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Saskatchewan
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LAJORD No. 128
ZONING BYLAW
Bylaw No. 2022-13
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1
TITLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2
AUTHORITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2
SCOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3
SEVERABILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.0 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER . . . . . 2
2.2
COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS . . . . . 3
2.4
REFERRAL OF DEVELOPMNT
APPLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5
DEVELOPMENT NOT
REQUIRING A PERMIT . . . . . . . 4
2.6
ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT
PERMITS AND NOTICES. . . . . . 5
2.7
BUILDING PERMITS, LICENCES,
AND COMPLIANCE WITH
OTHER BYLAWS . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.8
DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT - INVALID . . . . . . . . . 9
2.9
CANCELLATION. . . . . . . . . . 9
2.10
PERMIT RE-ISSUANCE . . . . . . . 9
2.11
APPEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.12
AMENDING THE
ZONING BYLAW . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.13
SERVICING AGREEMENTS,
SERVICE AGREEMENT FEES
AND DEVELOPMENT
LEVY FEES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.14
FEES AND ADVERTISING . . . . . 12
2.15
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES. . . . 12
2.16
PERFORMANCE BONDS. . . . . . 12
2.17
LIABILITY INSURANCE. . . . . . . 12
2.18
REGISTERED INTERESTS. . . . . . 12
3.0 GENERAL REGULATIONS. . . . . . 13
3.1
FRONTAGE ON ROAD . . . . . . . 13
3.2
NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL
BUILDINGS AND USES
ON SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3
NON-CONFORMING USES,
SITES AND BUILDINGS. . . . . . . 13
3.4
BUILDINGS TO BE MOVED. . . . . 14
3.5
MOBILE HOMES,
MODULAR HOME. . . . . . . . . . 14
3.6
PUBLIC UTILITIES, PIPELINES
AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. . . . 14
3.7
WATER SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.8
WASTE DISPOSAL
FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.9
STORAGE OF CHEMICALS,
FERTILIZERS, AND
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. . . . . 15
3.10 DEVELOPMENT OF
HAZARD LANDS. . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.11 GROUNDWATER PROTECTION . . . 17
3.12 SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS. . . . . . 17
3.13 HOME BASED BUSINESSES . . . . 18
3.14 DWELLING GROUP . . . . . . . . . 18
3.15 KENNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.16 BED AND BREAKFAST
AND VACATION FARM
OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.17 CAMPGROUNDS. . . . . . . . . . 20
3.18 MINERAL RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.19 SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS. . 24
3.20 INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK
OPERATION (ILO) . . . . . . . . . 25
3.21 MANURE APPLICATION . . . . . . 28
3.22 RODEO FACILITIES AND
EQUESTRIAN CENTRES. . . . . . 29
3.23 STORAGE OF VEHICLES . . . . . . 29
3.24 GRADING AND LEVELLING
OF SITES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.25 SOLAR FARMS. . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.26 SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS. . 32
3.27 LARGE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS. . 32
3.28 ACCESS ROADS. . . . . . . . . . 34
3.29 COMMUNICATION TOWERS. . . 34
3.30 PIPELINES AND
TRANSMISSION LINES. . . . . . . 34
3.31
TEMPORARY
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. . . . . 35
3.32
DEMOLITION
OF DWELLINGS . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.33
GARDEN SUITES . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.34
RESTORATION TO A SAFE
CONDITION. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.35
PROHIBITED AND
NOXIOUS USES. . . . . . . . . . 37
3.36
SITE SIZE ADJUSTMENTS. . . . . 37
3.37
KEEPING OF
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. . . . . . . 37
3.38
LICENSED CANNABIS
PRODUCTION FACILITIES . . . . . 38
3.39
FENCE AND HEDGES. . . . . . . 39
3.40
SIGHT TRIANGLES . . . . . . . . . 39
3.41
INTERMODAL STORAGE
CONTAINERS. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.42
MEMBRANE COVERED
STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.43
PORTABLE STORAGE UNIT. . . . 40
3.44 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS AND CRITERIA
FOR DISCRETIONARY USES. . . . 41
4.0 ZONING DISTRICT STRUCTURE. . 42
4.1
CLASSIFICATION OF
ZONING DISTRICTS. . . . . . . . 42
4.2 THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP. . . 42
4.3 BOUNDARIES OF
ZONING DISTRICTS. . . . . . . . 42
5.0 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A) . . . 43
5.1
PURPOSES AND INTENT . . . . . . 43
5.2 PERMITTED USES . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.3 DISCRETIONARY USES. . . . . . . 43
5.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . 44
5.5 SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS AND CRITERIA
FOR INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK AND
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. . . 46
5.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING OF
ANIMALS ON RESIDENTIAL SITES
OTHER THAN FARMSTEADS. . . . 46
5.7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA FOR RESIDENCES ON A
SEPARATE SITE. . . . . . . . . . . 45
TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued
6.0 INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT (I-A). . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT . . . . . . . 48
6.2 PERMITTED USES. . . . . . . . . . 48
6.3 DISCRETIONARY USES. . . . . . . 48
6.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 48
6.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR INTENSIVE
LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS . . . . . 50
6.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR INTENSIVE
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. . . 50
6.7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING OF
ANIMALS ON RESIDENTIAL SITES
OTHER THAN FARMSTEADS. . . . 50
6.8 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
COMMERCIAL USES. . . . . . . . 50
6.9 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR RODEO
FACILITIES AND EQUESTRIAN
CENTRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.11 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR CANNABIS
PRODUCTION FACILITIES. . . . . . 51
6.12 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA FOR SAND AND GRAVEL
DEVELOPMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.0 COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL 1
DISTRICT (CR1) . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT. . . . . . . 53
7.2 PERMITTED USES . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.3 DISCRETIONARY USES . . . . . . . 53
7.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 53
7.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING
OF ANIMALS . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
7.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
DWELLING GROUPS. . . . . . . . 55
7.7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
HOME-BASED BUSINESSES. . . . 55
7.8 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR BED-AND-
BREAKFAST HOMES. . . . . . . . 55
7.9 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY
RESIDENTIAL USES. . . . . . . . . 55
7.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
7.11 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR WIND
ENERGY SYSTEMS. . . . . . . . . 55
8.0 COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL 2
DISTRICT (CR2). . . . . . . . . . . 56
8.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT. . . . . . . 56
8.2 PERMITTED USES . . . . . . . . . . 56
8.3 DISCRETIONARY USES . . . . . . . 56
8.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 56
8.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING
OF ANIMALS . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
DWELLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued
TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued
8.7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
HOME-BASED BUSINESSES. . . . 57
8.8 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY
RESIDENTIAL USES. . . . . . . . . 58
8.9 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR WIND
ENERGY SYSTEMS. . . . . . . . . 58
9.0 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C). . . . 59
9.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT. . . . . . . 59
9.2 PERMITTED USES . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.3 DISCRETIONARY USES . . . . . . . 59
9.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 59
9.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR ALL
DISCRETIONARY
COMMERCIAL USES. . . . . . . . 60
9.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR USES
INVOLVING THE HOUSING
OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS. . . 60
9.7 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
OUTSIDE STORAGE. . . . . . . . . 60
9.8 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR SIGNS . . . . . 60
9.9 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR SALVAGE
YARDS, AUTO AND MACHINERY
WRECKING YARDS. . . . . . . . . . 61
9.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR
RECREATIONAL USES . . . . . . . . 61
9.11 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA FOR SOLID AND LIQUID
WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES. . . . 61
9.12 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND
CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9.13 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR CANNABIS
PRODUCTION FACILITIES. . . . . . 61
10.0 HAMLET DISTRICT (H) . . . . . . . 62
10.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT. . . . . . . 62
10.2 PERMITTED USES . . . . . . . . . . 62
10.3 DISCRETIONARY USES . . . . . . . 62
10.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 62
10.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. . . . . 64
10.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL
AND AGRICULTURAL
SERVICE USES. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
10.7 USES COMPATIBLE WITH
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. . . 65
11.0 DIRECT CONTROL DISTRICT -
WESTERN POTASH CORP. (DCD) . . 66
11.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT. . . . . . . 66
11.2 PERMITTED USES . . . . . . . . . . 66
11.3 DISCRETIONARY USES . . . . . . . 66
11.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . 66
11.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR MINING
EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION
AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT . . 67
TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued
12.0 AMENDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
13.0 EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THE BYLAW. . . . . . . . . . . 70
13.1 COMING INTO FORCE . . . . . . . 70
14.0 DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
14.1 TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
14.2 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
14.3 INTERPRETATION . . . . . . . . . . 71
14.4 SEVERABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
14.5 UNITS OF MEASURE. . . . . . . . . 71
14.6 DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
15.0 ZONING DISTRICT MAPS. . . . . . 79
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
TITLE
This bylaw shall be known as the
Rural Municipality of Lajord No. 128
Zoning Bylaw.
1.2
AUTHORITY
In accordance with the authorities
provided to municipalities in The Planning
and Development Act, 2007 (the Act), the
Council of the RM of Lajord No. 128 adopts
Zoning Bylaw No. 2022-13.
1.3
SCOPE
All development within the limits of the
RM of Lajord No. 128 shall be in conformity
with the provisions of this bylaw, which
are established to ensure the RM is able to
meet its development goals.
Should any provision of this bylaw be in
conflict with any other municipal, provincial
or federal requirement, the higher and more
stringent standard will apply.
1.4
SEVERABILITY
If any part of this bylaw, including anything
shown on the Zoning District Map and
accompanying Subdivision Zoning Maps, is
declared to be invalid for any reason by an
authority of competent jurisdiction, that
decision shall not affect the validity of the
bylaw as a whole, or any other part, section
or provision of this bylaw.
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2.0 ADMINISTRATION
2.1
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
2.1.1 The Administrator of the RM of
Lajord No. 128 shall be the Development
Officer responsible for the administration
of this bylaw, unless another designate has
been appointed by Council.
2.1.2 The Development Officer shall be
responsible for receiving all applications
for development, and authority has been
granted to the Development Officer to make
decisions regarding development permits
for permitted uses in accordance with the
provisions of this bylaw.
2.1.3 The Development Officer shall refer
decisions for discretionary use development
permit applications, subdivision
proposals, zoning bylaw amendments, OCP
amendments and servicing agreements to
Council for decision.
2.1.4 The Development Officer may
refer any planning inquiries, questions or
permitted use applications for the purpose
of clarification to Council for comment.
2.1.5 The Development Officer shall
maintain for inspection by the public during
regular office hours, a copy of this bylaw,
zoning maps and amendments, and ensure
that copies are available to the public at a
reasonable cost.
2.1.6 The Development Officer shall
make available, for public inspection,
during regular office hours, a register of
all development permits and subdivision
applications and decisions.
2.1.7 The Development Officer shall collect
application and development fees, and
perform other duties as specified by Council.
2.2
COUNCIL
2.2.1
Council will make all decisions
regarding discretionary uses, contract
zoning, and zoning bylaw amendments.
2.2.2
Council shall make a
recommendation regarding all subdivision
applications circulated to it by the Ministry
of Government Relations, Province of
Saskatchewan, prior to a decision being
made by the Minister.
2.2.3
Council shall act on discretionary
uses, rezoning, and subdivision
applications in accordance with the
procedures established by the Act and in
accordance with the RM of Lajord No. 128
Official Community Plan.
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2.3
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
2.3.1
Every person shall obtain a
development permit prior to commencing
any development in the RM, except as listed
in this bylaw.
2.3.2
The completed development
permit application shall include where
applicable:
a) Description of intended use or
proposed development including any
change in building use or land use
change;
b) Legal land description;
c) Signature of the application and the
registered landowner(s);
d) Copy of the Certificate of Title;
e) Estimated commencement and
completion dates;
f) Floor plans and elevations of the
proposed development (to be kept by
the RM for future reference);
g) Any other information needed by the
Development Officer or Council to
assess the application; and
h) An attached site plan which shall include:
i)
All adjacent roads, highways,
railways, service roads and access
to the site (label on-site plan);
ii)
Rights-of-ways and easements
(gas, oil, power, drainage
easements, etc.);
iii) All drainage courses;
iv) Location of proposed
development;
v)
Existing development on site;
vi) Landscaping details (existing
trees, removal of trees, proposed
plantings, berming, water
features, etc.)
vii) Setbacks to all property lines,
roads and services;
viii) Top of bank and water;
ix) Existing and proposed services;
x)
Location of well or cistern or
other water supply;
xi) Method and location of sewage
disposal;
xii) Sign location and details like
artwork, colors, size, lights, etc.;
xiii) Parking and loading facilities;
xiv) Sidewalks, patios, playgrounds;
xv) North arrow; and
xvi) Any additional information
deemed necessary by Council or
the Development Officer.
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2.4
REFERRAL OF
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
2.4.1
The Development Officer may
refer the application to any internal or
external departments or organizations for
review and comment.
2.4.2
A copy of all approved
development permits, involving the
installation of water or sanitary services
disposal, shall be sent to the Saskatchewan
Health Authority.
2.4.3
Appropriate federal and provincial
approvals shall be acquired prior to any
alteration of or development adjacent to
shorelands.
2.4.4
Development in proximity to
a railway shall take into consideration
the Guidelines for New Development in
Proximity to Railway Operations document
and referral to the railway company will be
required.
2.5
DEVELOPMENT NOT
REQUIRING A PERMIT
The following developments shall be exempt
from development permit requirements,
but shall conform to all bylaw requirements
unless otherwise stated in this bylaw (e.g.,
setbacks, environmental and development
standards):
2.5.1
Agricultural District
a) Field crops;
b) Agricultural operations excluding
intensive agriculture and intensive
livestock operations;
c) Pastures for the raising of livestock
(excluding any intensive livestock
operations (ILO) and the keeping of
animals, non-intensive dairy farming,
orchards and vegetable, horticultural or
fruit gardens, beekeeping, grazing, and
other similar uses customary to general
agriculture); or
d) Temporary confinement of cattle during
winter months as part of an approved
farming operation.
2.5.2
All Zoning Districts
a) Installation and repair of public
utilities;
b) The erection of any fence (less than or
equal to 1.8 metres (5 ft. 10 inches) in
height) or gate;
c) The erection of a single residence
wind turbine, antennae, satellite dish,
telecommunication or radio antennae;
d) Parking of private vehicles or
agricultural vehicles on private lands;
e) Landscaping on private lands;
f)
Sidewalks;
g) Keeping of animals, limited to
domestic pets;
h) Accessory uses, unless specified
otherwise in this bylaw;
i)
Outside storage;
j)
Sea and rail containers (Agricultural,
Intensive Agricultural, and Commercial
Districts only) or where proposed for
temporary placement for a period not
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to exceed 10 (ten) days in any six month
period for the purpose of loading and
unloading of items associated with the
principle use;
k) The construction or placement of 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;
l) Internal alterations and maintenance
to a residential building, provided that
the use, building footprint or intensity
of use of the building including the
number of dwelling units within the
building or on the site does not change;
m) Disposal of clean fill on a site where the
clean fill is generated by construction or
demolition activity on that site, subject
to compliance with all federal and
provincial requirements; and,
n) Municipal facility, use or structure
owned and operated by the RM.
2.6
ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT
PERMITS AND NOTICES
Upon completion of the review of
an application for development, the
Development Officer shall determine if
the proposed development is either a
permitted use or a discretionary use:
2.6.1
Permitted Use:
a) The Development Officer will review
the application and issue a development
permit when the application conforms
with the OCP and Zoning Bylaw,
incorporating any special regulations,
performance standards or development
standards authorized by this bylaw.
b) The Development Officer will issue a
notice of refusal when the application
does not comply with a provision
or regulation of this bylaw and shall
reference the specific provision or
regulation the application did not meet.
c) All applicants shall be provided a
decision in writing, the effective date
of the decision and information on the
applicants right of appeal.
2.6.2
Discretionary Use:
a) The Development Officer will review
the application and prepare a report
examining the criteria for consideration
and submit the application, along with
the report, to Council for a decision.
b) At least 14 days before the application is to
be considered by Council, the Development
Officer shall provide notice to the public
for the discretionary use application. The
notice must be provided to:
i) The assessed owners of property
within a radius of: 300 metres
(1,640 ft.) if development is located
in a hamlet, 800 metres (2,624 ft.)
if development is located within
4 sections of a hamlet, and 1.5 km
if located beyond 4 sections of a
hamlet; and
ii) Any other owners required to be
notified by the OCP or Zoning Bylaw
or who the Development Officer
identifies as possibly being affected
by the development or who may
have an interest in the lands.
c) The Development Officer shall inform
the applicant of the date and time when
Council will consider the matter.
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d) Council or the Development Officer
may require the applicant to provide
further information necessary to
render a decision. Council may request
comments or information from other
government agencies to assist Council's
review of the application.
e) Council shall make a decision on a
discretionary use, by resolution which
instructs the Development Officer to
either issue a development permit
incorporating any specific development
standards set forth by Council, subject
to the limitations of the Act and in
accordance with the provisions of this
Bylaw; or issue a notice of refusal to
the applicant, stating the reasons for
the refusal. Council's notice of refusal
cannot be appealed to the Development
Appeals Board.
f) Council is deemed to have granted
a discretionary approval to use, or
specific intensity of use, that become
discretionary on a site as a result of
the adoption or amendment of this
bylaw, as of the date that this bylaw or
amendment comes into effect.
2.6.3
Minor Variance
The Development Officer may vary the
requirements of this Bylaw subject to the
following requirements:
a) A minor variance may be granted only
to permit the reduction of the minimum
required distance of a building to a
property lot line, or the minimum
required distance of a building from
any other building on the lot. The
variance shall be no more than 10%
of the requirement of this bylaw.
The maximum amount of a minor
variance shall be 10% variation from
the requirements of this Bylaw. The
development must conform to all other
requirements of this Bylaw and must
not injuriously affect a neighbouring
property. .
b) No minor variance shall be granted for
a Discretionary Use, or in connection
with an agreement to rezone land to a
Contract Zone pursuant to the Act.
c) A completed Development Permit
Application shall be submitted to
the Development Officer for a minor
variance and shall be accompanied by
an application fee as set in the RM's
Planning and Development Fee Bylaw.
d) Upon receipt of a Development Permit
Application for a minor variance the
Development Officer may:
i) Approve the minor variance;
ii) Approve the minor variance with
conditions; or
iii) Deny the minor variance.
e) Conditions of an approval shall
be consistent with the general
development standards in this Bylaw.
f) Where a minor variance is refused, the
Development Officer shall notify the
applicant in writing, providing reasons
for the refusal.
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g) Where a minor variance is approved,
with or without conditions, 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.
h) The written notice shall contain:
i. A summary of the application;
ii. Reasons for and an effective date of
the decision;
iii. Notice that an adjoining assessed
owner(s) have twenty (20) days to
submit a written objection to the
Development Officer, which will
result in the approval of the minor
variance being revoked; and
iv. Where there is an objection received
and the approval is revoked, the
applicant shall be notified of the
right to appeal to the Development
Appeals Board.
i) A decision to approve a minor variance,
with or without conditions, does not
take effect until twenty-three (23) days
from the date the notice was provided.
j) If an assessed owner of a property
having an adjoining property with the
applicant's land objects to the minor
variance in writing to the Development
Officer within the prescribed twenty
(20) days, 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 thirty (30) days
of receiving the notice.
k) If an application for a minor variance
is refused or approved with terms or
conditions, the applicant may appeal
the terms or conditions specified to the
Development Appeals Board within
thirty (30) days of the date of that
decision.
2.6.4
A new development permit is
required when:
a) The approved use ceases and is
replaced by another use;
b) The approve use ceases for a 12 month
period;
c) The development or use is not started
within 12 months; or
d) The intensity or size of use increases.
2.6.5
To achieve conformity with the
requirements of the OCP and the Zoning
Bylaw, any approval may incorporate the
following development standards:
a) Mitigating measures identified to
address potentially inappropriate
environmental or public safety
conditions which may be created or
compounded by development;
b) Conservation, mitigative and
rehabilitation measures to maintain
and enhance wildlife habitats, heritage
and archaeological areas and previously
developed areas;
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c) Mitigation measures and the
incorporation of FireSmart principles
to address risk of damage caused by
wildfires;
d) Sufficient amenities (recreational and
services to address the needs of those
utilizing the development);
e) Accessibility and traffic patterns for
persons and vehicles, the type and
volume of that traffic and the adequacy
of proposed off-street parking and
loading;
f) Safeguards afforded to minimize noxious
or offensive emissions including noise,
glare, dust and odour; and
g) Landscaping, buffering, screening,
lighting and signs to enhance the site
and create a suitable interface between
differing land uses.
2.7
BUILDING PERMITS,
LICENSES, AND COMPLIANCE
WITH OTHER BYLAWS
2.7.1
A building permit shall not be
issued unless a development permit, where
required, has been issued.
2.7.2
Nothing in this bylaw shall exempt
any person from complying with the
requirements of any building bylaw or any
other bylaw in force within the RM or from
obtaining permits or permission required
from the RM, the provincial or the federal
government.
2.7.3
Where the provisions of this bylaw
conflict with those of any other municipal,
provincial, or federal requirements, the
higher or more stringent standards prevail.
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2.8
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT -
INVALID
2.8.1
A development permit shall be
automatically invalid and development
shall cease, as the case may be:
a) If the development has not commenced
within 24 months after the date of the
approval of the permit;
b) If the proposed development is not
commenced within the period for which
the permit is valid;
c) 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; and/or
d) When development is undertaken
in contravention of this bylaw, the
development permit and specified
development standards.
2.9
CANCELLATION
2.9.1
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.
2.10 PERMIT RE-ISSUANCE
2.10.1
A development permit may
be re-issued, in its original or modified
form, where a new development permit
application conforms to the provisions of
this bylaw.
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2.11
APPEALS
2.11.1
The RM shall have a functioning
Development Appeals Board (the Board).
2.11.2 The composition of the Board,
the secretary, remuneration and expenses,
powers, duties and responsibilities shall be
determined by Council in accordance with
The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
2.11.3 In making an appeal to the Board,
and hearing such appeal, the provisions of
The Planning and Development Act, 2007
shall apply.
2.11.4 The Board has the authority to
hear an appeal as outlined in The Planning
and Development Act, 2007.
2.11.5 The Board does not have the
authority to hear an appeal where:
a) A discretionary use application is
refused;
b) Council refuses to amend the Zoning
Bylaw or rezone land; and
c) A decision concerning a subdivision
application.
2.11.6 Anyone starting an appeal must
send written notice of appeal to the
Secretary of the Board within 30 days of;
a) A Development Officer's decision being
issued;
b) The failure of a Council to make a
decision;
c) Receiving a permit with terms and
conditions; or
d) An order being served to repair to
correct contraventions.
2.11.7 The Development Appeals Board
must hear all appeals within 30 days of
receiving a notice of appeal.
2.11.8 At least 10 days before the
hearing, the Board must notify affected
parties about the hearing. The notice must
be served by personal service, ordinary
mail or registered mail.
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2.12 AMENDING THE ZONING BYLAW
2.12.1 Any person who seeks to
amend this Zoning Bylaw must submit
an application for amendment to the
Development Officer containing the
following information:
a) The fee established by Council, as
amended from time to time;
b) A completed application form;
c) In the case of a rezoning amendment:
i. Plan(s) showing the lands which are
the subject to the amendment;
ii. Written authorization from the
registered owner(s) of the said
lands;
iii. A current copy of the Certificate of
Title for the said lands;
iv. A written statement of the
applicant's reason for the
application; and
v. Any other supporting information
which, in the opinion of the
Development Officer, is necessary to
assess the application.
d. In the case of a textual amendment:
i. A written statement of the
applicant's reason for the
application; and
ii. Any other supporting information,
which, in the opinion of the
Development Officer, is necessary to
assess the application.
2.12.2 Any amendments to this Bylaw,
shall comply with the Official Community
Plan and any other relevant local area
plans, as adopted and amended by Council
from time to time.
2.12.3 The process for public notification
and public participation during bylaw
adoption shall be in accordance with the
requirements as set out in the Act.
2.12.4 Council will only consider
amendments which accommodate
proposals, when specific development
proposals, subdivision applications,
servicing agreement and other information,
as the case may be, have been presented to
and reviewed by Council.
2.13 SERVICING AGREEMENTS,
SERVICE AGREEMENT FEES AND
DEVELOPMENT LEVY AGREEMENTS
2.13.1 Council may require a
subdivision applicant to enter into a
Servicing Agreement or development
permit applicant to enter into a Service
Fee Agreement or a Development Levy
Agreement to ensure conformity with
the OCP and Zoning Bylaw and to ensure
adequate funding for on-site and off-site
infrastructure development as allowed
for in the Act. The RM shall have a Service
Fee and Development Levy Bylaw prior
to entering into a Servicing Fee or
Development Levy Agreement.
2.13.2 Council will ensure there are
adequate municipal infrastructure and
other public facilities prior to entering into
the agreement with the applicant, which
may include sewage disposal, solid waste
disposal, availability and adequacy of
source of water, recreational facilities, etc.
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2.14 FEES AND ADVERTISING
2.14.1 The fees related to the Zoning
Bylaw and OCP shall be established by
Council.
2.14.2 All advertising shall be conducted
in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
2.15 OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
2.15.1 Pursuant to Section 242 of The
Planning and Development Act, 2007,
the Development Officer may issue a
written order to the owner, operator or
occupant of the land, building or premises
for any contravention to this Zoning Bylaw
or the OCP.
2.15.2 Any person who violates this
Zoning Bylaw is guilty of an offence and
is liable, on summary conviction, to the
penalties outlined in Section 243 of The
Planning and Development Act, 2007.
2.16 PERFORMANCE BONDS
2.16.1 Council may require a developer
to post and maintain a performance bond,
irrevocable letter of credit or similar legal
mechanism to ensure developer performance
and to protect the public interest.
2.17 LIABILITY INSURANCE
2.17.1
Council may require developers
to provide and maintain liability insurance
to protect the municipality, developer and
public.
2.18 REGISTERED INTERESTS
2.18.1 Council may require that
development, servicing agreements and
other documents to be registered against
affected lands, to protect municipal and
public interests.
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3.0 GENERAL REGULATIONS
The following shall apply to all zoning
districts in this bylaw:
3.1
FRONTAGE ON ROAD
A development permit shall not be issued
unless the site intended to be used, or
upon which a building or structure is to be
erected, abuts or has frontage on a graded
all-weather road or unless satisfactory
arrangements have been made with
Council for the improvement or building of
a road, where required.
3.2
NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL
BUILDINGS AND USES ON A SITE
No more than one principal building or use
shall be permitted on any on any titled area
excluding:
a) Principle agricultural and industrial
uses, public use and private
institution(s) or principal uses within
the agricultural and future land use
districts;
b) Additional farm residences, to a
maximum of two, on an agricultural
parcel (agricultural residence) of
at least 64 hectares (160 acres) or
equivalent in size. Agriculture shall
be the principle use of the parcel, and
the additional residences are to be
occupied by a person who is engaged
in the agricultural operation as an
employee or partner;
c) A multiple unit dwelling (where it is
allowed in accordance with this bylaw);
d) A communal dwelling group
(i.e., Hutterite Colony) where it is
allowed in accordance with this bylaw;
the maximum number of residences
and uses for communal dwellings on
one titled site may be determined at the
discretion of Council.
e) Natural and mineral resource extraction
and related uses;
f) Commercial developments at the
discretion of Council; and/or
g) Public utility of municipal facility.
3.2.2
A development permit application
for an additional residence will not be
approved unless the additional residence is
designed, sited, constructed, and finished
in a manner that is visually compatible
and harmonious with the character of the
surrounding residential developments.
3.3
NON-CONFORMING USES,
SITES AND BUILDINGS
3.3.1
Any lands which do not conform
to the site requirements as set out in this
bylaw shall be deemed to be conforming
with regards to site size and frontage,
provided that a registered title for the site
existed prior to the coming into force of
this bylaw.
3.3.2
All bylaw requirements shall
be based on the stated metric unit. The
imperial units shown in this bylaw shall
be approximate guidelines only. Where an
existing structure or site falls into a non-
conformity by reason of conversion from
the Imperial System of Measurement to the
Metric System of Measurement, and solely
from such change, such existing structure
or lot shall not be deemed non-conforming.
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3.3.3
An existing non-conforming use
or intensity of use may continue if the
used existed when this bylaw was adopted
and has not been discontinued for 12
consecutive months.
3.3.4
Existing non-conforming buildings
may be repaired and maintained, but shall
not have reconstruction performed to them
such as structural alterations or addition,
pursuant to all the requirements of the Act.
3.3.5
All other regulations for non-
conforming buildings, sites and uses shall
be subject to the provisions of the Act.
3.4
BUILDINGS TO BE MOVED
No building shall be moved within, or
into, the RM without first obtaining a
development permit from the Development
Officer; unless exempt under this bylaw.
3.5
MOBILE HOMES,
MODULAR HOMES
3.5.1
A mobile or modular home is
considered a residence for the purposes of
this bylaw unless otherwise stated.
3.5.2
Wherever a dwelling is allowed
it may be in the form of a modular home
unless otherwise stated in this bylaw.
3.5.3
All residences, including mobile
homes and modular homes, shall be
attached to a permanent foundation and be
newer than 10 years old.
3.5.4
Every mobile home shall bear
CSA Z240 certification, have all wheels
removed and skirted, and be attached to
an approved septic tank system prior to
occupancy.
3.5.5
Every modular home shall bear
CSA A277 certification.
3.6
PUBLIC UTILITIES, PIPELINES,
AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES
3.6.1
Public utilities and municipal
facilities, including dedicated lands and
excluding solid and liquid waste disposal
sites, shall be permitted in all districts
unless otherwise specified by this bylaw
and no site or yard requirements shall
apply.
3.6.2
Where a pipeline, other utility or
transportation facility crosses a municipal
road Council may apply special design
standards as considered necessary to
protect the municipal interest in the road.
3.7
WATER SUPPLY
3.7.1
A proven potable water
supply shall be available to service all
development where water is required.
3.7.2
Council may require an applicant
to provide written proof, from a qualified
professional or well driller, that a proven
potable water supply of sufficient quality
and quantity is available to service the
proposed development or subdivision.
3.7.3
If subsection 3.7.2 above is
not complied with, or if the proposed
development or subdivision may jeopardize
ground or surface water supplies, Council
may refuse a development or recommend
refusal or a proposed subdivision.
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3.8
WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
3.8.1
No development or use of land
which requires sewage disposal or landfill
facilities shall be permitted unless those
facilities are approved by the appropriate
provincial agency.
3.8.2
Disposal of liquid, solid, or
gaseous waste shall be governed by
the appropriate acts and regulations
administered by the Province of
Saskatchewan or related agencies.
3.8.3
All waste disposal facilities shall
be located outside the 1:50 flood hazard
area.
3.8.4
Private landfills and lagoons
may be allowed, provided they meet
provincial requirements and are located
so they will not interfere with existing or
future residential, recreational, or tourism
development.
3.8.5
Development of a new solid or
liquid waste disposal facility or expansion
of an existing facility will be subject to the
following, as specified by the RM, upon
issuing a permit:
a) Development and site maintenance
shall be in accordance with provincial
environmental and health regulations.
b) Any solid waste disposal facility shall be
located 457 metres (1,499.34 ft.) from
any residence. Council, at its discretion,
may apply a lesser separation and may
consider any agreement to a lesser
separation distance by affected parties.
c) A buffer strip containing trees, shrubs
or a berm shall be located surrounding
a disposal area.
d) Any solid or liquid waste disposal
facility shall be fenced.
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 a provincial
highway and adjacent to an all-weather
road.
g) The development of any new disposal
sites shall take into consideration
direction of the prevailing winds.
h) Council shall place any additional
conditions for approval deemed
necessary based upon a specific
application.
3.9
STORAGE OF CHEMICALS,
FERTILIZERS, AND COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIALS
The storage of chemicals, fertilizers and
combustible materials are subject to the
requirements of both the federal and
provincial governments. All necessary
requirements and permits from other
regulatory agencies must be met and
obtained prior to the storage of hazardous
substances.
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3.10 DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARD LANDS
3.10.1
Where development of a building
is proposed within 150 m (492 ft.) of an area
designated in the Official Community Plan
as potential hazard land, as adopted and
amended from time to time, Council may
require the applicant to submit sufficient
topographic and geotechnical information to
determine if the development will be within
50 m (164 ft.) of any slopes that may be
unstable within the flood plain of any river
or stream, or any other land that may be
subject to flooding.
3.10.2 Council may require that, before
a permit is issued for development on a
site referenced in Section 3.10.1 above, the
applicant submit a report prepared by a
professional that is competent to assess the
suitability of a purposed development site
with respect to:
a) The potential for flooding up to 1:50-
year flood elevation;
b) The potential for slope instability
before and after the development and
any proposed improvement;
c) The suitability of the location for the
proposed use or building given the site
constraints, and
d) The required mitigation measures for
development on areas with a high-
water table.
3.10.3 Within the flood plain of a river or
stream;
a) Residential structures containing
habitable or potentially habitable
rooms shall be flood proofed to the
1:500-year flood elevation;
b) ILO's shall ensure that buildings,
permanent ILO animal enclosures, and
manure storage facilities are flood
proofed to the 1:500-year flood
elevation;
c) Intensive Agricultural Operations shall
ensure buildings are flood proofed to
the 1:500-year flood elevation; and
d) Habitable structures or buildings not
housing animals may employ wet flood
proofing techniques.
3.10.4 Sanitary landfills and lagoons shall
not be located on hazard lands.
3.10.5 Actions to avoid, prevent, mitigate
or remedy hazards may be incorporated as
conditions of any development permit. The
Development Officer or Council shall refuse
a permit for any development where,
in their opinion, the proposed actions
are inadequate to address the adverse
conditions or will result in excessive
municipal costs.
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3.11
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
3.11.1
No development or use of land
shall be permitted where the proposal will
adversely affect domestic and municipal
water supplies or where a suitable potable
water supply cannot be furnished to the
requirements of the Health Authority and/
or Water Security Agency.
3.11.2 If, in the opinion of Council, the
groundwater could be adversely affected,
a professional report shall be prepared at
the cost of the developer. The report/study
shall determine whether the proposed
development would adversely affect the
groundwater resource, the stability of the
land and include conditions under which
appropriate development may be approved.
Council shall make a recommendation for
subdivisions or development based on the
recommendation including the municipal
servicing costs.
3.12 SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
3.12.1 All signs situated in a Highway
Sign Corridor shall be regulated by the
requirements of The Provincial Highway
Sign Control Regulations, as may be
amended from time to time.
3.12.2 Signs other than those located
in a Highway Sign Corridor will require
municipal approval if the following uses or
occupations are advertised:
a) Agriculture commercial uses;
b) Home occupations;
c) Principal use of a premises; or
d) Principal products offered for sale on
the premises.
3.12.3 Signs and billboards that require
municipal approval are subject to the
following requirements:
a) No more than two (2) signs will be
permitted on the premises;
b) Each sign may be double faced;
c) Unless otherwise stated in a specific
district, no sign shall be in excess of 6
square metres (64.5 sq. ft.) in area, but
the two (2) permitted signs may be
combined and the total facial area shall
not exceed 12 square metres (129.17
sq. ft.); and
d) The maximum height of any sign shall
be 6 metres (19.69 ft.).
3.12.4 Signs not requiring a
development permit:
a) Address signs - one address
designation per use which denotes the
numerical address and/or name of the
occupant;
b) Agricultural related signs - agricultural
related signs are permitted on a
temporary basis, such as a herbicide,
or insecticide, or seed advertising
promotional signs;
c) Construction signs - signs that indicate
the impending development of a site
are permitted on a temporary basis;
d) Directional signs - signs such as
traffic warning signs, parking or no
trespassing signs;
e) Election signs - election signs for any
level of government are permitted;
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f) Government signs - all signs erected by
any level of government;
g) Memorial signs - memorial signs are
permitted only on the property which is
being advertised;
h) Real estate signs - real estate signs are
permitted only on the property which is
being advertised;
i) No trespassing, hunting restriction and
similar signs; or
j) Signs in a Highway Sign Corridor.
3.12.5 All signs, including those listed
above, shall be located so that no part of
the sign encroaches on a public right of
way or interfere with the sightline or any
intersection.
3.13 HOME BASED BUSINESSES
3.13.1 Home based businesses shall
visibly be secondary and ancillary to the
farmstead or residence.
3.13.2 Home based businesses shall
cause no variation in the residential or
residential farm character and appearance
of the dwelling accessory residential
building, or land, except for permitted
signs.
3.13.3 The use shall not generate
substantially more vehicular and/or
pedestrian traffic and vehicular parking
than normal within the district.
3.13.4 The permitted use shall be valid
only for the period of time the property
is occupied by the applicant for such
permitted use.
3.13.5 All permits issued for home based
businesses shall be subject to the condition
that the permit may be revoked at any
time if, in the opinion of the Development
Officer or Council the conditions under
which the permit was originally issued are
no longer met. Where a permit is revoked
the use shall cease immediately.
3.13.6 Any increase in a home based
business operation as applied for or
approved shall require a new discretionary
use approval.
3.14 DWELLING GROUP
3.14.1 All service and other common
buildings shall be of permanent construction.
3.14.2 Access to sites shall be from a road
internal to the dwelling group parcel.
3.14.3 No dwelling shall be closer than 6
metres (19.69 ft.) to any other dwelling.
3.14.4 All buildings on a dwelling group
parcel shall maintain the required yards to
the property lines of the parcel provided
for in the district and the required setback
to the centreline of a road.
3.14.5 Before occupancy, a dwelling
group site shall provide and, at all time,
maintain the following:
a) Storage facilities necessary for site
service and maintenance equipment.
b) Screening in the form of landscaping
and fencing around service buildings,
storage compounds and refuse
collection points.
c) A neighbourhood sign, not to exceed 4
square metres (43.06 sq. ft.) of face area.
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3.15 KENNEL
3.15.1 A kennel shall not be located
within or adjacent to a multi-parcel
residential subdivision (including hamlets
and organized hamlets) or closer than
304.8 metres (1,000 ft.) from the boundary
of a multi-parcel subdivision (including
hamlets and organized hamlets);
3.15.2 All pens, rooms, exercise runs and
holding stalls shall be soundproofed;
3.15.3 All facilities shall meet provincial
regulations, when necessary;
3.15.4 No facility or exterior exercise
area used to accommodate the animals
shall be located within 25 metres (82.02
ft.) of any property line of the parcel on
which the facility is to be sited;
3.15.5 All exterior exercise areas (runs)
shall be enclosed with a fence with a
minimum height of 1.83 metres (6 ft.);
3.15.6 All facilities, including buildings
and exterior exercise areas, shall be
required to be sited behind the residence;
and
3.15.7 All facilities shall be visually
screened from existing dwellings on
adjoining parcels.
3.16 BED AND BREAKFAST AND
VACATION FARM OPERATIONS
3.16.1 A bed and breakfast or vacation
farm operation shall be a secondary use on
any property.
3.16.2 The agricultural use or residential
use shall be established on the property
prior to the establishment of the operation.
3.16.3 The operation may include rooms,
cabins, and overnight camping areas.
3.16.4 Proposed structures shall be
suitable and comfortable for the proposed
site and the development shall not be
in conflict with adjacent uses or uses
currently on site.
3.16.5 The maximum number of rooms,
cabins or overnight camping areas
permitted will be specified as a condition of
the development permit.
3.16.6 Onsite signs will be permitted in
accordance with Section 3.12.3.
3.16.7 There shall be suitable services for
the facility.
3.16.8 Vacation farms and bed and
breakfast operations shall be licensed
pursuant to The Public Health Act,
where tourist accommodations requires
provincial approval and obtaining this
license will be a condition of approval.
3.16.9 There shall be appropriate levels
of access to the site and off-street, or road
parking where permitted, for the users of
the facility.
3.16.10 Bed and breakfast operations
shall be located in a residence used as the
operator's principle residence or located
in a dwelling accessory to and established
on the same site as the operator's principal
residence.
3.16.11 The development will not be
in conflict with adjacent uses or uses
currently on site.
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3.17 CAMPGROUNDS
3.17.1
The following uses are allowed
within a campground and long term
campground:
a) One recreational vehicle shall be
permitted on each campsite, subject to
standards within this bylaw;
b) Recreational uses, such as sports fields,
parks, playgrounds, picnic grounds,
lodges, hiking and cross country trails
and other similar uses, generally
associated with campgrounds;
c) Washroom facilities, laundry facilities,
and a confectionery designed to meet
the needs of the occupants of the
campsites;
d) One residence for the accommodation
of the operator; and
e) Public utilities, excluding solid and
liquid waste facilities.
3.17.2 The following uses are allowed on
a campsite within a long term campground:
a) One storage accessory building per
campsite that does not exceed 9.29
square metres (100 sq. ft.) and that
receives building permit approval,
if necessary. The building shall have
a minimum setback of 3.05 metres
(10 ft.) from the roadway within the
campground.
b) One deck per campsite that is contained
within the campsite with no portion
located in any roadway or required
buffer area and that receives building
permit approval, if necessary. The deck
shall have a minimum setback of 3.05
metres (10 ft.) from the roadway within
the campground.
3.17.3 The uses prohibited within
campgrounds and long term campgrounds
shall include:
a) Dwelling units on permanent
foundations, mobile homes, park model
trailers, and modular homes, excluding
one residence for the accommodation
for the operator;
b) Recreational vehicles with axles and/or
wheels removed;
c) Converted buses partially dismantled or
inoperative vehicles;
d) Home occupation; and
e) Outhouses.
3.17.4 Site Plan Required:
a) The operator of the campground or
long term campground shall provide
the Development Officer a plan of
the campground, identifying any
buildings, uses of land, the location
of campsites with dimensions, any
changes to grading and drainage, and a
stormwater management plan. The site
plan shall also show internal circulation
requirements, street widths, site
access and egress, emergency access,
parking areas, storage areas, washroom
facilities and utilities, laundry areas,
recreational areas, and any other
information the Development Officer or
Council deem necessary.
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b) The addition or rearrangement of
campsites, the construction or moving
of buildings, the material change in
the use of the 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.
3.17.5 Roads and Access:
a) The campground or long term
campground shall be accessible by a
registered and developed all-weather
road.
b) The number of access points shall be
limited to control the entry and exit of
vehicles. The access points shall also
minimize interference with traffic flow
and neighbouring uses. The location
of these access points shall not route
traffic through residential areas.
c) Each campsite shall have direct and
convenient access to a developed
internal roadway which is not located in
any required buffer area.
d) The space provided for internal
roadways shall be at least 7.5 metres
(24.61 ft.) in width for two way traffic
and 5.5 metres (18.04 ft.) for one way
traffic. No portion of any campsite,
other use or structure shall be located
in any roadway or required buffer area.
e) The campground or long term
campground and each site within shall
have clear access and identification for
emergency vehicles and personnel.
3.17.6 A campground or long term
campground shall have within its
boundaries a buffer area abutting the
boundary of not less than 4.5 metres
(14.76 ft.) which shall contain no buildings.
3.17.7 No portion of any campsite shall
be located within a roadway or required
buffer area.
3.17.8 The individual campsites shall not
be fenced. A fence may be erected around
the perimeter of the campground or long
term campground and shall form part of
the development permit application.
3.17.9 Long term outside storage of
materials shall be kept in a neat and
orderly fashion.
3.17.10 Each campsite shall have at least
one vehicular parking space provided on
site, in addition to the parking space for
one recreational vehicle.
3.17.11 All provincial regulations,
including The Public Health Act, shall be
complied with in respect to all operations
and development of the campground or
long term campground.
3.17.12 All developments may be subject
to the RM's bylaw for The Licensing of
Operators of Trailer Parks, or Camps and
The Licensing of Trailers.
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3.17.13 In addition to meeting the
regulations of this bylaw, Council will
consider applications with respect to the
following criteria:
a) The campground or long term
campground site is located with
convenient access to the recreational
features or facilities that it is intended
to serve.
b) The size and shape of the parcel and the
design of the campground or long term
campground will ensure that each site
is accessed from an interior roadway.
c) The size, shape and density of
campsites is sufficient to accommodate
recreational vehicles and provide
sufficient buffer between each campsite
and the interior roadway. Campsites
shall accommodate a minimum
setback of 1.52 metres (5 ft.) from a
recreational vehicle to the interior
roadway.
d) There is a water source suitable
for public consumption that meets
provincial standards and has been
approved by the Province prior to the
approval of a development permit.
e) There is a system for sewage and waste
water disposal that meets provincial
standards and has been approved by
the province prior to the approval of a
development permit.
f) The development will not be in conflict
with adjacent uses or uses currently
on site.
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3.18 MINERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
3.18.1 All mineral resource development
shall meet provincial requirements
and guidelines as well as municipal
requirements.
3.18.2 Land use incompatibility, nuisance
and pollution shall be minimized by
considering appropriate routes, buffers,
screening, etc.
3.18.3 Signage, fencing, lighting
restrictions or other safety measures may
be required at the developer's expense.
3.18.4 All operations shall have efficient
servicing, haul routes and have a high
consideration for public safety.
3.18.5 To provide appropriate access,
egress and sewage, water, stormwater and/
or drainage works, the construction of or
upgrades to municipal infrastructure may
be required at the developer's expense.
3.18.6 Council will specify development
conditions in conjunction with
recommendations from provincial
agencies and reports from qualified
individuals regarding site development,
services, modifications to application and
location of operation.
3.18.7 Council will specify conditions
regarding cost recovery and cost-sharing
of municipal road construction and
maintenance expenses due to increased
haulage by trucks carrying resources.
3.18.8 All operations shall have direct
access to a developed road.
3.18.9 Applicants will be required to
provide:
a) A plan showing the location of the
proposed area of operation and site
boundaries;
b) A description of the life cycle of the
operation, including:
i) A detailed timing and phasing of the
project, including the length of the
proposed operation;
ii) A decommissioning and restoration
plan showing the final site
conditions and post-development
land use plan following the
completion of the operation;
c) A description of the measures to be
taken for the prevention or mitigation
of dust, noise, public safety, erosion and
other effects to surrounding land uses
and the public, during and after the
operation; and
d) Information that identifies the
projected volumes of truck traffic on
roads, the proposed road impacts (e.g.,
road deterioration), and the proposed
measures to minimize negative impacts
(e.g., noise, dust, excessive speed) on
other road users and the public.
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3.19 SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS
3.19.1
Applicants proposing a sand and
gravel operation, or an expansion to an
existing operation, shall meet applicable
provincial and municipal requirements.
3.19.2 Applicants will be required to
provide:
a) A plan showing the location of the
proposed area of operation, site
boundaries, storage of extracted
materials, the depth of excavation and
the quantity of topsoil to be removed;
b) A description of the excavation, disposal
and stripping or grading operation;
c) A description of the timing and phasing
of the project, including the length of
the proposed operation;
d) A reclamation plan showing the final
site conditions following the completion
of the operation;
e) A description of the measures to be
taken for the prevention or mitigation
of dust, noise, public safety, erosion and
other effects to surrounding land uses
and the public;
f) Information that identifies the
projected volumes of truck traffic on the
roads, the proposed road impacts and
the proposed measures to minimize
negative impacts on the other road
users and the public;
g) Method for stormwater management/
drainage control and erosion and
sediment control; and
h) Any other information that Council
deems necessary.
3.19.3 Council will specify conditions
regarding cost recovery and cost-sharing
of municipal road construction and
maintenance expenses due to increased
haulage by trucks carrying sand and
gravel resources. The applicant, operator
or person that hauls the sand and gravel
resources may be required by the RM to
enter into a road maintenance agreement.
3.19.4 All gravel operations shall have
direct access to a developed road.
3.19.5 Approaches to the development
shall be located away from existing
residences.
3.19.6 Where a sand and gravel
development is proposed within the
vicinity of a water source, the development
permit application may be required
to be accompanied by an appropriate
hydrological study which outlines
necessary mitigation measures.
3.19.7 Sand and gravel development
shall have regard to adjacent land uses and
no material is to be stored or piled on any
road allowance or within 30.48 m (100 ft.)
of the bank of any watercourse or the
shore of any waterbody.
3.19.8 The owner of the land and the
operator proposing a sand and gravel
operation, or an expansion to an existing
operation, may be required to enter into a
reclamation agreement with the RM.
3.19.9 The reclamation agreement
shall identify the appropriate
restoration condition of the land that
is environmentally safe, stable and
compatible with adjoining lands.
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3.19.10 The reclamation agreement may
be registered as an interest on the title to
the affected lands as a development permit
condition to protect municipal and public
interests.
3.19.11 An approval for a sand and gravel
extraction development permit will be
issued for a maximum of 5 years and may
be renewed at the discretion of Council
through the development permit process.
3.19.12 To address potential land use
conflicts, Council may limit the week days
and hours of operation as a development
condition.
3.20 INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK OPERATION (ILO)
3.20.1 The RM will require the developer
to apply for a municipal development
permit, in addition to any provincial
approval that may be required.
3.20.2 In order to manage the
development of ILOs and surrounding
land use interests, Council will consider
applications for development of an ILO,
including any rendering facility or abattoir.
3.20.3 Location Separation Criteria
a) In order to ensure ILO development
occurs in acceptable locations, new ILO
developments proposed subsequent to
the date of the adoption of this bylaw or
a proposed expansion of an existing ILO
(existing at the date of adoption of this
bylaw) shall comply with the location
separation criteria in Table 3.20.
b) Council, at its discretion, may apply a
lesser separation distance than given in
Table 3.20, considering the following:
i) The developer shall provide written
notice, approved by Council, to the
owners of all residences within the
distance provided in Table 3.20 and
to the hamlet board of a hamlet or
council of an urban municipality or
Chief of a First Nation within the
specified distance.
ii) A lesser separation distance than
described in Table 3.20 will not
negatively impact the specific use or
surrounding development. Prior to
granting a reduction, Council may
consult with appropriate agencies
and adjacent landowners, and may
consider any written agreement to a
lesser separation distance provided
by adjacent owners.
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c) Where Council approves a lesser
separation distance than given in
Table 3.20, a written agreement may
be required between the ILO developer
and any landowner or jurisdiction
agreeing to the lesser separation
distance. The agreement may be
registered against the applicable parcel
titles of both parties at the cost of the
developer.
3.20.4 Public Consultation
a) Council will advertise any proposal
for an ILO in the local newspaper and
will provide an opportunity for public
comment for a minimum of 21 days
prior to making a decision. All costs
associated with advertising will be the
responsibility of the developer.
b) Council will encourage developers to
hold a separate public open house prior
to development permit consideration
to provide information to affected
landowners.
c) If the developer does not hold a public
open house, Council will hold a separate
public meeting prior to development
permit consideration to ensure
community interests are considered
before a decision is made by the
Council, at the cost of the developer.
d) Council will make a decision on a
proposed livestock operation within
45 days of receiving all information
necessary to make a decision. If an
extension is required, Council will
notify the developer in writing,
including reasons for the extension and
the length of the extension.
Table 3.20: Minimum Separation Criteria for ILO to Specific Uses (in metres)
Animal Units
Specific Use
100-299
300-499
500-2000
2001-5000
>5000
Residence, tourist accommodation, campground
or long term campground
300 (450)
400 (600)
800 (1200)
1200 (1600)
1600 (2000)
Area authorized for a multi-parcel residential
subdivision, or First Nation Reserve <100
population
400 (600)
800 (1200)
1200 (1600)
1600 (2400)
2000 (2400)
Urban municipality or First Nation Reserve 100-
500 population
800 (1200)
1200 (1600)
1600 (2000)
2400 (2400)
2400 (2400)
Urban municipality or First Nation 501-5000
1200 (1600)
1600 (2000)
2400 (2400)
3200 (3200)
3200 (3200)
Urban municipality or First Nation Reserve >5000
1600 (2000)
2400 (2400)
3200 (3200)
3200 (3200)
3200 (3200)
- Distances are measured between livestock facilities and building development.
- Numbers in brackets apply where open liquid manure storage facilities are used or proposed.
- Distances do not apply to residences associated with the operation.
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3.20.5 Water Supply and Protection
a) There shall be a water supply adequate
for the proposed development and the
development shall not contaminate any
water supply source. Prior to approval,
Council may:
i) Require the applicant to demonstrate
that appropriate measures will
be in place to minimize the risk of
contamination of water sources.
ii) Require the applicant demonstrate
an adequate water supply is
available for the development and
that the supply for neighbouring
developments will not be adversely
affected by the proposed operation.
3.20.6 Additional Information
a) Council may require the applicant
to obtain recommendations from
appropriate agencies and address issues
regarding water supply, quality, quantity
considerations, manure management
plans and other issues that Council
may require the applicant to address to
evaluate the suitability of the site.
b) The Agricultural Operations Act and
other provincial legislation may
apply to the development of an ILO.
When considering the operational or
environmental aspects of a proposed
project, Council may wish to refer a
development permit application to the
appropriate agencies for advice and
recommendations.
3.20.7 Permit Conditions
a) As a condition of approval, Council shall
specify the maximum number of animal
units for which the approval is made
to reduce the potential for land use
conflicts with neighbouring uses.
b) As a condition of approval, Council may
specify land which may or may not be
used for the disposal of manure from
an ILO by spreading of manure, in order
to minimize potential land use conflicts
such as residences, planned residential
development, recreational areas, tourist
sites, etc.
c) Council may require manure to be
incorporated into the soil within
24 hours of spreading, unless such
incorporation is prevented by adverse
weather conditions, in which case
incorporation shall take place as soon
as practical thereafter or by any other
normal acceptable agricultural practice
that council may approve.
d) Council may impose development
standards which specify the location
of holding areas, buildings or manure
storage facilities on the site.
e) Council may require screening or
encourage the use of innovative
technologies which mitigate odour or
other nuisances.
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3.20.8 Existing Livestock Operations
a) Any ILO existing at the time of the
adoption of this bylaw may continue
as approved; however, if there is any
expansion of the operation or change
of animal species or type of operation
the developer will be required to obtain
approval from Council in accordance
with the requirements and conditions
of this bylaw.
3.20.9 Development permits are required
for any proposed:
a) New ILO;
b) Expansion of an existing ILO;
c) Any temporary facility or part of a site;
and
d) Change of animal species or type of
operation, if it meets the definition of
an ILO, as defined within this bylaw.
3.21 MANURE APPLICATION
3.21.1 The minimum separation distance
between occupied dwellings and the
location where manure is to be spread is
listed within Table 3.21.
3.21.2 The distances referred to in
Table 3.21 are measured between the edge
of the manure application area and the
nearest occupied dwelling.
Table 3.21: Location Separation Criteria for Manure Spreading to Dwellings (metres)
Method of Manure Application
Distance between manure application and the nearest
occupied dwelling
Injected
Incorporated
within 24 Hours
No incorporation
Communities of 5-5000 people
200
400
800
Communities of 1001-5000
400
800
1200
Communities of >5001 people
400
800
1600
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3.22 RODEO FACILITIES AND
EQUESTRIAN CENTRES
3.22.1 General Requirements:
a) Rodeo facilities and equestrian centres
must be located on sites exceeding
17 ha (40 ac);
b) Rodeo facilities and equestrian centres
must provide a water source suitable
for public consumption at the rodeo
facility or equestrian centre; and
c) Rodeo facilities and equestrian centres
must have a sewage disposal and other
necessary utilities for domestic and
public use.
3.22.2 Council may require the developer
to obtain recommendations from appropriate
agencies regarding issues related to water
supply, quality and quantity, manure
management plans, and any other issues
Council deems relevant for the purpose of
ensuring environmental protection.
3.22.3 The Agricultural Operations Act
and other provincial legislation may apply
to the development of a rodeo facility or
equestrian centre. When considering the
operational or environmental aspects
of the proposed project that does not
trigger a provincial review, Council may
refer a development permit application to
the appropriate agencies for advice and
recommendation.
3.22.4 There shall be a water supply
adequate for the proposed development
and the development shall not contaminate
any water supply source. As a condition of
approval, Council may:
a) Require the project to demonstrate that
appropriate measures will be in place
to minimize the risk of contamination
of water sources; and/or
b) Require the applicant to demonstrate
an adequate water supply is available
for the development and that the supply
for neighbouring developments will not
be adversely affected by the proposed
operation.
3.22.5 Application of manure will be
carried out in accordance with section 3.21.
3.22.6 As a condition of approval, Council
shall specify the maximum number of
animal units for which the approval is made.
3.23 STORAGE OF VEHICLES
3.23.1 No site shall be used for the
parking or outside storage of junked
vehicles except:
a) Permitted salvage or autobody wrecker
yards;
b) A maximum of 2 such vehicles on any
Country Residential District and Country
Residential Lakeshore District site;
c) A maximum of 12 such vehicles on any
Agricultural Resource District, Light
Industrial and Highway Commercial
District site; or
d) If specified otherwise in this bylaw.
3.23.2 All sites shall be kept in a neat
and tidy manner. The RM may require the
coverage of stored vehicles, the screening
from a roadway or neighbouring property
by landscaping or fencing, or a combination
thereof.
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3.24 GRADING AND LEVELLING
OF SITES
3.24.1 Unless specified otherwise by the
RM, lot slope and elevations shall not be
altered. Council shall require verification
of approval by the responsible provincial
agency and/or by a qualified professional
for alterations of lot slope and elevations
and drainage plans.
3.24.2 The final lot grading and
landscaping shall be the responsibility of
the individual property owner who must
comply with the elevations as shown on the
overall approved drainage plan.
3.24.3 The placing or storage of fill and
topsoil may be allowed providing that there
is no adverse effect on adjacent lands as a
result of any drainage alteration and there
is no negative impact on water flows to or
from adjacent lands. No construction shall
be permitted which creates or aggravates
water stagnation or a drainage problem on
adjacent properties.
3.24.4 All applicable provincial and
federal requirements shall be adhered to.
3.25 SOLAR FARMS (equal to or
greater than 1 megawatt (1 MW))
3.25.1 A site plan and associated
information shall be submitted as part of
the development permit application that
includes:
a) Property lines, existing uses and
vegetation on the site;
b) Proposed solar energy system
including all equipment, machinery
and structures used for the collection,
conversion and transmission of solar
energy to electrical energy;
c) The number and size of photovoltaic
panels and the height of the
photovoltaic panels and racking system;
d) Associated development including but
not limited to roads and access, parking,
cabling, distribution and transmission
lines, power grid connections, fencing
and proposed landscaping;
e) Site topography and any potential
hazard lands within and adjacent to
the site and the proposed methods of
mitigating any hazards; and
f)
An inventory of current land uses
adjacent to the proposed development.
3.25.2 Confirmation of site ownership
by the applicant or, where the land is
not owned by the applicant, evidence of
site control and right to access through
provisions of a lease or easement
agreement with the landowner.
3.25.3 The size, height, and location
of the solar farm shall not inordinately
remove high quality agricultural land from
production or detract from the amenity of
the area. Council may apply development
standards in issuing a development permit
limiting the size, height and location of the
solar farm.
3.25.4 The solar energy system shall
comply with all applicable electrical code.
Applicants are responsible for obtaining
any required federal and provincial permits,
licenses and approvals for construction and
maintenance of the solar energy system and
must remit a copy to the RM.
3.25.5 Reasonable accessibility for
emergency service vehicles and personnel
shall be required. Emergency response
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plans may be required as a condition of the
development permit.
3.25.6 Solar energy systems shall be
designed to maximize the preservation
of onsite and abutting natural areas and
drainage to the greatest extent.
3.25.7 Clearing of natural vegetation
shall be limited to what is necessary for the
construction, operation and maintenance
of the solar energy system and shall not
occur on any slopes greater than 15% to
minimize erosion.
3.25.8 Vegetative screening and/or
a security fence may be required as a
condition of the development permit.
No unscreened outdoor storage shall be
permitted.
3.25.9 Landscaping and maintenance
plans may be required as a condition of
the development permit. Landscaping and
maintenance plans shall include control
measures to address weeds, rodents, refuse
removal, and soil erosion.
3.25.10 A minimum of one onsite parking
space shall be provided to accommodate
vehicles for site maintenance.
3.25.11 Lighting of a solar energy system
shall be limited for safety and operational
purposes and shall be reasonably shielded
from abutting properties and directed
downward to reduce light glare and
pollution.
3.25.12 There shall be no noise, vibration,
light, glare, heat, or dust that will in
Council's opinion detract from the amenity
of the area. Council may require the
developer implement mitigating measures
to ensure the solar energy system produces
minimal disturbance to the surrounding
lands.
3.25.13 No advertising shall appear on the
solar energy system. Signage, not to exceed
32 sq. ft., is permitted to display the facility
name, address, safety precautions, and
emergency contact information.
3.25.14 A decommissioning plan shall be
required to address the manner of physical
removal of the system and site restoration
to the same or better land capability should
the solar energy system, in part or full,
become abandoned or defective.
3.25.15 Any or all parts of the solar energy
system is considered to be abandoned or
defective if:
a) It is not in operational condition,
capable of collecting and converting
solar radiation into electrical energy, for
a period of one year; or
b) It is in operational condition and is not
used to generate and supply electricity
for a period of two years.
3.25.16 If abandoned or defective, the
solar energy system shall be repaired or
removed at the cost to the owner. The
developer may be required to provide a
financial guarantee equal to the cost of
restoration of the site.
3.25.17 Any changes to the original
development permit shall require a new
permit to be issued.
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3.26 SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
3.26.1 Only one small wind energy
system shall be permitted as an accessory
use to the principal use, subject to the
minimum site size requirement.
3.26.2 The minimum site size for the
allowance of any small energy system shall
be 2 hectares (4.94 acres).
3.26.3 Maximum total wind tower height
or total system height shall be:
a) 45 metres (147.64 ft.) above grade level
3.26.4 Wind tower base and system
setbacks:
a) From any property line: 1.5 times
tower/system height
b) From on-site dwelling: 1.5 times tower/
system height
c) From neighbouring dwellings:
< 10 kW: 100 metres
> 10 kW: 300 metres
3.26.5 For residential applications, wind
energy components and towers shall be
erected in rear yards only.
3.26.6 The bottom point of an operating
rotor shall be above grade level, to
manufacturer's specification at minimum,
but in no case nearer than 5 metres
(16.4 ft.) above grade level.
3.26.7 All wind energy systems and
towers shall be enclosed within a locked
protective chain link fence of a minimum
height of 1.85 metres (6.07 ft.) and the
design shall be included in the
development permit application for
Council's approval.
3.26.8 Development and building
permit applications for a small wind
energy system shall include either a
manufacturer's engineering certificate
of structural safety or certification of
structural safety via a Saskatchewan
Professional Engineer.
3.26.9 Installation plans (concrete
specifications, anchoring specifications)
shall be certified by a Saskatchewan
Professional Engineer.
3.26.10 Proof that an approved electrical
permit has been obtained shall be provided
to the RM in regards to small wind energy
systems.
3.26.11 The small wind energy system
shall be finished in a non-reflective matte
colour or to the satisfaction of Council.
3.27 LARGE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
3.27.1 Large wind energy systems equal
to or greater than 1 megawatt (1 MW)
shall be permitted at Councils discretion,
subject to the following:
a) An application for a development
permit accompanied by a site plan
that shows the location of the wind
energy system(s) including roads,
underground cabling, fencing, drainage
and access shall be submitted as part of
the development permit application.
b) An agreement with the municipality
to ensure all roads and accesses are
constructed to municipal standards.
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c) A consultation report demonstrating
suitable consultation with the adjacent
properties within a 5 km (3.11 mile)
radius surrounding the proposal prior
to the review of the development
permit application.
d) All wind energy systems shall meet the
following minimum setbacks:
i. No wind energy tower shall be
located closer than a distance equal
to 1.5 times the height tower or
system from any residential site or
property line;
ii. Setback distances may be decreased
or increased, if deemed necessary
through consultations and/or
studies, by qualified professionals,
provincial departments, provincial
parks, environmental sensitive
areas, wetlands, or other protected
areas.
e) All wind energy systems shall
have a minimum site size of 2.0 ha
(5.08 ac) and shall not be located
on environmentally sensitive lands.
Council may require the developer
to take mitigating measures to
ensure the development produces
minimal environmental impacts to the
surrounding lands.
3.27.2 Other Specifications:
a) Development permit applications
for wind energy systems shall be
accompanied by a manufacturer's
engineering certificate of structural
safety or certification of structural
safety from a Saskatchewan
Professional Engineer.
b) The proposed height of the wind
energy system shall be included in
the development permit application.
Maximum total wind tower height
or total system height shall be at the
discretion of Council and will be based
on the surrounding land uses.
c) There shall be no sounds, light, glare,
heat, dust or other emissions that
will, in Council's opinion, detract from
the amenity of the area. Council may
require the developer to take mitigating
measures to ensure the development
produces minimal disturbance to the
surrounding lands.
d) Landscaping shall be provided by the
developer, where deemed necessary by
Council, to maintain safety, protection
and the character of the surrounding
area.
e) No advertising shall appear on the
tower or blades.
f) Any changes to the original
development permit shall require a new
permit to be issued.
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3.28 ACCESS ROADS
3.28.1 Every development shall have
access to a developed road.
3.28.2 Council may require applicants
and developers to pay for any or all costs
associated with road construction and
short-term maintenance where the cost is
directly associated with the development
or subdivision.
3.28.3 A development permit shall not be
issued or a site to be created by subdivision
shall not be permitted unless the site
intended to be used and the remainder of
the parcel being subdivided, or upon which
a building or structure is to be erected,
abuts, or has frontage on a developed
road or unless satisfactory arrangements
have been made with the Council for the
improvement or building of a road.
3.28.4 For the purposes of this section
"developed road" shall mean an existing
graded all-weather road on a registered
right of way or a road for which a signed
servicing agreement has been made with
Council to provide for the construction of
the road on a registered right of way to a
standard approved by Council.
3.28.5 The requirement of a service road
or internal subdivision roadway to provide
access may be imposed as a condition of
approval for any new development other
than those deemed approved.
3.28.6 All site access from roads shall be
to the satisfaction of Council with respect to
location, design, and construction standards.
Council shall take into account the physical
capability and safety of the roads that are
proposed to serve the development.
3.28.7 Development adjacent to
a provincial highway shall meet all
requirements of the Saskatchewan Ministry
of Highways and Infrastructure.
3.28.8 When any development is approved
on land adjacent to an unconstructed road
allowance and access is required from said
road allowance, the owner/applicant shall
be responsible for all costs related to the
construction of the road to the standards set
out by the Development Officer.
3.28.9 The Development Officer shall
decide upon all approach applications
and, based on location, drainage, traffic
flow, sightlines, road standards, and safety
considerations, may approve or refuse an
application for an approach.
3.29 COMMUNICATION TOWERS
3.29.1 The erection of communication
towers, including cellular telephone
communication towers, shall comply with
federal regulations.
3.30 PIPELINES AND
TRANSMISSION LINES
3.30.1 Any development involving
pipeline and/or powerline transmission
rights-of-way shall be sited to comply
with all relevant federal and provincial
legislation. Setbacks from pipelines
and other utility corridors shall be in
accordance with appropriate provincial
regulations or acts and any regulations
or directives established by crown
corporations. The RM may refer to "Land
Use Planning for Pipelines by Canadian
Standards Association (CSA) PLUS663",
which may be amended from time to time.
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3.31 TEMPORARY
DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
3.31.1 The Development Officer may
issue a development permit with specified
conditions for a specified period of time to
accommodate developments.
3.31.2 Every temporary development
or use shall be approved for a specified
period, but in no case shall it exceed 12
months. The permit may be renewed at
Council's discretion for another period.
3.31.3 A temporary use may be approved
for development in any zone, unless
specified elsewhere in this Zoning Bylaw.
3.31.4 Council may, at its discretion,
revoke a temporary development permit
should the use violate any of the permit
conditions, conflict with adjacent land uses
or cause a nuisance. Permanent structures
shall not be permitted in association with a
temporary development permit.
3.31.5 Temporary uses include but are
not limited to:
a) Developments established or erected
for special holidays;
b) Temporary asphalt and asphalt mixing
plants;
c) Temporary sea and rail containers/
storage during construction or moving;
d) Agriculturally supportive commercial
and industrial development, including
fertilizer operations and similar uses;
e) Small temporary, seasonally or
periodically used sand, gravel, gravel
crushing and commercial topsoil
stripping operations, including
accessory equipment;
f) Temporary accommodation: agricultural
operators may be issued a temporary
development permit for recreational
vehicle(s) on an agricultural parcel
for the temporary accommodation of
persons engaged in the agricultural
operation on a temporary basis (e.g.,
harvesting field crop);
g) Temporary accommodation: licensed
contractors or developers may be
authorized to erect a maximum of 2
temporary accommodations, on or
off site (e.g., campers, travel trailers,
construction bunk houses), excluding a
mobile home; or
h) Temporary Dwelling: Council may issue
a development permit for a temporary
dwelling where an existing dwelling
is damaged or destroyed as a result
of a disastrous situation (e.g., fire); or
where temporary accommodations are
needed during construction. Temporary
dwellings shall not be connected to
permanent sewer or water services.
3.31.6 Except in the Agricultural District
(A), temporary buildings or structures shall
not include a mobile home or recreation
vehicle as a temporary use, unless specified
elsewhere in this bylaw.
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3.32 DEMOLITION OF DWELLINGS
3.32.1 No dwelling 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.
3.32.2 An applicant for a demolition
permit for a dwelling may be required
to fill, grade, fence or follow other
special permit conditions for public and
environmental safety reasons.
3.33 GARDEN SUITES
A single garden suite may be placed in the
backyard of a single detached residential
development in the Agricultural Resource
District, Country Residential District, and
Country Residential Lakeshore District
under the following conditions:
3.33.1 The owner(s) of the host
residence live on the site.
3.33.2 The footprint of the garden suite
dwelling shall not be less than 20 square
metres (215.28 sq. ft.) and not greater
than 45 square metres (484.38 sq. ft.). The
garden suite may be a single width mobile
home.
3.33.3 The maximum height of the
garden suite shall not exceed 5 metres
(16.4 ft.) from grade level and shall have
only one story.
3.33.4 Garden suite dwellings shall only
be located on sites where the dwelling can
be serviced by existing utilities and can
be hooked up to the services of the host
residence.
3.33.5 Garden suite dwellings shall be
attached to a permanent foundation.
3.33.6 Residents of the garden suite must
have access to the rear yard amenities.
3.33.7 The accessory dwelling shall
be placed so that all site and setback
requirement of this Zoning Bylaw are met.
3.33.8 An attached garage to a maximum
of 23 square metres (247.57 sq. ft.) is
permitted.
3.33.9 A parking space will be required
to be provided onsite for the resident(s) of
the garden suite dwelling.
3.33.10 There shall be direct and separate
access to the garden suite dwelling by an
onsite driveway or by public roadway or alley.
3.33.11 Any additional conditions for
approval as deemed necessary by Council.
3.34 RESTORATION TO
A SAFE CONDITION
3.34.1 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.
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3.35 PROHIBITED AND
NOXIOUS USES
3.35.1 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.
3.35.2 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; or
e) By any combination of things in this
subsection.
3.35.3 The storage of chemicals,
fertilizers and combustible materials are
subject to the requirements of both the
federal and provincial governments. All
necessary requirements and permits from
other regulatory agencies must be met and
obtained prior to the storage of hazardous
substances.
3.36 SITE SIZE ADJUSTMENTS
3.36.1 In all zones, all minimum site size
requirements shall be as stated, except
that the site size of the remnant shall be
deemed to be conforming in any of the
following instances:
a) Where roads, railways, pipelines and
other linear public utilities, including
their widening, are subdivided or
registered as easements; or
b) Where adjustments are required due
to irregularities in the primary survey
system.
3.36.2 Lots of Irregular Shape
In residential districts lot frontages on
irregularly shaped asymmetrical lots
or pie-shaped lots may be reduced at
Council's discretion below the minimum
prescribed widths. The average lot width
throughout the depth of the lot measured
along a perpendicular line from the centre
of the property shall comply with the
required minimum lot width.
3.37 KEEPING OF DOMESTIC
ANIMALS
3.37.1 The keeping of domestic animals is
permitted in all districts, subject to relevant
bylaws and legislation governing noise and
public health, however, breeding kennels
and boarding kennels are discretionary uses
within select zoning districts.
3.37.2 Notwithstanding the above,
livestock and poultry are not allowed
within the Hamlet (H) Zoning District.
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3.38 LICENSED CANNABIS
PRODUCTION FACILITIES
3.38.1 Cannabis Production Facilities
shall meet all applicable federal, provincial
and municipal regulations. Proof of
compliance with the applicable federal
and/or provincial regulations will be
required as part of the development
permit application prior to the issuing of a
development permit.
3.38.2 All Cannabis Production Facilities
shall comply with the National Building
Code of Canada.
3.38.3 The RM may require, as a condition
to the development permit, a waste
management plan, completed by a qualified
professional that includes details on:
a) The incineration of waste products and
airborne emissions, including smell;
b) The quantity and characteristics of
liquid and waste material discharged by
the facility; and
c) The method and location of collection
and disposal of liquid and waste
material.
3.37.4 Cannabis Production Facilities shall
be located only on sites with a minimum
parcel size of 8.09 hectares (20 acres).
3.38.5 In order for the safety and security
of the public, all buildings and related
structures shall be securely fenced and/or
included a buffer with native planting.
3.38.6 Where a licensed Cannabis
Production Facility ceases operation,
the facility and buildings shall be
decommissioned and remediated in
accordance with applicable provincial and
federal regulations. A decommissioning
plan may be required at the time the
development permit application is made.
3.38.7 Nothing shall be done which is
or will become an annoyance or nuisance
to the surrounding areas by reason of
unsightliness, the emission of odours,
liquid effluence, dust, fumes, smoke,
vibration, noise, glare nor shall anything be
done which creates or causes a health, fire
or explosion hazard, electrical interference
or undue traffic congestion.
3.38.8 One residence may be permitted
on the same site as the Cannabis
Production Facility for the owner/operator.
3.38.9 The use of the residential building
for Cannabis Production is prohibited in
any district, unless it is licensed by Health
Canada for medical reasons.
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3.39 FENCE AND HEDGES
3.39.1 Nothwithstanding other
provisions in this section, barbed wire
fences shall be exempt from the required
yard setbacks in the Agricultural, Intensive-
Agricultural and Country Residential
Districts in accordance with any other
municipal bylaw respecting municipal road
setbacks. On corner lots, that portion of the
lot where the house fronts on a public road
allowance shall be considered as a front
yard area for the purpose of applying the
regulations of this bylaw.
3.39.2 Screening devices shall not be
located within a sight triangle as defined in
this bylaw. Screen fences shall be consistent
and complement the quality of building
design and materials of the primary building.
Fences shall not exceed 2.44 m (8 ft.).
3.39.3 Subject to traffic sight lines, the
following shall apply to all Hamlet and
Commercial Districts:
a) No hedge, fence or other structure shall
be higher than 1.22 m (4 ft.) along any
property line erected past the front wall
of the principal building in the front yard.
b) No hedge, fence or other structure shall
be higher than 1.22 m (4 ft.) along any
property line erected past the front wall
of the principal building in the side or
rear yard.
c) The height of a chain-link fence in a
Commercial District may be no higher
than 1.22 m (4 ft.) around an entire
parcel at Council's discretion.
d) No barbed wire or razor wire fence
shall be allowed.
3.40 SIGHT TRIANGLES
3.40.1 Every development shall provide
a clear line of sight for motorist and
pedestrians.
3.40.2 In a corner lot in any district,
no hedge, planting, tree, fence, or other
structure shall be placed, maintained, or
erected to a height of more than 0.75 m
(2.47 ft.) high within a site triangle formed
by measuring 10 m (32.81 ft.) distance
along the property lines of the site and
front yard to their point of intersection.
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3.41 INTERMODAL STORAGE
CONTAINERS
3.41.1 No person shall park or store on
any part of a site, any intermodal shipping
container, sea and rail containers, truck,
bus, travel trailer, semi-trailer or coach
body for the purpose of advertising within
any zoning district.
3.41.2 Mobile storage containers may
be accommodated in the Agricultural
(maximum of three), Intensive Agricultural
(maximum of one), Country Residential
(maximum of one), or Commercial
(maximum of three) Districts, at Council's
discretion under the following conditions:
a) Permits from the RM are required by
the property owner before containers
are parked or stored;
b) Must be properly anchored;
c) Shall be located a minimum of 3 m
(9.85 ft.) from the primary building;
d) Containers determined by the RM
to be unsightly, misused, unsafe or
inappropriate in any way, must be
removed at the owner's expense
within a time period specified by the
municipality;
e) Must meet National Building Code
Standards as applicable; and
f) Mobile storage containers (rail
or sea cans) are prohibited in any
Hamlet District, unless in an area in a
commercial zone at Council's discretion.
3.42 MEMBRANE COVERED
STRUCTURES
3.42.1 Anchored membrane covered
structures shall be allowed as an accessory
use in all zoning districts unless specified
otherwise in this bylaw.
3.42.2 Development applications for all
membrane covered structures, except for
those structures proposed for temporary
placement, must include a drawing
stamped by a professional engineer to
prove that the structure will meet Section 4
of The National Building Code.
3.42.3 In all cases, the placement of an
anchored membrane covered structure must
comply with the site and yard requirements
for the applicable zoning district.
3.42.4 Temporary membrane covered
structures may be placed on a site in any
district for a period not to exceed seven
days in a calendar year to accommodate
special events such as weddings, parties or
community functions.
3.43 PORTABLE STORAGE UNIT
3.43.1 The storage unit incidental to the
construction of a building or structure
within an active building permit are
permitted, provided such storage unit
shall be removed following completion or
abandonment of such construction.
3.43.2 One portable storage unit may be
placed on a residential lot with an active
building permit subject to the following
conditions:
a) Prior to the placement of the portable
storage unit on the lot, the property
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owner shall apply for a temporary
development permit from the
Development Officer;
b) The permit for the portable storage unit
shall be a temporary permit and each
residential lot is limited to a period of
time set by Council;
c) The portable storage unit shall not
exceed 28.21 m3 (996 ft3); and
d) The portable storage unit shall be set
back a minimum of 3 m (9.85 ft.) from
the property line and 1.5 m (4.92 ft.)
from the side or rear property lines and
all other structures on the property.
3.44 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR
DISCRETIONARY USES
3.44.2 Council shall have regard for the
Official Community Plan and conformity
with the plan goals, objectives and policies.
3.44.3 A site plan and supporting
documentation must be supplied to
Council prior to making a decision on a
discretionary use application.
3.44.4 The proposed development
shall be located on a parcel conforming
to all requirements of this Zoning Bylaw,
including site size, frontage, setbacks and
access identified for the zoning district.
3.44.5 The proposed discretionary use
shall not negatively change the character
of the immediate area or the use and
enjoyment of adjacent lands for their
existing use.
3.44.6 Upon approval of a discretionary
use by resolution of Council, the
Development Officer shall issue a
development permit subject to any
development standards prescribed by
Council which shall be based on the
following, the Act or other standards
identified in this Zoning Bylaw:
a) Sites shall be landscaped and
fenced where necessary to maintain
the character and amenity of the
neighbourhood;
b) Adequate on-site parking shall be
provided and maintained;
c) Parking, storage and other non-
landscaped areas shall be suitably
screened from adjacent properties and
streets;
d) Adequate receptacles for refuse and
litter shall be supplied;
e) Vehicle access points shall be provided
in suitable locations so as to minimize
traffic congestion and possible hazards;
f) The density, size, height and location
of principal or accessory structures
shall be regulated so as not to detract
from the character and amenity of the
neighbourhood;
g) Council may attach special conditions
to the development permit to regulate
sound, light, glare, heat, dust, electrical
interference, or other emission and
limit hours of operation if, in Council's
opinion, it would detract from the
amenity of the neighbourhood.
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4.0 ZONING DISTRICT STRUCTURE
4.1
CLASSIFICATION OF
ZONING DISTRICTS
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the RM
of Lajord No. 128 is divided into the
following Zoning Districts, the boundaries
of which are shown on the "Zoning District
Map". Such Districts may be referred to
by the appropriate symbol, as shown in
following table.
4.2
THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP
The Zoning District Map bears the
statement:
"This is the Zoning District Map referred
to in Bylaw No. 2022-13 adopted by the
RM of Lajord No. 128" signed by the Reeve
and Administrator under the seal of the
Municipality."
4.3
BOUNDARIES OF
ZONING DISTRICTS
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.
2. All parts of the Municipality shall be
designated as Agricultural District
(A) except those areas specifically
designated on the detailed Zoning
District Maps as another District.
3. Unless otherwise shown on the Maps,
the boundaries of the Districts are
site lines, centre lines of streets, lanes,
roads or such lines extended, and
the boundaries of the Municipality.
Unless otherwise shown on a Zoning
Amendment Map, the zoning District
boundary coincident with a parcel
boundary, moves with a minor
adjustment to that boundary.
4. Regulations for the Zoning Districts are
outlined in the following Parts.
District
Symbol
Agricultural District
A
Intensive Agricultural District
I-A
Country Residential District 1
CR1
Country Residential District 2
CR2
Commercial District
C
Hamlet District
H
Direct Control District
DCD
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5.0 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (A)
5.1
PURPOSES AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district
is to provide for the primary use of land
in the form of agricultural development,
associated farm operations, and other uses
compatible with agricultural development.
5.2
PERMITTED USES
5.3
DISCRETIONARY USES
1) Agricultural Uses
Beehives and Honey Extraction Facilities
Farmsteads, where located on a site of one quarter
section or more
Farm buildings and structures accessory to a permitted
principal agricultural use on the site
Facilities for the direct sale of crops grown by the
agricultural operation
Facilities for the preparation and sale of crops grown
by the agricultural operation
Facilities for the raising of livestock and poultry
(excluding ILOs) Field Crops
Fish farming
Manure application
Orchards and vegetable, horticultural or fruit gardens,
where accessory to a farmstead or existing residence
Pastures for the raising of livestock (excluding ILOs)
1) Agricultural Uses
Dairy farming, agriculture related commercial
and similar uses
ILOs and buildings accessory to ILOs, subject to Section 3.20
Intensive agricultural operations and accessory buildings
to intensive agricultural operations
Rendering facilities and abattoirs
Residences or farmsteads on a site of less than a
quarter section, residences ancillary or accessory to a
discretionary use
2) Other Uses
Historical and archeological sites, wildlife; conserva
tion management areas and Municipal facilities
Places of worship, schools, Public parks and public
recreational facilities
Public utilities, excluding solid and liquid waste
disposal sites, radio, television and microwave towers
Recreational commercial uses, which are sports
arenas, golf courses, tourist campgrounds, or other
similar uses
Residences on separate sites, subject to Section 5.9
2) Other Uses
Agricultural related commercial uses ancillary to a
farmstead on the same site
Agricultural product processing
Agricultural equipment, fuel, and chemical supply
establishments
Agricultural service and contracting establishments,
airstrips, subject to Section 5.4.7
Bed-and-breakfast homes, where ancillary to a farmstead
or residence on the same site
Church residences and residential religious institutions
Dog kennels
Equestrian centres
Grain elevators and related uses gravel -pits and gravel
crushing operations
Home based businesses, where ancillary to a farmstead
or residence on the same site, including personal care
homes and institutional camps
Kennels, in the form of a home-based business
Machine shops, metal fabricators, and accessory
structures
Machinery or automotive salvage or storage yards
Mineral mines or extraction facilities.
Petroleum or mineral processing facilities
Petroleum exploration or extraction wells and related
facilities
Petroleum pipelines and related facilities
Service stations and accessory restaurants
Signs, subject to Section 3.12
Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities, including soil
farms for the rehabilitation of contaminated soil
Rodeo facilities
Vacation farms, where ancillary to a farmstead on the same site
Private and commercial wind energy systems, solar farms,
solar generation facilities and energy storage systems
Garden Suites
Licensed Cannabis Production Facilities
Storage facilities and warehousing
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5.4
SITE REQUIREMENTS
5.4.1
Density: a quarter section, or
any portion of the quarter section located
within this District, may contain:
a) A maximum of three (3) sites for any
agricultural, residential or commercial
principal use.
b) One additional site for agricultural,
residential or commercial principal use
where the site to be added is physically
separated from the remainder of the
section by a registered road plan or by
a railway on registered right of way, and
the site has direct access to a developed
road.
c) Sites for resource-based uses listed
above.
d) One residence on a separate site subject
to Section 5.9 below.
5.4.2
Minimum site frontage: 20 m (65.5 ft.).
5.4.3
Exemptions from minimum
frontage and area requirements shall be:
a) Sites for resource-based uses listed as
permitted and discretionary uses above.
5.4.4
Minimum site area:
a) Grain Elevators and Related Uses: no
minimum.
b) Recreational Uses: 2.0 ha (4.9 ac).
c) Public Utilities: no minimum.
d) Gravel Pits: no minimum.
e) All other uses except residential uses:
32.4 ha (80 ac) or equivalent. Equivalent
shall mean the 32.4 ha (80 ac) are
such lesser amount as remains in an
agricultural holding because of the
registration of a road widening, road
right-of-way or railway plan, pipe line
development, or natural features such as
streams and bodies of water.
5.4.5
Access:
a) Development of a farmstead, residence,
commercial use, institutional use, or
other development requiring public
access is prohibited unless the site
abuts a developed road.
b) For the purposes of this section
"developed road" shall mean an existing
paved or graded all-weather road on
a registered right of way, or a road
for which arrangements have been
made with Council to provide for the
construction of the road on a registered
right of way to a standard approved by
Council.
c) A site to be created by subdivision shall
not be permitted unless the proposed
parcels and the remainder of the parcel
being subdivided abuts, or has frontage
on a registered developed road,
including any road to be developed
under a signed servicing agreement.
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5.4.6
Farmsteads: A farmstead may
contain the following where located on the
same parcel:
a) A residence for the operator of an
agricultural use.
b) A bunkhouse, dwelling dormitory or
additional residence for employees and
partners of the operator engaged in the
agricultural operation.
c) Facilities for the temporary holding
of livestock raised in an operation, in
lesser numbers than constitutes an ILO
(unless approved as an ILO).
d) Buildings for permitted accessory and
ancillary uses.
5.4.7
Yard Requirements:
a) The minimum setback of buildings,
including dwellings, from the centreline
of a developed road, municipal road
allowance, or provincial highway shall
be:
-
45.7 m (150 ft.) from a road
centreline, or
-
91.4 m (300 ft.) from a road
intersection, or
-
as otherwise required by
Department of Highways.
b) Airstrips, dugouts, and borrow pits
must be located a minimum distance of:
-
45.7 m (150 ft.) from a road
centreline,
-
91.4 m (300 ft.) from a road
intersection, or
-
as otherwise required by
Department of Highways
c) No dwelling shall be located with less
than a minimum separation distance
to an operation of other than the
residence of the operation as follows:
-
the separation distance to an ILO as
regulated in Section 3.20;
-
305 m (1000 ft.) from a licensed
public or private liquid waste
disposal facility;
-
457 m (1500 ft.) from a licensed
public or private solid waste
disposal facility;
-
305 m (1000 ft.) from a honey
processing facility.
d) Council may reduce the minimum
separation distance to the operations
listed above as a special standard
where the applicant submits a written
agreement to Council between the land
owner of the dwelling and the owner of
the operation agreeing to the reduced
separation.
e) No dwelling shall be located with less
than a minimum separation distance
to an operation of other than the
residence of the operation as follows:
-
305 m (1000.6 ft.) to a non-
refrigerated anhydrous ammonia
facility licensed by Province of
Saskatchewan.
-
600 m (1968.5 ft.) to a refrigerated
anhydrous ammonia facility licensed
by the Province of Saskatchewan.
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f) Council may not reduce the minimum
separation distance to the operations
listed above.
g) No dwelling or other building shall be
located within the approach surface for
any functional airport or airstrip.
5.5
SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR
INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK AND
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
5.4.1
Intensive Livestock Operation
discretionary use criteria are listed in
Section 3.20.
5.4.2
In the application for an intensive
agricultural operation, the applicant shall
identify the proposed supply of water for
the operation where intensive irrigation
is required, showing that the supply shall
be sufficient to meet the needs of that
operation without adverse effects on the
supply of water used by neighbouring
properties.
5.4.3
The operation may include a
farmstead or dwelling on the same site,
subject to Section 5.4.6.
5.6
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING OF
ANIMALS ON RESIDENTIAL SITES
OTHER THAN FARMSTEADS
5.6.1
Two (2) large animals (horses or
cattle) will be permitted on a site of at least
2 ha (4.9 ac).
5.6.2
Four (4) large animals will
be permitted on a site of at least 4 ha
(9.8 ac).
5.6.3
For each additional 1.2 ha
(2.96 ac), one (1) additional large animal
will be permitted.
5.6.4
All other animals shall be limited
to domestic pets of the residents of the site,
but in no case shall the numbers exceed
that equal to one animal unit.
5.6.5
Animals shall not be pastured
within 15 m (49.2 ft.) of any dwelling not
owned by the operator of the pasture or
owner of the animals, and no buildings
or structures intended to contain birds
or animals shall be located within 30 m
(98.4 ft.) of a property line.
5.7
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR RESIDENCES ON
A SEPARATE SITE
5.7.1
Council will apply the following
criteria in making a discretionary use
decision for residences on a separate site:
a) Minimum site size is 0.8 ha (1.9 ac).
b) Maximum site size is 8 ha (19.7 ac) or
to be determined at Council's discretion
based on topographical and physical
site limitations.
c) Only one residence and its accessory
buildings and structures will be
permitted per site.
d) The site shall have a separate legally
registered title.
e) Lands with an Agricultural Capability
Rating of 1, 2, or 3 shall not be
developed for residential purposes
unless Council determines that the site:
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is not capable or suitable for
agricultural purposes,
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it is to be occupied with an existing
agricultural operation.
f) Lands considered to be more capable
for commercial, historical, recreational
uses shall not be permitted for
residential purposes.
g) The site shall not, in the opinion of
Council, restrict the orderly planned
growth of an existing urban Centre.
h) Where the proposed single site
residential use will be adjacent to
other country residential development,
Council will first consider rezoning to a
Residential District.
i) The site shall not be susceptible to
flooding, slumping, subsidence, steep
slopes, or rocks, which in Councils
opinion, would create prohibitive costs
in providing sewerage, water, drainage,
or other utilities.
j) The site shall have legal and physical
all-weather road access. Any costs
associated with the provision of legal
and physical access to a single parcel
residential site shall be borne by the
developer.
k) The site shall be suitable with regard to
all setbacks, limitations, and restrictions
for public utility, public health, safety
and environmental purposes.
l) A potable water supply of acceptable
quality sufficient quantity shall be
available for the development. Written
proof of these requirements may be
requested by Council.
m) Liquid and solid waste disposal shall
be provided. Written proof of these
requirements may be requested by
Council.
n) Any single parcel residential
development must demonstrate to
the satisfaction of Council that the
development will not adversely affect
the agricultural operation adjacent to it
(i.e., drainage).
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6.0 INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (I-A)
6.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district
is to provide land for use as intensive
agricultural uses and other uses that are
related to or compatible with intensive
agriculture.
6.2
PERMITTED USES
6.3
DISCRETIONARY USES
6.4
SITE REQUIREMENTS
6.4.1
Density: a quarter section, or any
portion of a quarter section located within
this District, may contain:
a) A maximum of two (2) sites for any
principal use; and
b) One (1) additional site for resource-
based uses listed as a permitted use
above.
6.4.2
Minimum site frontage: 20 m (65.6 ft.).
6.4.3
Size:
a) No site shall be less than 16 ha (39.5 ac).
b) Sites for resource-based uses listed
in Section 6.2 shall be exempt
from minimum frontage and area
requirements.
1) Agricultural Uses
Agricultural product processing
Agricultural equipment, fuel, and chemical supply
establishments
Agricultural service and contracting establishments
field crops farmsteads, where located on a site of one
quarter section or more grain elevators and related
Uses
ILOs and buildings accessory to ILOs
Intensive agricultural operations and buildings
accessory to intensive agricultural operations
Pastures for the raising of livestock rendering facilities
and abattoirs
Licensed Cannabis Production Facilities
2) Other Uses
Farm buildings and structures for a permitted principal
agricultural use on the site
Facilities for the preparation and sale of crops grown
by the agricultural operation
Sand and gravel extraction and operations, gravel pits
and gravel crushing operations
Logging, silviculture, timber processing, and related
tree harvesting operations
Mineral mines and extraction facilities
Mining and gravel exploration, extraction, and related
transportation and storage facilities
Outside storage of agricultural equipment
Orchards and vegetable, horticultural or fruit gardens,
where accessory to a farmstead or existing residence
Public utilities, excluding solid and liquid waste
disposal sites rodeo facilities
Radio, television and microwave towers
Equestrian centres
Machine shops and metal fabricators
Machinery or automotive salvage or storage yards
manure disposal
Private garages, sheds, and buildings accessory to any
single detached dwelling on the site
Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities, including soil
farms for the rehabilitation of contaminated soil
Grain terminals, elevators and related uses
Petroleum or mineral processing facilities petroleum
exploration or extraction wells and related facilities
Petroleum pipelines and related facilities
Petroleum exploration, extraction, and related
transportation and storage facilities
Licensed Cannabis Production Facilities
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6.4.4
Access:
a) Development of a farmstead, residence,
commercial use, institutional use, or
other development requiring public
access is prohibited unless the site
abuts a developed road.
b) For the purposes of this Part "developed
road" shall mean an existing paved or
graded all-weather road on a registered
right of way, or a road for which
arrangements have been made with
Council to provide for the construction
of the road on a registered right of way
to a standard approved by Council.
c) A site to be created by subdivision
shall not be permitted unless, where
required for the proposed use, the
proposed parcels and the remainder
of the parcel being subdivided abuts,
or has frontage on a registered
developed road, including any road to
be developed under a signed servicing
agreement.
6.4.5
Farmsteads: A farmstead may
contain the following where located on the
same parcel:
a) A residence for the operator of an
agricultural use.
b) A bunkhouse or additional residence
for employees and partners of the
operator engaged in the agricultural
operation.
c) Facilities for the temporary holding of
livestock in lesser numbers than constitutes
an ILO (unless approved as an ILO).
d) Buildings for permitted accessory and
ancillary uses.
6.4.6
Yard Requirements
a) The minimum setback of buildings,
including dwellings, from the centreline
of a developed road, municipal road
allowance, or provincial highway shall be
45.7 m (150 ft.); 300 ft. from intersection.
b) The following minimum separations shall be
applied between dwellings and other uses:
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305 m (1000 ft.) from a licensed
public or private liquid waste
disposal facility.
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457 m (1499.3 ft.) from a licensed
public or private solid waste
disposal facility.
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305 m (1000 ft.) from a honey
processing facility.
c) Council may reduce the minimum
separation distance to the operations
listed above, as a special standard where
the applicant submits a written agreement
to Council between the land owner of the
dwelling and the owner of the operation
agreeing to the reduced separation.
d) The following additional minimum
separations shall be applied between
dwellings and other uses:
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305 m (1000 ft.) to a non-refrigerated
anhydrous ammonia facility licensed
by Province of Saskatchewan.
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600 m (1968.5 ft.) to a refrigerated
anhydrous ammonia facility licensed
by the Province of Saskatchewan.
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No dwelling or other building shall be
located within the approach surface
for any functional airport or airstrip.
e) Council may not reduce the minimum
separation distance to the operations
listed above.
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6.5
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR INTENSIVE
LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS
6.5.1
Applications of Intensive Livestock
operation shall meet the criteria listed
under Section 3.20.
6.6
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR INTENSIVE
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
6.6.1
In the application for an Intensive
Agricultural Operation, the applicant shall
identify the proposed supply of water for
the operation where intensive irrigation
is required, showing that the supply shall
be sufficient to meet the needs of that
operation without adverse effects on the
supply of water used by neighbouring
properties.
6.6.2
The operation may include a
farmstead or dwelling on the same site,
subject to Section 6.4.5.
6.7
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING OF
ANIMALS ON RESIDENTIAL SITES
OTHER THAN FARMSTEADS
6.7.1
Two (2) large animals (horses or
cattle) will be permitted on a site of 2 ha (4.9 ac).
6.7.2
Four (4) large animals will be
permitted on a site of 4 ha (9.8 ac).
6.7.3
For each additional 1.2 ha (2.9
ac), one (1) additional large animal will be
permitted.
6.7.4
All other animals shall be limited
to domestic pets of the residents of the site,
but in no case shall the numbers exceed
that equal to one animal unit.
6.7.5
Animals shall not be pastured
within 15 m (49.2 ft.) of any dwelling not
owned by the operator of the pasture or
owner of the animals, and no buildings
or structures intended to contain birds
or animals shall be located within 30 m
(98.4 ft.) of a property line.
6.8
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR COMMERCIAL USES
6.8.1
Council may require special
standards for the location, set back, or
screening of any area devoted to the
outdoor storage of machinery, vehicles,
or vehicular parts in conjunction with
a commercial operation including any
salvage or vehicle storage yard.
6.8.2
Council will apply the following
criteria in making a discretionary use
decision for commercial principal uses:
a) The development complies with the
provisions of Section 6.4.
b) Council may consider rezoning to
a Commercial District if the site is
considered more appropriate for the use.
c) Gravel operations will require an
agreement between the developer
and the municipality that provides
for continuous site reclamation.
The agreement will be protected by
registration of an interest on the title
that runs with the land.
d) That a road of a standard that meets
the demands of the operation provides
access to the site. If required, the
operator will enter into a heavy haul
agreement.
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6.9
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR RODEO FACILITIES
AND EQUESTRIAN CENTRES
6.9.1
Criteria is listed in Section 3.22.
6.9.2
Council will consider existing and
future land use patterns when determining
the location of a new rodeo facility and
equestrian centres.
6.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT
6.10.1
Any proposed development
adjacent to an Agricultural District must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Council
that the development will not adversely
affect the agricultural operation on that
land (i.e., drainage).
6.11
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR CANNABIS
PRODUCTION FACILITIES
6.11.1
Criteria is listed in Section 3.38.
6.12 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR SAND AND GRAVEL
DEVELOPMENT
The following considerations shall be made
for all applications for sand and gravel
related developments and operations.
6.12.1 In reviewing applications for
sand and gravel related developments and
operations the environmental implications
of the operation including plans for site
restoration shall be considered.
6.12.2 Any sand and gravel related
developments and operations application
shall include all pertaining plans and a
narrative of the proposed development in
addition to the following:
a) The location and area of the site where
the excavation is to take place;
b) The expected life of the deposit if
applicable;
c) The type and dimensions including
average depth of the proposed
excavation, and the effect on existing
drainage patterns on and off the site;
d) Identification of the outdoor noise and
the discharge of substances into the air;
e) The methods for preventing,
controlling, or reducing erosion;
f) Proposed access and hauling activities
(including number of trucks, tonnage,
and hours of hauling);
g) Proposed extraction, operation, and
staging (including years, dates and
hours of operation);
h) The condition in which the site is to be
left when the operation is complete,
including the action which is to be
taken for restoring the condition of the
surface of the land to be affected.
6.12.3 Aggregate resource extraction
industries are permitted in accordance
with the following conditions:
a) The applicant shall ensure that dust and
noise control measures are undertaken
to prevent such items from becoming
an annoyance to neighbouring
landowners. The applicant shall
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conduct dust control procedures at the
request of and to the satisfaction of the
Municipality. In this regard stockpiles
shall be located in a position to act as a
sound barrier. Also, the applicant shall
attempt to minimize the noise created
by machinery and equipment.
b) The applicant shall keep the area
subject to the Development Permit in
a clean and tidy condition free from
rubbish and non-aggregate debris.
c) Access routes into extraction areas shall
be located away from residential areas.
d) A disturbed area shall be reclaimed
to a land capability equivalent to the
pre-disturbance land capability (e.g.,
agricultural land) or a post-disturbance
condition and land use (e.g., conversion
to wetland) which are satisfactory to
the Municipality. These conservation
and reclamation procedures shall be
in accordance with the most current
provincial legislation or guidelines.
e) Any aggregate resource extraction
industry proposed to be located within
100 m (328.08 ft.) of any municipal
road, provincial highway, major
waterbodies or riparian areas, shall
be permitted only where it would not
adversely impact the environment,
or materially interfere with or affect
adjacent lands.
f) Aggregate resource extraction
industries shall have regard to adjacent
land uses and no material is to be
stored or piled on any road allowance
or within 30 m (98.42 ft.) of the bank of
any river or watercourse.
g) The general resource extraction
operator and any person who hauls
the aggregate may be required to enter
into a road maintenance agreement.
The Municipality may require the
developer to sign an agreement for road
maintenance.
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7.0 COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL 1 DISTRICT (CR1)
7.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district is to
provide land for residential and associated
and compatible uses in rural areas.
7.2
PERMITTED USES
7.3
DISCRETIONARY USES
7.4
SITE REQUIREMENTS
7.4.1
Site Area:
a) Single Detached Dwellings (including
mobile or modular homes):
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Minimum: 0.4 ha (0.9 ac). A lesser
site size may be permitted by Council
if physical circumstances warrant.
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Maximum: 16 ha (39.5 ac).
b) Dwelling Groups:
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Minimum: 0.8 ha (1.9 ac) for each
unit or site, plus 20% for communal
facilities and access.
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Maximum: none.
c) Commercial:
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Minimum: 900 square m (9,687.5 sq. ft.).
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Maximum: none.
d) All Other Uses: no minimum or
maximum requirements.
7.4.2
Site Frontage:
a) Residential: minimum 30 m (98.4 ft.).
b) Notwithstanding the above, the
minimum residential site frontage may
be reduced to 20 m (65.6 ft.) provided
the parcel is at least 30 m (98.4 ft.)
in width at the location of a principal
building for sites located on the end of
a cul-de sac or on the outside curve of a
curved or deflected street.
1) Agricultural Uses
Single detached dwellings
Private garages, whether detached or attached to a
dwelling unit
Garden sheds used for the storage of non-industrial
yard maintenance equipment
2) Other Uses
Keeping of animals on the same site as the residence
Schools and educational institutions
Places of worship and religious institutions public
sports fields and parks
Other public or non-profit recreational facilities
Public utilities excluding solid and liquid waste
disposal facilities greenhouses where accessory to a
residential use
Outside storage
Accessory uses and buildings which form part of an
approved discretionary use are permitted
1) Other Uses
Mobile or modular home on a permanent foundation
Convenience stores with or without gas bars
Golf courses
Rinks, arenas, and community halls
Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities
Bed-and-breakfast homes, where ancillary to a
residence on the same site
Home based businesses, where ancillary to a
residence on the same site
Dwellings ancillary to an institutional, recreational or
commercial Use
Other uses, at Council's discretion such as Wind
Energy Systems
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c) Institutional and Commercial: minimum
30 m (98.4 ft.).
d) All Other Uses: no minimum
requirement.
7.4.3
Yard Requirements:
a) In any front yard abutting a municipal
road allowance, municipal grid road,
main farm access road, or provincial
highway all buildings shall be
setback at least 45.7 m (150 ft.) from
the centreline of the road or road
allowance; 300 ft. from intersection;
or 92 m (301.8 ft.) from a road
intersection, or as required by the
Department of Highways.
b) In a yard abutting any other road all
buildings shall be setback at a minimum
distance of 7.6 m (24.9 ft.).
c) In any other yard all buildings shall be
setback at a minimum distance of 3 m
(9.8 ft.).
d) Notwithstanding the above, Public
Utilities, Municipal Facilities, or Public
Recreational Uses have no setback
requirements.
7.4.4
Floor Area:
a) Detached accessory buildings:
maximum of 100 sq m (1,076.3 sq. ft.).
7.4.5
Outside Storage:
a) No outside storage shall be permitted in
a yard abutting a road.
b) Outside storage located in a side or rear
yard shall be screened by landscaping
or vegetation so as not to be visible
from a road.
7.4.6
Signs: the maximum facial area of
a sign on a residential site shall be 1.2 sq m
(12.9 sq. ft.).
7.5
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING
OF ANIMALS
7.5.1
Two (2) large animals (horses
or cattle) will be permitted on a site of
2 ha (4.9 ac).
7.5.2
Four (4) large animals will be
permitted on a site of 4 ha (9.8 ac).
7.5.3
For each additional 1.2 ha (2.9 ac),
one (1) additional large animal will be
permitted. All other animals shall be
limited to domestic pets of the residents of
the site, but in no case shall the numbers
exceed that equal to one animal unit.
7.5.4
Animals shall not be pastured
within 15 m (49.2 ft.) of any dwelling not
owned by the operator of the pasture or
owner of the animals, and no buildings
or structures intended to contain birds
or animals shall be located within 30 m
(98.4 ft.) of a property line
7.5.5
The use of vacant residential sites
for pasture of animals is prohibited.
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7.6
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DWELLING
GROUPS
7.6.1
Access to individual dwellings and
dwelling sites shall be from a road internal
to the dwelling group parcel.
7.6.2
No dwelling shall be closer than
6 m (19.6 ft.) to any other dwelling.
7.6.3
All buildings on a dwelling group
parcel shall maintain the required ft. to
the property lines of the parcel provided
for this district and the required set back
to the centre line of a road required by
Section 7.4.3.
7.7
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR HOME-BASED
BUSINESSES
7.7.1
No home-based business in this
district shall include auto body repair or
repainting operations.
7.7.2
No heavy construction or
industrial equipment or supplies shall
be stored on any site for a home-based
business in this district.
7.7.3
Council may apply special
standards in issuing a development permit
limiting the size of operation, and buildings
used for the operation.
7.7.4
All employees of the home-based
business must reside on the property.
7.7.5
Any increase in the operation as
applied for or approved shall require a new
discretionary approval.
7.8
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR BED-AND-
BREAKFAST HOMES
7.8.1
Bed-and-breakfast homes shall
comply with Section 3.16.
7.8.2
Council may apply special
standards in the issuing a development
permit limiting the number of rooms
or buildings that may be permitted in
conjunction with the operation.
7.9
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY
RESIDENTIAL USES
7.9.1
Council will apply the following
criteria in making a discretionary use
decision for residential, including any
institutional residential facility:
a) The site is large enough to be used as a
residential principal use.
b) Reasonable year-round access to the
site is to be available.
7.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT
7.10.1
Any proposed development
adjacent to an Agricultural District must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Council
that the development will not adversely
affect the agricultural operation on that
land (i.e., drainage).
7.11
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR WIND ENERGY
SYSTEMS
7.11.1
Criteria is listed in Section 3.26
and 3.27
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8.0 COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL 2 DISTRICT (CR2)
8.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district
is to provide land for smaller country
residential parcels and associated
compatible uses.
8.2
PERMITTED USES
8.3
DISCRETIONARY USES
8.4
SITE REQUIREMENTS
8.4.1
Site Area:
a) Single Detached Dwellings (including
mobile or modular homes):
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Minimum: 0.3 ha (0.7 ac). A lesser
site size may be permitted by Council
if physical circumstances warrant.
8.4.2
Site Frontage:
a) Residential: minimum 28 m (91.8 ft.).
b) Notwithstanding the above, the
minimum residential site frontage may
be reduced to 20 m (65.6 ft.) provided
the parcel is at least 28 m (91.8 ft.)
in width at the location of a principal
building for sites located on the end of
a cul-de sac or on the outside curve of a
curved or deflected street.
8.4.3
Yard Requirements:
a) In any front yard abutting a municipal
road allowance, municipal grid road,
main farm access road, or provincial
highway all buildings shall be
setback at least 45.7 m (150 ft.) from
the centreline of the road or road
allowance; 300 ft. from intersection;
or 92 m (301.8 ft.) from a road
intersection, or as required by the
Department of Highways.
b) In a yard abutting any other road all
buildings shall be setback at a minimum
distance of 7.6 m (24.9 ft.).
c) In any other yard all buildings shall be
setback at a minimum distance of 3 m
(9.8 ft.).
d) Notwithstanding the above, Public
Utilities, Municipal Facilities, or Public
Recreational Uses have no setback
requirements.
1) Agricultural Uses
Single detached dwellings
Private garages, whether detached or attached to a
dwelling unit
Garden sheds used for the storage of non-industrial
yard maintenance equipment
2) Other Uses
Other public or non-profit recreational facilities
1) Other Uses
Mobile or modular home on a permanent foundation
Home based businesses, where ancillary to a
residence on the same site
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8.4.4
Floor Area:
a) All detached accessory buildings:
maximum of 100 sq m (1,076.3 sq. ft.).
8.4.5
Outside Storage:
a) No outside storage shall be permitted in
a yard abutting a road.
b) Outside storage located in a side or rear
yard shall be screened by landscaping
or vegetation so as not to be visible
from a road.
8.4.6
Signs: the maximum facial area of
a sign on a residential site shall be 1.2 sq m
(12.9 sq. ft.).
8.5
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR KEEPING
OF ANIMALS
8.5.1
Two (2) large animals (horses
or cattle) will be permitted on a site of
2 ha (4.9 ac).
8.5.2
Four (4) large animals will be
permitted on a site of 4 ha (9.8 ac).
8.5.3
For each additional 1.2 ha (2.9 ac),
one (1) additional large animal will be
permitted. All other animals shall be
limited to domestic pets of the residents of
the site, but in no case shall the numbers
exceed that equal to one animal unit.
8.5.4
Animals shall not be pastured
within 15 m (49.2 ft.) of any dwelling not
owned by the operator of the pasture or
owner of the animals, and no buildings
or structures intended to contain birds
or animals shall be located within 30 m
(98.4 ft.) of a property line
8.5.5
The use of vacant residential sites
for pasture of animals is prohibited.
8.6
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DWELLINGS
8.6.1
Access to individual dwellings and
dwelling sites shall be from a registered
developed road.
8.6.2
No dwelling shall be closer than
6 m (19.6 ft.) to any other dwelling.
8.7
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR HOME-BASED
BUSINESSES
8.7.1
No home-based business in this
district shall include auto body repair or
repainting operations.
8.7.2
No heavy construction or
industrial equipment or supplies shall
be stored on any site for a home-based
business in this District.
8.7.3
Council may apply special
standards in issuing a development permit
limiting the size of operation, and buildings
used for the operation.
8.7.4
All employees of the home-based
business must reside on the property.
8.7.5
Any increase in the operation as
applied for or approved shall require a new
discretionary approval.
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8.8
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY
RESIDENTIAL USES
8.8.1
Council will apply the following
criteria in making a discretionary use
decision for residential, including any
institutional residential facility:
a) The site is large enough to be used as a
residential principal use.
b) Reasonable year-round access to the
site is to be available.
8.9
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT
8.9.1
Any proposed development
adjacent to an Agricultural District must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Council
that the development will not adversely
affect the agricultural operation on that
land (i.e., drainage).
8.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR WIND ENERGY
SYSTEMS
8.10.1
Criteria is listed in Section 3.26
and 3.27
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9.0 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C)
9.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district is
to provide land for commercial uses in the
rural municipality outside of the Hamlets.
9.2
PERMITTED USES
9.3
DISCRETIONARY USES
9.4
SITE REQUIREMENTS
9.4.1
Site Area:
a) Public utilities and municipal facilities:
no requirements.
b) All other uses: minimum 1,000 sq m
(10,763.9 sq. ft.).
9.4.2
Site Frontage:
a) Public utilities and municipal facilities:
no requirements.
b) All other uses: minimum 30 m (98.4 ft.).
1) Commercial Uses
Agricultural equipment dealers and service
establishments
Agricultural seed, fuel, and chemical supply
establishments
Agricultural service and contracting establishments
Commercial nurseries and greenhouses, with or
without retail sales
Confectioneries, with or without gas bars
Construction trades without outdoor storage
Motor vehicle dealers and service establishments
Marine or recreational vehicle equipment dealers and
service establishments
Motels and hotels
Personal service shops restaurants
Retail stores
Storage facilities, warehousing, supply and
distribution facilities
Veterinary clinics and hospitals
2) Residential
One dwelling unit for the operator of a commercial
use where ancillary to that use and located on the
same site
3) Other Uses
Public utilities, excluding solid and liquid waste
disposal facilities
Uses and buildings customarily accessory and
subordinate to the principal use on the site, not
including a residence
1) Commercial Uses
Abattoirs, skinning and tanning facilities, and
stockyards
Agricultural implement and prefabricated building
component manufacturing
Agricultural product processing
Auction marts
Outside storage ancillary to the principal use signs
Welding, machine shops, and metal fabricating
Salvage yards, auto and machinery wreckers
Wood and natural products processing and
fabrication.
2) Other Uses
Commercial recreation facilities campgrounds
Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities.
Licensed Cannabis Production Facilities
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9.4.3
Yard Requirements:
a) In any yard abutting a municipal road
allowance, municipal grid road, main farm
access road, or provincial highway, all
buildings shall be set back at least 45.7 m
(150 ft.) from the centreline of the road or
road allowance; 300 ft. from intersection.
b) A yard abutting any other road
(including a highway frontage road):
minimum of 7.6 m (24.9 ft.).
c) Any yard abutting a railway: no
requirements.
d) Any other yard: minimum of 3 m (9.8 ft.).
e) The yard requirements shall not apply
to any public utility or municipal
facility.
9.4.4
Building Coverage:
a) Public utilities and municipal facilities:
no requirements.
b) All other uses: maximum 30% of the
site.
9.5
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR ALL
DISCRETIONARY COMMERCIAL USES
9.5.1
All commercial uses shall be
separated from a residence not occupied
by the operator of the use, by a distance
of at least 300 m (984.2 ft.) unless the
applicant can establish to the satisfaction of
Council that the use will not emit noxious
odours, dust, smoke, and noise limiting the
enjoyment or use of the residence.
9.5.2
All commercial uses must
demonstrate adequate access and egress to
the provincial or municipal road system.
9.6
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR USES INVOLVING
THE HOUSING OF AGRICULTURAL
ANIMALS
9.6.1
Council is governed by the
location criteria contained in the Official
Community Plan, as adopted and amended
from time to time, and the Zoning Bylaw
respecting discretionary approval for an
ILO in the issuing of a permit for any use
involving the sale, shipping, housing, or
confinement of agricultural animals.
9.6.2
Council may apply special
standards in the issuing a development
permit limiting the number of animals that
may be harbored on the site at any point
in time.
9.7
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE
9.7.1
Outside storage is prohibited
within a yard abutting a road, except
for the display of vehicles or machinery
for sale, which will be a neatly arranged
outside storage located in a side or rear
yard, and shall be suitably screened to the
satisfaction of Council.
9.8
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR SIGNS
9.8.1
Where multiple businesses
operate within a single structure one
business logo sign is permitted per visible
business front. The maximum dimension
of the sign shall not exceed 3 m (9.8 ft.) in
vertical or horizontal direction, parallel
to the front of the building, nor exceed a
depth of 0.3 m (0.9 ft.).
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9.8.2
One business name sign is
permitted per visible business unit front
and shall not exceed 15% of the area of the
front of the building and shall not exceed
30 sq meters (3,229.1 sq. ft.).parallel to the
front of the building, nor exceed a depth of
0.3 m (0.9 ft.).
9.9
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR SALVAGE YARDS,
AUTO AND MACHINERY WRECKING
YARDS
9.9.1
No wrecked, partially dismantled
or inoperative vehicle or machinery shall
be stored or displayed in any required yard
abutting a road.
9.9.2
Council may apply special
standards as conditions of approval
regarding screening, location of storage and
the location of vehicles, machinery and parts
on display to avoid an unsightly premise.
8.9.3
The proximity and location of
residential and tourist facility shall be
considered in making this discretionary
use decision.
9.10 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR RECREATIONAL
USES
9.10.1
Discretionary recreational uses
shall be separated from a discretionary
commercial use by a distance of at least
300 m (984.2 ft.) unless the applicant can
satisfy Council that the commercial use
does not produce noxious odours, dust,
smoke or noise limiting the enjoyment or
use of the recreational area.
9.10.2 Campgrounds shall be surrounded
by a landscaped and treed buffer within the
site boundary.
9.10.3 Campgrounds must have a
proven safe water supply sufficient for the
purpose.
9.11
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR SOLID AND LIQUID
WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
9.11.1
Development and maintenance of
a solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall
be subject to Section 3.8.
9.11.2 Council will consider existing and
future land use patterns when determining
the location of new solid and liquid waste
disposal facilities.
9.12 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT
9.12.1
Any proposed development
adjacent to an Agricultural District must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Council
that the development will not adversely
affect the agricultural operation on that
land (i.e., drainage).
9.13 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR CANNABIS
PRODUCTION FACILITIES
9.13.1
Criteria is listed in Section 3.38.
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10.0 HAMLET DISTRICT (H)
10.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district is to
provide land for uses that are considered
appropriate for the municipality's Hamlets.
10.2 PERMITTED USES
10.3 DISCRETIONARY USES
10.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS
10.4.1 Minimum Site Area:
a) Service stations: 929 sq m
(9,999.6 sq. ft.).
b) Other commercial uses: 232 sq m
(2,497.2 sq. ft.).
1) Residential
Single detached dwelling
Mobile home or modular home, on a permanent
foundation
2) Other Uses
Accessory buildings and uses
Community services, public museums, and libraries
schools and educational institutions
Places of worship
Public sports fields, parks and rinks
3) Ancillary Uses
Bed-and-Breakfast Homes, where ancillary to a
residence on the same site
Home Based Businesses, where ancillary to a
residence on the same site, including personal care
homes
Signs
Mobile home or modular home, on a permanent
foundation
1) Commercial Principal Uses
Retail stores, commercial retail services and
restaurants
Veterinary clinics and hospitals
Liquor sales
Beverage rooms, restaurants and lounges
Dwelling units, accessory to commercial use
Grocery stores
Childcare facilities
Personal service shops
Motels and hotels
2) Industrial and Agricultural Service Uses
Agricultural equipment, motor vehicle, or recreational
equipment dealers and service establishments
Agricultural seed storage and processing and
elevators, fuel and chemical supply establishments
Agricultural product storage, transshipment, service
and contracting establishments, excluding facilities for
the handling of large animals and construction trades
Offices
Manufacturing or processing establishments
Welding, machine shops, metal fabricating
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c) Public utilities and municipal facilities:
no requirements.
d) All other uses: 464 sq m (4,994.4 sq. ft.).
e) Maximum lot coverage 60%.
10.4.2 Site Frontage Minimum:
a) Service stations, gas bars, industrial and
agricultural service uses: minimum of
30.48 m (100 ft.).
b) Public Utilities and Municipal Facilities:
no requirements.
c) All Other Uses: minimum 15.24 m
(50 ft.).
10.4.3 Required Yards for
Residential Uses:
a) Front yard: minimum 6.10 m (20 ft.).
b) Side yard: minimum 1.52 m (5 ft.).
c) Rear yard: Principal Building: minimum
7.62 m (25 ft.).
d) Rear Yard: Accessory Building:
minimum 1.52 m (5 ft.).
10.4.4 Yard Requirements
for all Other Uses:
a) Any yard abutting a highway: minimum
as required by Saskatchewan Highways
and Infrastructure but not be less than
6 m (19.6 ft.).
b) Any yard abutting a highway frontage
road or municipal road allowance:
minimum 6 m (19.6 ft.).
c) Other front yard for Service Stations,
Gas Bars, Industrial and Agricultural
Service Uses: minimum 6 m (19.6 ft.).
d) Front yard for any commercial uses
not identified in Part (iii), no minimum
requirement.
e) A yard abutting a residential use
without an intervening street:
minimum 3 m (9.8 ft.).
f) Any yard abutting a railway: no
requirement.
g) Any other yard: no requirement
h) Yard requirements shall not apply to
any public utility, municipal facility, or
public recreational use.
i) Building height for an accessory garage
shall not exceed 4.58 m (15 ft.) with
the maximum wall height or no more
than 3.05 m (10 ft.) from the top plate
to the bottom plate. Council at their
discretion, however, may consider
higher buildings on a case by case basis.
j) The building floor for an accessory
garage shall not exceed 92.9 m
(1,000 sq. ft.), however, Council may
consider larger buildings due to
physical circumstances on a case by
case basis, provided that all setbacks
and separation distances can be met.
k) Every development shall be graded
and leveled at the owner's expense to
provide for adequate surface drainage
that does not adversely affect adjacent
properties, or the stability of the land
or the finished grade of the lot shall be
no greater than 0.32 m (1 ft.) above the
crown of the adjacent road.
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10.4.5 Mobile homes shall comply with
Section 2.3 and be securely attached to a
permanent foundation prior to occupancy.
10.4.6 Re-use, Rehabilitation,
Preservation or Restoration of Heritage
Properties:
a) Site requirements listed under
Section 9.4 are waived in regards
to applications for the re-use,
rehabilitation, preservation or
restoration of identified, and designated
heritage properties.
b) The original site and structure are
deemed to be in conformity with the
Bylaw, and applications may be made
to change the use of the property as
provided for within the Hamlet District.
10.4.7 No Accessory Buildings excepting
garages are permitted to be located in any
front yard or side yard.
10.4.8 Where parking facilities are
provided for a development:
a) The parking area shall be provided on
the same lot as the use it serves; and
b) Vehicles parked on site shall only be
parked in approved parking spaces or
on a driveway leading up to a garage,
carport, or parking pad located on the
site; and
c) Parking is not permitted on any natural
landscaped area.
10.4.9 Residential parking spaces which
are located entirely or in part in the front
yard shall not exceed 22 sq m (236 sq. ft.)
in area.
10.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT
10.5.1 Any proposed development
adjacent to an Agricultural District must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Council
that the development will not adversely
affect the agricultural operation on that
land (i.e., drainage).
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10.7 USES COMPATIBLE WITH
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
10.7.1
Bed-and-breakfast and personal
care homes are considered compatible
with residential development provided the
sites are large enough to provide adequate
parking and separation to adjacent
dwellings.
10.7.2 Home based businesses, which
provide personal services are generally
considered compatible with residential
development if the services are provided
within the dwelling.
10.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND
AGRICULTURAL SERVICE USES
10.6.1 Council will apply the criteria of
the Official Community Plan, as adopted
and amended from time to time, in
considering locations for commercial,
industrial or agricultural service uses.
10.6.2 Council may apply special
standards in the issuing of a development
permit for screening of storage areas,
fencing or required yards adjacent to
residential uses.
10.6.3 Locations within residential areas
of hamlets will be avoided for Industrial
and Agricultural Service Uses.
10.6.4 For commercial developments,
locations on the main street, adjacent to
a railway, or adjacent to a highway or a
main access route to the hamlet will be
preferred.
10.6.5 Commercial development that
are of a scale and type that is compatible
with residential uses may be considered in
residential areas if the site is of sufficient size.
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11.0 DIRECT CONTROL DISTRICT - WESTERN POTASH CORP. (DCD)
11.1
PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this district is to
allow for the construction, development,
and operation a potash solution mining
project in accordance with Development
Agreement and subsequent amendments
agreed and executed between the parties.
The properties subject to the DCD district
are as identified within the Zoning District
Map forming part of this bylaw.
11.2 PERMITTED USES
11.3 DISCRETIONARY USES
11.4 SITE REQUIREMENTS
11.4.1
Minimum site requirements
in accordance with DCD Development
Agreement and subsequent amendments.
11.4.2 Minimum site frontage: 20 m (65.6 ft).
11.4.3 Access:
a) Permitted uses and other development
requiring public access is prohibited
unless the site abuts a developed road.
b) For the purposes of this Part "developed
road" shall mean an existing paved or
graded all-weather road on a registered
right of way, or a road for which
arrangements have been made with
Council to provide for the construction
of the road on a registered right of way
to a standard approved by Council.
c) A site to be created by subdivision
shall not be permitted unless, where
required for the proposed use, the
proposed parcels and the remainder
of the parcel being subdivided abuts,
or has frontage on a registered
developed road, including any road to
be developed under a signed servicing
agreement.
11.4.4 Yard Requirements
a) The minimum setback of offices,
management facilities and any required
housing facilities, from the centerline
of a developed road, municipal road
allowance, or provincial highway shall
be 45 m (147.6 ft).
b) The following minimum separations
shall be applied between offices,
management facilities, required
housing facility, and other uses:
-
305 m (1000 ft) from a licensed
public or private liquid waste
disposal facility.
1) Industrial Uses
Mineral resource extraction, mineral resource
development and related operations
Mining facilities and processing plants
Shipping containers and outdoor storage
Offices and management facilities
2) Other Uses
Accessory buildings and structures
Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities
Mineral resource stockpiling
Transportation facilities applicable to mining
exploration, extraction, stockpiling and related
activities
Public utilities, radio, television
and communication towers
Resource refining plants
Management and worker housing facilities
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-
457 m (1499.3 ft) from a licensed
public or private solid waste
disposal facility.
-
305 m (1000 ft) from a honey
processing facility.
c) Council may reduce the minimum
separation distance to the operations
listed above, as a special standard
where the applicant submits a written
agreement to Council between the
adjacent landowner and the owner of
the DCD zoned operation agreeing to
the reduced the required separation.
d) The following additional minimum
separations shall be applied between
offices, management facilities, required
housing facilities and other uses:
-
305 m (1000 ft) to a non-
refrigerated anhydrous ammonia
facility licensed by Province of
Saskatchewan.
-
600 m (1968.5 ft) to a refrigerated
anhydrous ammonia facility licensed
by the Province of Saskatchewan.
-
No dwelling or other building shall
be located within the approach
surface for any functional airport or
airstrip.
e) Council may not reduce the minimum
separation distance to the operations
listed above.
11.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA FOR MINING
EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION AND
RELATED DEVELOPMENT
The following considerations shall be
made for all applications related to
mining exploration, extraction and related
developments and operations.
11.5.1
Mineral resource development
and related operations should require a
development permit.
11.5.2 In reviewing applications for
mineral resource development and related
operations the environmental implications
of the operation including plans for site
restoration shall be considered.
11.5.3 Any application shall include all
pertaining plans and a narrative of the
proposed development in addition to the
following:
a) The location and area of the site
where development is to occur
and identification of significant
water bodies and wetlands, urban
municipalities, rural settlements,
provincially designated lands and
environmentally sensitive lands and
features and neighbouring land uses;
b) The expected life of the project if
applicable;
c) The effect of the development on
existing drainage and other municipal
infrastructure and servicing on and off
the site;
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d) Identification and mitigation of issues,
such as odour, dust, smoke, noise,
traffic and periods of operation, visual
screening or landscaping of the site,
onsite fire suppression infrastructure,
as well as required signage, fencing or
other safety measures;
e) The methods for preventing,
controlling, or reducing erosion;
f) Proposed access and hauling activities
(including number of trucks, tonnage,
and hours of hauling);
g) Proposed extraction, operation, and
staging (including years, dates and
hours of operation); and
h) The condition in which the site is to be
left when the operation is complete,
including the proposed reclamation or
rehabilitation plans for restoring the
condition of the land to be affected.
11.5.4 New development that will
conflict with existing mineral resource
development and known expansion areas
will be discouraged.
11.5.5 The mineral resource
development and/or operator and any
person who hauls associated resources
may be required to enter into a road
maintenance agreement. The Municipality
may require the developer to sign an
agreement for road maintenance.
11.5.6 Any proposed development
adjacent to an Agricultural District must
demonstrate to the satisfaction of Council
that the development will not adversely
affect the agricultural operation on that
land (i.e., drainage).
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12.0 AMENDMENT
Where proposed land uses or
developments do not conform to this
Zoning Bylaw or to the Official Community
Plan, both bylaws can be amended in
accordance with the PDA, to allow the
new development to continue. However,
before any amendment is made, the impact
of the proposed change on the rest of the
bylaws and the future development of the
municipality as a whole shall be examined.
Any changes to the bylaws shall be in the
interest of the future development of the
community as a whole.
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14.0 DEFINITIONS
14.1
TITLE
This Bylaw shall be known as the "Zoning
Bylaw of the RM of Lajord No. 128."
14.2
SCOPE
All development within the limits of the
Municipality shall be in conformity with
the provisions of this Bylaw.
14.3
INTERPRETATION
The Administrative Authorities shall
interpret this Bylaw.
14.4 SEVERABILITY
If any part of this Bylaw, including anything
shown on the Zoning District Map, is
declared to be invalid for any reason, by
an authority of competent jurisdiction,
the validity of the Bylaw as a whole, or
any other part, section or provision of this
Bylaw will not be affected.
14.5 UNITS OF MEASURE
Units of measure in this Bylaw are metric
abbreviated as follows:
14.6
DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw when the following words
or terms are used, they have the following
meaning, unless the context provides
otherwise:
Accessory Building means a subordinate
detached building apart from the main
building or main use and located in the
same site, which provides better and more
convenient function of the main building or
main use.
Accessory Use means a use customarily
incidental, subordinate, and exclusively
devoted to the principal use or building
and is located on the same site with such
principal use.
Act means The Planning and Development
Act, 2007.
Agricultural Operations means the
production of horticultural crops, including
vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, sod, trees,
shrubs, flowers, and greenhouse crops,
excluding cannabis.
Alteration means any structural change or
addition made to any building or structure.
Units of Measure
m
Metre(s)
ft
Feet
m2
Square Metre(s)
ft2
Square Feet
km
Kilometer(s)
ha
Hectare(s)
ac
Acres
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Animal Unit (A.U.) means the kind
and number of animals calculated in
accordance with the following table:
Ancillary Use means a use that is
secondary and subordinate in size, extent
and purpose to the principal use on the
same site but is not necessary for the
operation of the principal use on that site.
Administrator means the official
administrator for the Municipality
pursuant to The Municipalities Act.
Applicant means a developer or person
applying for a development permit under
this Bylaw or for a subdivision approval to
an Approving Authority under the Act.
Bed-and-Breakfast Home means
a dwelling unit, licensed as a tourist
home under The Public Accommodation
Regulations, in which overnight
accommodation within the dwelling unit,
along with one meal served before noon,
is provided to the travelling public for a
charge.
Beverage Room means an establishment,
licensed by the Province of Saskatchewan,
in that alcoholic beverages are served for
a fee for consumption on the premises
and may include a licensed lounge that is
ancillary to a restaurant. Food preparation
or serving of food may be an accessory use
to the drinking establishment but is subject
to all applicable provincial regulations.
Billboard means a private, free standing
sign, including supporting structures,
which advertises goods, products, services,
organizations, or facilities that are available
from, located on, or refer to, as it other than
the site on which the sign is located, and
which is greater than 2m2 in surface area.
Building means a structure used for the
shelter or accommodation of persons,
animals, or goods.
Building Permit means a permit issued
under a building Bylaw of the Municipality
authorizing the construction of all or part
of any building.
Cannabis is as defined in The Cannabis Act
(Canada).
Kind of Animal
Animal
Unit
Poultry
Hens, cockerels, capons
100
Chicks, broiler chickens
200
Turkeys, geese, ducks
25
Exotic birds
Hogs
Boars and sows
3
Gilts
4
Feeder Pigs
6
Weanling pigs
20
Sheep
Rams and Ewes
7
Lambs
14
Goats, etc.
Goats, llamas,
alpacas, etc
7
Cattle
Cows and bulls
1
Feeder cattle
1.5
Replacement heifers
2
Calves
4
Horses
Colts and ponies
2
Other horses
1
Domesticated
Ungulates
Native bison
1
Elk, reindeer
4
Deer
7
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Cannabis Production Facility means a
federally licensed growing of cannabis
plants and harvesting material from those
plants, or the manufacturing, packaging
and labelling of cannabis products.
Campground means the seasonal
operation of an area of land managed as
a unit, providing temporary short-term
accommodation for tents, tent trailers,
travel trailers, recreational vehicles and
campers, used by travelers and tourists.
Child Care Facility means a building or
portion of a building for the provision
of care, instruction, maintenance or
supervision of seven children or more
under the age of 13 years, by persons other
than those related by blood or marriage,
for periods not exceeding 24 consecutive
hours and includes all day-care centres,
early childhood services, nurseries and
after-school or baby-sitting programs
which meet this definition.
Commercial means the use of land,
buildings, or structures for the purpose
of buying and selling commodities and
supplying professional and personal
services for compensation.
Council means the Council of the "RM of
Lajord No. 128."
Development means the carrying out
of any building, engineering, mining or
other operations in, on or over land or the
making of any material change in the use or
intensity of the use of any building or land.
Development permit means a document
authorizing a development issued pursuant
to this Bylaw.
Discretionary Use means a use of land or
buildings or form of development that: is
prescribed as a discretionary use in the
Bylaw; and requires the approval of Council
pursuant to Section 56 of the Act and this
Bylaw.
Dwelling Group means a group of
principal buildings used as dwellings,
located on a single parcel, developed
as a project, that may include rental,
condominium or bare land condominium
forms of tenure.
Dwelling Dormitory means a building
providing sleeping and residential quarters
for a large number of people, but does not
include eating quarters.
Dwelling, Single Detached means
a detached building consisting of one
dwelling units defined here; and occupied
or intended to be occupied as a permanent
home or residence, but shall not include
a mobile home, modular home, or trailer
coach as defined here.
Dwelling Unit means one or more
habitable rooms constituting a self-
contained unit and used or intended to
be used together for living and sleeping
purposes by one or more persons.
Equestrian Center means public facilities
(buildings, shelters or other structures)
at which horses are exercised or trained,
training in equestrian skills, or equestrian
competitions or shows are held.
Farmstead means a single site, which
includes the residence of the farm operator
and those buildings, or facilities that are
related to the farm operation, and may
include cropland and pastures.
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Floor Area means the sum of horizontal
area contained within the outside of the
outside walls of a building at each floor
level at or above grade, excluding in the
case of a dwelling, any private garage,
porch, veranda, sun lounge, or unfinished
room or attic.
Garden (Granny) Suite means 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.
Grocery Store means the use of a building,
or a portion of a building, for the sale of
foods and convenience goods to serve the
needs of the surrounding residents and the
traveling public.
Hazard Land means land which may be
prone to flooding, slumping, subsidence,
landslides, erosion, any other instability, or
is located within the flood plain of a river,
stream, or lake.
Home Based Business means a secondary
occupation carried on by the occupants of
a farmstead or residence, and ancillary to a
permitted use.
Hotel means a building which provides
sleeping accommodation for which a fee is
charged and may also contain commercial
uses, facilities or services such as a
restaurant, dining room, room service or
convention room.
Highway Sign Corridor means 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 Ministry of
Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure
entitled The Erection of Signs Adjacent to
Provincial Highway Regulations, 1986, as may
be amended or replaced from time to time.
Intensive Agricultural Operation means
a principal use that produces a crop that
is grown in buildings or under structures,
using hydroponic techniques, or by use
of intensive irrigation and fertilizer
application, but not including an intensive
livestock operation.
Intensive Livestock Operation (ILO)
means the operation or facilities for
the permanent or temporary rearing,
confinement or feeding of poultry,
hogs, sheep, goats, cattle, horses, or
domesticated game animals in such
numbers that the facility and portion of a
parcel or site used for the operation meets
any of the following conditions:
a) will contain 100 or more animal units
b) provides less than 370 m2 of space for
each animal unit
c) will contain more than 20 animal units
for 10 or more days of the month within
300 m of water body not controlled by
the operator
d) Will contain more than 20 animal units
for 10 or more days of the month within
30 m of a domestic well not controlled
by the operator.
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Intermodal Freight Container means a
standardized reusable steel box used for
the safe, efficient and secure storage of
materials and products within a global
containerized intermodal freight transport
system. "Intermodal" indicates that the
container can me moved from one mode
of transport to another (ship, rail, truck)
without unloading and re-loading the
contents of the container. Length and width
of the containers varies.
Liquor Sales means the wholesale or retail
sale or distribution to the public of any and
all types of alcohol spirits/beverages.
Mobile Home means a trailer coach
bearing CSA Z240 certification for mobile
homes (or a replacement thereof):
a) that is used as a dwelling
b) that has water faucets and shower,
or other bathing facilities, that may
be connected to a water distribution
system
c) that is equipped with facilities for
washing and water closet, or other
similar facility, which may be connected
to a sewage system.
Modular Home means a factory-built
home that is manufactured as a whole or
modular unit and is designed to be moved
on a removable chassis to be used as
one dwelling unit, and is certified by the
manufacturer that it complies with the
Canadian Standards Association Code CSA-
A277standard.
Motel means a building or group of
buildings on a site designed and operated
to provide temporary accommodation
and contains separate sleeping units, each
of which is provided with an adjoining
conveniently located parking stall.
Municipality means the RM of Lajord
No. 128.
Municipal Facility means any facility
owned or operated by the Municipality
Non-Conforming Building means a
building:
a) That is lawfully constructed or lawfully
under construction, or with respect to
which all required permits have been
issued, at the date a Zoning Bylaw or
any amendment to a Zoning Bylaw
affecting the building or land on which
the building is situated or will be
situated becomes effective
b) that on the date a Zoning Bylaw or any
amendment to a Zoning Bylaw becomes
effective does not, or when constructed
will not, comply with the Zoning Bylaw.
Non-Conforming Site means a site,
consisting of one or more contiguous
parcels that, on the date a Zoning Bylaw
or any amendment to a Zoning Bylaw
becomes effective, contains a use that
conforms to the Bylaw, but the site area
or site dimensions do not conform to the
standards of the Bylaw for that use.
Non-Conforming Use means a lawful
specific use:
a) being made of land or a building or
intended to be made of land or of a
building lawfully under construction,
or with respect to which all required
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permits have been issued, at the date
the Zoning Bylaw or any amendment to
the Zoning Bylaw affecting the land or
building becomes effective
b) that on the date the Zoning Bylaw or
any amendment to the Zoning Bylaw
becomes effective does not, or in the
case of a building under construction
or with respect to which all required
permits have been issued will not,
comply with the Zoning Bylaw.
Outside Storage means the storing,
stockpiling or accumulating of goods,
equipment or material in an area that is
open or exposed to the natural elements.
Pasture means a site that is used for the
raising and feeding of livestock by grazing.
Permitted Use means a use or form
of development rightfully allowed in a
zoning District, subject to the regulations
contained in this Bylaw.
Personal Care Home means a facility
licensed under The Personal Care Homes
Act that provides long term residential,
social and personal care, including
accommodation, meals, supervision or
assistance for persons who have some
limits on ability for self-care, and are
unrelated to the operator or owner.
Personal Service Shops means a facility
for providing a service to individuals,
including but not limited to barbershops,
professional services, medical clinics,
drycleaners, etc.
Portable Storage Unit means a
transportable storage structure that is
designed and used for the storage of
building materials, household goods,
personal items and other materials for
use on temporary basis on a residential
property. Such units are uniquely designed
for their ease of loading to and from a
transport vehicle.
Principal Use means the main activities
conducted on a site.
Principal Building means the main
building in which the principal use of the
site is conducted.
Private Riding Arenas means a building
used by the owners or occupants of the site
for the training and exercising of horses
that is not used for horse shows, rodeos
or similar events to which there is a fee to
participate in or to use the facilities.
Public Road means a road allowance or a
legally surveyed road vested in the name of
Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure.
Public Utility means a government or
private enterprise, which provides a
service to the general public, including any
operation for the purposes of inspecting,
repairing, or renewing sewage systems,
water mains, cables, pipes, wires, tracks
or similar public works as required by
a public utility, and the installation of
service connections to property in the
Municipality (excluding the installation of
new transmission lines).
Quarter Section means a quarter section
as defined by the Township Plan of Survey
in the Land Titles Office, exclusive of any
registered road, road widening, or railway
right of way, but including any partial
quarter section defined on the Township
Plan of Survey.
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Reeve means the Reeve of the RM of Lajord
No. 128.
Residence means a single detached
dwelling on a site which is not used as a
farmstead.
Rodeo Facilities means buildings, shelters,
fences, corrals or other structures used for
commercial rodeo events.
RTM means a new single detached dwelling
built off-site to national building code
standards and moved on, and permanently
attached to, a foundation meeting national
building code standards.
Sand and Gravel means all sand and
gravel on the surface of the land and all
sand and gravel obtainable by stripping
off the overburden, excavating from the
surface or other surface operation. The
sand and gravel mentioned shall not be
deemed to be a mine, mineral or valuable
stone but shall be deemed to be and to have
always been a part of the surface of the
land and to belong to the owner thereof.
School means a site, building or other
premises and improvements that are
utilized for the purposes of educating
students with a faculty.
Sign means any writing (including letter or
word), billboard, pictorial representation
(including illustration or decoration),
emblem (including devise, symbol or
trademark), flag (including banner or
pennant), or any other figure of similar
character which is a structure or any part
thereof, or is attached to, painted on, or
in any manner represented on a building
is used to announce or direct attention
to, or advertise is visible from outside the
building.
Site means an area of land with fixed
boundaries that has been registered in the
Land Titles Office by Certificate of Title,
and for which all portions of the land are
consolidated under a single title.
Site Frontage means the boundary that
divides the site from the street or road.
In the case of a corner site, the front site
line shall mean the boundary separating
the narrowest street frontage of the site
from the street. Site frontage for a non-
rectangular site shall be defined as the
mean of the measured front and rear
site lines.
Street means a public road or thoroughfare
registered by plan of survey which affords
the principal means of access to abutting
property but shall not include an easement
or lane.
Structure means anything that is built,
constructed, or erected, located in, on, or
over the ground, or attached to something
located in or over the ground.
Subdivision means a division of land and
includes a division of a quarter Sections
into legal subdivisions as described in the
regulations made pursuant to The Land
Surveys Titles Act, 2000.
Temporary Garage means a temporary
prefabricated shelter constructed with a
metal or plastic frame and covered with a
fabric or plastic cover used primarily for
the storage of vehicles or other equipment
accessory to a residential use only.
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Trailer Coach means any vehicle or
dwelling that has been modified to allow
for both transportation upon public roads
or highways and also be utilized as a
dwelling or sleeping place for one or more
persons.
Use means the purpose or activity for
which a piece of land or its buildings are
designed, arranged or intended, occupied
or maintained.
Vacation Farm means an operating farm
which may, on a day basis or for overnight
purposes, offer a farm life experience to
groups, families, or individuals and which
may provide either or both of the following:
rental accommodation in the farm dwelling
or adjacent private cabins comprising one
or more rooms furnished to enable the
preparation of meals if full board is not
provided a tract of land on which one or
more camping, tenting or parking sites is
located, where electricity, potable water
and toilet facilities are provided to the
persons, families, or groups occupying any
of the sites.
Warehousing means a building or number
of buildings primarily engaged in the
indoor and/or outdoor storage of a general
line of goods.
Waste Disposal Facility, Liquid means a
facility to accommodate any liquid waste
from residential, commercial, institutional
and industrial sources, 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 means
a facility, not including a waste transfer
station or a temporary storage facility,
to accommodate discarded materials,
substances or objects which originated
from residential, commercial, institutional
and industrial sources which are typically
disposed of in municipal or private landfills,
but not including dangerous goods,
hazardous waste or biomedical waste.
Yard means the open, unoccupied space
on a lot between the property line and the
nearest wall of a building.
Yard, Front means that part of a site that
extends across the full width of a site
between the front site line and the nearest
main wall of a building or structure.
Yard, Rear means that part of a site which
extends across the full width of a site
between the rear site line and the nearest
main wall of a building or structure.
Yard, Required means the minimum yard
required by a provision of this Bylaw.
Yard, Side means the part of a site that
extends from a front yard to the rear yard
between the side line of a site and the
nearest main wall of a building or structure.
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15.0 ZONING DISTRICT MAPS
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