distribution of
fuels and oils including retail sales or key-lock operation.
Business Support Services: Activities intended to
provide administrative, promotional or technical support for
commercial and industrial activities.
Bylaw: The Town of Grand Coulee Zoning Bylaw.
Campground: An area used for a range of overnight
camping experiences, from tenting to serviced trailer sites,
including accessory facilities which support the use, such
as administration offices, laundry facilities and bathrooms,
but not including the use of mobile homes or trailers on a
permanent year-round basis.
Carport: A building or structure or part thereof, where at
least 40% of the area of the perimeter is open and
unobstructed by a wall, door, post or pier and which is
used for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.
Cemetery: A cemetery or columbarium within the
meaning of The Cemeteries Act Chapter C-4,
R.S.S. 1981, as amended from time to time.
Commercial: The use of land, building(s), or
structure(s) for the purpose of buying and selling
commodities, and supplying professional and personal
services for compensation.
Community Facilities: Buildings or facilities used for
recreational, social, educational or cultural activities and
that are owned by a municipal corporation, non-profit
corporation or other non- profit organization.
Compost: Materials used in gardening, agriculture,
landscaping, erosion control, wetland construction, and
landfill cover.
Condominium: Land, buildings, and units, including
private and common property as defined under The
Condominium Property Act.
Conservation: The planning, management and
implementation of an activity with the objective of
protecting the essential physical, chemical and biological
characteristics of the environment.
Contractors Yard: The yard of a contractor or
company, including landscaping materials used as a depot
for the storage and maintenance of equipment used by the
contractor or company, and includes facilities for the
administration or management of the business and the
stockpiling or storage of supplies used in the business.
Convenience Store: A store offering for sale
primarily food products, beverages, personal care items,
hardware and printed matter and which primarily provides
a convenient day-to-day service to residents in the vicinity.
Council: The Council of the Town of Grand Coulee.
Day Care Centre: An establishment providing for the
care, supervision and protection of children (or adults) but
does not include the provision or overnight supervision.
Deck: Any raised floor structure at least 0.3 meters
above the average ground level upon which it is
constructed, either adjacent to a building or free-standing
with stairway, ramp, or similar access.
Development: The carrying out of any building,
engineering, mining, or operations in, on, or over land, or
making of any material change in the use or intensity of
use of any building, or land, and shall include, but not be
limited to, excavating, filling, grading or drainage of land.
Development Officer: An employee of The Town
appointed by the Administrator to act as a Development
Officer to administer this Bylaw.
Demolition Permit: A permit issued for the removal or
dismantling of a building or structure with the Town's
boundaries as prescribed under Section 13 of The Uniform
Building and Accessibility Standards Act.
Development Permit: A document issued by the
Council of the Town of Grand Coulee that authorizes
development pursuant to this Bylaw, but does not include
a building permit.
Directional Signage: Signage located off-site
providing direction to, and information about, a specific
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enterprise or activity which does not contain general
advertising.
Discretionary Use: Uses or development of land,
buildings, or other structures that may be permitted in a
zoning district only at the discretion of Council and which
conforms to all discretionary use regulations and other
regulations applicable to the district in which the use is
located.
Dwelling: A building or part of a building intended for
residential occupancy.
Dwelling Unit: One or more habitable rooms used, or
fully capable of being used as a residence, where each
unit provides sleeping, cooking, and toilet facilities.
Dwelling, Duplex: A building divided horizontally into
two (2) dwelling units.
Dwelling Group: A group of single-detached, semi-
detached, or multiple unit dwellings clustered on one lot or
site, built as one development.
Dwelling, Multiple Unit: A building containing three
or more dwelling units and shall include condominiums,
townhouses, row houses, and apartments as distinct from
a rooming house, hotel, or motel.
Dwelling, Semi-Detached: A building divided
vertically into two (2) dwelling units by a common wall
extending from the base of the foundation to the roofline.
Dwelling, Single-Detached: A building containing
only one dwelling unit, as herein defined.
Dwelling, Town House: A dwelling, designed as
one cohesive building in terms of architectural design,
which contains three (3) or more similar attached dwelling
units each of which fronts on a street, has direct access to
the outside at grade and is not wholly or partly above
another dwelling.
Educational Institution: An establishment dedicated
for the purpose of providing education and instruction in
any branch of knowledge.
Existing: In place, or taking place, or with all approvals
and permits in place on the date of the adoption of this
Bylaw.
Farm Building/Yard: Improvements such as barns,
granaries, etc used in connection with the growing and
sale of trees, shrubs and sod or the raising or production
of crops, livestock or poultry, fur production, bee keeping
and situated on a parcel of land used for the farm
operation.
Fill (Clean Fill): Soil, rock, rubble, or other Town-
approved, non-regulated waste that is transported and
placed on the existing, usually natural, ground surface.
Flanking: Means to the side of a lot, parcel or site
Flood: A temporary rise in the water level that results in
the inundation of areas not ordinarily covered by water.
Floor Area: The maximum area contained within the
outside walls of a building, excluding in the case of a
dwelling, any private garage, porch, veranda, open deck,
unfinished attic, or unfinished basement or cellar.
Free Standing Sign: A sign, except a billboard,
independently supported and visibly separated from a
building or other structure and permanently fixed to the
ground.
Frontage (Lot Frontage): The distance across the
street side of a lot (a lot must front on a street), between
the points where the side lines of the lot meet the street
right of way or boulevard; or, where a lot is irregular in
shape and is narrowest at the front street end, the width of
the lot shall be measured parallel to the street line at the
centre of the front lot line, and at a setback from the front
lot line no greater than the minimum permitted building
setback.
Garage, Private: A building or part of a building used
for or intended to be used for the storage of motor vehicles
and wherein neither servicing nor repairing of such
vehicles are carried on for remuneration.
Garage, Public: A building or place where motor
vehicles are stored or repaired for remuneration but does
not include car washing establishments, an auto sales lot
or an automobile service station.
Gas Bar: A building or place where fuel and automotive
fluids are sold and may be added to a vehicle on the
property, and which may have a convenience store and/or
restaurant.
Grade: The average elevation of the natural ground
level at the walls of a building or structure as determined
by the elevation of the four outside corners of the building.
Greenhouse, Commercial: A building for the
growing of flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and similar
vegetation that are not necessarily transplanted outdoors
on the same site, but are sold directly at wholesale or retail
from the site.
Greenhouse, Private: A building for the growing of
flowers, plant, shrubs, trees and similar vegetation that are
transplanted outdoors on the same site containing such
greenhouse(s), and where greenhouse products may not
be offered for sale.
Greenways: A linear park which may accommodate
pathways principally for foot traffic and/or bicycles.
Typically, greenways are planned along creeks or streams
and managed as natural environments, or bikeways along
landscaped roads.
Hazardous Industry/Substance: A substance
that, because of its quality, concentration or physical,
chemical or infectious characteristics, either individually or
in combination with other substances on the site is an
existing or potential threat to the physical environment, to
human health or other living organisms.
Hazard(ous) Land: Land having inherent
environmental hazards; land subject to flooding, earth
movement, or slope instability, land with poor natural
drainage, ground water seepage, erosion, steep slopes,
rock formations, or other similar features.
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Health Service Facility (Health Clinic): A
building or part thereof used by qualified health service
practitioners for the treatment of human health needs.
Height of the Sign: The vertical distance measured
from the highest point of the sign to grade level at the
centre of the sign.
Heritage Resource: The history, culture and
historical resources of an area and its residents.
Highway Commercial: Commercial activities
normally located along highways, major roadways and in
other locations considered strategic by the type of
business involved serving the needs of local residents and
the traveling public.
Highway Sign Corridor: A strip of land parallel and
adjacent to a provincial highway; where private signs may
be permitted to advertise goods and services of local area
businesses and attractions, as provided by regulations of
the Department of Highways entitled "The Erection of
Signs Adjacent to Provincial Highway Regulations, 1986",
as may be amended from time to time.
Home Based Business: An accessory use of a
dwelling unit by a resident of the dwelling for a business
which is secondary and incidental to the primary use of the
dwelling as a residence and does not change the
residential character of the buildings or site. (Bylaw 05-
2020, Approved 2020)
Home Occupation: An occupation conducted
exclusively by the occupants of a residential building and
which is clearly secondary to the residential use of the
dwelling and does not change the building's exterior
character. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
Hotel: A building or structure or part of a building or
structure in which sleeping accommodation with or without
meals is provided for tourists or travelers, and where a
guest register or record is kept, but does not include a
motel or rooming house.
Industrial Use: The use of land, buildings or structures
for the manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabrication,
warehousing or storage of goods and materials.
Industrial Park: An area of land set aside for industrial
development, usually located close to transport facilities,
especially where more than transport mode coincides, i.e.
highways, railroads, airports.
Infill Development: Re-development within existing
areas or neighborhoods.
Institutional Use: The use of land, buildings, or
structures for religious, charitable, educational, health or
welfare purposes and includes churches, public or private
schools, nursery schools, hospitals, and special care
Kennel, Boarding: The temporary accommodation of
more than four dogs, cats or other domestic animals for
commercial purposes.
Kennel, Breeding: The keeping of domestic animals,
male and female, and which are more than 12 months old,
for breeding purposes.
Kennel, Enclosure: An accessory building or
enclosure intended to house one of more domestic
animals.
Landfill: A specially engineered site for disposing of
solid waste on land, constructed so that it will reduce
hazard to public health and safety.
Landscaped Area: An area not built upon and not
used for any purpose other than as an open space that
may include grass, shrubs, flowers, trees, and similar
types of vegetation and may contain paths, walks, patios,
fences and similar outdoor amenities, but does not include
parking areas, parking lots, driveways or ramps.
Land Use Map: A comprehensive document compiled
by a local government that identifies goals and strategies
for future development or preservation of land. In its
projections, the map specifies certain areas for residential
growth and others for agriculture, industry, commercial
and conservation.
Land Use Zoning District: Divisions identified in the
Zoning Bylaw establishing permitted and discretionary
uses of land or buildings with attendant regulations.
Lane: A secondary public thoroughfare intended
primarily to give access to the rear or side of the abutting
property.
Large Scale Commercial/Industrial:
Commercial or Industrial land uses maintaining a lineal
frontage in excess of 90 meters.
Livestock: Domesticated animals used primarily as
beasts of burden or for the production of fur, hides, meat,
milk, eggs or other product, or as breeding stock, but
excluding companion animals.
Lot: An area of land with fixed boundaries on record with
the Information Services Corporation (ISC) by Certificate
of Title. For the purposes of this Bylaw the terms "lot" and
"site" shall be deemed not to mean the same.
Lounge: A room or area adjoining a restaurant set aside
for the sale of beverage alcohol for consumption on the
premises, with or without food, and where no area has
been set aside for dancing or entertainment, either in the
lounge or in the adjoining restaurant. The area of a lounge
may not exceed 50% or the public assembly area in the
adjoining restaurant.
Manufacturing Establishment: A firm or business
engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation of
materials or substances into new products including the
assembling of components parts, the manufacturing of
products and the blending of materials.
Mayor: The Mayor of the Town of Grand Coulee.
Minister: The member of the Executive Council to whom
for the time being is assigned the administration of the Act.
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Mobile Home: A trailer coach that may be used as a
dwelling all year round; has water faucets and shower or
other bathing facilities that may be connected to a water
distribution system; has facilities for washing and a water
closet or other similar facility that may be connected to a
sewage system; and that conforms to the Canadian
Standards Association Standard No. Z240.
Mobile Home Park: A site under single management
for the placement of two or more mobile homes and shall
include all accessory buildings necessary to the operation
but does not include an industrial or construction camp or
tourist campsite. For the purpose of this Bylaw the terms
mobile home park and mobile home court shall be deemed
to mean the same.
Mobile Home Subdivision: Any subdivision of land
and the development thereof for the purpose of
accommodating mobile homes in such a manner that each
home is situated on its own site, which shall contain a
minimum site area of 465 m ² and in which all such sites,
public open spaces, internal streets and lanes, buffer
zones and other amenity areas form a contiguous area of
development.
Mobile Home Site: An area of land in a mobile home
park that is intended to be occupied by one mobile home
and for exclusive use of its occupants with access to a
driveway or a public street.
Manufactured (Modular) Home: A residential
dwelling that is constructed off site in a yard or factory, in
one or more sections, transported to a site for permanent
installation on a permanent foundation (may have a
basement), having architectural features similar to
permanent residential dwellings built on site in the Town,
and conforming to Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
Standard A277.
Manufactured Home Community
(Subdivision): Any subdivision of land and the
development thereof for the purpose of accommodating
modular homes in such a manner that each home is
situated on its own site, which shall contain a minimum
site area of 465 m², and in which all sites, public open
space, internal streets, buffer zones, and other amenity
areas form a contiguous area of development.
Marquee: A roof-like structure of a permanent nature
which projects from the wall of a building that is
independently supported by a system of columns or piers
without walls over an entrance to a building.
Motel or Motor Hotel: A building or buildings
consisting of a number of individual rental units, intended
for the use of the traveling public, each containing at least
a bedroom and bathroom, and each having convenient
access to a parking space for the use of the occupants of
the units and may or may not provide food service.
Municipality: The Town of Grand Coulee.
Municipal Reserve: Dedicated lands that are
provided to a municipality for public use, or that were
dedicated as public reserve and transferred to a
municipality pursuant to Sections 181 to 193 inclusive of
the Act.
Museum: An institution that is established for the
purpose of acquiring, conserving, studying, interpreting,
assembling and exhibiting to the public for its instruction
and enjoyment, a collection or artifacts of historical
interest.
Natural Areas: An area relatively undisturbed by
human activities and characterized by indigenous species
including remnant or self-sustaining areas with native
vegetation, water, or natural features.
Non-Conforming Use: Any use of land, building or
structure lawfully existing or under construction where
permits have been issued at the time of the passing of this
Bylaw, the use of which does not comply with all the
regulations of this Bylaw governing the Zoning District in
which it is located.
Noxious Use or Condition: Any use or facility that
causes or produces harmful or hazardous noise, vapours,
smoke, dust (particles suspended in or transported by air),
vibrations, electrical or electromagnetic fields, glare, or
light.
Office or Office Building: A building or part of a
building used primarily for conducting the affairs of a
business, profession, service, industry or government in
which no goods or commodities of business or trade are
stored, trans-shipped, sold or processed.
Official Community Plan (OCP): The Town of
Grand Coulee Official Community Plan, Bylaw 05-2012.
Open Space: Passive and structure leisure and
recreation areas that enhance the aesthetic quality and
conserve the environment of the community, including
parks, recreation and tourism nodes, and natural areas.
Parking Lot: An open area, other than a street, used for
the temporary parking of more than four vehicles and
available for public or private use.
Parking Space: A space within a building or parking
lot for the parking of one (1) motor vehicle including
convenient access to a public lane or street and shall be
not less than 3 meters wide and 5.5 meters in length.
Pasture: A site that is used for the raising and feeding of
livestock by grazing.
Patio: Any hard surface or floor structure less than 0.3
meters above the average ground level upon which it is
constructed.
Permitted Use: The use of land, buildings, or other
structures that shall be permitted in a Zoning District
where all requirements of this Zoning Bylaw are met.
Person: A "person" shall apply to an individual,
association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, or agent,
and their heirs, executors, or other legal representatives of
a person to whom the same can apply according to the
law.
Personal Service Trades: A building or part of a
building in which persons are employed in furnishing
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services and administering to customer's personal and or
grooming needs, but does not include the provision of
health related services.
Places of Worship: A building set aside by any
religious organization for public worship. Typical uses
include churches, chapels, mosques, temples,
synagogues and parish halls.
Pond: Any constructed containment of water for the
purpose of landscape enhancement, keeping ornamental
fish or aquatic plants, or for other similar purposes, but not
a swimming pool.
Principal Use: The main or primary activity, for which a
site or its buildings are designed, arranged, developed or
intended, or for which is occupied or maintained.
Public Utility: A system, work, plant, equipment, or
service, whether owned or operated by the Municipality, or
by a corporation under Federal or Provincial statute, that
furnishes any of the following services and facilities to, or
for the use of, the inhabitants of Grand Coulee:
a)
Communication by way of telephone lines, optical cable,
microwave, and cable;
b)
Television services;
c)
Delivery of water, natural gas, and electricity;
d)
Public transportation by bus, rail, or other vehicle production,
transmission;
e)
Collection and disposal of sewage, garbage, and other
wastes; and
Fire and Police Services.
Public Works: A facility as defined under the Act.
Real-Estate Signage: Signage directly associated
with the sale of a property on which it is located and which
maintains a gross surface area of less than 1m².
Recreational Uses: The use of land for parks,
playgrounds, tennis courts, lawn bowling greens, indoor
and outdoor skating rinks and curling rinks, athletic fields,
golf courses, picnic areas, swimming pools, day camps,
community centres and all similar uses, together with the
necessary and accessory building sand structures; but
does not include the racing of animals or motorized
vehicles.
Residential: The use of land, buildings, or structures for
human habitation.
Retail Shop (Store): A building or part thereof, or a
place, where goods, wares, merchandise, substances, or
articles are offered or kept for sale or rent, and may
include servicing and the manufacture of products on site
for sale on the site so long as the gross floor area used for
manufacturing does not exceed 25% of the gross floor
area of the retail store.
Recycling and Collection
Depot(Community): A building or structure intended
to accommodate the collection, sorting, processing and
temporary storage of recyclable household materials such
as bottles , cans, plastic containers, paper and paint that
would otherwise be considered waste. These types of
uses do not include any outdoor processing or storage.
Redevelopment (see infill development)
Residential Care Facility: A licensed or approved
group care home governed by Provincial regulations that
provide, in a residential setting, 24 hour care of persons in
need of personal services, supervision or assistance
essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for
the protection of the individual.
Restaurant: A building or part of a building wherein
food is prepared and offered for sale to the public primarily
for consumption within the building. Limited facilities may
be permitted to provide for a take-out food function
provided such facility is clearly secondary to the primary
restaurant use.
Right-Of-Way: The land set aside for use as a
roadway or utility corridor. Rights of way are purchased
prior to the construction of a new road or utility line, and
usually enough extra land is purchased for the purpose of
providing mitigative features. Sometimes road rights of
way are left vacant after the initial roadway facility is
constructed to allow for future expansion.
Rooming House: A building which contains a room or
rooms for accommodation other than a dwelling unit or
other form of accommodation defined elsewhere in this
Bylaw, with sleeping facilities but without private toilet
facilities.
Satellite Dish: A parabolic antenna utilized for the
reception of satellite transmitted television or radio waves.
Salvage Yard (Wrecking): A parcel of land where
second-hand, discarded or scrap materials are bought,
sold, exchanged, stored, processed or handled. Materials
include scrap iron, structural steel, rages, rubber tires,
discarded goods, equipment, appliances or machinery.
School: An educational facility under the jurisdiction of a
Board of Education, a college, university, or any other
school established and maintained either wholly or
partially at public expense, whether or not the same is a
boarding school and includes any dormitory building
accessory to such school.
Secondary Suite: a self-contained dwelling unit which
is an accessory use to, and located within, a detached
building in which the principal use is a one unit dwelling.
Service Station: A site used for the retail sale of
lubricating oils and gasoline, automobile accessories, and
for the servicing and repairing of motor vehicles essential
to the operation of a motor vehicle; but does not include an
auto body or painting shop, car sales lot, or a car washing
establishment.
Setback: The distance required to obtain the front yard,
rear yard or side yard provisions of this Bylaw.
Should, Shall or May;
Shall is an operative word which means the action is obligatory.
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Should is an operative word which means that in order to achieve
plan objectives, it is strongly advised that the action be taken.
May is an operative word meaning a choice is available, with no
particular direction or guidance intended.
Sign: Any device, letter, symbol, emblem or picture, that
is affixed to or represented directly or indirectly upon a
building, structure, or a piece of land and that identifies or
advertises any object, product, place, activity, person,
organization, or business in such a way as to be visible to
the public on any street, thoroughfare, or any other public
place.
Site: An area of land, consisting of one or more lots
consolidated under a single certificate of title, considered
as a unit devoted to a certain use or occupied by a
building or a permitted group of buildings, and the
customary accessories and open spaces belonging to the
same.
Site Area: The total horizontal area within the site lines
of a site.
Site, Corner: A site at the intersection of two or more
public streets, or upon two parts of the same street, the
adjacent sides of which street or streets (or, in the case of
a curved corner, the tangents at the street extremities of
the side site lines) contain an angle of not more than one
hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees. In the case of a
curved corner, the corner of the site shall be that point on
the street at the point of intersection of the said tangents.
Site Coverage: The percentage of the site area
covered by all the buildings above the ground level.
Site Depth: The horizontal distance between the front
site and rear site lines, but where the front and rear site
lines are not parallel the site depth is the length of a line
joining the midpoint of such site lines.
Site Line: Any boundary of a site.
Site Line, Front: The line separating the site from the
street; for a corner site, the shorter line abutting a street;
but in the case of a corner site with two street lines of
equal length, the front site line shall be designated by
predetermined building lines.
Site Plan: A plan showing the location of existing and
proposed buildings on a site in relationship to the site
lines.
Site Line, Rear: The site line at the rear of the site,
opposite the front site line.
Site Line, Side: A site line other than a front or rear site
line.
Site, Through: A site other than a corner site, having
separate frontages on two streets. The front site line of a
through site shall be determined by predetermined building
lines.
Site, Width: The horizontal distance between the side
boundaries of the site measured at a distance from the
front lot line equal to the minimum front yard required for
the district in which the site is located.
Small Scale Commercial: Commercial or
Industrial land uses maintaining a lineal frontage of less
than 90 meters.
Special Care Facility (Home): An institutionalized
nursing home, supervisory care home, sheltered care
home or other facility used for the purpose of providing
supervisory care, personal care, and nursing care.
Special Needs Housing: Multiple unit dwellings or
dwelling groups operated by a non-profit corporation or
public authority and used exclusively for the domestic
habitation of senior citizens, disabled persons, occupants
of subsidized housing, or the cohabitant spouse and
children of persons noted above.
Storey: That portion of a building, other than an attic or
basement, between the upper surface of any floor and the
upper surface of the floor next above.
Storey, One-Half: That portion of a building situated
wholly or in part within the roof and in which there is
sufficient space to provide a height between finished floor
and finished ceiling of between 1.5 meters and 2.3 meters
over a floor area which is not less than one-third nor more
than two-thirds of the floor area of the story next below.
Stakeholders: Individuals, groups or organizations who
have a specific interest or "stake" in a particular need,
issue situation or project and may include members of the
local community residents, community groups or local,
provincial and federal governments.
Street: The whole and entire width of every highway,
public road, or road allowance vested in Her Majesty in the
right of the Province of Saskatchewan and shown as such
on a plan of survey registered in the Information's Services
Corporation (ISC).
Structure: Anything that is built, constructed or erected
that is located on the ground or attached to something
located on, or in the ground.
Subdivision: A division of land, and includes a division
of a quarter section into legal subdivision as described in
the regulations made pursuant to The Land Surveys Act,
2000.
Swimming Pool: Any body of water permanently
located outdoors or indoors, contained by artificial means
and used and maintained for the purpose of swimming,
wading, or diving and having a depth of 0.6 meters or
more at any point.
Tavern: an establishment, or portion thereof, where the
primary business is the sale of beverage alcohol for
consumption on the premises, with or without food, and
where no live entertainment or dance floor is permitted.
(Tele)communication Facility: A structure
situated on a non-residential site that is intended for
transmitting or receiving television, radio or cellular
communications, excluding those used exclusively for
dispatch communications.
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Temporary Signage: A sign which is not
permanently installed or affixed in position, advertising a
product or activity on a limited basis.
Tourist Campground: An area of land, managed as
a unit, providing short-term accommodation for tents,
camping trailers, motor homes and campers, including
accessory facilities such as administration offices and
laundry faculties.
Trailer (Camping), Motor Home: Any vehicle
designed, constructed or reconstructed in such a manner
as will permit occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place
for one or more persons, notwithstanding that its running
gear is removed or jacked up, is used or constructed in
such a way as to enable it to be used as a conveyance
upon public streets or highways, and includes self-
propelled and non-self-propelled vehicles.
Trucking Firm Establishment: The use of land,
buildings or structures for the purpose of storing, servicing,
repairing, or loading trucks, transport trailers and/or buses,
but does not include an automobile service station,
transportation sales or rental outlets.
Use: The activity or purpose for which any land, building,
structure, or premises, or part thereof is arranged,
designed, or intended, occupied, or maintained.
Used For: Includes "arranged for", "designed for",
"intended for", "maintained for", and "occupied for".
Utility Shed: An accessory building or structure used for
the storage of goods with a maximum floor area of 9.3m².
Veterinary Clinics: A place for the care and
treatment of small animals involving outpatient care and
medical procedures involving hospitalization, but shall not
include the keeping of animals in outdoor pens.
Town: The Town of Grand Coulee.
Town Administrator: The Administrator of the Town
of Grand Coulee
Warehouse: A building used for the storage and
distribution of wholesale goods and materials.
Waste Disposal Facility, Liquid: A facility to
accommodate any waste which contains animal, mineral
or vegetable matter in solution or suspension, but does not
include a septic system for a single residence or
farmstead, or a manure storage area for an intensive
livestock operation.
Waste Disposal Facility, Solid: A facility or a
temporary storage facility, to accommodate discarded
materials, substances or objects which originated from
residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sources
which are disposed of in municipal or private landfills, but
not including dangerous goods, hazardous waste or
biomedical waste.
Yard: Open, uncovered space open to the sky on the
same site with a building or structure.
Yard, Front: The area between the side site lines and
the front site line to the front building line.
Yard, Rear: The area between the side site lines and
the front site line to the rear building line (corner and
interior).
Yard, Required: The minimum yard required by a
provision of this Bylaw and within which, unless
specifically permitted, no building or structure, or part of a
building or structure shall be erected.
Yard, Side: The area between the front and rear yards
and between the side site line and the side building line.
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3.0 ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
3.1
Development Officer
3.1.1
The Town Administrator of the Town of Grand Coulee shall be the
Development Officer responsible for the administration of this Bylaw
and in their absence by such other employee of the Municipality as
the Council designates from time to time.
3.1.2
The Development Officer shall:
a)
Receive, record, and review Development Permit applications and issue decisions in
consultation with Council, particularly those decisions involving subdivision, discretionary
uses, Development Permit conditions, and development and servicing agreements;
b)
Maintain, for inspection by the public during office hours, a copy of this Bylaw, zoning maps
and amendments, and ensure that copies are available to the public at a reasonable cost;
c)
Make available, for public inspection during office hours, a register of all Development
Permits and subdivision applications and decisions;
d)
Collect development fees, according to the fee schedule established in this Bylaw or any
other Development Fee Bylaw adopted by the Town ;
e)
Perform other duties as determined by Council.
3.1.3
The Development Officer shall be empowered to make a decision, in
consultation with Council, regarding a Development Permit
application for a "Permitted use."
3.2
Council
3.2.1
Council shall make all decisions regarding Discretionary uses,
Development and Servicing Agreements, and Zoning Bylaw
amendments.
3.2.2
Council shall make a recommendation regarding all subdivision
applications circulated to it by Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal
Affairs, prior to a decision being made by the Minister.
3.2.3
Council shall act on discretionary use, rezoning, and subdivision
applications in accordance with the procedures established by the
Act and in accordance with the Official Community Plan.
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3.3
Application for a Development Permit
3.3.1
Unless the proposed development or use is exempt from
Development Permit requirements, before commencing any
principal or accessory use development, including a public utility
use, every developer shall:
a)
Complete and submit a Development Permit application, and (refer to Permit application in
Appendix "A").
b)
Receive a Development Permit for the proposed development.
3.3.2
A Development Permit shall not be issued for any use in
contravention of any of the provisions of this Bylaw and the Official
Community Plan.
3.3.3
Except where a particular development is specifically exempted by
Section 3.4 of this Bylaw, no development or use shall commence
without a Development Permit first being obtained.
3.3.4
A building permit shall not be issued unless a Development Permit,
where required, has also been issued.
3.4
Development Not Requiring a Permit
The following developments shall be exempt from Development Permit
requirements, but shall conform to all other Bylaw requirements (e.g., building
permits, setbacks, environmental and development standards):
3.4.1
Residential Zoning Districts
a)
Buildings and structures under 9.3 m² (100 ft²) in area, which are accessory to a principal,
residential use except where such dwelling is a discretionary use.
b)
The erection of any fence, wall, gate, television antennae, or radio antennae.
c)
Relocation of any residential or accessory building provided development standards are still
met on the site.
3.4.2
Commercial Zoning Districts
a)
Buildings and structures that are accessory to a permitted, principal, commercial use, except
where such use is discretionary.
b)
The erection of any fence or gate.
c)
A temporary building, the sole purpose of which is incidental to the erection or alteration of a
building for which a building permit has been granted.
3.4.3
Accessory Uses
All accessory uses, unless otherwise specified in this Bylaw.
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3.4.4
Official Uses
Uses and buildings undertaken, erected, or operated by the Town of Grand
Coulee (i.e. public utility or municipal facility.)
3.4.5
Internal Alterations
Residential Buildings
a) Internal alterations to a residential building, provided that such alterations do not result in a
change of use or an increase in the number of dwelling units within the building or on the
site;
b) All Other Buildings
c) Internal alterations and maintenance to other buildings, including mechanical or electrical
work, provided that the use, or intensity of use of the building, does not change.
3.4.6
Landscaping
Landscaped areas, driveways and parking lots, provided the natural or
designed drainage pattern of the site and adjacent sites are not adversely
impacted.
3.5
Concept Plans
3.5.1
A Concept Plan shall be completed prior to consideration of an
application by Council by any person proposing to rezone,
subdivide, or re-subdivide land for multi-parcel residential,
commercial or industrial purposes. The purpose of this review is to
identify and address social, environmental, health and economic
issues and to encourage the development of high quality residential,
recreational, commercial, and industrial developments. The scope
and required detail of the Concept Plan will be based on the scale
and location of the proposed development, and address such areas
as the following:
a) Proposed land use(s) for various parts of the area;
b) The effect on adjacent land uses, developments and integration of the natural landscape
regarding the planning and design of the area;
c) The location of, and access to, major transportation routes and utility corridors;
d) The provision of services respecting the planning for future infrastructure within the
Municipality;
e) Sustainable development and environmental management practices regarding surface and
groundwater resources, storm water management, flooding and protection of significant
natural areas;
f)
Appropriate information specific to the particular land use (residential, commercial or
industrial).
3.5.2
The Concept Plan must be prepared in accordance with the overall
goals and objectives of the Official Community Plan. Council shall
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not consider any development application until all required
information has been received. The responsibility for undertaking all
technical investigations and hosting public meetings as required shall
be borne solely by the applicant.
3.6
Development Permit Procedure
Where an application for a Development Permit is made for a permitted use in
conformity with this Bylaw, the Act, and all other Town Bylaws, the Council shall
hereby direct the Development Officer to issue a Development Permit.
3.6.1
Discretionary Use Application
3.6.1.1. Where an application for a Development Permit is made for a
discretionary use, the Development Officer shall advise the
Council as soon as practicable.
3.6.1.2. As soon as practicable after Council is advised that an
application has been made for a Development Permit for a
discretionary use, Council shall consider the application. Prior to
making a decision, Council may refer the application to
whichever Government Agencies, the Corridor Planning District,
or interested groups, as Council may consider appropriate.
Council also may require the application to be reviewed by
planning, engineering, legal, or other professionals, with the cost
of this review to be borne by the applicant.
3.6.1.3. Upon approval of a discretionary use by resolution of Council,
the Development Officer shall issue a Development Permit for
the discretionary use at the location and under such terms and
development standards specified by Council in its resolution.
Council shall instruct the Development Officer to:
a) Issue a Development Permit incorporating any specific development standards set forth by
Council, where the development will comply with the standards of this Bylaw, subject to the
limitations of the Act.
b) Issue a Development Permit incorporating any specific development standards set forth by
Council, where the applicant submits an amended application so that development will
comply with the standards of this Bylaw, subject to the limitations of the Act.
c) Issue a notice of refusal to the applicant, stating the reasons for the refusal, and advising the
applicant of any right of appeal that he/she may have.
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3.6.1.4. A new discretionary use approval is required from Council where
Council has previously approved a discretionary use, or a
specific discretionary intensity of use, and:
a) The use ceased and was replaced by another use,
b) The use ceases for a 12 month period,
c) A building required for the approved use is not started within 6 months or completed within
18 months from the time of issuance,
d) The use is not started within 6 months of completion of the building,
e) A use not requiring construction of a building is not started within 12 months, or
f)
The applicant applies to increase the specifically approved intensity of use.
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3.6.1.5. Where Council has approved a discretionary use for a limited
time as provided in the Bylaw, and that time has expired, that
use of land or use of buildings on that property shall cease until
such time as Council gives a new discretionary use approval
and a new Development Permit is issued.
3.6.2
Development Permit Decision
3.6.2.1. The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision of their
application within 30 days of all required information being
submitted to the Development Officer. The applicant shall be
advised of their right to appeal a decision on a permitted use
application and any terms and conditions attached to a
discretionary use application to the Development Appeals
Board subject to the provisions of the Act.
3.6.2.2. If the proposal conforms to the provisions of this Bylaw, a
Development Permit shall be issued, subject to any
development standards, special regulations, or performance
standards that may be required.
3.6.2.3. Where an approved development is not being developed in
accordance with the provisions of this Bylaw, or with the
standards and conditions specified in the Development Permit,
Council may revoke or suspend the Development Permit. The
Development Permit shall not be reissued or reinstated until all
deficiencies have been corrected.
3.7
Development Permit Validity
3.7.1
A Development Permit is valid for a period of twelve (12) months
unless otherwise stipulated when the permit is issued.
3.7.2
If the development or use authorized by a Development Permit is not
commenced within six (6) months from the date of issuance of the
permit, and completed within eighteen(18) months of its issue, the
permit is deemed void unless an extension has been granted prior to
its expiry.
3.7.3
Where the Development Officer determines that a development is
being carried out in contravention of any condition of a
Development Permit or any provision of this Bylaw, the Development
Officer shall suspend or revoke the Development Permit and notify
the permit holder that the permit is no longer in force.
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3.7.4
Where the Council is satisfied that a development, the permit for
which has been suspended or revoked, will be carried out in
conformity with the conditions of the Permit and the requirements of
this Bylaw the Council may reinstate the Development Permit and
notify the permit holder that the permit is valid and in force.
3.7.5
A sign permit cannot be issued in contravention of any of the
provisions of this Bylaw except as provided in an appeal pursuant to
the Act. The permit shall cease to be valid if the sign has not been
placed, erected, enlarged, changed or structurally altered within
three (3) months of the issuance of the permit.
3.8
Development Permit Application Fees
3.8.1
An applicant for a Development Permit shall pay an application
processing fee in accordance with the Fees and Charges Bylaw
adopted by the Town separately from this Bylaw and amended from
time to time.
3.8.2
There shall be no Development Permit application fee for accessory
buildings to a residential use, sign permits, licenses for home
occupations or other forms of business licenses.
3.8.3
An applicant seeking a discretionary use approval shall pay the
required fee as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw of the Town.
3.8.4
The Development Officer shall direct the applicant for a
discretionary use, or carry out on behalf of the applicant, the
advertisement of the proposed use by posting a notice of the
application at the entrance to the property in question and by
mailing a copy of the notice to the assessed owner of each abutting
property and each assessed owner of property within a 75.0 meter
radius of the proposed development.
3.8.5
The Development Officer shall publish a notice of the application in
accordance with the provisions of the Act, whereby the applicant
shall pay to the Municipality a fee equal to the costs associated with
the public advertisement.
3.8.6
Where a person requests Council to amend the Official Community
Plan, Zoning Bylaw, or other planning bylaw, that person shall pay to
the Municipality a fee equal to the costs associated with the public
advertisement of the proposed amendment, pursuant to the Act.
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3.8.7
Council may undertake any additional public consultations that it
considers desirable respecting a proposed amendment to a
planning bylaw, at its own cost.
3.8.8
The following provisions apply to the advertisement of a
discretionary use application:
3.8.8.1. The Development Officer shall direct the applicant for a
discretionary use to advertise the proposed use by mailing or
delivering a copy of the notice to the assessed owner of each
property within 75 meters of the subject property.
3.8.8.2. In addition, the Development Officer shall publish a notice in a
newspaper that is circulated in the Municipality in accordance
with the provisions of the Act. The applicant shall pay a fee
equal to the costs to the Municipality associated with the public
advertisement.
3.9
Fee for Zoning Amendment Application
3.9.1
When an application is made to Council for an amendment to this
Bylaw, the applicant making the request shall bear the actual cost of
advertising such zoning amendment as permitted by the Act.
Council also may require the applicant to pay all costs incurred in a
professional review of the application and in carrying out a public
hearing.
3.9.2
Council may, by Bylaw, amend or repeal this Bylaw. Prior to
amending this Bylaw, Council shall hold a public hearing in
accordance with the relevant provincial legislation.
3.9.3
An application to amend this Bylaw may be made by any person by
submitting to the Town the prescribed application form, duly
completed and signed, and the fee, as established separately by
Council,
3.9.4
In the case of a rezoning amendment:
a) Plan(s) showing the lands which are the subject of the amendment,
b) Written authorization from the registered owner(s) of the said lands, and
c) A current copy of the Certificate of Title for the said lands.
d) A written statement of the applicant's reason for the application,
e) Any other supporting information which, in the opinion of the Approving Authority, is
necessary to assess the application.
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3.10 Concurrent Processing of Development Permits, Building
Permits and Business Licenses
A Building Permit, where required, shall not be issued unless a Development
Permit has been issued, or is issued concurrently. Nothing in this Bylaw shall
exempt any person from complying with a building Bylaw, or any other Bylaw in
force within The Municipality, or from obtaining any permission required by this, or
any other Bylaw of The Municipality, the Province or the Federal Government.
3.11 Referral under the Public Health Act
The Development Officer shall make available, in addition to plumbing permits
and plan information, a copy of all approved Development Permit applications
involving installation of water and sanitary services, should such information be
requested by provincial officials under The Public Health Act and Regulations.
The developer shall, at their own expense, provide suitable water supply and
sewage disposal facilities for that development acceptable to Council and
meets The Public Health Act and Regulations requirements.
3.12 Development Appeals Board
3.12.1 The Development Appeal Board has the powers given by the Act, to
allow variances to the standards of this Bylaw, including standards
and conditions specified for a permitted use or a discretionary use.
3.12.2 Nothing in this section allows a Development Appeal Board to vary a
refusal to grant a use or an appeal for a use or intensity of use not
permitted in a district.
3.12.3 A Development Appeals Board is hereby appointed in accordance
with Sections 49 and 214 to 218 of the Act. Council shall, by
resolution, adopt a policy specifying:
a) The terms of office,
b) The manner of filling of vacancies to the board,
c) The remuneration and expenses for board members,
d) The provision for appointment of a secretary to the board,
e) The duties of the secretary, and
f)
The remuneration and expenses to be paid for the secretary.
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3.12.4 Council shall, by resolution, appoint a board and secretary to the
board in accordance with the policy.
3.12.5 Should Council enter into an agreement to appoint a District
Development Appeal Board, in conjunction with one or more other
municipalities, to be the Development Appeal Board for the
Municipality; members shall be appointed in accordance with that
agreement, and the Local Development Appeal Board shall cease
to exist.
3.12.6 Right to Appeal
a) Where an application is refused, the Development Officer shall advise the applicant of the
rights of appeal granted by The Act, on Form B.
b) A person who wishes to appeal to the Development Appeal Board shall, within 30 days of
receiving the permit or notice, file a written notice of intention to appeal with the secretary of
the Board and pay the appeal fee.
c) An application for a Development Permit for a permitted use shall be deemed to be refused
when the Development Officer has not issued a decision within 40 days from the date the
application was received by the Development Officer in its complete and final form. An
appeal may then be made as though the application had been refused at the end of 40 days.
3.13 Minor Variances
3.13.1 The Development Officer may vary the requirements of this Bylaw
subject to the following requirements:
a) A minor variance may be granted for the following only:
i. Minimum required distance of a building from a lot line; and
ii. The minimum required distance of a building from any other building on the
lot.
b) The maximum amount of a minor variance shall be 10% variation from the Requirements of
this Bylaw.
c) The development must conform to all other requirements of this Bylaw.
d) The relaxation of the Bylaw requirement must not injuriously affect a neighbouring property.
e) No minor variance shall be granted for a discretionary use or form of development, or in
connection with an agreement to rezone pursuant to Section 60 of the Act.
f)
Minor variances shall be granted only in relation to residential properties.
3.13.2 An application form for a minor variance shall be in a form
prescribed by the Development Officer and shall be accompanied
by an application fee of $50.00.
3.13.3 Upon receipt of a minor variance application the Development
Officer may:
a) Approve the minor variance;
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b) Approve the minor variance and impose terms and conditions on the approval; or
c) Deny the minor variance.
3.13.4 Terms and conditions imposed by the Development Officer shall be
consistent with the general development standards in this Bylaw.
3.13.5 Where a minor variance is refused, the Development Officer shall
notify the applicant in writing, providing reasons for the refusal.
3.13.6 Where a minor variance is approved, with or without terms, the
Development Officer shall provide written notice to the applicant
and to the assessed owners of the property having a common
boundary with the applicant's land that is the subject of the
approval.
3.13.7 The written notice shall contain:
a) A summary of the application;
b) Reasons for and an effective date of the decision;
c) Notice that an adjoining assessed owner has 20 days to lodge a written objection with the
Development Officer, which, if received, will result in the approval of the minor variance
being revoked; and
d) Where there is an objection and the approval is revoked, the applicant shall be notified of the
right to appeal to the Development Appeals Board.
3.13.8 A decision to approve a minor variance, with or without terms and
conditions, does not take effect until 23 days from the date the
notice was provided.
3.13.9 If an assessed owner of a property having an adjoining property with
the applicants land objects to the minor variance in writing to the
Development Officer within the prescribed 20 day time period, the
approval is deemed to be revoked and the Development officer
shall notify the applicant in writing:
a) Of the revocation of the approval; and
b) Of the applicant's right to appeal the revocation to the Development Appeals Board within 30
days of receiving the notice.
3.13.10 If an application for a minor variance is refused or approved with
terms or conditions, the applicant may appeal to the Development
Appeals Board within 30 days of the date of that decision.
3.14 Non-Conforming Buildings Uses and Sites
3.14.1 Any use of land or any building or structure lawfully existing at the
time of passing this Bylaw that is rendered non-conforming by the
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enactment of this Bylaw or any subsequent amendments, may be
continued, transferred, or sold in accordance with provisions of
Section 88 to 93 inclusive, of the Act.
3.14.2 No enlargement, additions, or reconstruction of a non-conforming
use, building or structure shall be undertaken, except in
conformance with these provisions.
3.14.3 No existing use, building or structure shall be deemed to be
nonconforming by reason only of the conversion of this Bylaw from
the Metric System of Measurement to the Imperial System of
Measurement where such non-conformity is resultant solely from such
change and is reasonably equivalent to the metric standard herein
established.
3.14.4 No existing site shall be deemed to be non-conforming by reason
only of its dimensions or area failing to at least equal the standards
prescribed for proposed sites in the Zoning District in which the site is
located.
3.15 Development Permit - Invalid
A Development Permit shall be automatically invalid and development shall
cease, as the case may be:
a) If the proposed development is not commenced within the period for which the Permit is
valid;
b) If the proposed development is legally suspended, or discontinued, for a period of six or
more months, unless otherwise indicated by Council or the Development Officer;
c) When development is undertaken in contravention of this bylaw, the Development Permit
and specified development standards, and/or
d) When a written appeal notice is received by the Development Appeals Board secretary
regarding the Development Permit.
3.16 Cancellation
Council or the Development Officer may cancel a Development Permit, and
when cancelled, development shall cease:
a) Where the Development Officer or Council is satisfied that a Development Permit was issued
based on false or mistaken information;
b) Where new information is identified pertaining to environmental protection, flood potential, or
slope instability; and/or
c) When a developer requests a Development Permit modification.
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3.17 Enforcement, Offences, and Penalties
3.17.1 Where the Development Officer has reasonable grounds to believe
that development of property contravenes any provision of this
Bylaw, he/she may at a reasonable time, and with the consent of
the owner, operator, or occupant, or having been refused consent,
with a warrant, enter any land, building, or premises for the purposes
of inspection.
3.17.2 Where the Development Officer has determined that a violation of
this Bylaw has occurred, the Development Officer may issue an order
to correct the violation pursuant to Section 242 of the Act. (Bylaw 05-
2020, Approved 2020)
3.17.3 The order shall specify the contravention, and may require the
owner, operator, or occupant to do any or all of the following:
a) Discontinue the development,
b) Alter the development so as to remove the contravention,
c) Restore the land, building or premises to its condition immediately prior to the development
or form of development, and / or
d) Complete the work necessary to comply fully with the Zoning Bylaw.
3.18 Stop Work
The Development Officer may authorize action to stop any development which
does not conform to this Bylaw, a development or servicing agreement, a
Development Permit or condition, or register an Interest with ISC under this Bylaw.
3.19 Offences and Penalties
Any person who violates this Bylaw may be charged and liable on summary
conviction to the penalties in the Act.
3.20 Inspection of Premises
The Development Officer, or any official or employee of the Municipality acting
under their direction, is hereby authorized to enter, at all reasonable hours, upon
any property or premises in or about which there is reason to believe that
provisions of this Bylaw are not being complied with, and for the purpose of
carrying out their duties under this Bylaw.
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3.21 Bylaw Compliance
Errors and/or omissions by any person administering or required to comply with
the provisions of this Bylaw do not relieve any person from liability for failure to
comply with the provisions of this Bylaw.
3.22 Performance Bonds
Council may require a developer to post and maintain a performance bond to
ensure developer performance and to protect the public interest.
3.23 Liability Insurance
Council may require developers to provide and maintain liability insurance to
protect the Municipality, developer and public.
3.24 Registering Interests
Council may require that development and servicing agreements and other
documents may be registered as an Interest on a Title on affected lands, in
accordance with The Land Titles Act, to protect Municipal and public interests.
3.25 Moving of Buildings
No building, including but not limited to any residential, commercial or industrial
building, shall be moved within or into the area covered by this Bylaw without first
obtaining a Development Permit, subject to the standards required for new
construction and to obtaining any other required municipal or provincial permit,
unless such building is exempt under Section 3.4 of this Bylaw.
3.26 Demolition of Buildings
No building shall be demolished without first obtaining a Development Permit
from the Development Officer. Such Permit shall not be issued unless a proposal
for the interim or long-term use or redevelopment of the site is also submitted,
and the proposed use is in conformity with this Bylaw. A separate Development
Permit is required for any redevelopment of the site.
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3.27 Temporary Development Permits
The Development Officer may issue a temporary Development Permit, with
specified conditions for a specified period of time, to accommodate
developments incidental to approved construction, temporary
accommodation, oil and gas sector activities, r temporary gravel operations or
asphalt plants. Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of land, or the erection
or use of any building or structure for a construction camp, work camp, tool
shed, scaffold, or other building or structure incidental to and necessary for
construction work on the premises, but only for so long as such use, building, or
structure is necessary for such construction work as has not been finished or
abandoned.
3.28 Development Agreements
3.28.1 Council may request a developer to enter into a Development
Agreement to ensure development conformity with The Official
Community Plan and this Bylaw, pursuant to Section 171 to 176
inclusive, the Act.
3.28.2 A Development Agreement is mandatory for approval of a Garden
(Granny) Suite accessory dwelling.
3.29 Servicing Agreements
3.29.1 Where a development proposal involves subdivision, Council may
require a developer to enter into a servicing agreement to ensure
appropriate servicing pursuant to the Act. Council may direct the
Administration to vary the agreement on a case-by-case basis, or
not require it.
3.29.2 In accordance with Sections 172 to 176 inclusive, the Act, the
agreement may provide for:
a) The undertaking and installation of storm sewers, sanitary sewers, drains, water mains and
laterals, hydrants, sidewalks, boulevards, curbs, gutters, street lights, graded, graveled or
paved streets and lanes, connections to existing services, area grading and levelling of land,
street name plates, connecting and boundary streets, landscaping of parks and boulevards,
public recreation facilities, or other works that Council may require, including both on-site
and off-site servicing;
b) The payment of levies and charges, in whole or in part, for the capital cost of providing,
altering, expanding or upgrading sewage, water, drainage and other utility services, public
highway facilities or park and recreation space and facilities located within or outside the
proposed subdivision and that directly or indirectly serve the proposed subdivision.
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4.0
GENERAL REGULATIONS
The following regulations shall apply to all Zoning Districts in this Bylaw.
4.1
Licenses, Permits, and Compliance with other Bylaws and
Legislation
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Bylaw shall be held to
be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health,
safety, and general welfare. Nothing in this Bylaw shall exempt any person from
complying with the requirements of a building regulation Bylaw or any other
Bylaw in force within the Town of Grand Coulee or law within the Province of
Saskatchewan or Canada; or from obtaining any license, permission, permit,
authority, or approval required by this or any other Bylaw of the Town of Grand
Coulee or any law of the Province of Saskatchewan or Canada. Where
requirements in this Bylaw conflict with those of any other municipal, provincial,
or federal requirements, the more stringent regulations shall prevail.
4.2
Principal Use Established
In any Zoning District in this Bylaw, the principal use of the land must be
established prior to any accessory buildings, structures, or uses being permitted.
4.3
Multiple Uses
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, where any land, building, or
structure is used for more than one purpose, all provisions of this Bylaw relating to
each use shall be complied with, but no dwelling shall be located within 3.0
meters of any other building on the site except to a building accessory to such
dwelling.
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4.4
Uses Permitted in all Zoning Districts
4.4.1
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of any land as a public
street or public park.
4.4.2
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the erection of any properly
authorized traffic sign or signal, or any sign or notice of any local or
other government department or authority.
4.4.3
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of any land for the
erection of buildings or structures, or the installation of other facilities,
essential to the operation of public works provided that such use,
building, or structure shall be in substantial compliance with the
relevant provisions of this Bylaw and shall not adversely affect the
character or amenity of the neighbourhood in which the same is
located.
4.5
Number of Principal Buildings on a Site
4.5.1
Only one principal building shall be permitted on any one site except
for the following: parks, schools, hospitals, recreation facilities, special
care homes, senior citizen homes, and approved dwelling groups
and condominium developments.
4.5.2
Multiple unit residential buildings (e.g. duplex, fourplex) are
considered to be one principle building under this Bylaw, and all
other uses and buildings on the site must be accessory.
4.6
Accessory Buildings, Uses and Structures
4.6.1
Subject to all other requirements of this Bylaw, an accessory building,
use or structure is permitted in any district when accessory to an
established principal use which is permitted or discretionary use in
that same district, and for which a Development Permit has been
issued.
4.6.2
No accessory building may be constructed, erected or moved on to
any site prior to the time of construction of the principal building to
which it is accessory.
4.6.3
Where a building on a site is attached to a principal building by a
solid roof or by structural rafters, and where the solid roof or rafters
extend at least one third of the length of the building wall that is
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common with the principal building, the building is deemed to be
part of the principal building.
4.7
Front Yard Reduction
Notwithstanding the minimum depth of front yard required by this Bylaw, where a
site is situated between two sites each of which contains a principal building
which projects beyond the standard required front yard depth, the front yard
required on said site may be reduced to an average of the two established front
yards on the adjacent sites; but not be less than 4.5 meters in a Residential district
unless otherwise permitted in this Bylaw.
4.8
Frontage for Irregular Sites
Where the site frontage is along a cul-de-sac, curve or is irregular, the minimum
site frontage shall be 11.0 meters and the mean site width shall not be less than
the minimum frontage for regular sites in the same Zoning District.
4.9
Swimming Pools
4.9.1
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, a swimming pool is
permitted as an accessory use to permitted uses in any Residential
District or a hotel or motel in a General Commercial District, to be
located in the side yard or rear yard of any lot/site if:
a) No part of such pool is located closer to any lot or street line than the minimum distance
required for the principal building located on such lot; and
b) The maximum height of such pool is 1.2 meters above the average finished grade level of
the ground adjoining the pool and to within 4.5 meters of such pool; and
c) Every swimming pool shall be enclosed by a non-climbable fence of at least 1.8 meters in
height and not more than 10 cm from the ground, and located at a distance of not less than
1.5 meters from the pool; and
d) Any deck attached to or abutting a swimming pool shall be considered as part of the
swimming pool.
e) Uncovered outdoor swimming pools shall have a minimum side or rear yard of 0.75 meters.
(Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
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4.9.2
Any building or structure, other than a dwelling, required for
changing clothing or for pumping or filtering facilities, or other similar
accessory uses, complies with the provisions in the applicable Zoning
Districts in Section 5 of this Bylaw, respecting accessory buildings.
4.10 Restoration to a Safe Condition
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the structural improvement or restoration to a
safe condition of any building or structure, provided that such structural
improvement or restoration shall not increase the height, area or volume so as to
contravene the provisions of this Bylaw.
4.11 Grading and Leveling of Sites
Every development shall be graded and leveled at the owner's expense to
provide for adequate surface drainage that does not adversely affect adjacent
property, or the stability of the land.
a) All excavations or filling shall be re-vegetated immediately after other construction activities
conclude, with a suitable ground cover as may be necessary to prevent erosion.
b) All vegetation and debris in an area to be re-graded or filled must be removed from the site
prior to site grading and leveling.
c) All topsoil from an area that is to be re-graded must be stripped, stockpiled, and replaced on
the re-graded area, or re-located to a site approved by Council.
4.12 Geotechnical Analysis Required
4.12.1 If a proposed development is to be located on a site that may be
subject to flooding, earth movement or instability, or is otherwise
unsuitable for development or hazardous for the proposed use,
Council may require that a geotechnical report be completed and
approved by a Professional Engineer in the Province of
Saskatchewan, as a condition of the issuance of the Development
Permit. The report shall indicate the suitability of the site, or sites, for
development and any remedial measures required to ensure
suitability or to ensure that the natural resource base is not
irreparably altered. Remedial measures may be specified as
conditions in the Development Permit.
4.13 Minimum Ditch Frontage
4.13.1 In order to ensure the proper functioning of overland drainage
systems in the Town, one approach to a site is permitted. The design
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and location of all approaches must be to the satisfaction of the
Town Administration.
4.13.2 A second approach to a site may be permitted at the discretion of
Council when it can be proven that the Town's overland drainage
system will not be negatively impacted:
a) The additional access shall be no wider than 6 meters (20 feet) with the size of the culvert
being determined based on the drainage pattern of the existing ditch.
b) There shall be 5 feet required from each side of the approach.
c) The property owner shall be responsible for all costs associated with the installation and
future maintenance and up keep of the additional approach and immediate area; and
d) At no time shall the additional access-approach be used as a storage area.
4.14 Restrictions on Changes
4.14.1 The purpose for which any land or building is used shall not be
changed, no new building or addition to any existing building shall
be erected, and no land shall be severed from any site, if such
change, erection or severance creates a situation that contravenes
any of the provisions of this Bylaw applicable to each individual
remaining building, accessory building, site, or lot.
4.14.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous subsection, no person
shall be deemed to have contravened any provision of this Bylaw if
only part or parts of any site or lot has, or have, been conveyed to,
or acquired by, the Municipality or the Province of Saskatchewan for
a public work.
4.15 Height of Buildings
Where a maximum height of buildings is specified in any Zoning District, the
maximum height shall be measured from average grade level to the highest
point on the building exclusive of any chimney or antenna.
4.16 Heritage of Properties
Provincial and Municipal heritage properties subject to preservation agreements
are subject to development review processes as defined by The Heritage
Property Act. Provincial designations are afforded special protection, and any
alterations and development must be reviewed and approved by the Heritage
Programs of the Province of Saskatchewan.
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4.17 Signage on Natural and Human Heritage Sites
Small plaques, markers, and interpretation signs will be encouraged on
properties that have significant natural or human heritage resources, with the
approval of the owner, and where the signage is appropriate in scale, design,
and placement with the site and surrounding area, and does not cause safety
concerns or negatively impact the heritage value of the site.
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4.18 Landscape Buffers
4.18.1 Landscape buffers are intended to improve land use compatibility
and environmental quality by reducing noise, lighting glare and
other nuisances, or facilitating natural drainage. Landscape buffers,
where required to separate uses from adjacent properties may be
required a minimum 1.0 meter vegetative landscape buffer, unless a
fence is required for other reasons.
4.18.2 Primary entrances into the Town and parking lots abutting major
roads will require a landscape buffer
4.18.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Bylaw, where buffers are
required for greenways, trails, parks and landscaped areas, they shall
be required to reflect the character and intent of the Official
Community Plan.
4.18.4 The quality and extent of the landscaping established on a site shall
be the minimum standard to be maintained on the site for the life of
the development.
4.18.5 Existing vegetation on a development site shall be preserved and
protected unless the need for removal is demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the Municipality. Any area not constructed upon shall
be developed or landscaped to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
4.18.6 A majority of the required landscaping shall be concentrated in
those yards adjacent to streets unless the developer can show
reasonable cause why this cannot occur.
4.18.7 Any area required to be landscaped may be loamed, and may at
the discretion of the Municipality, be planted with grass, trees, shrubs,
flowers, or similar materials, or a combination thereof, which will
enhance the appearance of the site and which complement the
development thereon.
4.18.8 Selection of plant varieties shall be based on regional climatic
conditions, constraints of location, effectiveness in screening
adjacent properties, resistance to disease and insect attack,
cleanliness, appearance and ease of maintenance.
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4.19 Fence and Hedge Heights
4.19.1 In Residential Districts, the following limitations shall apply to fences,
hedges, and walls:
a) The maximum height of a fence, hedge, or wall in required front yards is 1 meter above
grade level.
b) The maximum height of a fence, hedge, or wall in a required side or rear yard is 2 meters
above grade level.
4.19.2 In Commercial and Business Park Districts, the following limitations
shall apply to fences, hedges, and walls:
a) The maximum height of a fence, hedge, or wall in any required yard is 2.4 meters above
grade level.
4.19.3 In all Districts, the following limitations and regulations shall apply to
fences, hedges, and walls:
a) Screen fences shall be consistent with and compliment the quality of building design and
materials of the primary building.
b) Barbed wire or razor fences are only permitted in the Community Service District for safety
purposes around the water reservoirs and lagoon.
c) All fences are to be maintained so as not to become unsightly or unsafe, to the satisfaction
of the Municipality.
4.20 Prohibited and Noxious Uses
4.20.1 The keeping of livestock shall not be allowed except for permitted
agricultural uses in the FUD - Future Urban Development District.
4.20.2 Any use is prohibited which, by its nature or the materials used
therein, is declared by The Public Health Act and Regulations to be a
noxious trade, business, or manufacture.
4.20.3 Noxious Uses
Notwithstanding any use contained within a building, no land shall be used and
no building or structure shall be erected, altered or used for any purpose that is
noxious and, without limiting the generality of this subsection, for any purpose
that creates or is likely to become a nuisance or offence, or both:
a) By the creation of noise or vibration;
b) By the emission of light and glare;
c) By reason of the emission of gas, fumes, smoke, dust or objectionable odour;
d) By reason of the unsightly storage of goods, wares, merchandise, salvage, refuse matter,
motor vehicles, trailers or parts of vehicles or trailers, machinery, or other such material;
and/or
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e) By any combination of things in this subsection.
4.21 Closings
In the event a dedicated street or lane shown on the Zoning District Map forming
part of this Bylaw is closed, the property formerly in such street or lane shall be
included within the Zoning District of the adjoining property on either side of such
closed street or lane. If a closed street or lane is the boundary between two or
more different Zoning Districts, the new district boundaries shall be the former
centre line of the closed street or lane.
4.22 Railway Crossings and Sight Distances
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, where any public street
crosses a railway at the same grade, no building or structure shall be erected
within 46.0 meters of the point of intersection of the centre line of both the
railway and the street.
4.23 Bare land Condominium Developments
4.23.1 Bare land Condominium Developments shall comply with the
minimum site area, coverage, width, height and yard setbacks as
stated in the residential zones.
4.23.2 One primary dwelling unit and one accessory are permitted per
bare land condominium lot.
4.23.3 Bare land condominium developments may include private open
space and one accessory building for joint recreation use by
residents of the development shall be permitted, subject to all yard
setback requirements of the Residential District in which it is located.
4.24 Satellite Dishes
4.24.1 Satellite dishes in excess of 1.0 meter in diameter shall not be located
in any front yard or side yard, and shall not be permitted to be
erected on the roof of any principal building that is located within a
Residential District that is less than three (3) stories in height.
4.24.2 Satellite dishes located in Residential Districts, which exceed 1.0
meter in diameter shall only be erected on the roof of an accessory
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building if said accessory building is located entirely within a rear
yard; and
4.24.3 Satellite dishes may be erected in Commercial or Industrial Districts
for communications purposes or re-broadcasting of television signals
and subsection 4.24.1 shall not apply.
4.25 Communication Towers
The erection of Cellular telephone transmission towers shall not be permitted in,
or closer than 100 meters of, any Residential District.
4.26 Private Garages, Sunrooms, Solariums, and Greenhouses
Private garages, carports, sunrooms, solariums, and greenhouses attached to
main buildings by a substantial roof structure shall be considered as part of the
main building and shall be subject to the regulations for the main building.
4.27 Trailers, Box Cars, Sea and Rail Containers
No person shall park or store on any part of a site, any unlicensed rail or sea
container, truck, bus or coach body for the purpose of advertising or
warehousing within any Zoning District.
4.28 Disposal of Wastes
4.28.1 Subject to all Acts and Regulations pertaining in any way to the
storage, handling, and disposal of any waste material or used item,
and except as permitted by these Acts and Regulations, no liquid,
solid, or gaseous wastes shall be allowed to be discharged into any
steam, creek, river, lake, pond, slough, intermittent drainage channel
or other body of water, onto or beneath the surface of any land, or
into the air.
4.28.2 No development or use of land which requires solid or liquid waste
disposal facilities shall be permitted unless those facilities are
approved by Saskatchewan Health and the Saskatchewan
Watershed Authority. Disposal of liquid, solid, or gaseous waste shall
be governed by Acts administered by Saskatchewan Agriculture,
Saskatchewan Environment, Saskatchewan Health and the
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Saskatchewan Water Security Agency. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved
2020)
4.28.3 Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities
Municipal and commercial solid or liquid waste disposal facilities are
subject to the following conditions:
a) The facility will be located as near as practical to the source of waste;
b) The facility will have undergone satisfactory review as required by Provincial Authorities for
environmental assessment and operational design;
c) The facilities will be located at least 300 meters for liquid waste, and 457 meters for solid
waste from any residence or recreational use;
d) The development of any new disposal sites shall take into consideration seasonal winds;
e) Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent pollution of ground water by disposal
operations;
f)
Solid waste disposal facilities shall be located in proximity to an all- weather road; and
g) Council may apply special standards for screening, fencing and reclamation of the site.
4.29 Off Street Parking
4.29.1 No person within any District shall erect, enlarge, substantially alter,
or extend any building permitted under this Bylaw, unless the
required off-street parking and loading spaces are provided and
maintained in connection with the development.
4.29.2 When the intensity of use of any building or use is increased by the
addition of dwelling units, floor area, seating capacity or other unit of
measurement, that specifically affects the requirements for parking
and loading facilities, the number of parking and loading spaces
shall be increased by the additional number of spaces required by
this Bylaw.
4.29.3 Whenever the use of a building is changed, the parking and loading
spaces shall be provided as required for the new use. However, if
the building was erected prior to the effective date of this Bylaw,
additional parking and loading spaces are required only by the
number of spaces that the requirements for the new use exceed
those of the existing use.
4.29.4 Any conforming or legal non-conforming building or use which is in
existence on the effective date of this Bylaw, that is damaged by
fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause to the extent of 75% or more
of its value above the foundation to rebuild that is reconstructed,
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repaired or re-established, shall provide off-street parking and
loading facilities in accordance with this Bylaw.
4.29.5 In all Residential Districts, off-street parking spaces shall be provided
on the site on which the principal use to which the parking pertains is
located.
4.29.6 Required off-street parking spaces in any Commercial or Industrial
District may be located on a separate site that is within a convenient
walking distance to a maximum of 150 meters of the principal
building or use, provided such spaces are located within a
commercial or industrial District.
4.29.7 Where the necessary off-street parking space is provided on a
parcel that is separate from the principal use, an agreement
between the Municipality and the owner of the site on which the
parking is to be located shall be recorded in the Town office.
4.30 Off Street Loading
4.30.1 In any Business Park or Commercial District, where the use of a
building or site involves the receipt, distribution or dispatch of
materials, goods or merchandise from vehicles, adequate space for
such vehicles to stand during loading or unloading shall be provided
on the site in conformity with Table 1 - Off Street Loading Space
Schedule. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
Table 1 - Off Street Loading Space Schedule
Gross Floor Area
Loading Spaces Required
(minimum)
100 m2 to 1,500 m2
1
1,501 m2 to 3,000 m2
2
Over 3000 m2
2 plus 1 for each 6000 m2 (or part
thereof) over 3000 m2
4.30.2 All off-street loading spaces shall be located on the site and be of a
sufficient size so that materials and commodities can be easily
loaded or unloaded without creating interference to vehicular traffic
on a public roadway.
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4.31 Signs
4.31.1 The following signs do not require a sign permit, but shall otherwise
comply with this Bylaw:
a) Official signs erected by a public agency for a public purpose,
b) Real estate signs advertising the sale, lease, or rental of the real property on which it is
located and related information,
c) Temporary signs of less than 1 m² in surface area,
d) Directional or safety signs bearing no advertising information,
e) Address signs, name of building signs, and name of residential occupant signs all containing
no advertising information,
f)
Election signs during the period of an election campaign and 7 days thereafter,
g) Temporary signs located inside a building window exclusive of any electrified sign greater
than 0.5 m² in area,
h) Signs visible only from the interior of a building, and
i)
Construction signs, located on the site of the construction to which they refer.
4.31.2 When a sign cannot be clearly categorized as one of the sign types
defined in this Bylaw, Council shall determine the sign type and
applicable controls.
4.31.3 General Regulations for Signs
Table 2 - Signs
Sign Type
Districts
Size Regulations
Other Regulations
Fascia Signs
Permitted:
C2, BP
Discretionary:
C1,CS, FUD,
R1, R2,
Fascia signs may cover 20% of
the area formed by each
building face or bay
A fascia sign shall not be located
above any portion of a street, or
project over public property, unless
the fascia sign maintains a minimum
clearance from grade of 3 meters
and the maximum projection shall be
no greater than 0.4 meter
Freestanding
Signs
Permitted:
C2, BP
Discretionary:
C1,CS, FUD,
In the C1, CS, FUD, R1, and R2
Districts:
Maximum height - 7 meters
Maximum sign area - 7 m² on
each side of a multiple-sided
sign
Only 1 freestanding sign per
business frontage may be erected
with the exception of a shopping
centre where 1 freestanding sign per
customer vehicle access is permitted
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R1, R2
In the C2 District:
Maximum height - 7.2 meters.
Maximum sign area - 15 m² on
each side of a multiple-sided
sign
In the BP District
Maximum height: 7.2 meters
Maximum area - 15 m² on each
side of a multiple-sided sign
Canopy
Signs
Permitted:
C2, BP
Discretionary:
C1, CS, FUD,
R1, R2
Shall have a minimum
clearance of 3 meters from
grade
Are permitted to have a
maximum projection of 0.2
meters out from the apron of
the canopy
Shall not extend beyond the lateral
or vertical dimensions of the canopy
or its apron.
Awning
Signs
Permitted:
C2, BP
Discretionary:
C1,CS, FUD,
R1, R2
Awning signs are permitted
provided the minimum projection
of the awning is 0.6 meters
No sign shall be suspended from or
below an awning or any awning
support structure
Billboard
Signs
Permitted:
Discretionary:
C2, BP, CS,
FUD
Maximum single face area: 20
m²
Maximum total face area: 40 m²
Maximum number of faces: 2
Maximum height above grade -
6.0 m.
An unlicensed vehicle or trailer unit
which in the opinion of Council is
acting as a sign shall be considered
a billboard sign
Double faced signs shall be
constructed so one face is completely
behind and parallel to the other face
and facing the opposite direction
No billboard shall have flashing or
intermittent light. All lighting shall be
shielded from direct view from any
roadway or site boundary
Billboards shall not be located in a
required front yard
Council may place special conditions
on the location of the billboard on a
site to protect the clear view of an
intersection or a highway approach,
or other directional and informational
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signs
Council will apply the following
criteria in considering a billboard sign
application:
(a) the billboard will not obscure
local business signs,
(b) the billboard will have sufficient
separation to residential
Districts; in general this distance
will be at least 200m
(c) the billboard will be separated by
at least 100m from other
billboards, and
(d) the billboard will not seriously
detract from the appearance of
an entry to the Town.
5.0
SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
5.1
Home Occupation (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
1. Home occupations in all residential districts shall be subject to the
following:
a) The use shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit by the full-
time occupants.
b) The use shall not have any exterior display or storage of materials and
no exterior variation from the residential character of the building.
c) The use shall not create any measurable external nuisance including
noise, glare, dust or odour which would be disruptive to the
surrounding residential uses.
d) The use shall not generate more than four client or business-related
visits per day and no more than 20 client or business-related visits per
week.
e) The use shall be valid only for the period of time the property is
occupied by the applicant for such use.
f) All development permits issued for a home occupation shall be
subject to the condition that the development permit may be revoked
at any time subject to the provisions of Section 242 of the Act, if in the
opinion of Council, the operation has not met the regulations and
standards applicable to home occupations contained in this Bylaw, or
the special standards applied by the Development Officer at the time
of approval.
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5.2
Home Based Business (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
1. Home based businesses will be accommodated if they are clearly
secondary to the principal residential use of the dwelling unit, compatible
with the surrounding residential area and not of a size or intensity that
would detrimentally affect the use and enjoyment of adjacent and
nearby residential properties.
2. Home based businesses shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling
unit or accessory building.
3. Home based businesses shall not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor
area of a dwelling unit in any residential district.
4. There shall be no exterior display or storage of any merchandise or
material relating to the home-based business other than a sign, not
exceeding 1 m2 in area.
5. No more than two non-resident persons shall be engaged in any home-
based business as an employee or a volunteer on any one site.
6. Off-street parking shall be required for a non-resident employee.
7. No more than one business vehicle, for which off-street parking is
provided, shall be stored on the site.
8. The use shall not generate more than 12 client or business-related visits per
day and no more than 60 client or business-related visits per week.
9. The use shall not create any measurable external nuisance including
noise, glare, dust or odour which would be disruptive to the surrounding
residential uses.
10. The use shall be valid only for the period of time the property is occupied
by the applicant for such use.
11. All development permits issued for a home based business shall be subject
to the condition that the development permit may be revoked at any
time subject to the provisions of Section 242 of the Act, if in the opinion of
Council, the operation has not met the regulations and standards
applicable to home occupations contained in this Bylaw, or the special
standards applied at the time of approval.
5.3
Bed & Breakfast Homes
a) Bed-and-breakfast homes shall be located in a single detached dwelling
used as the operator's principal residence.
b) Bed-and-breakfast homes shall be licensed by the Ministry of Health and
shall have a fire safety inspection report issued prior to occupancy as a
bed-and-breakfast home.
c) In issuing discretionary use approval for a bed-and-breakfast home,
Council may specify the maximum number and specific location in the
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dwelling of approved guest rooms. Any increase in number of guest
rooms shall require a new discretionary use approval.
d) One off-street parking space shall be provided and available to the use of
the guest for each guest bedroom in the bed-and-breakfast home, in
addition to any off street parking used for the operator of the facility.
e) One sign identifying the bed-and-breakfast home in accordance with the
standards for a sign identifying a multiple unit dwelling is permitted.
f) Council will consider applications with respect to the following criteria:
i.
The proposed structures are suitable and comfortable for the proposed
development.
ii.
There is adequate space on the site for the proposed facility,
iii.
There are appropriate levels of access to the site and off street parking is
available for the users of the facility and for the operator,
iv.
The development will complement adjacent residential uses, and
v.
Use as a bed-and-breakfast home, will be considered an asset in the
preservation of heritage buildings.
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5.4
Day Care Centres and Preschools
a) Day care centres and pre-schools may be approved as an accessory use
or as a principal use.
b) In any Residential District, no exterior alterations shall be undertaken to a
dwelling or former dwelling which would be inconsistent with the
residential character of the building or property.
c) Day care centres or pre-schools which are located in Residential Districts
shall provide at least 3.25 m² of fenced on-site outdoor play space for
each child present in the facility at any one time.
d) Required parking spaces may be located in a required front yard.
5.5
Residential Care Homes
a) Where allowed as a discretionary use a residential care home may be
developed in a single detached dwelling building, subject to obtaining a
provincial license, pursuant to the particular act under which the home is
proposed to operate.
b) The residential care home shall maintain the single detached residential
character of the property and be consistent with the neighbourhood.
c) A residential care home shall meet all of the regulations for a single
detached dwelling as prescribed for the District in which it is located.
d) The operator of the residential care home shall be a permanent resident
of the dwelling licensed as a residential care home.
e) The operator shall ensure that adequate supervision and care is available
at the home at all times.
f) In approving a residential care home, Council may specify the maximum
number of clients that may be cared for in a residential care home but in
no case shall the number exceed what is permitted by provincial
regulations.
g) Council will consider applications with respect to the following criteria:
i.
The structures are suitable and comfortable for the proposed development,
and provide for the appropriate level of supervision,
ii.
There is adequate space on the parcel for the proposed facility,
iii.
There are appropriate levels of off street parking for the residents of the
facility and the operator.
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5.6
Garden Suite (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
1. A garden suite shall only be permitted on a lot with a single-family
dwelling backing onto a rear lane.
2. The garden suite and principal dwelling must be under a common
property title.
3. The gross floor area of the garden suite shall not exceed 80% of the gross
floor area of the principal dwelling.
4. The yard setbacks applied to the principal dwelling shall also apply to the
garden suite with the exception that a 1.6 m rear yard setback shall apply
to the garden suite.
5. The garden suite shall maintain a minimum 4 m separation from the
principal dwelling.
6. The height of the garden suite shall not exceed the height of the principal
dwelling.
7. An additional non-stacked off-street parking space shall be provided for
the garden suite.
8. A mobile home shall not be permitted as a garden suite.
9. Garden suites shall be constructed on grade with no basement.
10. The garden suite shall include a full bathroom containing a toilet, sink and
shower or tub, a kitchen and a maximum of two bedrooms.
5.7
Secondary Suites
a) Secondary suites may be constructed within a principal, single detached
dwelling in a residential zone. Only one secondary suite is permitted on
each residential site
b) Secondary suites must be located within the principal dwelling and must
have a separate entrance from the principal dwelling either from a
common indoor landing or directly from the exterior of the building.
Secondary suites must contain cooking, eating, living, sleeping, and
sanitary facilities.
c) Secondary suites may not exceed 60 m² or 35% of the total floor space,
including basements, and may not have more than two bedrooms.
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5.8
Modular Homes
a) All modular homes shall be place on a permanent foundation at a
standard comparable to a single detached dwelling.
b) All modular homes shall be placed on a permanent foundation;
c) All modular homes shall be multi-modular, with the width approximately
equivalent to the length;
d) All modular homes shall have architectural features similar or
complementary to adjacent and nearby dwellings;
e) Modular homes shall be permanently connected to water and sewer
services provided by the Municipality and permanently connected as
available to other public utilities.
f) All other requirements of this Bylaw apply.
5.9
Service Stations and Gas Bars
a) Fuel pumps and accessory equipment including any fuel sales kiosk on a
pump island shall be located at least 6 meters from any street or other
property boundary.
b) All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles and similar articles shall be
stored within a building or screened to the satisfaction of Council.
c) All business shall be conducted and all goods stored completely within an
enclosed building except as required in the servicing of motor vehicles
while under the care and control of the vehicle operator.
d) The Development Officer may specify in the issuing of a Development
Permit, as a special condition of the Development Permit, the location
and design of access to the property and to the fuel pumps and service
bays, to avoid conflict with traffic on abutting streets or lanes.
5.10 Campgrounds
Campgrounds are subject to the following conditions:
a) The operator of a campground shall provide the Development Officer with a plan of the
campground, identifying any buildings, uses of land and the location of all roadways and
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campsites, the construction or moving of buildings, and material change in use of portions of
land, or the filling or clearing of land shall require a Development Permit, and the operator
shall submit for approval an amended plan incorporating the development.
b) A campground shall have within its boundaries, a buffer area abutting the boundary of not
less than 4.5 meters which shall contain no buildings.
c) The operator of a campground shall designate a campsite for each trailer coach or tent party,
which shall be less than 150 m² in area with its corners clearly marked.
d) One permanent sign located on site advertising the campground is permitted per site;
i.
The facial area of a sign shall not exceed 0.5 m² ;
ii.
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the
safety of the public;
iii.
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m² advertising the sale or lease of the
property or other information relating to a temporary condition affecting the
property are permitted.
e) No portion of any campsite shall be located within a roadway or required buffer area.
f)
Each campsite shall have direct and convenient access to a developed roadway, which is
not located in any required buffer area. The space provided for roadways within a
campground shall be at least 7.5 meters in width. No portion of any campsite, other use or
structure shall be located in any roadway.
g) Each trailer coach shall be located at least 3.0 meters from any other trailer coach, and each
campsite shall have dimensions sufficient to allow such location of trailer coaches.
h) A campground may include as ancillary uses a Laundromat or a confectionery designed to
meet the needs of the occupants of the campsites, and one single detached dwelling for the
accommodation of the operator.
i)
The Public Health Act shall be complied with in respect to all operations and development of
the campground.
5.11 Wind Power Turbines and Towers
a) Mechanical Wind generation units shall only be considered as a
Discretionary Use within a Community Service District
i.
Minimum setback of 400 meters for potential fall zone below the turbine
ii.
Maximum noise standard of 40 decibels.
b) Wind Turbines and Towers are prohibited in all other Districts within the
Town of Grand Coulee
5.12 Solar Panels
A Building Permit is required for the installation of solar collector systems mounted
on a building having a face area equal to or greater than 5 m². This includes:
a) Photovoltaic (PV) Solar System, converting sunlight to electricity generation.
b) Photovoltaic (PV) or non-PV Solar Panels (SP), used for potable water heating.
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c) Photovoltaic (PV) or non-PV Solar Panels (SP), used for space heating or swimming pool heating.
Submissions shall include:
a) A roof plan or wall elevation indicating the layout and spacing of the solar
collectors on the roof of the building.
b) Typical cross-section including but not limited to system height, tilt angle
and attachments.
c) Panel or module dimensions and manufacturers specifications including
panel dead load and ballast where applicable.
d) Mounting details clearly specifying panel attachment and specifications
including framing reinforcement as may be required.
e) Verification of existing roof or wall framing components affected by the
proposed installation and the ability of the affected building structural
system to accommodate all loads associated with the collector and
racking system including dead load, wind load and snow accumulation.
f) Solar panels used for the production of heat for water shall include
mechanical drawings (plumbing schematic) detailing any connection to
the potable water system.
6.0
ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAPS
6.1
Zoning Districts
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the Town of Grand Coulee is divided into several
Zoning Districts that may be referred to by the appropriate symbols. (Bylaw 05-
2013, Approved 2013)
FUD
Future Urban Development
C1
Neighborhood
Convenience Commercial
R1
Single Dwelling Residential
C2
General Commercial
R2
Multiple Dwelling Residential
BP
Business Park
CS
Community Service
RW
Railway Industrial District
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6.2
The Zoning District Map
The map, bearing the statement "This is the Zoning District Map referred to in
Bylaw No. 06-2012" adopted by the Town of Grand Coulee, signed by the Mayor
and by the Town Administrator under the seal of the Town, shall be known as the
"Zoning Districts" map, and such map is hereby declared to be an integral part
of this Bylaw. (Bylaw 05-2013, Approved 2013)(01-2016, Approved 2016)(05-2020,
Approved 2020)
6.3
Boundaries of Zoning Districts
6.3.1
The boundaries of the Districts referred to in this Bylaw, together with
an explanatory legend, notations and reference to this Bylaw, are
shown on the map entitled, Zoning District Map.
6.3.2
Unless otherwise shown, the boundaries of zoning Districts are site
lines, centre lines of streets, lanes, road allowances, or such lines
extended and the boundaries of the municipality.
6.3.3
Where a boundary of a District crosses a parcel, the boundaries of
the Districts shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on the
map.
6.3.4
Where the boundary of a District is also a parcel boundary and the
parcel boundary moves by the process of subdivision, the District
boundary shall move with that parcel boundary, unless the
boundary is otherwise located by amendment to the Bylaw.
6.4
Holding Designation
a) Where on the Zoning District Map the symbol for a zoning district has suffixed to it the
holding symbol "H"; any lands so designated on the map shall be subject to a holding
provision in accordance with Section 71 of the Act.
b) Any lands subject to a holding provision shall only be used for the following uses:
i. Those uses existing on the land when the "H" is applied; and
ii. Public works.
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7.0 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE DWELLING DISTRICT (R1)
The purpose and intent of this district is to provide for low
density residential development in the form of single
detached, semi-detached, and duplex dwellings.
No person shall within any R1-Residential District use any land or erect, alter or
use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following provisions.
No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or accessory use prior to
obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer.
7.1
Permitted Uses
a) Single Detached Dwellings
b) Semi-detached or Duplex Dwellings
c) Accessory Building and Accessory Uses
d) Private Swimming Pools
e) Home Occupation (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
7.2
Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the R1-Residential District only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified by Council:
a) Bed and Breakfast Homes
b) Home Based Businesses (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
c) Confectionary Use (as a home occupation)
d) Day Care Centres (where accessory to a dwelling)
e) Signs: Canopy, Fascia, Awning
f)
Modular Homes
g) Public Parks and Playgrounds
h) Public Utilities (excluding offices, warehouses, and storage yards)
i)
Residential Care Homes
j)
Secondary Suites
k) Solar Panels
l)
Garden Suite (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
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7.3
Site Development Regulations
Single Detached Dwellings
Minimum site area
360 m² with a lane
450 m² without a lane
Minimum floor area
78 m²
Minimum site frontage
12.0 meters with a lane
15.0 meters without a lane
Height maximum
10.5 meters for Principal building
Minimum parking
spaces
2
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters
Minimum rear yard
8.0 meters
Minimum side yard
1.2 meters
Semi-Detached Dwellings and Duplexes
Minimum site area
255 m² with a lane
315 m² without a lane
Minimum floor area
50 m² per dwelling
Minimum site frontage
8.5 meters with a lane (per dwelling)
10.5 meters without a lane (per dwelling)
Height
10.5 meters for Principal buildings
Minimum parking spaces
2
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters
Minimum rear yard
8.0 meters
Minimum side yard
1.2 meters
7.4
Accessory Uses, Buildings, and Structures (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved
2020)
a) An accessory building shall not be located in a required front or side yard.
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b) No door that could give access for a vehicle to a private garage, whether attached to the
principle building or not, shall be located in a required front yard, less than 6.0 meters from a
street to which it gives direct access, or less than 1.5 meters to a lane to which it gives direct
access.
c) Private garages and accessory buildings if less than 9.3 m² and located in a rear yard shall
have a minimum side or rear yard of 0.75 meters and a maximum projection of 0.5 meters
into the required yard for any eaves gutters or drain spouts into that yard.
d) Private garages, carports, and accessory buildings attached to a principal building by a
substantial roof structure shall be considered as part of the principal building and subject to
the regulations of the principal building.
e) Accessory buildings shall not exceed 5.25 meters in height.
f)
A carport or garage up to 60 m² in area shall be permitted.
g) A carport or garage up to 110 m² may be permitted at the discretion of Town Council.
7.5
Outside Storage
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any residential site.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
c) No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
d) Outside storage areas shall be screened from adjacent sites and public thoroughfares.
(Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
e) Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a maximum of
either one (1) vehicle or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is for sale at any
given point in time.
7.6
Projections in Yards (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
The following projections in required yards are permitted subject to the setback
or construction requirements of the National Building Code.
a) In front yards:
i. maximum of 0.6 meters projection of cantilevered bay windows or bow windows, chimney
chases, gutters, window sills, canopies, eaves, or fire escapes
ii. maximum of 1.8 meters projection of open cantilevered balconies, open porches, or open
steps
iii. wheelchair ramps to main floor level
iv. fences less than 1.0 meters in height unless provided otherwise in this Bylaw
v. light standards, flag poles, and permitted signs.
b) In rear yards:
i. cantilevered construction for bay windows, bow windows, chimney chases, bookcases, built
in cabinets, gutters, window sills, canopies, eaves, and fire escapes to a maximum projection
of 1.5 meters
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ii. unenclosed decks no higher than 0.6 m, balconies, porches, and steps to a maximum
projection of 3.0 meters
iii. a satellite dish, radio tower or television antenna where attached to a principal dwelling
having a maximum projection of 0.6 meters
iv. wheelchair ramps to main floor level
v. fences less than 2.0 meters in height unless provided otherwise in this Bylaw.
c) In side yards:
i. fire escapes, chimney chases, sills, belt courses, cornices, eaves, and gutters to a
maximum projection of 0.6 meters or half the required yard whichever is the less
ii. walkways and steps less than 0.6 meters in height
iii. wheelchair ramps to main floor level
iv. fences not more than 2.0 meters in height unless provided otherwise in this Bylaw.
7.7
Other Requirements
7.7.1
Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
7.7.2
Fence and Hedge Heights
Subject to traffic sight lines, the following height limitations shall apply to fences,
walls, chain-link fence and hedges:
a) No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
b) In a required front yard, to a height no greater than 1.0 meter above grade level.
c) In a required rear yard, to a height no greater than 2.0 meters above grade level.
d) Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be erected to a
height of more than 2.0 meters.
7.8
Discretionary Use Requirements (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
a) Home Based Businesses and Occupations shall comply with Section 5.1
b) Bed and Breakfast Homes shall comply with Section 5.2
c) Day Care Centres shall comply with Section 5.3
d) Residential Care Homes shall comply with Section 5.4
e) Secondary Suites shall comply with Section 5.5
f) Modular Homes shall comply with Section 5.6
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8.0 RESIDENTIAL MULTI-DWELLING DISTRICT (R2)
The purpose and intent of this district is to provide for
multi-dwelling residential developments with residential
densities in the range of 8 to 12 units per net acre.
No person shall within any R2-Residential District use any land or erect, alter or
use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following provisions.
No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or accessory use prior to
obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer.
8.1
Permitted Uses
a) Multiple-Unit Dwellings
b) Semi-Detached and Duplex Dwellings
c) Single Family Dwellings
d) Accessory Buildings and Accessory Uses
e) Private Swimming Pools
f)
Home Occupation (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
8.2
Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the R2-Residential District only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified by Council:
a) Bed and Breakfast Homes
b) Home Based Business (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
c) Child Care Homes (where accessory to a dwelling)
d) Public Parks and Playgrounds
e) Signs: Canopy, Fascia, Freestanding, Awning
f)
Modular Homes
g) Residential Care Homes
h) Secondary Suites (in Single Detached Dwellings only)
i)
Public Utilities (excluding offices, warehouses, and storage yards)
j)
Solar Panels
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8.3
Site Development Regulations
Townhouse, Rowhouse, Fourplex
Minimum site area
223 m² per dwelling
Minimum floor area
56 m² per dwelling
Minimum site frontage
8.5 meters per dwelling
Height maximum
15.0 meters (4 stories) for Principal buildings (Bylaw 05-2020,
Approved 2020)
Minimum parking
spaces
1.5 spaces/dwelling unit
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters
Minimum rear yard
8.0 meters
Minimum side yard
1.2 meters unless on a corner site than the side shall be 3.0m
Maximum density
12 dwellings per acre
Single Detached Dwellings
Minimum site area
360 m² with a lane
450 m² without a lane
Minimum floor area
78 m²
Minimum site frontage
15.0 meters without a lane
12.0 meters with a lane
Height maximum
10.5 meters for Principal building
Minimum parking
spaces
2
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters
Minimum rear yard
8.0 meters
Minimum side yard
1.2 meters unless on a corner site than the side yard shall be 3.0m
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8.4
Accessory Uses, Buildings, and Structures (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved
2020)
a) An accessory building shall not be located in a required front or side yard.
b) No door that could give access for a vehicle to a private garage, whether attached to the
principle building or not, shall be located in a required front yard, less than 6.0 meters from a
street to which it gives direct access, or less than 1.5 meters to a lane to which it gives direct
access.
c) Private garages and accessory buildings if less than 9 m² and located in a rear yard shall
have a minimum side or rear yard of 0.75 meters and a maximum projection of 0.5 meters
into the required yard for any eaves gutters or drain spouts into that yard.
d) Private garages, carports, and accessory buildings attached to a principal building by a
substantial roof structure shall be considered as part of the principal building and subject to
the regulations of the principal building.
e) Accessory buildings shall not exceed 5.25 meters in height.
f)
A carport or garage up to 60 m² in area shall be permitted.
g) A carport or garage up to 110 m² may be permitted at the discretion of Town Council.
8.5
Outside Storage
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any residential site.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
c) No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
d) Outside storage areas shall be screened from adjacent sites and public thoroughfares.
(Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
e) Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a maximum of
either one (1) vehicle or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is for sale at any
given point in time.
8.6
Projections in Yards (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
The following projections in required yards are permitted subject to the setback
or construction requirements of the National Building Code
a) In front yards:
i. maximum of 0.6 meters projection of cantilevered bay windows or bow windows, chimney
chases, gutters, window sills, canopies, eaves, or fire escapes
ii. maximum of 1.8 meters projection of open cantilevered balconies, open porches, or open
steps
iii. wheelchair ramps to main floor level
iv. fences less than 1.0 meters in height unless provided otherwise in this Bylaw
v. light standards, flag poles, and permitted signs.
b) In rear yards:
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cantilevered construction for bay windows, bow windows, chimney chases, bookcases, built
in cabinets, gutters, window sills, canopies, eaves, and fire escapes to a maximum projection
of 1.5 meters
unenclosed decks no higher than 0.6 m, balconies, porches, and steps to a maximum
projection of 3.0 meters
a satellite dish, radio tower or television antenna where attached to a principal dwelling
having a maximum projection of 0.6 meters
wheelchair ramps to main floor level
fences less than 2.0 meters in height unless provided otherwise in this Bylaw.
c) In side yards:
fire escapes, chimney chases, sills, belt courses, cornices, eaves, and gutters to a
maximum projection of 0.6 meters or half the required yard whichever is the less
walkways and steps less than 0.6 meters in height
wheelchair ramps to main floor level
fences not more than 2.0 meters in height unless provided otherwise in this Bylaw.
8.7
Other Requirements
8.7.1
All dwellings shall:
a) Have their own separate entry and every principal entry shall be directly accessible to
ground level.
b) When the development of an attached housing complex or a dwelling group is proposed,
areas for recreational and landscaping purposes, in addition to those areas needed for
buildings, driveways, walkways, and parking spaces shall be provided on site.
c) A minimum of 30% of the area of a site shall be provided for landscaping and recreational
purposes. The areas of amenity and recreational facilities within the building including
common patios, swimming pools, and communal lounges for the free use of the tenants may
be used in the calculation of total requirements for landscaping.
d) All areas of a site not covered by buildings, parking or internal roadways shall be
landscaped.
8.7.2
Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
8.7.3
Fence and Hedge Heights
Subject to traffic sight lines, the following height limitations shall apply to fences,
walls, chain-link fence and hedges:
a) No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
b) In a required front yard, to a height no greater than 1.0 meter above grade level.
c) In a required rear yard, to a height no greater than 2.0 meters above grade level.
d) Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be erected to a height
of more than 2.0 meters.
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8.8
Discretionary Use Requirements (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
a) Home Based Businesses and Occupations shall comply with Section 5.1
b) Bed and Breakfast Homes shall comply with Section 5.2
c) Day Care Centres shall comply with Section 5.3
d) Residential Care Homes shall comply with Section 5.4
e) Modular Homes shall comply with Section 5.6
9.0
COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT (CS)
The purpose and intent of this district is to provide for
the development of community related facilities and
uses.
No person shall within any CS-Community Service District use any land or erect,
alter or use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following
provisions. No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or accessory use
prior to obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer.
9.1
Permitted Uses
a) Theatres and Assembly Halls
b) Places of Worship
c) Libraries, Galleries, Museums, and other similar Cultural Institutions
d) BMX Bike Terrain Parks
e) Cultural institutions
f)
Community Centres
g) Communications Towers
h) Curling and Skating Rinks Day Care Centres
i)
Educational Institutions
j)
Group Care Facilities
k) Health Care Facilities and Special Care Homes
l)
Law Enforcement Facilities
m) Lawn Bowling Greens
n) Libraries
o) Lodges, Social Organizations, Clubs
p) Municipal Facilities
q) Natural and Nature-like Open Areas
r)
Parks and Playgrounds
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s) Public Works and Utilities (excluding storage yards, warehouses, drainage ditches, culverts,
and other drainage works)
t)
Recreational Sports Fields
u) Scenic Lookout and Interpretation Facilities, Rest Stops, and other Public Trail Facilities
v) Skateboard Parks
w) Swimming Pools
x) Tennis Courts
y) Water Reservoirs
z) Uses, buildings and structures accessory to and located on the same site as the principal
building or permitted use.
9.2
Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the CS-Community Service District only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified by Council:
a) Signs; Awning, Billboard ,Canopy, Fascia and Freestanding
b) Commercial Use (where accessory to a permitted or discretionary use)
c) Confectionaries
d) Gift Shops
e) Snack Bars and Restaurants (where accessory to a Permitted Use)
f)
Personal Service Shops (where accessory to a Permitted use)
g) Radio, Television, Communication, and Microwave Towers
h) Campgrounds
i)
Solar Panels
9.3
Site Development Regulations
Permitted Uses (other than educational facilities, rinks and swimming pools)
Minimum site area 450 m²
Minimum site
frontage
15 meters
Height maximum
A maximum of 3 storeys, not exceeding 10.0 meters at the eave
line
Minimum front
yard
5.0 meters
Minimum rear
yard
5.0 meters except where the rear of the site abuts any
Residential District without an intervening street or lane, a rear
yard of at least 7.5 meters shall be provided.
Minimum side
yard
Not less than half the height of the building or 3.0 meters ,
whichever is more
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Elementary and Secondary Schools
Minimum site area
No minimum requirement
Minimum site
frontage
60 meters
Maximum site
coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
15 meters
Minimum rear yard
7.5 meters
Minimum side yard
7.5 meters
Skating, Curling Rinks and Swimming Pools
Minimum site area
1208 m²
Minimum site
frontage
20 meters
Minimum front yard
7.5 meters
Minimum rear yard
7.5 meters
Minimum side yard
1.5 meters (5 feet) except on a corner site abutting a
street then 3.6 meters
Accessory Buildings
Front site line
7.5 meters
Principal
building
1.2 meters
Side site line
0.8 meters (2.6 feet) unless the side site line is an abutting a
street then the side yard shall be 3.6 meters
All accessory buildings with a door or doors opening onto a lane shall not be
located less than 1.2 meters from the site line abutting the lane.
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9.4
Other Requirements
9.4.1
Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
9.4.2
Joint Use facilities:
a) Two or more institutional uses in a CS District may be developed and operated on a single
parcel when owned and operated by public authorities.
b) To create a joint use facility, public authorities may, by agreement, join two parcels together
to be considered one parcel for the purpose of regulation under This Bylaw.
9.4.3
Development Standards and Criteria for Commercial Uses:
a) Council will consider discretionary use applications for accessory commercial uses where it
is satisfied that the development will support the basic function of the institutional use.
10.0 NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C1)
The purpose of this district is to regulate and
encourage neighborhood-related commercial
development in the Town including mixed-use
developments.
No person shall within a Neighborhood Convenience Commercial District (C1),
use any land, or erect, alter or use any building or structure except in
accordance with the following provisions. No person shall initiate any permitted,
discretionary or accessory use prior to obtaining a development permit from the
Development Officer.
10.1 Permitted Uses
a) Mixed Uses, including integrated or complementary uses, buildings or structures accessory
to and located on the same site as the principal building or use.
b) Administrative Offices
c) Medical, Dental, and other Health Care Offices and Clinics or Health Services
d) Artisan and Craft Shops, Workshops, and Studios
e) Barbers, Hairdressers, and other similar Personal Services Establishments
f)
Restaurants, tea houses, coffee shops, sidewalk cafés
g) Confectionary Stores
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h) Live/Work Dwelling units attached to and behind, or above, commercial establishments
i)
Home Based Businesses and Occupations
j)
Outdoor Markets and Concessions (permanent, seasonal, or occasional)
k) Restaurants, Tea Houses, Coffee Shops, and other similar Retail Food Services
l)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to and located on the same site as the principal
building or permitted use.
10.2 Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the C1- Neighborhood Convenience
Commercial District but only by resolution of Council and only in locations
specified by such resolution of Council:
a) Licensed premises for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages
b) Other innovative commercial uses consistent with street level retail and services
c) Detached Garages
d) Signs: Awning, Canopy, Freestanding, Fascia
e) Solar Panels
10.3 Site Development Regulations
Permitted Uses
Minimum site area
280 m²
Minimum floor area
75 m²
Minimum site frontage
7.5 meters
Height
9.0 meters for the Principal building and 5.0 meters for accessory
buildings
Maximum site
coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters
Minimum rear yard
6.0 meters
Minimum side yard
No requirement except when the side site line is the boundary of
any Residential, Community Service District or abuts a public
street then the minimum side yard shall be 2.1 meters
Minimum Parking
Spaces
2
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10.4 Accessory Buildings and Structures
a) Sale or demonstration goods in the front of a building, whether temporary or permanent,
shall comply with any yard requirements.
b) Sale or demonstration goods, or signs, whether temporary, permanent, or mobile, shall not
occupy a required parking stall, loading space or access aisle.
10.5 Temporary Buildings
a) Temporary buildings shall not exceed one storey in height and shall not have a basement or
a cellar.
b) Temporary buildings shall be skirted and finished and shall be maintained at all times to the
satisfaction of the Municipality.
c) Temporary buildings shall not be connected to Town sewer or water supply systems.
d) Shall make up no more than 10% of a site.
10.6 Driveways
a) The location of a driveway from a site to a public thoroughfare classified as a major street
shall be at the discretion of the Municipality.
10.7 Garbage and Storage
a) Garbage and waste material shall be stored in weatherproof and animal proof containers in
accordance with the Waste Bylaw and shall be located:
i. Within the principal building, or
ii. To the side or rear of the principal building.
b) All outside garbage containers and garbage areas shall be visually screened from all
adjacent sites and public thoroughfares in a manner compatible with the design and exterior
finish of the principal building on the site.
c) Recycling materials shall be stored in weatherproof containers, screened from adjacent sites
and public thoroughfares, and be in a location easily accessible for pick-up.
d) No side or front yards shall be used for outdoor storage.
e) Outside storage in a rear yard shall be limited to the storage that is incidental to the principal
use of the site.
10.8 Other Requirements
a) The Town may allow a building to be occupied by a combination of one or more of the uses
listed for commercial district and each use shall be considered a separate use.
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b) The height, type and location of a fence in a commercial district shall be determined by the
Town.
c) Parking or storing of vehicles is not permitted on landscaped areas unless approved as a
display area on approved Development Permit drawings.
d) The design, character and appearance of any building or series of buildings, structures or
signs proposed to be erected or located in a commercial district, must be acceptable to the
Town having due regard to the amenities and the character of existing development in the
district, as well as its effect on adjacent districts.
10.8.1 Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
10.8.2 Artisan and Craft Shop Offices and Workshops
a) All operations related to artisans, and craft shop offices and workshops
shall be conducted within an enclosed building.
b) No exterior storage of materials, goods, or waste products is permitted,
except within a waste disposal bin for collection.
10.8.3 Live/Work Units:
The following development standards shall apply to all Live/Work Units:
a) Work associated with a live/work unit shall be conducted entirely indoors, and shall not be
undertaken in any attached garage space necessary for required parking;
b) There shall be no exterior storage on the site in relation to the live/work unit, and no exterior
alterations shall be permitted that are not consistent with the residential character of the
buildings and property;
c) No noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odours, heat, glare, electrical, television or radio
interference detectable beyond the boundaries of the dwelling containing the live/work unit
shall be produced;
d) The size and nature of the workspace shall be limited so that the building type may be
governed by applicable building codes;
e) The dwelling component of the live/work unit shall be not less than 30% of the gross floor
area of the live/work unit. Any attached garage space necessary for required parking shall be
excluded from the gross floor space ratio calculation. The provisions in Section 10.8.4 apply
to all dwelling units.
10.8.4 Dwelling Unit Development Standards (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
a) Dwellings may be developed in this zoning district when located on a second or higher floor
over office, retail, restaurant, cafe, and similar uses on the main floor.
b) Dwelling Units are permitted as long as the principal use is undergoing.
c) Dwelling units shall have a floor area smaller than or equal to the floor area in commercial
use.
d) Minimum floor area for each dwelling unit shall be 45 m².
e) All dwelling units shall have an entrance separate from that of the commercial establishment.
f)
Dwelling units shall be located above or at the rear and attached to the principal commercial
use.
g) Accessory residential uses shall conform to the Provincial Public Health and Fire
Regulations.
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h) The parking required for dwellings in this zoning district is additional to parking for the
commercial uses.
i)
Council will consider discretionary use applications for dwellings in this zoning district with
respect to the following criteria:
inclusion of ground level commercial development in the proposal,
convenience of parking, and
appropriate size and quality of proposed dwelling units.
11.0 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C2)
The purpose of this district is to provide for the
development of general commercial uses.
No person shall within any C2-General Commercial District use any land or erect,
alter or use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following
provisions. No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or accessory use
prior to obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer.
11.1 Permitted Uses
a) Administrative Offices
b) Animal Hospitals or Veterinary Clinics
c) Bus Terminals
d) Cafes and Restaurants
e) Banks, Credit Unions, and other Financial Institutions
f)
Commercial Entertainment Establishments
g) Commercial Recreation establishments such as Bowling Alleys, Arcades and Fitness centres
h) Equipment and Tool Rental Establishments
i)
Gas Bars
j)
Movie Theatres
k) Storefront Bakeries, Butcher Shops, and similar Food Processing with on-site retail sales
l)
Storefront Retail Stores and Outlets
m) Service Stations, Motor Vehicle Repair Shops
n) Newspaper Offices and Printing Plants and Services
o) Hotels or Motels
p) Uses, buildings and structures accessory to and located on the same site as the principal
building or permitted use.
q) Public Works Buildings and Structures (excluding warehouses, storage yards, and waste
management or sewage facilities)
r)
Strip Malls
s) Signs: Awning, Canopy, Fascia, Freestanding
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t)
Wholesale Trade Establishments
11.2 Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the C2-General Commercial District only
by resolution of Council and only in locations specified by Council:
a) Billboard Signs
b) Car and Truck Washes
c) Animal Clinics
d) Lumber and Building Supply Establishments
e) Construction Trades
f)
Licensed premises for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages
g) Service Stations with or without car washes
h) Solar Panels
11.3 Site Development Regulations
Commercial Uses
Minimum site area
930 m² for service station, and 280m² for gas bars
Hotels and motel: 2230m²
All other uses: 464m²
Minimum site frontage
30.0 meters for service stations and motels/hotels
10.0 meters for all other uses
Maximum site
coverage
75%
Maximum height
10.0 meters except for Hotels: 25.0 meters
Minimum front yard
7.5 meters for service stations,
6.0 meters when abutting a residential district, otherwise none
Minimum side yard
No requirement except when the side site line is the boundary of any
Residential, Community Service District or abuts a public street then
the minimum side yard shall be 6.0 meters except when the rear site
line abuts a railway right-of-way no rear yard need be provided.
Minimum rear yard
8.0 meters, except when the rear site line abuts a railway right-of-way
no rear yard need be provided.
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Strip Mall Site Development Regulations
Minimum site area
3,700 m²
Minimum site frontage
75 meters
Maximum height
15.0 meters
Maximum site coverage
75%
Minimum front yard
7.5 meters
Minimum rear yard
9.0 meters. When the rear site line abuts a railway right-of-way no
rear yard need be provided.
Minimum side yard
3.0 meters
Minimum Parking Spaces
1 parking space for each 23.2 m² of floor area
11.4 Accessory Buildings and Structures
a) For gas bars and service stations an open canopy may extend over a portion of required
yards provide the supports are not located in the required yards and the edge of the canopy
is at least 0.6 m from any property line.
b) Sale or demonstration goods in the front of a building, whether temporary or permanent,
shall comply with any yard requirements.
c) Sale or demonstration goods, or signs, whether temporary, permanent, or mobile, shall not
occupy a required parking stall, loading space or access aisle.
11.5 Supplementary Regulations
a) The design, character and appearance of any building or series of buildings, structures or
signs proposed to be erected or located in a commercial district, must be acceptable to the
Town having due regard to the amenities and the character of existing development in the
district, as well as its effect on adjacent districts.
b) All developments in commercial districts must be designed in accordance with the Town's
other statutory and non-statutory plans.
c) Where a proposed development is part of a larger area, the whole of which may eventually
be developed and for which no overall development plan has been prepared, the Town may
require the submission of a comprehensive Concept Plan before dealing with the application.
d) The Town may allow a building to be occupied by a combination of one or more of the uses
listed for commercial district and each use shall be considered a separate use.
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11.6 Temporary Buildings
a) Temporary buildings shall not exceed one storey in height and shall not have a basement or
a cellar.
b) Temporary buildings shall be skirted and finished and shall be maintained at all times to the
satisfaction of the Municipality.
c) Temporary buildings shall not be connected to Town sewer or water supply systems.
d) Shall make up no more than 10% of the area of the site.
11.7 Projections into Yards
a) Projections into required minimum front, rear or side yards are permitted subject to the
setback or construction requirements of the National Building Code where they consist of
any of the following:
b) Eaves and gutters of 0.6 m or less projection into a required yard, or chimney chases, fire
escapes, or steps, provided that any of the projections will not extend beyond the property
line.
11.8 Driveways
The location of a driveway from a site to a public thoroughfare classified as a
major street shall be at the discretion of the Municipality.
11.9 Fences and Screening
Screen fences shall be consistent and complement the quality of building design
and materials of the primary building. Screening shall be provided where a lot
used for commercial or industrial purposes abuts a residential district without an
intervening street or land. Screening shall:
a) Consist of a solid fence, hedge, or wall over 1.5 meters in height in a side or rear yard and
over 0.75 meters in a front yard.
b) All sites abutting a residential district shall be screened from the view of the residential
district.
c) All apparatus on the roof shall be painted or screened from view from adjacent sites and
public thoroughfares.
d) Outside storage areas shall be screened from adjacent sites and public thoroughfares.
e) No fence in a commercial district shall exceed 2.4 meters.
f)
No barbed wire or razor wire fences shall be allowed in a Commercial District.
g) Outside storage areas shall be screened from adjacent sites and public thoroughfares to the
satisfaction of the Municipality.
h) All exterior work areas, storage areas and waste handling areas must be screened from view
from roadways and park reserves to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
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All wrecked or damaged vehicles, or parts thereof, located on the property shall be screened
to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
11.10 Landscaping
a) A landscaped strip of not less than 3.0 meters in width throughout lying parallel and abutting
the front site line shall be provided on every site.
b) On corner lots, in addition to the landscaping required in the front yard, the whole of any
required side yard abutting the flanking street shall be landscaped.
c) Where a site abuts any Residential or Community Service District without an intervening
land, there shall be a strip of land adjacent to the abutting site line of not less than 3.0
meters in width throughout which shall not be used for any purpose except landscaping.
11.11 Outside Storage and Garbage Collection
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any commercial or
industrial site. Sea and rail containers are a temporary use and shall be located in the rear
yard.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
c) No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area
devoted to the outdoor storage of vehicles in operating equipment and machinery normally
used for the maintenance of the property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
e) Garbage and waste material shall be stored in weatherproof and animal proof containers in
accordance with the Waste Bylaw and shall be located:
i. Within the principal building, or
ii. To the side or rear of the principal building.
f)
All outside garbage containers and garbage areas shall be visually screened from all
adjacent sites and public thoroughfares in a manner compatible with the design and exterior
finish of the principal building on the site.
g) Recycling materials shall be stored in weatherproof containers, screened from adjacent sites
and public thoroughfares, and be in a location easily accessible for pick-up.
11.12 Other Requirements
11.12.1 Parking Requirements
Strip malls or retail plazas
1 parking space for each 23.2 m² of floor area
Stores and offices
1 parking space for every 46.5 m² of gross floor area
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Restaurants, other eating places
1 parking space for every four(4) patrons or seats
Theatres, places of assembly
1 parking space for every four (4) patrons or seats
Motels, motor hotels or hotels
1 parking space for each accommodation unit
Service Stations
1 ½ parking spaces for each service bay
All other uses
1 parking space for each 27.5 m² of building floor area
11.12.2 Loading Requirements
Where the use of a building or site involves the receipt, distribution or dispatch by
vehicles of materials, goods or merchandise, adequate space for such vehicles
to stand for loading and unloading shall be provided on the site. The minimum
area of an individual loading space shall be 17.0 m². Doors located in side yards
shall not be used for delivery purposes.
Gross Floor Area
Minimum Number of Loading Spaces
90 m² to 1300 m²
1 space
1300 m² to 2500 m²
2 spaces
<2500 m²
2 spaces +1 space for each 6500 m² 2500 m²
11.12.3 Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
11.12.4 Strip Malls
a) Strip Malls, when permitted, must be primarily for pedestrian use and accessible to the public
from both the street and from the development.
b) Council will consider the appropriate separation to other uses that may be incompatible with
Shopping Centre/Strip Mall retail and service activities.
c) Council will consider the potential uses and street access to the site when making a
discretionary use decision on a proposed shopping centre/strip mall. Ingress and egress
points shall be designed to minimize conflict with adjacent land uses and not pose a safety
hazard.
d) Other criteria may include the street façade, main street entrance, windows along the street
and the relaxation of on-site parking requirements.
e) Landscaping shall be provided acceptable to Council. If abutting a Residential District, a
suitable buffer composed of tree planting or a hedge shall be provided.
11.12.5 Drive-Thru Restaurants:
a) Restaurants with drive thru sales shall have room on site for at least 5 cars in the ordering
line and this line shall not block access to parking stalls.
b) Access and egress lanes shall not be located so as to create congestion on the adjacent
streets.
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11.12.6 Service Stations
a) The minimum lot area for a service station shall be 900 m², with a required 30 meter frontage
and 7.5 meter front yard.
b) On a corner lot, only one access shall be constructed on the flankage, located a minimum of
6.0 meters from the intersection.
c) Fuel pumps and other accessory equipment shall be located not less than 6.0 meters from
any street or site line.
d) All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles, and similar articles shall be stored within a building
or screened to the satisfaction of Council.
11.12.7 Dwelling Unit Development Standards
a) Dwellings may be developed in this zoning district when located on a second or higher floor
over office, retail, restaurant, cafe, and similar uses on the main floor.
b) Dwelling Units are permitted as long as the principal use is undergoing.
c) Dwelling units shall have a floor area smaller than or equal to the floor area in commercial
use.
d) Minimum floor area for each dwelling unit shall be 45 m².
e) All dwelling units shall have an entrance separate from that of the commercial establishment.
f)
Dwelling units shall be located above or at the rear and attached to the principal commercial
use.
g) Accessory residential uses shall conform to the Provincial Public Health and Fire
Regulations.
h) The parking required for dwellings in this zoning district is additional to parking for the
commercial uses.
i)
Council will consider discretionary use applications for dwellings in this zoning district with
respect to the following criteria:
i. inclusion of ground level commercial development in the proposal,
ii. convenience of parking, and
iii. appropriate size and quality of proposed dwelling units.
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12.0 BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT (BP)
The purpose and intent of this district is to provide for light
manufacturing, warehousing, service Business Park, and
service oriented commercial uses that are carried on
within the primary building and accessory buildings on the
site.
No person shall within any BP-Business Park District use any land or erect, alter or
use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following provisions.
No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or accessory use prior to
obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer.
12.1 Permitted Uses
a) Car and Truck Washes
b) Business Offices
c) Construction Trades
d) Greenhouses, Tree and Plant Nurseries
e) Government and Professional Service Offices
f)
Commercial Schools
g) Drive Thru Restaurants
h) Rental Stores
i)
Signs: Awning, Canopy Fascia, Freestanding
j)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to and located on the same site as the principal
building or permitted use.
k) Service Stations or Gas Bars
l)
Storage Facilities
m) Public Works Buildings and Structures, warehouses, storage yards, (excluding waste
management or sewage facilities)
n) Wholesale Trade Stores, Offices and Warehouses
12.2 Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the BP-Business Park District only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified by Council:
a) Auction Establishments
b) Auto body and Paint shops
c) Billboard Signs
d) Bottle Depots
e) Animal Kennels
f)
Lumber Yards, Building Supply and Home Improvement Stores
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g) Motor Vehicle, Recreational Vehicle, Trailer, and / or Farm Machinery Sales, Storage and
Servicing
h) Solar Panels
i)
Storage and Distribution Centres
12.3 Prohibited Uses
Business Park uses which emit airborne pollutants and/or noxious odors which
have fire or explosive risks.
12.4 Site Development Regulations
Commercial Uses
Minimum site area
464m² for all uses except 929 m² for service stations
Minimum site frontage
30.0 meters
Maximum site
coverage
75%
Maximum height
14.0 meters
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters except 7.5 meters for service stations
Minimum rear yard
6.0 meters unless the rear lot line abuts a railway in which case no rear
yard is required
Minimum side yard
3.0 meters except when the side site line is the boundary of any
Residential, Community Service District or abuts a public street then
the minimum side yard shall be 6.0 meters
Light Industrial Uses
Minimum site area
1860m²
Minimum site
frontage
30 meters (100 feet)
Maximum site
coverage
75%
Maximum height
14.0 meters
Minimum front yard
6.0 meters unless abutting the highway or service road than 9.0
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meters
Minimum rear yard
6.0 meters unless the rear lot line abuts a railway in which case no rear
yard is required
Minimum side yard
3.0 meters except when the side site line is the boundary of any
Residential, Community Service District or abuts a public street then
the minimum side yard shall be 6.0 meters
12.5 Accessory Buildings
a) For gas bars and service stations an open canopy may extend over a portion of required
yards provide the supports are not located in the required yards and the edge of the canopy
is at least 0.6 m from any property line.
b) Sale or demonstration goods in the front of a building, whether temporary or permanent,
shall comply with any yard requirements.
c) Sale or demonstration goods, or signs, whether temporary, permanent, or mobile, shall not
occupy a required parking stall, loading space or access aisle.
12.6 Supplementary Regulations
a) The design, character and appearance of any building or series of buildings, structures or
signs proposed to be erected or located in a Business Park District, must be acceptable to
the Municipality having due regard to the amenities and the character of existing
development in the District, as well as its effect on adjacent Districts.
b) All developments in the Business Park Districts must be designed in accordance with the
Town's statutory and non-statutory plans.
c) Where a proposed development is part of a larger area, the whole of which may eventually
be developed and for which no overall development plan has been prepared, the Town may
require the submission of a Master Site Concept Plan before dealing with the application.
d) The Municipality may allow a building to be occupied by a combination of one or more of the
uses listed for Business Park District and each use shall be considered a separate use.
12.7 Temporary Buildings
a) Temporary buildings shall not exceed one storey in height and shall not have a basement or
a cellar.
b) Temporary buildings shall be skirted and finished and shall be maintained at all times to the
satisfaction of the Municipality.
c) Temporary buildings shall not be connected to Town sewer or water supply systems.
d) Shall make up no more than 10% of the area of the site.
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12.8 Driveways
The location of a driveway from a site to a public thoroughfare classified as a
major street shall be at the discretion of the Municipality.
12.9 Fences and Screening
Screen fences shall be consistent and complement the quality of building design
and materials of the primary building. Screening shall be provided where a lot
used for commercial or industrial purposes abuts a residential district without an
intervening street or land. Screening shall:
a) Consist of a solid fence, hedge, or wall over 1.5 meters in height in a side or rear yard and
over 0.75 meters in a front yard.
b) All sites abutting a residential district shall be screened from the view of the residential
district.
c) All apparatus on the roof shall be painted or screened from view from adjacent sites and
public thoroughfares.
d) Outside storage areas shall be screened from adjacent sites and public thoroughfares.
e) No barbed wire, or razor wire fences shall be allowed in a Business Park.
f)
All business park sites adjacent to Residential Districts shall screen or paint roof apparatus
to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
g) Outside storage areas shall be screened from adjacent sites and public thoroughfares to the
satisfaction of the Town.
h) All exterior work areas, storage areas and waste handling areas must be screened from view
from roadways and park reserves to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
i)
All wrecked or damaged vehicles, or parts thereof, located on the property shall be screened
to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
12.10 Landscaping
a) A landscaped strip of not less than 3.0 meters in width throughout lying parallel and abutting
the front site line shall be provided on every site.
b) On corner lots, in addition to the landscaping required in the front yard, the whole of any
required side yard abutting the flanking street shall be landscaped.
c) Where a site abuts any Residential or Community Service District without an intervening
land, there shall be a strip of land adjacent to the abutting site line of not less than 3.0
meters in width throughout which shall not be used for any purpose except landscaping.
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12.11 Outside Storage and Garbage Collection
a) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any commercial or
industrial site. Sea and rail containers are a temporary use and shall be located in the rear
yard.
b) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
c) No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
d) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area
devoted to the outdoor storage of vehicles in operating equipment and machinery normally
used for the maintenance of the property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
e) Garbage and waste material shall be stored in weatherproof and animal proof containers in
accordance with the Waste Bylaw and shall be located:
i. Within the principal building, or
ii. To the side or rear of the principal building.
f)
All outside garbage containers and garbage areas shall be visually screened from all
adjacent sites and public thoroughfares in a manner compatible with the design and exterior
finish of the principal building on the site.
g) Recycling materials shall be stored in weatherproof containers, screened from adjacent sites
and public thoroughfares, and be in a location easily accessible for pick-up.
12.12 Design and Performance Standards
12.12.1 The design and placement of buildings shall be to the discretion of
the Municipality who shall give regard to, but not be limited to:
a) Building design,
b) Building interface treatments,
c) Site lighting,
d) Outside storage,
e) Landscaping, and
f)
Vehicular and Pedestrian circulation.
12.12.2 Business Park operations including production, processing, cleaning,
testing, repairing, storage or distribution of any material shall conform
to the following standards:
a) Noise: emit no noise beyond the boundary of the site on which the operation takes place.
b) Smoke: no process involving the use of solid fuel is permitted.
c) Dust or ash: no process involving the emission of dust, fly ash or other particulate matter is
permitted.
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d) Odor: the emission of any odorous gas or other odorous matter is prohibited.
e) Toxic gases: the emission of any toxic gases or other toxic substances is prohibited.
f)
Glare or heat: no operation shall be carried out that would produce glare or heat discernible
beyond the property lines of the site.
g) External storage: external storage of goods or material is permitted if kept in a neat and
orderly manner or suitably enclosed by a fence or wall to the satisfaction of the Municipality.
No storage is permitted in the front yard.
h) Business Park wastes: waste which does not conform to the standards established from
time to time by Town Bylaws shall not be discharged into any Town sewers.
i)
The onus of proving to the Municipality that a proposed development does and will comply
with these requirements rests with the developer.
12.13 Other Requirements
12.13.1 Parking Requirements
Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the
following:
Commercial trade activities
1 parking space for each 75 m² of building floor area
Warehouses or manufacturing
activities
1 parking space for each 90 m² of gross floor area
Offices and Retail Stores
1 parking space for every 46.5 m² of gross floor area
Restaurants, other eating places
1 parking space for every four(4) patrons or seats
Service Stations
1 ½ parking spaces for each service bay
All other uses
1 parking space for each 27.5 m² of building floor area
12.13.2 Loading Requirements
Where the use of a building or site involves the receipt, distribution or dispatch by
vehicles of materials, goods or merchandise, adequate space for such vehicles
to stand for loading and unloading shall be provided on the site. The minimum
area of an individual loading space shall be 17.0 m². Doors located in side yards
shall not be used for delivery purposes.
Gross Floor Area
Minimum Number of Loading Spaces
90 m² to 1300 m²
1 space
1300 m² to 2500 m²
2 spaces
<2500 m²
2 spaces +1 space for each 6500 m² 2500 m²
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12.13.3 Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
12.13.4 Drive-Thru Restaurants
a) Restaurants with drive thru sales shall have room on site for at least 5 cars in the ordering
line and this line shall not block access to parking stalls.
b) Access and egress lanes shall not be located so as to create congestion on the adjacent
streets.
12.13.5 Service Stations
a) The minimum lot area for a service station shall be 900 m², with a required 30 meter frontage
and 7.5 meter front yard.
b) On a corner lot, only one access shall be constructed on the flankage, located a minimum of
6.0 meters from the intersection.
c) Fuel pumps and other accessory equipment shall be located not less than 6.0 meters from
any street or site line.
d) All automobile parts, dismantled vehicles, and similar articles shall be stored within a building
or screened to the satisfaction of Council.
12.13.6 Auto Body Shops
The following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for an
Auto body Shop or similar operation.
a) This includes auto repair shop, body shops and similar uses, all savage vehicles and
materials, vehicles waiting repair, salvage or removal and similar uses.
b) Vehicles and parts storage shall not locate in any yard abutting a road and must be screened
from view by a solid fence with the location, height and materials being first approved by the
development officer.
c) A Performance Bond may be required by Council to ensure the proposal meets the
development standards.
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13.0 FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
(FUD)
The purpose and intent of this district is to protect land
designated as Future Land Use or Potential Land Use on
the Future Land Use Map from premature subdivision and
development while allowing for compatible interim uses
No person shall within any FUD-Future Urban Development District use any land
or erect, alter or use any building or structure, except in accordance with the
following provisions. No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or
accessory use prior to obtaining a development permit from the Development
Officer.
13.1 Permitted Uses
a) Accessory Buildings and Accessory Uses
b) Agricultural Uses
c) Cemeteries
d) Crop Farming (on an existing parcel without any buildings)
e) Crop Farming (including a dwelling and farm buildings)
f)
Public Works Buildings and Structures, warehouses, storage yards, (including waste
management or sewage facilities, operated by a public authority.
13.2 Discretionary Uses
a) Golf Courses
b) Green Houses
c) Market Gardens
d) Outdoor Recreation Facilities
e) Home Based Businesses or Occupations
f)
Existing Single Detached Dwellings
g) New Single Residential Dwellings as an accessory use
h) Signs: Awning, Billboard, Canopy, Fascia or Freestanding
i)
Solar Panels
j)
Sports Fields
k) Sports Arenas
l)
Tree and Plant Nurseries
m) Tourist Campgrounds
n) Wind Turbines
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13.3 Site Development Regulations
13.3.1 All minimum requirements are at the discretion of the Town.
13.3.2 All maximum limits are at the discretion of the Town.
13.3.3 The Municipality may impose any conditions they deem necessary to
carry out the purpose and intent of this District.
13.4 Other Regulations
13.4.1 Single Detached Dwellings:
a) To recognize existing use, Council will consider building or expansion of single detached
dwellings in a FUD District on a site that holds an existing single detached dwelling.
b) The approval of development of a single detached dwelling on vacant or idle land, or in a
new subdivision for large site residential use, will not be considered except in conjunction
with the adoption of a Concept Plan to the Official Community Plan that designates the area
for large site residential use.
c) Council may consider approval of a single detached dwelling as an accessory use to another
existing use, where the location will not interfere with future development pursuant to the
Official Community Plan and any Concept Plan adopted under that plan.
13.4.2 Signs shall conform to Section 4.31. (Bylaw 05-2020, Approved 2020)
In approving a billboard sign for a vacant parcel of land in this District, Council
may limit the validity of the approval to a maximum of five (5) years where the
site is in the path of future development.
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14.0 REPEAL AND ADOPTION
Bylaw #21/86 as amended shall be repealed upon Bylaw 06-2012, the Zoning
Bylaw, coming into force and effect.
14.1 Ministerial Approval
This Bylaw is adopted pursuant to the Act, and shall come into force on the date
of final approval by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
14.2 Council Readings and Adoption
Council Readings and Adoption
Read a first time this 3rd day of April, 2012
Read a second time this 5th day of June, 2012
Read a third time and adopted this 3rd day of July, 2012
_______________________________
MAYOR
SEAL
______________________________
ADMINISTRATOR
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15.0 RW - Railway Industrial District (Bylaw 05-2013, Approved 2013)
The purpose of the Railway Industrial District (RW) is to
provide for the operation of a railway, railway yards and
uses related to the railway.
No person shall within an RW- Railway Industrial District use any land or erect,
alter or use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following
provisions. No person shall initiate any permitted, discretionary or accessory use
prior to obtaining a development permit from the Development Officer.
15.1 Permitted Uses
d) Railways and ancillary railway functions.
e) Buildings, structures, and uses accessory to, and located on the same site as, the principal
building or use;
f)
Public Works, excluding Waste Management and Sewage Facilities.
15.2 Discretionary Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the RW-Railway Industrial District only by
resolution of Council and only in locations specified by Council:
g) Billboard Signs
h) Lumber Yards,
i)
Motor Vehicle, Recreational Vehicle, Trailer Storage
j)
Solar Panels
k) Storage and Distribution Centres
15.3 Site Development Regulations
15.1.1 15.3.1 Railway Industrial Uses
Minimum site
area
929 m² except no minimum for public
works
Minimum site
frontage
30 meters (100 feet)
Maximum
height
14.0 meters
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Minimum front
yard
7.5 meters unless abutting the highway
or service road than 9.0 meters
Minimum rear
yard
6.0 meters unless the rear lot line abuts a
railway in which case no rear yard is
required
Minimum side
yard
3.0 meters
15.4 Temporary Buildings
l)
Temporary buildings shall not exceed one storey in height and shall not have a basement or
a cellar.
m) Temporary buildings shall be skirted and finished and shall be maintained at all times to the
satisfaction of the Municipality.
n) Temporary buildings shall not be connected to Town sewer or water supply systems.
o) Shall make up no more than 10% of the area of the site.
15.5 Outside Storage and Garbage Collection
p) No outdoor storage shall be permitted in the required front yard of any railway industrial site.
Sea and rail containers are a temporary use and shall be located in the rear yard.
q) Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
r)
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
s) Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area
devoted to the outdoor storage of vehicles in operating equipment and machinery normally
used for the maintenance of the property, vehicles or vehicular parts.
t)
Garbage and waste material shall be stored in weatherproof and animal proof containers in
accordance with the Waste Bylaw and shall be located:
i.
Within the principal building, or
ii.
To the side or rear of the principal building
u) Recycling materials shall be stored in weatherproof containers, screened from adjacent sites
and public thoroughfares, and be in a location easily accessible for pick-up.
v) All outside garbage containers and garbage areas shall be visually screened from all
adjacent sites and public thoroughfares in a manner compatible with the design and exterior
finish of the principal building on the site.
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APPENDIX "A" - Development Permit Application
Requirements
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Every development permit application shall include:
1) Application Form
A completed application form.
2) Site Plan
Two copies of a proposed development site plan.
3) Building Plan
A plan showing, with labels, the elevations, floor plan, and a perspective
drawing of the proposed development.
4) Landscape Plan
A landscape plan showing, with labels, the following:
a) the existing topography,
b) the vegetation to be retained and/or removed,
c) the type and layout of:
i. hard (e.g., structures) and soft (e.g., vegetation) landscaping,
ii. the open space system, screening, berms, slopes,
iii. other, as required, to effectively administers this Bylaw,
d) the types, sizes and numbers of vegetation materials;
e) areas to be damaged or altered by construction activities and proposed methods of
restoration;
f)
a schedule of site stripping and grading, construction, and site restoration, including methods
to be employed to reduce or eliminate erosion by wind, water, or by other means; and
g) historical and archaeological heritage resources and management areas (a Heritage
Resource Assessment as prescribed under The Heritage Property Act may be required).
5) Vicinity Map
A vicinity map showing, with labels, the location of the proposed development in
relation to adjacent lands:
a) Nearby municipal roads, highways and railways,
b) Significant physical features, environmentally sensitive areas, and more or less pristine
natural areas or features, especially undisturbed grassland, wooded ravines, and water
feature or stream courses,
c) Critical wildlife habitat and management areas,
d) Mineral extraction resources and management areas, and
e) Other as required, to effectively administer this Bylaw.
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6) Certificate of Title
A copy of the Certificate of Title, indicating ownership and all encumbrances.
7) Valid Interest
Development permit applicants shall be required to provide information, to the
Development Officer's or Council's satisfaction, that they have a current, valid
interest in the land proposed for development.
a) Proof of current valid interest may include:
i. proof of ownership
ii. an agreement for sale
iii. an offer or option to purchase
iv. a letter of purchase
v. a lease for a period of more than 10 years
vi. other, as determined and accepted by Council, or the Development
Officer.
8) Site Description for Subdivision Applications
a) A proposed plan of subdivision prepared by a Saskatchewan Land Surveyor or Professional
Community Planner and signed by the registered site owner or appointed agent;
b) A metes and bounds description prepared by the Information Services Corporation, which is
accompanied by an accurate sketch;
c) Photographic Information
d) Photographs showing the site in its existing state.
Note: Prior to making a decision on a subdivision, permitted or discretionary use,
Council may refer the application to whichever Government Agencies, the
District Corridor Planning Group, or interested groups, as Council may consider
appropriate. Council also may require the application to be reviewed by
planning, engineering, legal, or other professionals, with the cost of this review to
be borne by the applicant (refer to Section 3).
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Town of Grand Coulee
Application for a Development Permit
1. Applicant:
a) Name:_______________________________________________
b) Address:_____________________________________________ Postal Code:_______________
c) Telephone Number: ___________________________________ Cell phone:
2. Registered Owner: as above, or:
a) Name: _______________________________________________
b) Address: _____________________________________________
Postal Code: ___________________
c) Telephone Number: ___________________________________
3. Property: Legal Description
Lot(s) _____________Block_______________Reg. Plan No._________________
4. Lot Size:
Dimensions__________________________Area___________________________
5. Existing Land Use:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Proposed Land Use/description of Proposed Development:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
7. Proposed date of Commencement:__________________________________
Proposed date of Completion:________________________________________
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8. Other Information:
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
9. FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROVIDE a DETAILED SITE PLAN, drawn to scale on a separate
sheet showing, with labels, the following existing and proposed information:
a) a scale and north arrow,
b) a legal description of the site,
c) mailing address of owner or owner's representative,
d) site lines,
e) Bylaw site line setbacks,
f)
front, rear, and side yard requirements,
g) site topography and special site conditions (which may require a contour map), including
ponds, streams, other drainage runs, culverts, ditches, and any other drainage features,
h) the location of any buildings, structures, easements, and dimensioned to the site lines,
i)
the location and size of trees and other vegetation, especially natural vegetation, street
trees, and mature growth,
j)
proposed on-site and off-site services,
k)
landscaping and other physical site features,
l)
a dimensioned layout of parking areas, entrances, and exits,
m) abutting roads and streets, including service roads and alleys,
n) an outline, to scale, of adjacent buildings on adjoining sites,
o) the use of adjacent buildings and any windows overlooking the new proposal,
p) fencing or other suitable screening,
q) garbage and outdoor storage areas,
r)
other, as required by the Development Officer or Council to effectively administer this
Bylaw.
10. Declaration of Applicant:
I, ___________________________________of the ____________________________of
_____________________________in the Province of Saskatchewan, do Solemnly declare that
the above statements contained within the application are true, and I make this solemn
declaration conscientiously believing it to be true, and knowing that it is of the same
force and effect as if made under oath, and by virtue of "The Canada Evidence Act."
I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Town of Grand Coulee from and against any
claims, demands, liabilities, costs and damages elated to the development undertaken
pursuant to this application.
Date: ______________________________ Signature: ______________________________
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APPENDIX "B" - Notice of Decision for a Development
Permit or Zoning Bylaw Amendment
Town of Grand Coulee
Notice of Decision for a Development Permit or Zoning Bylaw Amendment
To: ___________________________ of ____________________________________
________
(Applicant)
(Address)
This is to advise you that your application for a:
____Permitted Use or Form of Development, or
____Discretionary Use or Form of Development, or
____Request for a Zoning Bylaw Amendment
Has Been:
____Approved.
____Approved subject to conditions or Development Standards, as listed in the attached
schedule
____Refused for the following reason:
______________________________________________________________________________
_
__________________________________________________________________________________ __
____________________________________________________________________________
___
If your application has been approved with or without conditions, this form is considered
to be the Development Permit granted pursuant to the Zoning Bylaw.
Right of Appeal
Please be advised that under Section 59 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007:
___ you may Not appeal the refusal of your application for a use or form of development
that is not permitted within the zoning district of the application.
____you may NOT appeal the refusal of your application for a discretionary use or form of
development
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____you may NOT appeal the refusal of your application for an amendment to the
zoning Bylaw
____you MAY APPEAL those standards that you consider excessive in the approval of the
discretionary use of form of development, or
____you MAY APPEAL the refusal of your application if you feel that the Development
Officer has misapplied the Zoning Bylaws in the issuing of this permit.
Your Appeal must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the date of this notice to :
Secretary, Development Appeals Board
Town of Grand Coulee
GBS#200, Box 72, R.R.2.
Grand Coulee, Sask.
S4P 2Z2
Date: _________________________ _____________________________________
Development Officer
Note:
This Permit expires 12 months from the date of issue.
A Building Permit is also required for a building construction.