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Zoning Bylaw
Bylaw No.2025-07
Rural Municipality Of Lipton No. 217
Bylaw No. 2025-07
A Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217 to adopt a Zoning Bylaw.
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in open
meeting assembled enacts as follows:
1)
Pursuant to Section 34(1) of The Planning and Development Act, 2007 the Council of the Rural
Municipality of Lipton No. 217 hereby adopts the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217 Zoning
Bylaw, identified as Schedule "A" to this Bylaw.
2)
The Reeve and Rural Administrator are hereby authorized to sign and seal Schedule "A" which
is attached to and forms part of this Bylaw.
3)
Bylaw No. 2002-02 and all amendments to is hereby repealed.
4)
This Bylaw shall come into force on the date of final approval by the Minister of Government
Relations.
Read a first time the 21st day of October, 2025.
Read a second time the 16th day of December, 2025.
Read a third time and adopted the 16th day of December, 2025.
REEVE
ADMINISTRATOR
SEAL
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Schedule A
Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217
Zoning Bylaw
2025-07
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Table of Contents
1
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1
Authority ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2
Title .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.3
Purpose.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.4
Scope .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.5
Severability ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
2
Administration ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1
Development Officer .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
2.2
Council ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3
Interpretation............................................................................................................................................................................. 8
2.4
Bylaw Compliance ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.5
Application for a Development Permit ........................................................................................................................ 8
2.6
Referral of Application .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.7
Development Not Requiring a Permit .......................................................................................................................... 9
2.8
Fees and Advertising ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.9
Development Permit Procedure - Permitted Use ................................................................................................ 10
2.10
Development Permit Procedure - Discretionary Use .................................................................................... 12
2.11
Refusal of Development Permit Application .................................................................................................... 13
2.12
Appeals ................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.13
Development Permit - Invalid ................................................................................................................................... 14
2.14
Cancellation ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
2.15
Permit Re-Issuance ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.16
Zoning Bylaw Amendments ....................................................................................................................................... 15
2.17
Concept Plans .................................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.18
Building Permits, Licenses and Compliance with other Bylaws and Legislation ....................... 16
2.19
Minor Variances ................................................................................................................................................................ 16
2.20
Non-Conforming Buildings, Uses and Sites ..................................................................................................... 18
2.21
Temporary Development Permits ........................................................................................................................... 18
2.22
Permits for Accessory Uses ........................................................................................................................................ 19
2.23
Offences and Penalties ................................................................................................................................................. 19
2.24
Moving of Buildings ........................................................................................................................................................ 19
2.25
Servicing and Development Levy Agreements ................................................................................................ 20
3
General Regulations ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21
3.1
Flood Hazard Lands .............................................................................................................................................................. 21
3.2
Groundwater Protection ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.3
Slope Instability ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4
Heritage Lands ........................................................................................................................................................................ 22
3.5
Principal Use and Building per Site ............................................................................................................................ 23
3.6
Signs and Billboards ........................................................................................................................................................... 23
3.7
Public Utilities and Municipal Facilities .................................................................................................................. 24
3.8
Water Supply and Waste Disposal .............................................................................................................................. 24
3.9
Waste Disposal ....................................................................................................................................................................... 24
3.10
Parking and Loading Regulations .......................................................................................................................... 25
3.11
General Development Standards Applicable to All Discretionary Uses in this Bylaw .............. 27
3.12
Access and Roads ............................................................................................................................................................ 27
3.13
Site Size Adjustments ................................................................................................................................................... 28
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3.14
Restoration to a Safe Condition ............................................................................................................................... 28
3.15
Drainage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 28
3.16
Landscape Buffers ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
3.17
Fence and Hedge Heights ............................................................................................................................................ 29
3.18
Prohibited and Noxious Uses .................................................................................................................................... 29
3.19
Keeping of Domestic Animals .................................................................................................................................. 30
3.20
Railways ................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
3.21
Development along Pipelines and Gas Transmission Lines ................................................................... 31
3.22
Communication Towers ............................................................................................................................................... 31
3.23
Air Quality ............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
3.24
Critical Wildlife Habitat Management ................................................................................................................. 31
3.25
Solid & Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities ........................................................................................................... 32
4
Land Use Specific Regulations and Development Standards ................................................................................. 33
4.1
Mobile and Modular Homes ............................................................................................................................................ 33
4.2
Salvage Yards and Storage of Vehicles ..................................................................................................................... 33
4.3
Home Based Businesses ................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.4
Bed-and-Breakfast Homes and Vacation Farms ................................................................................................. 34
4.5
Garden Suites .......................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.6
Secondary Suites ................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.7
Day Care Centres and Pre-Schools............................................................................................................................... 36
4.8
Residential Care Homes .................................................................................................................................................... 36
4.9
Salvage Yards & Auto Wreckers ................................................................................................................................... 36
4.10
Automotive Service Uses and Gas Pumps ......................................................................................................... 37
4.11
Agricultural Tourism Uses .......................................................................................................................................... 37
4.12
Campgrounds..................................................................................................................................................................... 38
4.13
Animal Kennels ................................................................................................................................................................. 38
4.14
Equestrian Facilities (Riding Stables) ................................................................................................................. 39
4.15
Wind Energy Systems .................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.16
Wind Farm Regulations ................................................................................................................................................ 41
4.17
Individual Wind Energy Systems ............................................................................................................................ 42
4.18
Sea and Rail Containers ............................................................................................................................................... 43
4.19
Cannabis Facilities ......................................................................................................................................................... 44
5
Zoning Districts ................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
5.1
Districts ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
5.2
Boundaries ................................................................................................................................................................................ 45
5.3
Regulations ............................................................................................................................................................................... 45
5.4
Uses and Regulations ......................................................................................................................................................... 45
6
AG - Agricultural District ............................................................................................................................................................... 46
6.1
Permitted Uses ....................................................................................................................................................................... 46
6.2
Discretionary Uses ................................................................................................................................................................ 46
6.3
District Regulations ............................................................................................................................................................. 48
7
CR - Country Residential District.............................................................................................................................................. 58
7.1
Permitted Uses ....................................................................................................................................................................... 58
7.2
Discretionary Uses ................................................................................................................................................................ 58
7.3
District Regulations ............................................................................................................................................................. 58
8
HC - Highway Commercial District ......................................................................................................................................... 61
8.1
Permitted Uses ....................................................................................................................................................................... 61
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8.2
Discretionary Uses ................................................................................................................................................................ 61
8.3
District Regulations ............................................................................................................................................................. 62
9
Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
10
Zoning District Map ................................................................................................................................................................... 88
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1
Introduction
1.1
Authority
Under the authority granted by The Planning and Development Act, 2007, (The Act) the Reeve and Council of
the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217 (RM) in the Province of Saskatchewan, in open meeting, hereby
enact as follows:
1.2
Title
This Bylaw shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Bylaw" of the RM.
1.3
Purpose
The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate development and to control the use of land in the RM in
accordance with the Official Community Plan (OCP).
1.4
Scope
This Bylaw applies to all land included within the boundaries of the RM. All development within the
limits of the RM shall hereafter conform to the provisions of this Bylaw.
1.5
Severability
A decision of a Court that one or more of the provisions of this Bylaw are invalid in whole or in part
does not affect the validity, effectiveness, or enforceability of the other provisions or parts of the
provisions of this Bylaw.
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2 Administration
2.1
Development Officer
2.1.1
The Administrator of the RM shall be the Development Officer responsible for the
administration of this Bylaw, or in his/her absence an employee of the RM appointed by the
Administrator; or someone appointed by the Council to act as a Development Officer to
administer this Bylaw.
2.1.2
The Development Officer shall:
a)
Make available and maintain for inspection by the public during office hours:
1)
a copy of the OCP, this Bylaw, zoning maps and amendments, and ensure that copies are
available to the public at a reasonable cost; and
2)
a register of all development permits, minor variance applications, and subdivision
applications and decisions.
b)
Collect development fees, according to the fee schedule established by a separate Bylaw; and
c)
Perform other duties as determined by Council.
2.1.3
The Development Officer shall be empowered to make a decision, regarding a development
permit application for a "Permitted Use"
2.1.4
The Development Officer shall receive, record, review and forward to Council:
a)
Development permit applications for discretionary uses;
b)
Rezoning amendment applications;
c)
Subdivision applications;
d)
Development and servicing agreements;
e)
A monthly report;
f)
Applications for minor variances.
2.2 Council
2.2.1
Council shall make all decisions regarding discretionary uses, development and servicing
agreements, and Zoning Bylaw amendments.
2.2.2
Council shall make a recommendation regarding all subdivision applications circulated to it
by Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations, prior to a decision being made by the
Minister.
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2.2.3
Council shall act on discretionary use, rezoning, and subdivision applications in accordance
with the procedures established by The Act and in accordance with the OCP.
2.3 Interpretation
2.3.1
Where any provision of this Bylaw appears unclear, Council shall make the final Bylaw
interpretation.
2.3.2
All Bylaw requirements shall be based on the stated metric units. The imperial units shown in
this Bylaw shall be approximate guidelines only.
2.3.3
No existing development or site shall be deemed non-conforming due to non-compliance with
the metric units used in the Zoning Bylaw.
2.4 Bylaw Compliance
2.4.1
Errors and/or omissions by any person administering or required to comply with the
provisions of this Bylaw do not relieve any person from liability for failure to comply with the
provisions of this Bylaw.
2.5 Application for a Development Permit
2.5.1
Unless the proposed development or use is exempt from development permit requirements,
before commencing any principal or accessory use development, including a public utility use,
every developer shall:
a)
Complete and submit a development permit application, and
b)
Receive a development permit for the proposed development.
2.5.2
A Development Permit shall not be issued for any use in contravention of any of the provisions
of this Bylaw and the OCP.
2.5.3
Except where a particular development is specifically exempted by SECTION 2.7 of this Bylaw,
no development or use shall commence without a Development Permit first being obtained.
2.5.4
Developers and applicants may be required to prepare and provide additional information, as
requested by the Development Officer or Council, including:
a)
Technical reports including, but not limited to:
1)
Sewer and water services;
2)
Expected traffic impacts; and
3)
Where appropriate, hydro geological impacts and flood risk studies.
b)
Wildlife habitat studies;
c)
Mineral extraction studies;
d)
Heritage resource studies;
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e)
Additional information, as required by the approving authority, to evaluate the proposal in
conformity with this bylaw.
2.5.5
Development which is not specified in this Bylaw as a permitted, discretionary or accessory
use shall be prohibited.
2.6 Referral of Application
2.6.1
The Development Officer may refer an application:
a)
To Council for a decision on the interpretation of the Bylaw or regarding special conditions
provided for in the Bylaw; and
b)
To internal or external departments, agencies, professionals or organizations for review prior to
making an decision on the application.
2.6.2
The Development Officer shall:
a)
Inform the applicant of the date and time when Council will consider the matter, or if further
information is required necessary to make a decision.
b)
Make available, in addition to plumbing permits and plan information, a copy of all approved
Development Permit applications involving installation of water and sanitary services, should
such information be requested by the Health Authority; and
c)
Determine, in conjunction with the Health Authority, the suitability of a parcel proposed for
subdivision to accommodate a private sewage treatment system with the subdivision review
process.
2.6.3
All submissions required are the responsibility of the developer. The final review of a
subdivision will not be completed prior to the receipt and evaluation of all required
information by the Development Officer, the Health Authority and any other relevant agency
deemed necessary by the RM.
2.7
Development Not Requiring a Permit
2.7.1
Developments listed in section 2.7.2 shall comply with the regulations of this Bylaw.
2.7.2
Development not requiring a permit includes:
a)
General Agricultural Uses: field crops, non-intensive dairy farming, animal and poultry raising,
orchards and vegetable, horticultural or fruit gardens, beekeeping, ranching, grazing, tree
nurseries and other similar uses customarily to general agriculture including facilities for the
direct sale of field crops and animals grown or raised on the lands (excluding intensive
livestock operations or intensive agricultural operations);
b)
Agricultural buildings and structures that equal or less than 9.3 square metres (100 square
feet) in size or 15 metres (50 feet) tall; excluding any structures that expand an intensive
livestock or commercial agricultural use, or a dwelling unit;
c)
Demolition of derelict and abandoned agricultural buildings;
d)
Accessory Uses: all buildings or structures which are equal or less than 9.3 square metres (100
square feet) in size or 15 metres (50 feet) tall and which will be accessory to a lawful use within
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the Zoning Districts established by this bylaw, provided the use meets the Building Setback
requirements of the relevant Zoning District;
e)
The temporary placement of a trailer during the construction or alteration of a primary
structure for a term not to exceed that provided by an active approved Development/Building
Permit issued for the project if required;
f)
The erection of any fence, wall, gate, television antennae, or radio antennae;
g)
The use of all or part of a building as a temporary polling station, returning officer's
headquarters, candidates' campaign offices and any other official temporary use in
connection with a federal, provincial or municipal election, referendum or census;
h)
Internal alterations and maintenance to buildings, including mechanical or electrical work,
provided that the use, or intensity of use of the building, does not change or result in an
increase in the number of dwelling units within the building or on the site;
i)
Landscaped areas, driveways and parking lots, provided the natural or designed drainage
pattern of the site and adjacent sites are not adversely impacted;
j)
Signs subject to the provisions of this Bylaw;
k)
Linear Public Utilities: Any operation to install, inspect, repair, or renew lines for sewers,
potable water, cables, wires, tracks or similar public works as required by a public utility
except where the line will cross or lie within the limits of a public road;
l)
Mineral exploration wells or extraction wells are exempt only where legal and physical access
to the proposed well site has been previously approved by R.M. permit. Related facilities such
as storage batteries shall require a Development Permit;
m) Keeping of Animals, subject to the regulations in the applicable zoning district;
n)
Gravel extraction for public utilities.
2.8 Fees and Advertising
2.8.1
The fees related to the Zoning Bylaw and OCP shall be set out in the Municipal Fees Bylaw.
2.8.2
All advertising shall be as per the requirements of The Act.
2.9 Development Permit Procedure - Permitted Use
2.9.1
The following procedure shall apply to Permitted Use applications:
Applicants must file with the Development Officer the prescribed application form, a site plan,
and any other supplementary information as required by the Development Officer or Council
and pay the required fees;
The Development Officer:
1)
Shall examine the application for conformance with the OCP, this Bylaw, and any other
applicable policies and regulations;
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2)
May refer the application for comment to external agencies, Council and other interested
groups as the Development Officer may consider appropriate for comment;
3)
May require the application to be reviewed by suitable professionals (such as planning,
engineering, legal, scientific, economic, etc.), with the cost of review to be borne by the
applicant);
4)
May incorporate specific development standards in a Development Permit for a permitted
use to ensure development conformity with this Bylaw. The development standards shall
be based on development standards and regulations of this Bylaw.
5)
May propose conditions (such as requirements regarding maximum intensity, location,
site orientation, separation distances, parking, loading, and maneuvering, and
development standards of structures, buildings, land uses, and activities) in order to:
a.
Address non-conformity with The Act, the OCP, or this Bylaw;
b.
Mitigate potential environmental, ecological, or hazard land concerns;
c.
Mitigate a potential nuisance;
d.
Protect resources;
e.
Mitigate potential tourism or recreation concerns;
f.
Address reclamation and restoration of a site after the lifespan of the
development;
g.
Mitigate potential health, safety, or educational concerns;
h.
Mitigate potential conflicts with existing or proposed properties, development,
land use, or zoning; and
i.
Mitigate any concerns raised in a professional report, submission, or public
meeting.
Where the Development Officer concludes that the proposed development is a permitted
principal or accessory use that conforms with this Bylaw, the OCP, The Act, and other municipal
Bylaws, Council herby directs the Development Officer to issue a development permit.
The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision for their application and advised of
their right to appeal the decision.
A building permit, where required, shall not be issued unless a development permit has been
issued, or is issued concurrently.
All permits shall expire 24 months (2 years) from the date of issuance and may be extended by
the Development Officer for a maximum of two additional 12 month (1 year) periods .
Where the Development Officer determines that a development is being carried out in
contravention of any condition of the OCP or any provision of this Bylaw, the Development
Officer shall suspend or revoke the development permit and notify the permit holder that the
permit is no longer in force.
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Where the RM is satisfied that a development, the permit for which has been suspended or
revoked, will be carried out in conformity with the conditions of the permit and the
requirements of this Bylaw the RM may reinstate the development permit and notify the
permit holder that the permit is valid and in force.
2.10 Development Permit Procedure - Discretionary Use
2.10.1
The following procedure shall apply to discretionary use applications:
a)
Applicants must file with the Development Officer the prescribed application form, a site plan,
any other plans and supplementary information as required by the Development Officer and
pay the required fees;
b)
The Development Officer shall examine the application for conformance with the OCP, this
Bylaw, and any other applicable policies and regulations and shall advise the Council as soon
as practical;
c)
Council may refer the application to whichever government agencies or interested groups, as
Council may consider appropriate. Council also may require the application to be reviewed by
planning, engineering, legal, or other professionals;
d)
The Development Officer will give notice by regular mail that the application has been filed to
the assessed owner of each abutting property and each assessed owner of property within 75
metres (246.06 feet) or greater of the boundary within the applicant's land at least seven (7)
days before the application is considered by Council;
e)
If deemed necessary, the Development Officer will set a date for the public hearing at which
time the application will be considered by Council and provide notice to assessed owners of
property indicating so within the information packages provided as part of the notification
process;
f)
At least seven (7) days before the application is to be considered by Council, the Development
Officer will provide notification of an upcoming public hearing for an opportunity for
landowners and residents to provide written comment on the proposal;
g)
The Development Officer will prepare a report concerning the application which may contain
recommendations, including recommendations that conditions of approval be applied in
accordance with section 54 of The Act;
h)
Council shall consider the application together with the reports of the Development Officer
and any written or verbal submissions received by Council;
i)
Council may reject the application or approve the application with or without conditions,
including a condition limiting the length of time that the use may be conducted on the site
where it is considered important to monitor and re-evaluate the proposal and its conformance
to this Bylaw;
j)
The applicant shall be notified of Council's decision, and their right to appeal any terms and
conditions attached to the discretionary permit, by regular mail.
k)
Council's approval of a discretionary use application is valid for a period of twelve (12) months
from the date of the approval and may be extended by the Development Officer for one or more
periods to a maximum of two additional years.
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2.10.2
Discretionary uses shall conform to the development standards and applicable provisions of
the Zoning District in which they are located.
2.10.3
The following criteria shall be considered in the review of discretionary use applications:
a)
The proposal shall:
1)
Be in conformance with all relevant As of the OCP and Zoning Bylaw;
2)
Provide an adequate supply of land currently available in the area capable of
accommodating the proposed use;
3)
Be capable of being economically serviced including roadways and other supportive
utilities and community facilities;
4)
Not be detrimental to the health, safety, convenience, or general welfare of persons
residing or working in the vicinity or injurious to property, improvements, or potential
development in the vicinity;
5)
Be generally compatible with the height, scale, setbacks, and design of buildings in the
surrounding area, and with land uses in the general area, including safeguards to prevent
noise, glare, dust, or odour from affecting nearby properties;
6)
Provide adequate access and circulation for the vehicle traffic generated, as well as
providing an adequate supply of on-site parking and loading spaces; and
7)
Provide sufficient landscaping and screening, and, wherever possible, shall preserve
existing vegetation.
2.11 Refusal of Development Permit Application
2.11.1
An application for a development permit shall be refused if it does not comply with all Zoning
Bylaw requirements.
2.11.2
The reasons for a development permit refusal shall be stated on the refused development
permit application.
2.11.3
Where an application for a development permit has been refused, Council (in the case of a
proposed discretionary use) or the Development Officer (in all other cases), may refuse to
accept another application for the same or a similar development on the same site until six (6)
months from the date of the approving authority's decision.
2.11.4
The Development Officer shall not accept another application for the same development until
12 months (1 year) have passed from the date of a refusal by either the local Development
Appeals Board or the Saskatchewan Municipal Board.
2.11.5
The applicant shall be notified of the right to appeal a decision to refuse an application of the
local Development Appeals Board in accordance with the requirements of The Act.
2.12 Appeals
2.12.1
Section 219 of The Act, provides the right to appeal where a Development Officer:
a)
Is alleged to have misapplied the Zoning Bylaw in issuing a development permit;
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b)
Refuses to issue a development permit because it would contravene the Zoning Bylaw; or
c)
Issues an order, based on inspection, to the owner, operator, or occupant of land, buildings, or
premises considered to contravene the Zoning Bylaw.
2.12.2
Appellants also may appeal where they are of the opinion that development standards
prescribed by the RM with respect to a discretionary use exceed those necessary to secure the
objectives of the Zoning Bylaw and the OCP. This right of appeal extends thirty days after the
issuance or refusal of a development permit or order.
2.12.3
Council shall appoint a Development Appeals Board in accordance with Section 213 to 227
inclusive, of The Act.
2.12.4
As per Section 221 of The Act; "the board hearing the appeal:
a)
Is bound by any OCP in effect;
b)
Must ensure that its decisions conform to the uses of land, intensity of use and density of
development in the zoning bylaw;
c)
Must ensure that its decisions are consistent with any provincial land use policies and
statements of provincial interest;
d)
May, subject to clauses a) to c), confirm, revoke, or vary the approval, decision, any
development standard or condition, or order imposed by the approving authority, the council
or the development officer, as the case may be, or make or substitute any approval, decision or
condition that it considers advisable if, in its opinion, the action would not:
1)
Grant to the applicant a special privilege inconsistent with the restrictions on the
neighboring properties in the same zoning district;
2)
Amounts as a relaxation so as to defeat the intent of the zoning bylaw or injuriously affect
the neighboring properties.
2.13 Development Permit - Invalid
2.13.1
A development permit shall be automatically invalid and development shall cease if:
a)
Development has not commenced within twelve (12) months after the date of the approval of
the permit;
b)
The proposed development is not commenced within the period for which the Permit is valid;
c)
The proposed development is legally suspended, or discontinued, for a period of six (6) or more
months, unless otherwise indicated by Council or the Development Officer;
d)
Development is undertaken in contravention of this bylaw, the development permit and
specified development standards; or
e)
A written appeal notice is received by the Development Appeals Board secretary regarding the
development permit.
2.14 Cancellation
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2.14.1
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.
2.15 Permit Re-Issuance
2.15.1
A development permit may be re-issued in its original or a modified form where a new
development permit application conforms to the provisions of this Bylaw.
2.16 Zoning Bylaw Amendments
2.16.1
The applicant shall bear the actual cost of required advertising for the Zoning Bylaw
amendment application as permitted by The Act.
2.16.2
An application decision shall not be made, and the amendment process shall not be initiated,
until all required information has been provided and reviewed.
2.16.3
Council may amend this Bylaw, either upon request or at any time upon its own initiative, in
order to achieve the application of the OCP goals, objectives and policies, or to alter any zoning
regulation or district while ensuring conformity with the Plan.
2.16.4
Every Zoning Bylaw amendment application shall include:
a)
A completed application form in the form as prescribed by the Development Officer;
b)
A copy of the certificate of title for the lands affected, copies of any registered interests or
other document verifying that the applicant has a legal interest in the land, for at least the
period of time necessary to process the application to a public hearing;
c)
Where the applicant is an agent acting for the owner, a letter from the owner shall be provided
verifying the agent's authority to make the application;
d)
A statement of the reasons for the request to amend the Bylaw;
e)
A payment for cost of advertising and other administrative costs, authorized by The Act, for
processing the application;
f)
A properly dimensioned vicinity map indicating the site to be amended, its relationship to
existing land uses within a 91 metres (300 feet) radius of the boundaries of the site and any
prominent physical features, including roads and public utilities;
g)
The Development Officer may request additional information, to evaluate and make a
recommendation regarding the application, to effectively administer this Bylaw;
h)
The Council or Development Officer, at their sole discretion, may waive part of the application
requirements when doing so will not jeopardize the OCP policies or Zoning Bylaw
requirements.
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2.17 Concept Plans
2.17.1
A Concept Plan shall be prepared in accordance with Section of The Act, and with the overall
goals and objectives of the OCP. Council shall not consider any development application until
all required information has been received. The responsibility for undertaking all technical
investigations and hosting public meetings as required shall be borne solely by the applicant.
2.17.2
A Concept Plan shall be completed prior to consideration of an application by Council by any
person proposing to rezone, subdivide, or re-subdivide land for multi-parcel country
residential, commercial, or industrial purposes. The scope and required detail of the Concept
Plan will be based on the scale and location of the proposed development, and address such
areas as:
a)
Proposed land use(s) for various parts of the area;
b)
The effect on adjacent land uses and integration of the natural landscape regarding the
planning and design of the area;
c)
The location of, and access to, major transportation routes and utility corridors;
d)
The provision of services respecting the planning for future infrastructure within the RM
(water, sewer, power, gas, etc.);
e)
Sustainable development and environmental management practices regarding surface and
groundwater resources, storm water management, flooding and protection of significant
natural areas such as drainage plans; and
f)
Appropriate information specific to the proposed land use.
2.18 Building Permits, Licenses and Compliance with other Bylaws and
Legislation
2.18.1
Nothing in this bylaw shall exempt any person from complying with a Building Bylaw, or any
other bylaw in force within the RM, or from obtaining any permission required by this, or any
other bylaw of the RM, the province or the federal government.
2.18.2
A building permit, where required, shall not be issued by the Council or its agent for a
development unless a required development permit has been issued.
2.18.3
Compliance with the requirements of this Bylaw shall not exempt any person from the
requirements of any federal, provincial, or municipal legislation or complying with any
easement, covenant agreements, caveat, or contract that affects the development site.
2.18.4
Where requirements in this Bylaw conflict with those of any other municipal, provincial, or
federal requirements, the more stringent requirements shall prevail.
2.19 Minor Variances
2.19.1
The Development Officer may vary the requirements of this Bylaw subject to the following
requirements and Section 60 of The Act:
a)
A minor variance may be granted for the following only:
1)
Minimum required distance of a building from a lot line; and
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2)
Minimum required distance of a building from any other building on the lot.
b)
The maximum amount of a minor variance shall be 10% variation from the requirements of
this Bylaw;
c)
The development must conform to all other requirements of this Bylaw;
d)
The relaxation of the Bylaw requirement must not injuriously affect a neighbouring property;
e)
No minor variance shall be granted for a discretionary use or form of development, or in
connection with an agreement to rezone pursuant to Section 60 of The Act;
2.19.2
An application form for a minor variance shall be in a form prescribed by the Development
Officer and shall be accompanied by an application fee as set out in the Municipal Fees Bylaw.
2.19.3
Upon receipt of a minor variance application the Development Officer may:
a)
Approve the minor variance;
b)
Approve the minor variance and impose terms and conditions on the approval; or
c)
Deny the minor variance.
2.19.4
Terms and conditions imposed by the Development Officer shall be consistent with the
general development standards in this Bylaw.
2.19.5
Where a minor variance is refused, the Development Officer shall notify the applicant in
writing, providing reasons for the refusal.
2.19.6
Where a minor variance is approved, with or without terms, the Development Officer shall
provide written notice to the applicant and to the assessed owners of the property having a
common boundary with the applicant's land that is the subject of the approval.
2.19.7
The written notice shall contain:
a)
A summary of the application;
b)
Reasons for and an effective date of the decision;
c)
Notice that an adjoining assessed owner has twenty (20) days to lodge a written objection
with the Development Officer, which, if received, will result in the approval of the minor
variance being revoked; and
d)
Where there is an objection and the approval is revoked, the applicant shall be notified of the
right to appeal to the Development Appeals Board.
2.19.8
A decision to approve a minor variance, with or without terms and conditions, does not take
effect until twenty-three (23) days from the date the notice was provided.
2.19.9
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) day time period, the approval is deemed to be revoked and the Development officer
shall notify the applicant in writing:
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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.
2.19.10 If an application for a minor variance is refused or approved with terms or conditions, the
applicant may appeal to the Development Appeals Board within thirty (30) days of the date of
that decision.
2.20 Non-Conforming Buildings, Uses and Sites
2.20.1
Any use of land or any building or structure lawfully existing at the time of passing this Bylaw
that is rendered non-conforming by the enactment of this Bylaw or any subsequent
amendments, may be continued, transferred, or sold in accordance with provisions of Section
88 to 93 inclusive, of The Act.
2.20.2 No enlargement, additions, or reconstruction of a non-conforming use, building or structure
shall be undertaken, except in conformance with these provisions.
2.20.3 No existing use, building, or structure shall be deemed to be nonconforming by reason only of
the conversion of this Bylaw from the Metric System of Measurement to the Imperial System of
Measurement where such non-conformity is resultant solely from such change and is
reasonably equivalent to the metric standard herein established.
2.20.4 No existing non-conforming site shall be deemed to be non-conforming by reason only of its
dimensions or area failing to at least equal the standards prescribed for proposed sites in the
zoning district in which the site is located.
2.21 Temporary Development Permits
2.21.1
The Development Officer may issue a temporary Development Permit, with specified
conditions for a specified period of time, to accommodate developments incidental to
approved construction, temporary accommodation, or temporary gravel operations or asphalt
plants.
2.21.2
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of land, or the erection or use of any building or
structure for a construction camp, tool shed, scaffold, or other building or structure incidental
to and necessary for construction work on the premises, but only for so long as such use,
building, or structure is necessary for such construction work as has not been finished or
abandoned.
2.21.3
Every temporary development permit or use shall be approved for a specified period, but in no
case shall it exceed twelve (12) months.
2.21.4
Where a development permit for a temporary use is granted for less than twelve (12) months,
the permit may be renewed at Council's discretion for another period of not more than twelve
(12) months.
2.21.5
Upon the expiration of the period for which the temporary use was approved, the use shall be
discontinued and all temporary structures removed.
2.21.6
A temporary use may be approved for development in any zone, unless specified elsewhere in
this Zoning Bylaw.
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2.21.7
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.
2.21.8
Temporary uses include, but are not limited to the following:
a)
Developments established or erected for special holidays;
b)
Temporary asphalt and asphalt mixing plants;
c)
Agriculturally supportive commercial and industrial development including fertilizer
operations and similar uses;
d)
Oil and gas pipeline development;
e)
Small temporary, seasonally, or periodically used sand, gravel, gravel crushing, and
commercial topsoil stripping operations, including accessory equipment;
f)
Temporary accommodation: licensed contractors or developers may be authorized to erect a
temporary accommodation, on or off-site (e.g. campers, travel trailers, construction bunk
houses), excluding a mobile home;
g)
Temporary Residence: Council may issue a development permit for a temporary residence
where an existing residence is damaged or destroyed as a result of a disastrous situation (e.g.
fire).
2.21.9
Except in the Agricultural Districts, buildings or structures shall not include a mobile home or
motor home as temporary uses.
2.22 Permits for Accessory Uses
2.22.1
Unless exempted in accordance with this bylaw, all development for an accessory use to a
dwelling shall require a development permit. Unless otherwise exempted in a Zoning District,
all accessory buildings, even those exempted from requiring a permit, shall be required to
conform to the front, side and rear yard setbacks of that District.
2.23 Offences and Penalties
2.23.1
Pursuant to Section 242 of The Act, 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.
2.23.2 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 Act.
2.23.3 The Development Officer, or any official or employee of the RM acting under their direction, is
hereby authorized to enter, at all reasonable hours, upon any property or premises in or about
which there is reason to believe that provisions of this Bylaw are not being complied with, and
for the purpose of carrying out their duties under this Bylaw.
2.24 Moving of Buildings
2.24.1
No building shall be moved within or into or out of the area covered by this Bylaw without
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obtaining a Development Permit from the Development Officer, unless such building is
exempt under Section 2.7 of this Bylaw.
2.25 Servicing and Development Levy Agreements
2.25.1
Council may require a subdivision applicant to enter into a Servicing Agreement or
development permit applicant to enter into 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 in accordance with The Act.
2.25.2 Council has the authority to create and adopt a development levy bylaw in accordance with The
Act.
2.25.3 Council will ensure there is adequate municipal infrastructure and other public facilities prior
to entering into an agreement with the applicant, which may include sewage disposal, garbage
disposal, availability, and adequacy of source of water, recreational facilities, etc.
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3 General Regulations
The following regulations shall apply to all Zoning Districts in this Bylaw.
3.1
Flood Hazard Lands
3.1.1
Any development proposed on lands that are and/or may be considered hazardous, the
Development Officer may refer the application to federal or provincial departments and other
relevant environmental agencies or professionals for comments prior to reaching a decision.
3.1.2
On hazard lands and on lands where the development of a building is proposed within 150
metres (492.13 feet) of an area of potential hazard lands, Council shall require the applicant to
obtain and determine the flood proofing measures of an elevation of 0.5m above the 1:500 year
flood event.
3.1.3
Development of new buildings and additions to buildings in the flood way of the 1:500 year
flood elevation of any watercourse or water body will be prohibited.
3.1.4
Flood-proofing of new buildings and additions to buildings to an elevation of 0.5 metres (1.64
feet) above the 1:500 year flood elevation of any watercourses or water bodies will be required
in the flood fringe.
3.1.5
Sanitary landfills and lagoons shall not be located on hazard lands.
3.1.6
Actions to avoid, prevent, mitigate, or remedy hazards may be incorporated as conditions of a
development permit.
3.1.7
A development permit will be refused if the proposed actions by the developer are inadequate
to address the adverse conditions or will result in excessive municipal costs.
3.1.8
For the purpose of this Bylaw, appropriate flood proofing measures shall mean:
a)
That all buildings shall be designed to prevent structural damage by flood waters;
b)
The bottom of floor joists shall be constructed above the minimum Safe Building Elevation;
and
c)
All electrical and mechanical equipment, including furnace and water heater within a building
shall be located above the minimum elevation of 0.5m above the 1:500 year flood elevation.
3.2 Groundwater Protection
3.2.1
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 the Water Security Agency.
3.2.2
If, in the opinion of Council, the groundwater would 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
recommendations including the municipal servicing and costs.
3.2.3
No liquid waste shall be allowed to be discharged into any stream, creek, river, lake, pond,
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slough or any other body of water.
3.3 Slope Instability
3.3.1
New development shall not be permitted in any readily eroded or unstable slope area if the
proposed development will be affected by or increase the potential hazard presented by
erosion or slope instability.
3.3.2
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the area considered to present potential erosion and/or slope
instability hazard includes but is not limited to the slopes of watercourses, creeks, or any
other tributary creeks and gullies extending from the edge of the flood plain in the valley to the
ridge of the slope at the top, plus a setback of 100 metres (328.09 feet).
3.3.3
Development or subdivision proposed on or within 50 metres (164 feet) of the crest of a slope
greater than 15% shall require supporting evidence of slope stability in the form of a
geotechnical report by a professional engineer.
3.3.4
The geotechnical report shall:
a)
Define the hazard area;
b)
Identify potential impacts to the proposed development and adjacent properties;
c)
Identify mitigation measures including engineering words and other measures deemed to be
effective in eliminating or managing anticipated erosion and impacts to slope stability; and
d)
Identify and explain known or suspected residual hazards.
3.3.5
A Development Permit shall not be issued unless the report on the site, presented by the
professional consultant, indicates that the site is suitable for development or outlines
suitable mitigating measures and documents residual hazard.
3.3.6
If such an evaluation is not done, or having been done, Council determines that excessive
remedial or servicing measures are necessary to accommodate the proposed development
safely and efficiently, Council shall not be required to approve the application for development.
3.4 Heritage Lands
3.4.1
The RM may consult with the Heritage Conservation Branch, Ministry of Parks, Culture and
Sport, prior to issuing a development permit.
3.4.2
Where a proposed development is located in an area identified as heritage sensitive area, as
identified on the Development Constraints Map in the OCP, the Development Officer may
require the applicant to provide additional information as required by the applicable provincial
legislative policy.
3.4.3
The RM will refer a developer to the provincial Heritage Conservation Branch's "Exempt
Activities Checklist for Private Landowners" and the "Developers' Online Screening Tool" to
determine if a proposed development is exempt from archaeological heritage screening.
3.4.4
Where a development is found not to be exempt from archaeological screening, the developer
shall demonstrate clearance from the Heritage Conservation Branch prior to the RM issuing a
development permit.
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3.5 Principal Use and Building per Site
3.5.1
In any Zoning District in this Bylaw, the principal use of the land must be established prior to
any accessory buildings, structures, or uses being permitted.
3.5.2
Not more than one principal building or use shall be permitted on any one site except for:
a)
Public utility uses;
b)
Institutional uses;
c)
Agricultural uses;
d)
Accessory uses as specifically provided for in this bylaw;
e)
Natural and Mineral resource development;
f)
Recreational uses; and
g)
Communal Farm Settlements.
3.5.3
Temporary uses may be permitted on a site where a principal development already exists, at
Council's discretion.
3.5.4
Council may, at its discretion, issue a development permit for additional principal buildings,
uses or businesses in Agricultural and Highway Commercial Districts.
3.5.5
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, where any land, building, or structure is
used for more than one purpose, all provisions of this Bylaw relating to each use shall be
complied with, but no dwelling shall be located within 3 metres (10 feet) of any other building
on the site except to a building accessory to such dwelling.
3.6 Signs and Billboards
3.6.1
Temporary signs and real estate signs are permitted only as long as the temporary condition
exists for the property, in Council's opinion.
3.6.2
Signs located in a highway sign corridor shall be regulated entirely by the requirements of "The
Erection of Signs Adjacent to Provincial Highway Regulations, 1986" or amendments thereto, and
subsection 3.6.1 shall not apply.
3.6.3
Signs Outside a Highway Sign Corridor
a)
Any sign proposed at a location other than a highway sign corridor may only advertise
agricultural commercial uses or home based businesses, the principal use of an adjoining
site, or the principal products offered for sale on the adjoining site.
b)
A maximum of two (2) advertising signs are permitted on any site or quarter SECTION and
each sign shall be no larger than 3.5 square metres (37.67 square feet) and no higher than 6
metres (19.69 feet) in total height.
c)
Government signs, memorial signs and directional signs that bear no advertising, including
traffic control, no trespassing, hunting restriction, and similar signs are exempt from
restriction.
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d)
Billboards, digital signs, and other off-site advertising signs are prohibited, except in a
highway sign corridor.
e)
All private signs shall be located so that the safety of the public is not jeopardized, in Council's
opinion, by the size, lighting, or location of the sign.
f)
Signs with any neon or LED lighting shall be designated to cast light downwards and located
appropriately to prevent the creation of a hazardous situation related to vehicular traffic.
3.7 Public Utilities and Municipal Facilities
3.7.1
Public utilities, as defined in this Bylaw, shall be a permitted use in all zones.
3.7.2
Development permits shall be required, unless otherwise exempted in this Bylaw.
3.7.3
Public utilities except solid waste disposal, liquid waste disposal, and clean fill sites, unless
otherwise specified by this Bylaw, shall be exempt from the provisions of every zoning district.
3.7.4
Where a linear public utility will cross or lie within the limits of a municipal road, Council may
apply such special design standards as it considers necessary to protect the municipal
interest in the existing and future improvements to the road.
3.7.5
All provincial and municipal zoning requirements, OCP and other municipal bylaw
requirements shall be met.
3.7.6
Protective, emergency, municipal services, and other public works and facilities may be
established in all zoning districts.
3.8 Water Supply and Waste Disposal
3.8.1
All development or use of land shall have a water supply and waste disposal that meets the
requirements of the Health Authority for the type of development or land use.
3.8.2
Council may require an applicant to provide written proof from a qualified professional or a
well driller, that a proven potable water supply of sufficient quality and quantity is available to
service the proposed development or subdivision.
3.8.3
If subsection 3.8.2 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 of a proposed subdivision.
3.9 Waste Disposal
3.9.1
No liquid, solid, or gaseous waste shall be disposed of by any development except in
accordance with legislation administered by a provincial Department, the Water Security
Agency, the Health Authority, and this RM.
3.9.2
Dumping of chemicals or other noxious materials into the sanitary sewer system is strictly
prohibited and shall be considered an offence.
3.9.3
Storage
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a) New Facilities: All chemical, substance, and material storage shall be installed, stored,
constructed, and maintained in an environmentally safe manner and according to all federal,
provincial, and municipal requirements.
b) Abandoned, underground, and surface storage facilities shall be removed to avoid pollution
potential at Council's or a senior government's request.
3.10 Parking and Loading Regulations
3.10.1
Parking Standards
a) Number of Spaces Required
When any new development is commenced or when any existing development is enlarged, or
use changed, provision shall be made for off-street vehicular parking spaces in accordance
with the following standards:
Use of Building or Site
Minimum Number of Parking Spaces Required
(1)
Dwellings, Mobile Homes
One (1) space per dwelling unit
(2)
Schools
One (1) space per classroom
(3)
Church or Religious Institution
One (1) space per fifteen (15) seating places plus
one (1) space per 20 square metres (215.29
square feet) of the assembly room floor area of
the largest assembly room within the building
(4)
Community Halls and Facilities; Places of
Public Assembly; Recreation Uses; and
Facilities
One (1) space per ten (10) seating places for the
public or one (1) space per 10 square metres
(107.64 square feet) of gross floor area used by
patrons, whichever is greater
(6)
Confectionary and Retail stores; banks;
personal service establishments; sales,
service, rentals or repair shops; and home
improvement centres
One (1) space per 20 square metres (215.29
square feet) of gross floor area
(7)
Motels and Hotels
One (1) space per guest room
(8)
Restaurants
One (1) space per five (5) seats
(9)
Service Stations
Four (4) spaces per service bay
(10)
Animal Shelters; Service Stations; and
Veterinary Clinics
One (1) space per 100 square metres (1076.39
square feet) of gross floor area
(11)
All manufacturing, fabricating,
warehousing uses; storage buildings and
yards; handling, loading, distribution
and/or shipping facilities; builders or
contractors yards and shops; and other
similar industrial or industry-related uses
One (1) space per three (3) employees on
maximum work shift but not less than one (1)
space per 150 square metres (1614.59 square
feet) of gross floor area.
(12)
Medical or Dental Offices or Clinics
One (1) space per 35 square metre (376.74 square
feet) of gross floor area
3.10.2
Parking for Non-Residential Uses
a) Where in this Bylaw parking facilities are required for non-residential uses, the following
regulations shall apply:
1)
The parking area shall have visible boundaries and be suitably drained.
2) The parking area shall be provided on the same lot.
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3)
The parking area shall be surfaced in the same manner as abutting roadways and be
clearly demarcated.
4)
The parking area shall also have a minimum width of 2.5 metres (8.20 feet) and a
minimum length of 5.5 metres (18.04 feet).
5)
Approaches or driveways to any parking area shall be defined and the limits of the parking
area shall be defined by a fence, curb or other suitable obstruction designed to provide a
neat appearance.
6)
The minimum width of a driveway leading to any parking area shall be 7.5 metres (24.61
feet).
7)
The location of vehicular approach ramps or driveways at the street line shall be no closer
than 7.5 metres (24.61 feet) from the point of intersection of two property lines at a street
intersection.
3.10.3
Parking for Residential Uses
a)
Where in this Bylaw parking facilities are required for residential uses, the following provisions
shall apply:
1)
The parking area shall be provided on the same lot.
2)
The minimum area required for each parking space shall be 15 square metres (161.46
square feet), the minimum width 2.5 metres (8.20 feet), and the minimum length 5.5
metres (18.04 feet).
3)
The location of vehicular approach ramps or driveways at the street line shall be no closer
than 7.5 metres (24.61 feet) from the point of intersection of two property lines at a street
intersection.
3.10.4
Loading Provisions
a)
When any new development occurs or when any existing use is changed, enlarged, or
increased in capacity, a minimum of one (1) off-street vehicular loading and unloading space
shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following provisions:
1)
The minimum size for an off-street loading space shall be:
a.
for buildings with a gross floor area of 1400 square metres (15069.47 square feet) or
less, a minimum area of 17 square metres (182.99 square feet) and a minimum
width of 3 metres (9.84 feet);
b.
for buildings with a gross floor area of more than 1400 square metres (15069.47
square feet), a minimum area of 33.5 square metres (360.59 square feet), a
minimum width of 3 metres (9.84 feet) and minimum clear height of 4.25 metres
(13.94 feet).
2)
Loading spaces must be located either within or abutting the building containing the use.
3)
No loading spaces shall be provided within a minimum front yard.
4)
Loading spaces provided within the minimum side yard shall be open and uncovered.
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5)
Every off-street loading space and access shall be hard surfaced if the access is from a
street or lane which is hard surfaced. Where hard surfacing is provided or required, it shall
be constructed of concrete, asphalt, or a similar durable, dust-free material.
3.11 General Development Standards Applicable to All Discretionary Uses in this
Bylaw
3.11.1
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
based on the following and The Act:
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 or area;
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 or area;
h)
Hours of operation.
3.12 Access and Roads
3.12.1
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.
3.12.2
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, 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.
3.12.3
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.
3.12.4
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.
3.12.5
All site access from roads shall be to the satisfaction of Council with respect to location,
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design, and construction standards. Council shall consider the physical capability and safety
of the roads that are proposed to serve the development.
3.12.6
Development adjacent to a provincial highway shall meet all requirements of the
Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure.
3.12.7
When any development is approved on land adjacent to an unconstructed road allowance and
access is required from the 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.
3.12.8
All approaches to public roads require the approval of the RM. All approaches shall be
constructed in accordance with the engineering standards of the RM.
3.12.9
The Development Officer shall decide upon all approach applications and based on location,
drainage, traffic flow, sight lines, road standards, and safety considerations, may approve or
refuse an application for an approach.
3.13 Site Size Adjustments
3.13.1
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 or private utilities, including their
widening, are subdivided or registered as easements;
b)
Where adjustments are required due to irregularities in the primary survey system;
c)
Due to topographical features.
3.14 Restoration to a Safe Condition
3.14.1
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.
3.15 Drainage
3.15.1
Every development shall be graded and leveled at the owner's expense to provide for adequate
surface drainage that does not adversely affect adjacent property, or the stability of the land.
3.15.2
Adequate surface water drainage will be required throughout the RM and on new Development
sites to avoid flooding, erosion, and pollution. Consideration shall be given to the ecological,
wildlife habitat, and drainage effects of development, including the upstream and
downstream implications.
3.15.3
Where an area has been previously exhibited or currently exhibits potential for poor drainage
(sloughs) due to snowmelt or prolonged rainfall events, all proposed building sites shall be
located outside of those areas whenever possible.
3.15.4
Unauthorized drainage of surface water runoff from any land throughout the RM shall be
prohibited. Water courses shall not be filled or altered without the prior approval of the Water
Security Agency, Ministry of the Environment, and the RM.
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3.15.5
New developments and subdivisions that are adjacent to water courses shall be developed to
minimize erosion and to maximize water quality.
3.16 Landscape Buffers
3.16.1
Landscape buffers are intended to improve land use compatibility and environmental quality
by reducing noise, lighting glare and other nuisances, or facilitating natural drainage.
Landscape buffers, where required to separate uses from adjacent properties may require a
minimum 1 metre (3.28 feet) vegetative landscape buffer, unless a fence is required for other
reasons.
3.16.2
Residential acreages shall be required to establish a shelterbelt or vegetative landscape buffer
around the residential use to reduce land use conflicts and to recognize the need for a
windbreak.
3.16.3
All trees/shrubs and tree/shrub planting required pursuant to this section shall be drought
resistant and hardy to the region.
3.16.4
The Development Officer may require that site landscaping be provided in conjunction with,
and addressed, as part of any development permit approval in any zoning district.
3.17 Fence and Hedge Heights
3.17.1
Notwithstanding the other provisions in this section, barbed wire fences shall be exempt from
the required yard setbacks of the Agricultural District.
3.17.2
No fence or screening device shall exceed 1.2 metres (4 feet) in height if placed within a
required front yard.
3.17.3
No fence or screening device shall exceed 2.4 metres (8 feet) in height within a required side or
rear yard. No fence in a Commercial or Industrial zone shall exceed 2.4 metres (8 feet).
3.17.4
On corner lots, that portion of a lot contiguous to a public road allowance shall be considered
as a front yard area for the purpose of applying the regulations herein.
3.17.5
Screening devices shall not locate within a sight triangle as defined in this Bylaw.
3.17.6
Screen fences shall be consistent and complement the quality of building design and
materials of the primary building.
3.18 Prohibited and Noxious Uses
3.18.1
Any use is prohibited which, by its nature or the materials used therein, is declared by the
health authority, and regulations to be a noxious trade, business, or manufacture.
3.18.2
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;
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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;
e)
By any combination of things in this subsection.
3.18.3
The storage of chemicals, fertilizers, and combustible materials are subject to the
requirements of both the federal and provincial governments. All necessary approvals from
other regulatory agencies must be obtained prior to issuance of a development permit.
3.19 Keeping of Domestic Animals
3.19.1
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 shall be discretionary uses within select zoning districts.
3.20 Railways
3.20.1
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, where any public street crosses a railway at
the same grade, no building or structure shall be erected within 46 metres (150.92 feet) of the
point of intersection of the centre line of both the railway and the street.
3.20.2 Future residential developments shall take into consideration the Guidelines for New
Development in Proximity to Railway Operations document which outline, where feasible, the
recommended building setbacks for residential developments are:
-
Feight Rail Yard: 300 meters
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Principle Main Line: 30 Meters
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Secondary Main Line: 30 Meters
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Principal Branch Line: 15 meters
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Secondary Branch Line: 15 meters
3.20.3 Consultation with the railway may be required prior to issuing a permit for the proposed
development or prior to proceeding with a subdivision. Consultation is needed in order to
determine:
a)
The location of the site in relation to the rail corridor;
b)
The nature of the proposed development;
c)
The frequency, types, and speeds of trains travelling within the corridor;
d)
The potential for expansion of train traffic within the corridor;
e)
Any issues the railway may have with the new development or with specific uses proposed for
the new development;
f)
The capacity for the site to accommodate standard mitigation measures;
g)
Any suggestions for alternate mitigation measures that may be appropriate for the site;
h)
Proposed storm water management and drainage; and
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i)
The specification to be applied to the project.
3.21 Development along Pipelines and Gas Transmission Lines
3.21.1
Any development involving pipeline and/or power line 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 and
any regulations or directives established by crown corporations. Refer to Land Use Planning for
Pipelines publication by Canadian Standards Association (CSA) PLUS663, which may be amended
from time to time.
3.21.2
Subject to exceptions for land uses which may be considered to be regular agricultural
activities, anyone proposing to conduct a ground disturbance/excavation in proximity to a
pipeline, must:
Ascertain whether a pipeline exists;
b)
Notify the pipeline company of the nature and schedule of the excavation; and
c)
Conduct the excavation in accordance with applicable regulations.
3.22 Communication Towers
3.22.1
The erection of cellular telephone transmission towers shall not be permitted in, or closer than
33 metres (108.27 feet) to any Country Residential District.
3.22.2 Satellite dishes may be erected in Commercial or Industrial Districts for communications
purposes or re-broadcasting of television signals.
3.23 Air Quality
3.23.1
No development shall cause or create air contaminants, odorous matter, visible emissions,
vapour and gases, particulate emissions, toxic or hazardous emissions, or smoke, which
would exceed federal, provincial, or municipal requirements.
3.24 Critical Wildlife Habitat Management
3.24.1
Where development is proposed in an area identified as containing critical wildlife habitat the
Development Officer may require the applicant provide additional information as required by
The Wildlife Habitat Protection Act (WHPA) and any other relevant provincial regulations.
3.24.2 Critical wildlife conservation uses shall be permitted uses in all zoning districts. Council may
prohibit development and recommend subdivision refusal where proposals may adversely
affect long-term wildlife conservation.
3.24.3 Council may specify development and subdivision requirements based on reports from
qualified consultants or officials from the provincial government.
3.24.4 All development and subdivision proposals on private and Crown Lands which are within a
Wildlife Management Area shall conform to:
a)
The Wild Life Habitat Protection Act (WHPA) requirements;
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b)
Any related Ministry of Environment or responsible Federal or Provincial Agency;
c)
Ministry provisions and requirements;
d)
Council specified wildlife development, management, conservation, mitigative, and
rehabilitation development standards to maximize long-term wildlife protection.
3.25 Solid & Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in SECTION
3 of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for a Solid or
Liquid Waste Disposal Facility. The following standards do not apply to liquid manure storage
facilities and the application of manure on agricultural lands where this use is deemed consistent
with all other relevant sections of this Bylaw.
3.25.1
Development and site maintenance shall be in accordance with provincial, environmental, and
health regulations.
3.25.2 Any solid waste disposal facility shall be located 457 metres (1500 feet) from any residence.
3.25.3 A buffer strip containing trees, shrubs, or a berm shall be located surrounding a disposal area.
3.25.4 Any solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall be fenced.
3.25.5 Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent pollution of ground water by disposal
operations.
3.25.6 Solid waste disposal facilities shall be located in proximity to a provincial highway and
adjacent to an all-weather road.
3.25.7 The development of any new disposal sites shall take into consideration direction of prevailing
winds.
3.25.8 Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
3.25.9 Where approval has been deemed appropriate, Council may consider the following
requirements within a development permit:
a)
Place a limitation on the years, months, weeks, days, and/or hours of operation;
b)
Requirement to provide and maintain sufficient dust control to the satisfaction of the RM;
c)
Limitations to the height of the landfill development;
d)
Specific requirements related to any stripping, filling, excavation, and grading associated with
a landfill development; and
e)
Requiring development to adhere to any appropriate provincial health regulations.
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4 Land Use Specific Regulations and Development Standards
4.1
Mobile and Modular Homes
4.1.1
Wherever a dwelling is allowed, it may be in the form of a mobile or modular home only where
attached to a permanent foundation to the satisfaction of the Development Officer, prior to
occupancy.
4.1.2
Every mobile home shall bear CSAZ240 certification for mobile homes (or replacement thereof)
and every modular home shall bear CSA A277 certification for modular homes (or replacement
thereof).
4.1.3
All mobile and modular homes shall be securely anchored to the ground.
4.1.4
The undercarriage of all mobile and modular homes shall be completely screened from view by
the foundation, skirting or other means that is of a manufactured or similar material and
permits airflow.
4.1.5
All subsequent additions, accessory buildings and structures to a mobile or modular home
shall equal or exceed the quality and appearance of the home and shall harmonize with the
home's exterior.
4.2 Salvage Yards and Storage of Vehicles
4.2.1
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, no person shall use any site in any district,
for the parking or storage outside of an enclosed building of more than five (5) vehicles that
are not in running order.
4.2.2
This section shall not apply to permitted machinery or automotive salvage yards.
4.2.3
Council may require that such vehicles be screened from roadways or neighbouring properties
by landscape features, fences, or a combination of both.
4.2.4
The use of an abandoned vehicle or unlicensed vehicle or truck trailer unit for the purpose of a
sign is prohibited.
4.3 Home Based Businesses
4.3.1
Home based businesses in the Agricultural District shall be subject to the following
conditions:
a)
The use is clearly accessory to the use of a farmstead as an agricultural operation or the
dwelling unit as a private residence.
b)
The operator of the business is a resident of the dwelling unit and, in the case of a farmstead
only, up to five (5) non-resident employees may be employed at the site. Where the business is
for a building or service contractor, additional employees may be involved only at the clients'
building site.
c)
Except as specified in the required development permit, no variation in the residential or
residential farm character and appearance of the dwelling, ancillary residential building, or
land shall be permitted, except for permitted signs.
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d)
On-site signs shall be permitted according to section 3.6. Off-site signs not exceeding 0.5
square metres (5 square feet) may be permitted at the discretion of Council where necessary
to provide directions from a highway to the operation.
e)
The permitted ancillary use shall be valid only during the period the property is occupied as
the residence of the owner for such permitted use.
f)
All development 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 Council, the conditions
under which the permit was originally issued are no longer met.
g)
Council may also apply special standards in issuing a development permit limiting the size of
operation including, but not limited to, the size and number of buildings used for the
operation or allowing a specified increase in the number of non-resident employees, above
that mentioned in subsection b). Council shall not allow the total number of non-resident
employees to exceed twelve (12), including the five (5) allowed under subsection b). Any home-
based business requiring more than that number shall only have the options of relocating its
operation to an appropriate Zoning District or requesting an appropriate rezoning for the
existing property.
h)
Any increase in the operation as originally applied for or approved shall require a new
discretionary approval.
4.3.2
Home based businesses in the CR - Country Residential District shall be subject to
subsections 4.3.1 (a) and 4.3.1 (c) to (h) inclusive and the following conditions:
a)
Non-resident employees are not permitted in home based businesses in these Districts;
b)
No heavy construction or industrial equipment or supplies shall be stored outdoors on any site
for a home-based business in these districts; and
c)
Council may also apply special standards in issuing a development permit limiting the size of
operation and buildings used for the operation. Any increase in the operation as originally
applied for or approved shall require a new discretionary approval.
4.4 Bed-and-Breakfast Homes and Vacation Farms
4.4.1
Vacation farms and bed-and-breakfast homes are subject to the following requirements:
a)
Vacation farms shall be accessory to an agricultural farm operation and located on the same
site as a farmstead, and may include bed-and-breakfast, cabins, and overnight camping areas.
b)
A maximum of five (5) cabins shall be permitted as part of a vacation farm operation.
c)
On-site signs shall be permitted according to section 3.6. Off-site signs not exceeding 0.5
square metres (5 square feet) may be permitted at the discretion of Council where necessary
to provide directions from a highway to the operation.
d)
Vacation farms and bed-and-breakfast operations may be licensed by the Health Authority, if
so required.
e)
Bed-and-breakfast operations shall be in a single detached dwelling used as the operator's
principal residence developed as a farmstead or residence; or located in a dwelling accessory
to and established on the same site as the host principal residence.
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f)
Council may apply special standards in issuing a development permit limiting the number of
rooms, cabins, or camping spaces that may be permitted in conjunction with the operation.
4.5 Garden Suites
A single Garden Suite may be placed in the back yard of a site in the A - Agricultural District and CR -
Country-Residential Districts under the following conditions:
4.5.1
Only one garden suite is permitted on a lot.
4.5.2
There is no secondary suite in the primary residence.
4.5.3
The floor area of the Garden Suite dwelling shall not be less than 35 square metres (375 square
feet) and not greater than 90 square metres (1000 square feet).
4.5.4
The maximum height of the Garden Suite shall not exceed 5 metres (16.4 feet) from grade level
and shall have only one story.
4.5.5
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.
4.5.6
A parking space shall be provided on site for the resident(s) of the Garden Suite dwelling.
4.5.7
There shall be direct and separate access to the Garden Suite dwelling by an on-site driveway,
or by public roadway or alley.
4.5.8
Garden Suites must comply with all relevant requirements of The National Building Code,
Construction Codes Act Regulations, and any other applicable RM Bylaw.
4.5.9
The Garden Suite shall not interfere with the amenities or change the character of the
neighborhood, interfere with, or affect the use and enjoyment of adjacent properties, adversely
impact upon the environment, or result in excessive demand on municipal services, utilities,
or roadway access.
4.6 Secondary Suites
A single Secondary Suite may be allowed under the following conditions:
4.6.1
Secondary suites may be constructed within a principal, single detached dwelling, or over a
residential garage on a residential site.
4.6.2
There is no garden suite on the site; both cannot exist simultaneously on one site.
4.6.3
Only one secondary suite is permitted on each site.
4.6.4
Secondary suites must have a separate entrance from the principal dwelling either from a
common indoor landing or directly from the exterior of the building.
4.6.5
Secondary suites may not exceed 60 square metres (645.83 square feet) or 35% of the total
floor space, including basements, and may not have more than two bedrooms.
4.6.6
Secondary Suites must comply with all relevant requirements of The National Building Code, The
Construction Codes Act, and any other applicable RM Bylaw.
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4.6.7
The Secondary Suite shall not interfere with the amenities or change the character of the
neighborhood, interfere with or affect the use and enjoyment of adjacent properties, adversely
impact upon the environment or result in excessive demand on municipal services, utilities or
roadway access.
4.7
Day Care Centres and Pre-Schools
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in section 3
of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for a Day Care
Centre or Pre-School in a Residential dwelling.
4.7.1
Day care centres and pre-schools may be approved as an accessory use or as a principal use.
4.7.2
In any residential district, no exterior alterations shall be undertaken to a dwelling or former
dwelling which would be inconsistent with the residential character of the building or property.
4.7.3
Day care centres or pre-schools shall comply with all provincial requirements and regulations.
4.7.4
Required parking spaces may be located in a required front yard.
4.8 Residential Care Homes
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in section 3
of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Residential Care Home.
4.8.1
The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit as a private
residence.
4.8.2
Required parking spaces may be located in a required front yard.
4.8.3
No building or structure used for the purpose of a residential care home shall be used for the
purpose of keeping boarders or lodgers.
4.8.4
The use shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit and shall not have any exterior
evidence of a secondary use.
4.8.5
There shall be no outside storage or exterior display of goods, materials, or equipment
associated with the applied use.
4.8.6
The use shall not generate substantially more traffic and parking than is normal for the
district in which the use is located.
4.9 Salvage Yards & Auto Wreckers
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in section
3.11 of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Salvage Yard, Auto Wrecker or similar operation.
4.9.1
This includes salvage yards, auto wreckers, auto repair shop, body shops and similar uses, all
salvage vehicles and materials, vehicles waiting repair, salvage or removal and similar uses.
4.9.2
No vehicles or parts thereof shall be located in the front yard.
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4.9.3
All salvage yards shall be totally hidden from the view of the travelling public, provincial
highways, any public road, and adjacent residential development by utilizing any of the
following measures:
a)
Distance and location;
b)
Natural or planted vegetation;
c)
An earth berm;
d)
An opaque fence;
e)
A building; and
f)
Other appropriate methods approved by council.
4.10 Automotive Service Uses and Gas Pumps
Automotive service development, gas pumps, and associated buildings, structures, and vehicular
movement shall conform to the following standards.
4.10.1
Gas pumps and islands shall be set back 6 metres (20 feet) from any site line.
4.10.2
Service Stations shall locate underground storage tanks in accordance with The Fire Safety Act.
4.10.3
Propane and natural gas pumps (retail or wholesale) shall be set back according to Provincial
regulations.
4.10.4
Access/egress points shall not be continuous along a street and shall be at least 10 metres (32
feet) apart.
4.10.5
Off-site traffic circulation shall be accommodated on the site.
4.10.6
Vehicles and parts storage shall not locate in any yard abutting a road and must be screened
from view by a solid fence with the location, height, and materials being first approved by the
development officer.
4.11 Agricultural Tourism Uses
4.11.1
Agricultural tourism uses shall be accessory to an agricultural farm operation or other
dwelling allowed in the Agricultural Resource Zone.
4.11.2
Agricultural tourism uses shall display a high visual quality and shall be integrated into the
rural environment by virtue of appropriate design, location, and landscaping. Agricultural
tourism uses may only be approved where they would not:
a)
Unduly interfere with the amenities or change the character of the neighborhood;
b)
Materially interfere with or affect the use and enjoyment of adjacent properties;
c)
Adversely impact the environment; and
d)
Result in excessive demand on municipal services, utilities, or public roadway access.
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4.11.3
Agricultural tourism uses shall comply with all provincial environmental and health
regulations.
4.12 Campgrounds
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in section 3
of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Campground.
4.12.1
The operator of a campground shall provide the Development Officer with a plan of the
campground, identifying any buildings, uses of land, and the location of all roadways and
trailer coach or tent campsites with dimensions.
4.12.2
The addition or rearrangement of campsites, construction or moving of buildings, and
material change in use of portions of land, or the filling or clearing of land shall require a new
development permit, and the operator shall submit for approval an amended plan
incorporating the development.
4.12.3
The operator of a campground shall designate a campsite for each trailer coach or tent party,
which shall be less than 150 square metres (1600 square feet) in area with its corners clearly
marked.
4.12.4
One sign located on site, advertising the campground is permitted subject to the section 3.6.
4.12.5
No portion of any campsite shall be located within a roadway or required buffer area.
4.12.6
Each campsite shall have direct and convenient access to a developed roadway, which is not
located in any required buffer area.
4.12.7
Each trailer coach shall be located at least 3 metres (10 feet) from any other trailer coach, and
each campsite shall have dimensions sufficient to allow such location of trailer coaches.
4.12.8
The space provided for roadways within a campground shall be at least 7.5 metres (25 feet) in
width. No portion of any campsite, other use or structure shall be located in any roadway.
4.12.9
A campground may include as accessory uses such as, a laundromat, shower facilities, or
confectionary designed to meet the needs of the occupants of the campsites, and one single
detached dwelling for the accommodation of the operator.
4.12.10 The Public Health Act shall be complied with in respect to all operations and development of the
campground.
4.13 Animal Kennels
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in SECTION
3 of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for an
Animal Kennel.
4.13.1
The maximum number of kennel animals onsite shall be at the discretion of Council.
4.13.2
No building or exterior exercise area(s) to be used to accommodate the animals shall be
allowed within 300 metres (1000 feet) of any dwelling located on adjacent lots.
4.13.3
All facilities, including buildings and exterior exercise areas, shall be sited behind the
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principal building unless otherwise approved by Council.
4.13.4
Pens, rooms, exercise runs, and holding stalls shall be soundproofed to the satisfaction of
Council.
4.13.5
All dog facilities shall be visually screened from existing dwellings on adjoining lots.
4.13.6
Details of animal wastes/sewage disposal shall be included in the application.
4.13.7
No animals shall be allowed outdoors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily. During
this time period, all animals shall be kept indoors.
4.13.8
Boarding kennels shall at no time unduly interfere with the character of the neighbourhood or
the general enjoyment of adjoining sites.
4.13.9
There shall be no external advertising other than a sign of not more than 1 square metre (10.75
square feet) erected in accordance with section 3.6.
4.13.10 Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
4.13.11
Animal kennels shall be subject to relevant Bylaws and legislation governing noise and public
health.
4.13.12 All permits issued shall be valid for a two-year period from the date of issuance and shall be
subject to cancellation by the RM for due cause.
4.13.13 Failure to comply with any of the above regulations or the conditions of a development permit
may result in the revoking of the permit by the RM.
4.14 Equestrian Facilities (Riding Stables)
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in section 3
of this Bylaw, the following additional considerations shall be made for all applications for an
Equestrian Facility (Riding Stable):
4.14.1
The development permit shall set the maximum number of horses and cattle that may be
boarded or kept on the site overnight.
4.14.2
The number of animals allowed, as a condition of the permit, to participate in an event are in
addition to the number that are allowed to be kept on the site.
4.14.3
The development permit shall set out conditions that address garbage and manure control,
pasture management, on site stock trailer parking, and participant and spectator parking.
4.14.4
The application shall include a Storm Water Management Plan for all areas of the parcel of
land disturbed during or as a result of the development of the Equestrian Facility and
supporting facilities.
4.14.5
The application shall include a traffic impact analysis that includes current and projected
traffic for the next ten years in the vicinity.
4.14.6
A condition of the development permit may require there be a contribution towards upgrading
of access roads should the road network require upgrading because of the impact of the
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facility.
4.14.7
Details of water supply and sewage disposal shall be included with the application.
4.14.8
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
4.15 Wind Energy Systems
4.15.1
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.
4.15.2
When required by Council, as a condition of development the Developer shall enter into an
agreement with the municipality to ensure all roads and accesses are constructed to
municipal standards.
4.15.3
Council may require the developer to consult with the adjacent properties within a 5
kilometers (3.11 miles) radius surrounding the proposal prior to the review of the development
permit application.
4.15.4
Setback distances from a commercial wind energy tower to a residence shall be:
From any property line: 1.5 tower/system height
From on-site dwelling: 1.5 tower/system height
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.
4.15.5
Site Suitability:
The minimum site size for the allowance of any wind energy system shall be 1 hectare (2.5
acres).
For residential applications, wind energy components and towers shall be erected in rear-yards
only.
The wind energy system 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.
4.15.6
Other Specifications:
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 an accredited Professional Engineer.
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.
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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.
Landscaping shall be provided by the developer, where deemed necessary by Council, to
maintain safety, protection and the character of the surrounding area.
No advertising shall appear on the tower or blades.
Any changes to the original development permit shall require a new permit to be issued.
4.16 Wind Farm Regulations
4.16.1
A site plan that shows the location of all of the wind energy system(s) within the wind farm
including but not limited to roads, cabling, substation(s), fencing, drainage and access shall
be submitted as part of the development permit application.
4.16.2
When required by Council, as a condition of development, the Developer shall enter into an
agreement with the municipality to ensure all roads and accesses are constructed to
municipal standards.
4.16.3
The developer is required to consult with the adjacent properties within a 5 kilometres (3.11
miles) radius surrounding the proposal prior to the review of the development permit
application.
4.16.4
The minimum separation distance of 1.1 times the wind turbine height, as defined in this
bylaw, shall apply to all:
Property lines
Onsite dwelling units
Municipal road allowances
4.16.5
The minimum separation distance between the base of a wind turbine tower and a dwelling
unit on adjacent sites shall be 4 times the wind turbine height, as defined in this bylaw.
4.16.6
Council, at its discretion, may apply a lesser separation distance than identified above in
Section 4.16.4 and 4.16.5 considering the following:
A minimum separation distance of 1.1 times the wind turbine height will be maintained to
dwelling units and municipal road allowances with a developed road.
A lesser separation distance will not negatively impact the surrounding development. Prior to
granting a reduction, Council may require further analysis and recommendation by a
professional and may consider any written agreement to a lesser separation distance provided
by landowners within the specified distance.
4.16.7
Where Council approves a lesser separation distance a written agreement between the
developer, any landowner agreeing to the lesser separation distance, and the municipality may
be registered against the applicable parcel titles at the cost of the developer.
4.16.8
Setback distances may be decreased or increased, if deemed necessary through consultations
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and/or studies, by qualified professionals, provincial departments, provincial parks and in
protection of environmental sensitive areas, wetlands, or other protected areas.
4.16.9
Substations, operations and maintenance buildings, and temporary building setback
distances shall be a minimum of:
a)
90 metres (295 feet) from the intersection of two or more roads; and
b)
60 metres (196 feet) from the centre line of any road.
4.16.10 Substations and operations and maintenance buildings shall be enclosed within a locked
protective fence a minimum of 1.85 metres (6.0 feet) high.
4.16.11
The wind energy system shall not be located on environmentally sensitive lands.
4.16.12 Council may require the developer to take mitigating measures to ensure the development
produces minimal environmental impacts to the surrounding lands.
4.16.13 Other Regulations:
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 Professional Engineer in Canada. Installation plans (concrete specifications, anchoring
specifications) shall be certified by a Professional Engineer in Canada.
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)
A post construction reclamation plan as well as a decommissioning plan shall be required. A
decommissioning plan shall address the manner of physical removal of the system and site
restoration to a natural condition, should the wind energy system be abandoned or become
defective.
g)
Any changes to the original development permit shall require a new permit to be issued.
4.17 Individual Wind Energy Systems
4.17.1
Only one small wind energy system shall be permitted as an accessory use to the principal
use, subject to the minimum site size requirement, in the applicable zoning districts.
4.17.2
The minimum site size for the allowance of any small energy system shall be 2 hectares (5.08
acres).
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4.17.3
Maximum total wind tower height or total system height shall be:
6.0 metres above grade level in Country Residential Districts;
b)
45.0 metres above grade level, in all other permitted districts.
4.17.4
Wind Tower base and System setbacks:
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 (328.09 feet) > 10 Kw - 300 metres (984.25
feet)
4.17.5
For residential applications, wind energy components and towers shall be erected in rear yards
only.
4.17.6
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 (16.25 feet) above grade level.
4.17.7
All wind energy systems and towers shall be enclosed within a locked protective chain link
fence of a minimum height of 1.85 metres (6.0 feet) and the design shall be included in the
development permit application for Council's approval.
4.17.8
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 accredited Professional Engineer.
4.17.9
Installation plans (concrete specifications, anchoring specifications) shall be certified by a
accredited Professional Engineer.
4.17.10 Proof of an approved electrical permit has been obtained and shall be provided to the
Municipality.
4.17.11
The small wind energy system shall be finished in a non-reflective matte colour or to the
satisfaction of Council.
4.18 Sea and Rail Containers
The following sea and rail container regulations must be met in all zoning districts where they are
listed as a permitted or discretionary use:
4.18.1
Sea and rail containers shall:
a)
Be prohibited in the Country Residential District;
b)
Meet all setback distances for the Zoning District;
c)
Locate in the side or rear yard of the site;
d)
Only be used for Storage purposes;
e)
Not be stacked vertically;
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f)
Not be used for human or animal habitation; and
g)
Not contain any dangerous or hazardous material or containers.
4.18.2
The maximum number of Sea and rail containers in the Agriculture and Highway Commercial
District shall be at the discretion of Council;
4.18.3
A deposit of $1,000.00 is required with each development permit and will be refunded once the
sea and rail container meets all of the requirements.
4.18.4
The exterior finish of the sea and rail container must match the colour of the exterior finish of
the principal building.
4.18.5
No windows, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical improvements or modifications are
permitted.
4.19 Cannabis Facilities
4.19.1
Cannabis facilities and uses shall be prohibited unless explicitly identified and defined with
reference to cannabis in this bylaw or permitted for personal use by the federal and provincial
government.
4.19.2
Cannabis facilities shall meet all applicable federal and provincial regulations and the
applicant shall provide proof of all required federal and provincial licenses and permits.
4.19.3
Cannabis facilities shall provide sufficient separation to adjacent properties. A buffer area,
landscaping, and screening may be required to separate adjacent uses.
4.19.4
Cannabis facilities shall have adequate waste disposal, utilities, access, and onsite parking
and loading spaces.
4.19.5
Cannabis facilities shall have adequate water supply to meet the needs of that operation
without detrimental effects on the supply or ground water used by neighbouring properties.
4.19.6
Any potential nuisances or hazards shall be disclosed to the RM including but not limited to
sounds, light, glare, heat, odours, fumes, liquid effluence, traffic, dust, or fire and explosion
hazards. The applicant may be required to implement mitigation measures to address
potential nuisances or hazards.
4.19.7
Cannabis facilities shall be a discretionary use in the Agricultural District and Highway
Commercial District.
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5 Zoning Districts
5.1
Districts
5.1.1
For the purpose of applying this Bylaw, the RM is divided into Zoning Districts.
5.1.2
All parts of the RM shall be designated as AG - Agricultural District except those areas
specifically designated on the detailed Zoning District Maps as another District, attached to
and forming part of this bylaw.
5.2 Boundaries
5.2.1
The boundaries of all Zoning Districts are shown on the map entitled, "Zoning District Map"
which is attached to and forms a part of this Bylaw. Unless otherwise shown on the Map, the
boundaries of the Districts are site lines, center lines of streets, lanes, roads or such lines
extended, and the boundaries of the RM. 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.
5.3 Regulations
5.3.1
Regulations for the Zoning Districts are outlined in the following sections:
AG
Agricultural District
CR
Country Residential Development
HC
Highway Commercial District
5.4 Uses and Regulations
5.4.1
Uses which are not included as a Permitted or Discretionary Use in this Bylaw and which do
not qualify as a Legal Non-Conforming Use as defined in The Act and this Bylaw, shall be treated
as Prohibited Uses.
5.4.2
Regulations for the Zoning Districts are outlined in the following sections.
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6 AG - Agricultural District
INTENT: to provide for and preserve large areas capable of accommodating a diversity of agricultural
operations. Council shall encourage and permit agriculture and agricultural-oriented commercial
where appropriate and not prohibitively difficult or costly to service.
6.1
Permitted Uses
6.1.1
Residence
6.1.2
General Agricultural Operations including, but not limited to: field crops, pastures for the
raising of domestic or exotic birds or livestock, beehives and honey extraction facilities, fish
farming, and other similar uses customarily carried out in the field of general agriculture.
Excluding Intensive Livestock Operations (ILOs), poultry operations, feed lots, apiaries, , market
gardens, mushroom farms, tree and garden nurseries and greenhouses
6.1.3
Minor facilities for the preparation for sale of crops grown by the principal agricultural
operation
6.1.4
A maximum of two (2) residences on a minimum site of one Quarter Section or Equivalent
(minimum 48.6 hectares (120 acres)), as allowed in section 6.3.5
6.1.5
Accessory uses and buildings
6.1.6
Industrial Resource-based principal uses (including accessory buildings and uses)
a) Mineral and pipeline exploration, extraction, and related facilities
b) Sand and Gravel Operations and storage areas and contractor's yards, which are more than 0.8
kilometres (0.5 miles) from a dwelling
6.1.7
Places of worship, cemeteries, institutional uses and facilities
6.1.8
Service utilities such as radio, television, and microwave towers
6.1.9
Wildlife and conservation management areas
6.1.10
Historical and archaeological sites
6.1.11
Public or private utilities, excluding solid and liquid waste disposal sites
6.1.12
Municipal facilities
6.1.13
Swimming pools
6.1.14
Sea and rail containers
6.2 Discretionary Uses
6.2.1
Intensive livestock operations
6.2.2
Agricultural industry and commercial
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6.2.3
Game farm and controlled hunt farms
6.2.4
One dwelling which is accessory to and located on the same site as a discretionary use
6.2.5
One (1) additional residence than allowed for in Subsection 6.3.5 of this Bylaw
6.2.6
Communal farm settlements
6.2.7
Concrete plants
6.2.8
Petroleum or mineral processing and related facilities
6.2.9
Machine shops and metal fabricators
6.2.10
Residential/commercial wood truss building product manufacturing, prefab building
components, and wood and natural product processing and fabrication
6.2.11
Work camps
6.2.12
Abattoirs including retail meat sales outlets, poultry operations, mushroom farms, and
feedlots
6.2.13
Home based business
6.2.14
Airports and private airstrips
6.2.15
Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities and soil farms for the rehabilitation of petroleum-
contaminated soils
6.2.16
Trucking/hauling operations
6.2.17
Vehicle storage and salvage yards
6.2.18
Recreational uses and agriculture tourism
6.2.19
Campgrounds
6.2.20 Vacation farms, bed-and-breakfast homes, secondary suites, and garden suites
6.2.21
Kennels
6.2.22 Residential care homes
6.2.23 Large and small wind energy systems
6.2.24 Automotive service/gas pumps
6.2.25 Equestrian facilities
6.2.26 Cannabis facilities
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6.3 District Regulations
6.3.1
Subdivision
a) The subdivision of any land within the Agricultural District is subject to the policies contained
in the OCP.
b) Two subdivided sites will be allowed per quarter section (three (3) separate titles per quarter
section in total) within this district.
c) Additional sites may be considered where the site to be added is physically separated from the
remainder of the quarter section by a railway, a registered road plan containing a highway or
developed road, or a river, lake, or significant stream, the separated land may be subdivided
from the quarter - section.
d) Keeping of animals on sites in this District will be limited to:
1)
No large animal (horses of cattle) will be allowed on any site which is less than 2 hectares
(5 acres). Two (2) large animals will be permitted on a site of at least 2 hectares (5 acres).
Four (4) large animals will be permitted on a site of a least 4 hectares (10 acres). For each
additional 1.2 hectares (3 acres), one (1) additional large animal will be permitted. All other
animals shall be limited to domestic pets of the residents of the site.
2) Animals shall not be pastured within 15 metres (50 feet) 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 metres (100 feet) of a property line.
6.3.2
Site Requirements
a) The minimum site frontage for all subdivided sites shall be 30 metres (98.43 feet).
b) Exemptions from minimum frontage may be considered by Council for resource based uses
and community/institutional uses, including municipal reserve.
c) Minimum parcel size shall be:
1)
4.05 hectares (10 acres) for a non-farm residential site that uses a jet type sewage disposal
in accordance with the Saskatchewan Onsite Wastewater Disposal Guide; or
2) Otherwise, 0.8 hectares (2 acres).
d) Maximum parcel size shall be 8 hectares (20 acres).
e) Exemptions from site size requirements may be considered by Council where:
3) It would not unnecessarily reduce, or negatively affect the existing use, size, servicing, or
access to the balance of the quarter section, or equivalent as defined in this Bylaw; and
4) It would not negatively affect the existing use, servicing, or access to any neighbouring
land.
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5) It is requested by the landowner:
c.
To include additional land required for water supply or waste disposal systems
which exist on or are proposed for the site;
d. To include or facilitate any existing or proposed landscaping, buildings, structures,
or natural features on the proposed site; or
e.
To reduce the proposed area in order to more easily manage, landscape, or
otherwise maintain or develop the site;
e) Council may use its discretion to vary the maximum site size requirement, if requested for the
purpose of consolidation, where the change would result in a parcel closer to the size of the
quarter section or equivalent as defined by this Bylaw.
6.3.3
Setback Requirements
a) The minimum setback of buildings, including dwellings from the centre line of a developed
road or municipal road allowance shall be 45 metres (148 feet). (Note: A greater distance may
be required by the Ministry of Highways near a provincial highway)
b) A minimum setback of 91 metres (300 ft) is required from the intersection of the centre lines
of any municipal roads or provincial highway or such greater distance as required. (e.g. Site
triangle)
c) Council may exempt a proposed development from this requirement or reduce the minimum
setback, where in the opinion of Council, compliance with it would be impractical or too costly
for the applicant and the exemption or reduction is in the public interest.
d) Exceptions may be allowed by Council under subsection 4), no new dwelling shall be located
within:
1)
the separation distance to an intensive livestock operation as regulated in section 6.3.11,
unless the dwelling is owned by the ILO operator;
2) the separation distance to a solid or liquid waste disposal facility as regulated in section
6.3.8;
3) 305 metres (1000 feet) from a honey processing facility;
4) Council may accept a lesser minimum separation distance to the above operations than
required by clauses 1), 2), and 3), as a special standard in the issuing of a development
permit, where the applicant submits a written agreement to Council between the land
owner of the proposed dwelling and the owner of the operation relating to such lesser
distance.
5) 305 metres (1000 feet) to a non-refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the
Department of Corrections and Public Safety;
6) 610 metres (2000 feet) to a refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the
Department of Corrections and Public Safety;
e) No dwelling or other building shall be located within the approach surface for any airport or
airstrip.
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6.3.4
Additional Residences and Communal Dwellings
a) All dwelling(s) shall be located on a parcel conforming to all requirements of the zoning bylaw,
including area, setbacks/ frontage, and access.
b) No new or expanded dwelling(s) shall be developed in the 1:500 flood elevations.
c) Suitable utilities, including sewage disposal system(s) that meet provincial standards, and
required parking provisions.
6.3.5
Work Camps
This criteria applies to those work camps that are accessory to but not located on the same site as a
resource based use.
a) The minimum setback for any building from the centre line of a municipal road shall be 30
metres (100 feet).
b) The work camp shall not be located in the 1:500 flood elevations.
c) Reasonable year-round access to the site shall be available. If the road does not meet
municipal standards Council may refuse the application or require the developer to upgrade
the road to meet municipal standards.
d) Council may require the developer to maintain a buffer from adjacent land uses.
6.3.6
Intensive Agricultural Operations
a) In the application for an Intensive Agricultural Operation (refer to- Definitions), the applicant
shall identify the proposed supply of water for the operation where intensive irrigation is
required, which supply shall be sufficient to meet the needs of that operation without
detrimental effects on the supply or ground water used by neighbouring properties.
b) The operation may include a farmstead or dwelling on the same site. No subdivision of the
farmstead, dwelling, or intensive agricultural operation shall be permitted unless the
operation ceases.
6.3.7
Solid or Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities
Development and maintenance of a solid or liquid waste disposal facility as a principal or accessory
use shall be subject to the separations contained in Table 1 of this Bylaw, and to the following
standards:
a) A buffer strip containing trees, shrubs, or a berm may be located surrounding a solid or liquid
waste disposal facility to the specifications established by Council in the required
Development Permit;
b) Any solid or liquid waste disposal facility may be fenced to a standard as specified by Council;
c) Development of a solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall also be subject to the following
Table.
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Table 1: Minimum Separation Distances - Relating to Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities
Other Uses
Solid Waste
Facility
Liquid Waste
Facility
Single residence, tourist accommodation
800 metres (2624.67
feet)
300 metres (984.25
feet)
Intensive country residential subdivision or
hamlet or urban municipality
1.6 kilometres (0.99
miles)
600 metres (1968.50
feet)
Commercial or industrial use
300 metres (984.25
feet)
300 metres (984.25
feet)
(Distances are measured between the fence, berm or edge of the Facility (as the case may be) and the nearby building
development)
6.3.8
Commercial and Industrial Uses
a) Council may apply special standards as a condition of discretionary approval limiting the size
of operation, buildings used for the operation, and number of non-resident employees.
b) An increase in the area of land for a commercial use, or the number or size of buildings used
for the commercial operation, shall require a development permit subject to discretionary
approval by Council.
c) 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.
6.3.9
Campgrounds
a) The operator of a campground shall provide the development officer with a plan of the
campground identifying any buildings, uses of land, and the location of all roadways and
trailer coach or tent campsites with dimensions. The addition or rearrangement of campsites,
the construction or moving of buildings, the material change in use of portions of land, or the
filling or clearing of land shall require a development permit.
b) A campground shall have within its boundaries a buffer area abutting the boundary of not less
than 4.5 metres (14.76 feet), which shall contain no buildings.
c) The operator of a campground shall designate a campsite for each trailer coach or tent party,
which shall be less than 150 square metres (1614.59 square feet) in area with its corners clearly
marked.
d) No portion of any campground shall be located within a roadway or required buffer area.
e) Each campsite within the campground shall have direct and convenient access to a developed
roadway, which is not located in any required buffer area.
f)
Each trailer coach shall be located at least 4.5 metres (14.76 feet) from any other trailer coach,
and each campsite shall have dimensions sufficient to allow such location of trailer coaches.
g) The space provided for roadways within a campground shall be at least 7.5 metres (24.61 feet)
in width. No portion of any campsite, other use, or structure shall be located in any roadway.
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h) No trailer coach shall be stored on any campsite when the campground is not open.
i)
A campground may include as ancillary uses, a laundromat or a confectionary designed to
meet the needs of the occupants of the campsites, and one single detached dwelling for the
accommodation of the operator.
j)
The Public Health Act and the Regulations passed there under shall be complied with in respect
to all operations and development of the campground.
6.3.10
Intensive Livestock Operations
a) All new or expanding intensive livestock operation shall comply with the policies set out in the
OCP.
b) Any operation involving the raising of animals shall be considered an ILO for the purpose of
this bylaw if it:
1)
Requires a permit for an Intensive Livestock Operation under the Agricultural Operations
Act;
2) Will, in Council's opinion, contain more than three hundred (300) animal units which are
cattle, horses, poultry, domesticated or exotic Game Farm animals on a quarter section or
less, on a permanent basis;
3) Is an expansion of an existing ILO which has been permitted by the appropriate provincial
agency;
4) Involves the alteration of animal species in an existing ILO; or
5) Is a Game Farm or Controlled Hunt Farm which has been permitted by the Province.
c) In considering whether a specific livestock operation should be considered as an ILO for the
purposes of subsections b) 1) or 2), Council shall exempt existing or proposed operations from
compliance as an ILO if Council determines that the operation involves only the temporary
confinement of livestock during winter months as part of a mixed farming operation.
d) Approval of an ILO shall be for a specific maximum number of animal units specified by
council as a condition of the development permit. A new discretionary approval shall be
required to expand the ILO, or to substantially alter the species of animals in the operation.
e) Council shall require information from the ILO applicant regarding the type, frequency, and
technology proposed for, and land location of manure disposal. If the applicant is proposing to
spread manure rather than use alternate means of manure handling or disposal (e.g. earthen
manure storage or direct injection).
f)
Council may require that the applicant use only the specific areas of cropland or improved
pasture which have been approved for manure disposal by the Province. Any subsequent
change to the location of the manure disposal areas specified as a permit condition shall also
require the prior approval of Council and shall be added as a new condition to the original
permit.
g) Council may require that the manure which is being spread on the specific areas of cropland
or improved pasture which have been approved for manure disposal by the Province, shall not
be spread on frozen ground, and shall be incorporated into the soil within twenty four (24)
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hours of spreading, unless incorporation is prevented by adverse weather conditions, in which
case incorporation shall take place as soon as practical.
h) In order to ensure ILO development occurs in acceptable locations, new ILO development
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 2, below.
Table 2 - Minimum Separation Distances for Intensive Livestock Operations *
1 . Distances are measured between livestock facilities and building development.
2. Numbers in brackets apply where open liquid manure storage facilities are used or proposed.
3. Distances do not apply to residences associated with the operation.
i)
Location Separation Criteria Reduction
1)
Council, at its discretion, may apply a lesser separation distance than given in Table 2
considering the following:
a. A lesser separation distance than described in Table 2 will not negatively impact
the specific use or surrounding development. Prior to granting a reduction, Council
may consult with appropriate agencies and adjacent landowners.
b. Where Council approved a lesser separation distance than given in Table 2, a
written agreement between the ILO developer and any landowner or RM agreeing to
the lesser separation distance may be registered against the applicable parcel
titles of both parties at the cost of the developer.
j)
The following are additional actions which Council may use in dealing with applications for
new ILOs:
1)
Council may require the applicant to pay for the public advertisement of a proposal that
will result in an intensive livestock operation and for the cost of a public hearing or
information session on the proposal.
2) Council may require an applicant to demonstrate that the water supply is sufficient for the
development and the supply for neighbouring developments will not be adversely affected
by the proposed operation.
Specific Use
Animal Units
100-299
300-499
500-2000
2000-5000
>5000
Residence, tourist
accommodation, or
campground
300
(450)
400
(600)
800
(1200)
1200
(1600)
1600
(2000)
Residential subdivision,
hamlet or urban
municipality with <100
population
400
(600)
800
(1200)
1200
(1600)
1600
(2400)
2000
(2400)
Urban municipality with
100-500 population
800
(1200)
1200
(1600)
1600
(2000)
2400
(2400)
2400
(2400)
Urban municipality with
501-5000 population
1200
(1600)
1600
(2000)
2400
(2400)
3200
(3200)
3200
(3200)
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3) Crop land or improved pasture may be used for the incorporation of wastes from an
intensive livestock operation by spreading of manure, and such manure shall be
incorporated into the soil within twenty four (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.
4) Council may require or allow an applicant to utilize manure injection into the soil or other
technology rather than conventional stockpiling and spreading. Council may consult with
the appropriate Provincial agency regarding the suitability of such technology.
5) Council may require that the ILO operator notify the RM whenever any change is proposed
in location of the areas for manure application required by the Province or Council as part
of an earlier approval issued to the operator by either approval party. Council may consult
the Province regarding the suitability of such new area for the expected manure type and
volume, etc. No new area may be used for ILO manure application until a Discretionary Use
Permit authorizing the change in use has been issued by Council.
6.3.11
Non-Intensive Livestock Operations
a) Except for the provisions of Subsection b), all new or expanding Non-intensive Livestock
Operations (those which do not require an ILO Permit from the Ministry of Agriculture),
including those which are under three hundred (300) animal units as shown on Table 2, are
prohibited from applying manure within 400 metres (1312.34 feet) of a neighbouring dwelling
(including the potable water supply of that dwelling). The prohibition in this subsection shall
not apply to land being used as existing manure application areas by an existing operation
which qualifies under this Bylaw and The Act as a legal, non-conforming use.
b) Council, at it's discretion, may apply a lesser separation distance should it not negatively
impact the specific use or surrounding development. Prior to granting a reduction, Council
may consult with appropriate agencies and adjacent landowners.
6.3.12
Sand and Gravel Operations
a) All sand and gravel operations shall meet applicable municipal, provincial, and federal
requirements and regulations and shall be subject to the policies within the OCP.
b) An approval for a sand and gravel extraction development permit will be issued for a
maximum of five (5) years and may be renewed at the discretion of Council through the
development permit process. Existing gravel pits that have been inactive for a period of more
than twenty four (24) consecutive months will require a new development permit.
c) Land use incompatibility, public safety, dust, noise, nuisance, and pollution shall be
minimized by considering appropriate routes, fencing, signage, buffers, and screening.
d) All operations shall have efficient servicing, haul routes and have a high consideration for
public safety.
e) Upon the request of Council, the developer shall undertake a mineral extraction study prior to
development approval to determine specific development requirements and standards.
f)
Where a sand and gravel development is proposed within the vicinity of a water source, the
development permit application should be accompanied by an appropriate hydrological study
which outlines necessary mitigation measures.
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g) Where applicable, Council will specify development conditions in conjunction with
recommendations from provincial agencies and reports from a qualified person regarding site
development, services, modifications to application, location of operation, and any other
mitigation measures deemed necessary.
h) Applicants may be required to provide:
1)
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;
2) A description of the excavation, disposal, and stripping or grading operation;
3) A detailed timing and phasing of the project including the length of the proposed
operation and hours of operation;
4) A plan showing the final site conditions and post-development land use plan following the
completion of the operation (reclamation plan) including the phasing of remediation
(progressive restoration is expected while extraction is ongoing in other sections of the
pit);
5) 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;
6) 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
(e.g. noise, dust, excessive speed) impacts on other road users and the public;
7) Method for storm water management/drainage control, and erosion and sediment control;
and
8) Any other information that Council deems necessary.
i)
Council will specify conditions regarding cost recovery and cost-sharing of municipal road
construction and maintenance expenses due to increased haulage by trucks carrying mineral
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.
j)
No mining, excavation or stockpiling shall occur:
1)
Within 75 metres (246 feet) from any dwelling, unless an agreement has been entered into
with the owner of the dwelling consenting to a closer separation distance. If an agreement
is entered into, Council will require that an interest protecting the parties to the agreement
be registered against the lands, at the cost of the developer;
2) Within 15 metres (50 feet) from the limit of any road allowance or provincial highway;
3) Within 75 metres (246 feet) from any recreational lands;
4) Within 30 metres (100 feet) from any lands that have been identified as hazardous.
k) All gravel operations shall have direct access to a developed road.
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l)
All development including any new excavation on existing gravel pits (prior to the adoption of
this bylaw) shall be reclaimed to a land capability that is equivalent to its pre-developed state
or to a condition which is satisfactory to the RM. These procedures shall be in accordance with
all applicable provincial requirements. The restoration of the site shall commence
immediately upon termination of the operation or two years from the date of issuance of the
development permit should the permit not be renewed.
m) In addition to the public notification requirement for discretionary uses contained in this
Bylaw, Council shall require that details of the application be circulated to property owners
adjacent to the proposed haul roads to obtain public input on the proposed site prior to
development consideration.
n) The applicant shall keep the site in a clean and tidy condition free from rubbish and non-
aggregate debris.
o) Approaches to the development shall be located away from existing residences.
p) The applicant shall be responsible for providing a bond or other method of security/ financial
guarantee, in a form acceptable to the RM, equal to the cost of reclamation of the pit, to be
held by the RM for the lifespan of the operation to ensure the land is reclaimed to a
satisfactory condition. The bond or other acceptable security must be in place before
development proceeds. Once the site has been satisfactorily restored, the bond or security will
be discharged or returned to the applicant or their predecessor.
q) Council may require an agreement be entered into with the developer to ensure the sand and
gravel development complies with all relevant requirements of this Bylaw including any
additional conditions of approval necessary to secure the objectives of this Bylaw.
5.3.15 Communal Farm Settlements
a) Council may consider discretionary use applications for communal farm settlements,
including the multiple uses listed in the definition for Communal Farm Settlements, as one
discretionary use application.
b) All buildings and uses must comply with the setbacks and standards included in this bylaw.
Unless exempt under this bylaw or the building bylaw, development permits and building
permits are required for each use and building.
c) Communal farm settlements may include more than one dwelling on a single site. These
dwellings may be in the form of one-unit dwellings, multiple unit dwellings, or a combination
thereof. Council may specify the number of dwelling units permitted on a communal farm
settlement.
d) There shall be a water supply suitable for the proposed communal farm settlement and the
development shall not contaminate any water source. The proponent may be required to
demonstrate, in the form of a study by a qualified professional, that the water source is
adequate and there will be no adverse impacts to adjacent water sources.
e) Provisions for potable water, water treatment and wastewater disposal are subject to
provincial regulations and approval.
f)
Road access to the communal farm settlement shall be from an all-weather registered road
sufficient to accommodate the expected volume of traffic.
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g) Council may require the applicant to demonstrate that the municipal road network can safely
accommodate the traffic generated by the development. The applicant may be required to
demonstrate adequacy of the road network by submitting a traffic impact assessment by a
qualified professional.
h) Access to individual dwellings and other uses and buildings shall be from a road internal to
the site.
i)
Distances between ILO facilities and communal farm residences associated with the same
communal farm settlement shall not be required.
j)
Any expansion, increase in intensity, or other significant change to the development as
approved, shall require a new discretionary use approval.
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7
CR - Country Residential District
INTENT: To allow a limited variety of non-farm residential uses on medium density clustered sites at
locations which will integrate into the existing rural community, will not conflict with adjoining
agriculture uses, and be prohibitively difficult or costly to service.
7.1
Permitted Uses
7.1.1
Single detached dwellings excluding mobile homes
7.1.2
Special care of group homes with a maximum of eight (8) residents, excluding staff
7.1.3
Public recreational uses and buildings
7.1.4
Accessory uses and buildings
7.1.5
Modular homes
7.2
Discretionary Uses
7.2.1
Bed-and-breakfast homes
7.2.2
Home based business
7.2.3
Residential care home
7.2.4
Institutional uses
7.2.5
Garden suites
7.2.6
Special care or group homes with a maximum of sixteen (16) residents, excluding staff
7.3 District Regulations
7.3.1
Subdivision
a) The subdivision of any land that does not meet the subdivision requirements within the
Agricultural District will be required to be rezoned to this district and are subject to the
policies contained in the OCP for Residential Lands.
b) All residential subdivisions shall be located adjacent to an existing transportation corridor,
unless the RM agrees to the construction of new services to accommodate the application at
the cost of the developer.
c) All residential subdivision shall be serviced to meet municipal standards.
d) A buffer strip or landscaping may be required in all residential subdivisions to separate
residential uses and existing agricultural development.
e) No further subdivision of the original residential lot shall be permitted. Council may at its
discretion permit minor lot line adjustments; however, such adjustments shall not create an
additional lot.
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f)
Council will not permit residential subdivision in areas with moderate to high potential for
natural resource developments. Residential development will be discouraged within 2
kilometres (1.2 miles) of an active extraction operation unless appropriate mitigation can be
established, and provincial requirements can be met.
7.3.2
Site Size Requirements
a)
Minimum site area: 0.8 hectares (2 acres)
b)
Maximum site area: 4.05 hectares (10 acres)
c)
Exemptions from minimum and maximum area requirements may be considered by Council
for public utilities, municipal facilities or uses, recreational, and community uses.
d)
In the case of a parcel physically severed as a result of road right of way or railway plans,
drainage ditch, pipelines, or transmission line, development or natural features such as
watercourses, water bodies the maximum site area may be varied upon Council's approval.
e)
Minimum site frontage shall be 30.4 metres (100 feet) for all parcels. Exemptions from
minimum frontage may be considered by Council for public utility uses and municipal
facilities.
7.3.3
Setback Requirements
a)
Front Yard
1)
30 metres (100 feet) (22.86 metres (75 feet) for recreation and buildings on Municipal
Reserve) where development (including accessory buildings) abuts RM and Provincial
roads. Council may exempt a proposed development from this requirement or reduce the
minimum setback, where in the opinion of Council, compliance with it would be
impractical or too costly for the applicant and the exemption or reduction is in the public
interest.
2)
A minimum setback of 91 metres (300 ft) is required from the intersection of the centre
lines of any municipal roads or provincial highway or such greater distance as required for
e.g. Site triangle.
3)
15 metres (50 feet) where development (including accessory buildings) is serviced by an
internal subdivision road.
4)
No outside storage shall be permitted in the front yard.
b)
Side and Rear Yard
1)
Minimum side yard: 6 metres (20 feet)
2)
Minimum rear yard: 6 metres (20 feet)
3)
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.
4)
Public Utilities are exempt from these requirements.
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c)
No residence shall be located with less than a minimum separation distance to an operation,
other than the residence of the operation, as follows:
1)
The separation distance to an ILO;
2)
457 metres (1499.34 feet) from a licensed public or private liquid waste disposal facility;
3)
457 metres (1499.34 feet) from a licensed public or private solid waste disposal facility;
4)
305 metres (1000.65 feet) from a honey processing facility;
5)
305 metres (1000.65 feet) to a non-refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by
the Province of Saskatchewan;
6)
600 metres (1968.50 feet) to a refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the
Province of Saskatchewan;
7)
No dwelling or other building shall be located within the approach for any functional
airport or airstrip.
7.3.4
Keeping of Animals
a)
Other than domestic pets, no animals shall be allowed on any site in this District.
7.3.5
Criteria for Discretionary Use Applications
a)
A site plan and supporting documentation must be supplied to Council prior to making a
decision on a discretionary use application.
b)
The proposed development shall be located on a parcel conforming to all requirements of this
Zoning Bylaw, including site size, frontage, setbacks, and access.
c)
No new or expanded discretionary uses shall be located in the 1:500 flood elevations or on
hazard lands without appropriate studies completed by qualified professionals with
accompanying mitigating measures.
d)
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.
e)
Other requirements of this Bylaw are met.
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8 HC - Highway Commercial District
INTENT: The objective of this district is to provide for commercial developments and uses adjacent to
provincial highways. Where any permitted or discretionary use is proposed adjacent to provincial
highway, the application will be referred to the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure to ensure the
proposal is consistent with provincial setback requirements and other requirements.
8.1
Permitted Uses
8.1.1
Commercial Uses
a)
Agriculture related commercial development
1)
Agricultural equipment dealers and service establishments
2)
Agricultural seed, fuel, and chemical supply establishments
3)
Grain elevator
4)
Agricultural service and contracting establishments
b)
Motels and hotels
c)
Service stations including those with confectionary and carwash
d)
Establishments for the sale, storage, and servicing of motor vehicles, trailers, marine vehicles,
farm machinery, and equipment
e)
Restaurants and grocery stores and other places for the sale and consumption of food and
related items
f)
Veterinary clinics and hospitals
g)
Storage facilities, warehousing, supply, and distribution facilities
h)
Commercial nurseries and greenhouses, with or without retail sales
i)
Retail business
8.1.2
Residence: one dwelling unit for the operator of a commercial use where ancillary to that use
and located on the same site.
8.1.3
Public utilities, except solid and liquid waste disposal facilities.
8.1.4
Uses and buildings customarily accessory and subordinate to the principal use on the site.
8.2 Discretionary Uses
8.2.1
Commercial Uses
a)
Abattoirs, skinning and tanning facilities, and stockyards
b)
Manufacturing
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c)
Agricultural product processing
d)
Auction marts
e)
Outside storage ancillary to the principal use
f)
Signs associated with the principal use
g)
Welding, machine shops, and metal fabricating
h)
Salvage yards, auto and machinery wreckers
i)
Wood and natural products processing and fabrication
j)
Daycare centres
8.2.2
Recreational Uses
a)
Commercial recreation facilities
b)
Campgrounds
8.2.3
Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities
8.2.4
Cannabis facilities
8.3 District Regulations
8.3.1
Subdivision
a)
The subdivision of any land that does not meet the subdivision requirements within the
Agricultural District will be required to be rezoned to this district and are subject to the
policies contained in the OCP for Commercial and Business Development.
b)
All commercial subdivisions shall be located adjacent to an existing transportation corridor.
c)
All commercial subdivisions shall be serviced to meet municipal standards.
d)
A buffer strip or landscaping may be required in all subdivisions to separate commercial uses
and existing adjacent land uses.
e)
All new subdivision applications shall be accompanied by a concept plan as outlined in the
OCP.
8.3.2
Site Size Requirements
a)
Site Area
1)
Public utilities and municipal facilities: no requirements
2)
All other uses: minimum 1,000 square metres (0.25 acres)
b)
Site frontage
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1)
Public utilities and municipal facilities: no requirements
2)
All other uses: minimum 30 metres (98 feet)
8.3.3
Setback 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 metres (148 feet) from the
centerline of the road or road allowance.
b)
A minimum setback of 91 metres (300 ft) is required from the intersection of the centre lines
of any municipal roads or provincial highway or such greater distance as required for. (e.g. site
triangle)
c)
A yard abutting any other road: minimum of 7.6 metres (25 feet) (including a highway frontage
road).
d)
Any yard abutting a railway (in consultation with rail line)
1)
Side yard: minimum of 3 metres (10 feet)
2)
Rear yard: minimum of 6 metres (20 feet)
e)
Fuel pumps and other accessory equipment shall be located at least 6 metres (20 feet) from
any road or lot line.
f)
The yard requirements shall not apply to any public utility.
8.3.4
Building Coverage
a)
Public utilities and municipal facilities: no requirements
b)
All other uses: maximum 30% of the site
8.3.5
Water and Sewer
a)
All developments shall be serviced with sewage and water facilities appropriate for the use.
b)
Where possible and approved by public health, the developer shall endeavor to service the
development with piped water and sewer services.
c)
The developer and the RM shall consult with the Village of Lipton regarding extending
municipal services, where deemed appropriate and feasible.
8.3.6
Site Suitability
a)
All sites shall be naturally suitable for the proposed development reducing or eliminating the
need for grading, clearing, and drainage to prepare the site for development.
b)
All development applications shall be accompanied by information that confirms there will be
no stability problems with respect to building foundations.
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8.3.7
Access
a) Development of a commercial use is prohibited unless the site abuts a developed road.
b) 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 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.
8.3.8
Specific Development Standards and Criteria for Discretionary Uses
a) All Discretionary Commercial Uses
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 metres (984.25 feet) 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.
2) All commercial uses must demonstrate adequate access and egress to the provincial or
municipal road system.
b) Uses Involving the Housing of Agricultural Animals
1)
Council is governed by the location criteria contained in the OCP and 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.
2) Council may apply special standards in the issuing a development permit limiting the
number of animals that may he harbored on the site at any point in time.
c) Outside storage
1)
Outside storage is prohibited within a yard abutting a road, except for the display of
vehicles or machinery for sale, which will be neatly arranged.
2) Outside storage located in a side or rear yard shall be suitably screened to the satisfaction
of Council.
d) Signs
1)
Each sign shall be a maximum of 3.5 square metres (37.6 square feet) in size.
2) The maximum height per sign shall be 6 metres (19.7 feet).
e) Salvage Yards, Auto and Machinery Wrecking Yards
1)
Wrecked, partially dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or machinery will not be stored or
displayed in any yard abutting a road.
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2) Council may apply special standards as conditions of approval regarding screening,
location of storage, location of vehicles on display, machinery, and parts to avoid an
unsightly premise.
3) The proximity and location of residential and tourist facility shall be considered in making
this discretionary use decision.
f)
Recreational Uses
1)
Discretionary recreational uses shall be separated from a commercial use by a distance of
at least 300 metres (984.25 feet) 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.
2) Campgrounds are subject to section 3.38 of this Zoning Bylaw.
3) Campgrounds shall be surrounded by a landscaped and treed buffer within the site
boundary.
4) Campgrounds must have a proven safe water supply sufficient for the purpose.
5) The developer of a recreational use shall submit to Council as part of the development
permit application a plan that described the details of the development which shall
include a complete site plan.
g) Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities
1)
Development and maintenance of a solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall be subject
to section 3.41.
2) Council will consider existing and future land use patterns when determining the location
of new solid and liquid waste disposal facilities.
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9 Definitions
Whenever the subsequent words or terms are used in the OCP, and this Bylaw, they shall, have the
following definition unless the context indicates otherwise.
Abattoir:
A facility for butchering animals, slaughtering animals, dressing, cutting,
and inspecting meats, and/or refrigerating, curing, and manufacturing by-
products.
Accessory:
A building, structure or use of a specific site which is subordinate and
exclusively devoted to the principal building, principal structure, or
principal use of the same site.
Act:
The Planning and Development Act, 2007 Province of Saskatchewan, as
amended from time to time.
Adjacent:
Contiguous or would be contiguous if not for a river, stream, railway, road or
utility right-of-way or reserve land; and any other land identified in this
Bylaw as adjacent land for the purpose of notifications.
Administrator:
The Administrator of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217.
Aggregate Resource:
Raw materials including sand, gravel, clay, earth, or mineralized rock found
on or under a site. (Also see Mineral Resource)
Agricultural:
A use of land, buildings or structures for the purpose of animal husbandry,
fallow, field crops, forestry, market gardening, pasturage, private
greenhouses and includes the growing, packing, treating, storing, and sale
of produce produced on the premises and other similar uses customarily
carried on in the field of general agricultural.
Agricultural
Operation:
A site, or sites, the principal use of which is to derive produce directly from
the following activities, but shall not be residential in use:
a)
Cultivating land;
b)
Producing agricultural crops, including hay and forage;
c)
Producing horticultural crops, including vegetables, fruit,
mushrooms, sod, trees, shrubs, flowers, greenhouse crops, and
specialty crops;
d)
Raising all classes of livestock, horses, poultry, fur-bearing animals,
game birds and game animals, bees, and fish;
e)
Carrying on an intensive livestock operation;
f)
Involved the primary processing of agricultural products which
provide a primary source of livelihood and income to the site owner
or operator;
g)
Operating agricultural machinery and equipment, including
irrigation pumps and noise-scare devices;
h)
Conducting any process necessary to prepare a farm product for
distribution from the farm gate;
i)
Storing, handling and applying fertilizer, manure, organic wastes,
soil amendments, and pesticides, including both ground and aerial
application;
j)
Any other prescribed agricultural activity or process as defined by
council.
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Agricultural Industry:
Those processing and distributing industries providing products or
services directly associated with the agricultural business sector and
without restricting the generality of the above may include:
a) Grain elevators;
b) Feed mills;
c) Abattoirs;
d) Seed cleaning plants;
e) Pelletizing plants;
f)
Bulk fertilizer distribution plants;
g) Bulk agricultural chemical distribution plants;
h) Anhydrous ammonia storage and distribution;
i)
Bulk fuel plants;
j)
Livestock holding stations;
k) Retail sales of the goods produced or stored as part of the dominant
use on the site.
Agricultural
Commercial:
A use related to the sale of products or machinery of an agricultural nature
or the provision of services to the agricultural community, and without
restricting the generality of the above may include livestock auction marts,
farm implement dealerships, fruit stands, veterinary clinics, and animal
hospitals.
Agricultural Tourism:
A tourism oriented commercial land use related to the retail sale of
products or the provision of entertainment associated with an agricultural
operation or a rural environment, and without limiting the generality of the
above includes: historical and vacation farms, farm zoos, gift shops,
restaurants, art galleries, and cultural entertainment facilities.
Alteration or Altered:
With reference to a building, structure or site means a change from one
major occupancy class or division to another, or a structural change such
as an addition to the area or height, or the removal of part of a building, or
any change to the structure such as the construction of, cutting into or
removal of any wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor or other support, or
a change to or closing of any required means of egress or a change to the
fixtures, equipment, cladding, trim, or any other items regulated by this
Bylaw such as parking and landscaping.
Ancillary:
A building, structure or use of a specific site which is related in a subsidiary
manner to the principal building, principal structure, or principal use of the
same site.
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Animal Unit (A.U.):
The kind and number of animals calculated in accordance with the
following table:
Kind of Animal
Number of Animals (= 1
Animal Unit)
Poultry
Hens, cockerels, capons
100
Chicks, broiler chickens
200
Turkeys, geese, ducks
50
Exotic birds
25
Hogs
Boars and sows
3
Gilts
4
Feeder pigs
6
Weanling pigs
20
Sheep
Rams or ewes
7
Lambs
14
Goats, etc.
All (including 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
Other
Domesticated native Ungulates
Bison
1
Elk, Reindeer
4
Deer
7
Applicant:
A developer or person applying for a development permit under this Bylaw,
for a subdivision approval to an approving authority under The Planning and
Development Act, 2007.
Auction Mart/Market:
Means a building or structure or lands used for the storage of goods,
materials and livestock which are to be sold on the premises by public
auction and for the sale of the said goods, materials, and livestock by public
auction and on an occasional basis.
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Auto Wrecker:
An area where motor vehicles are disassembled, dismantled, or junked, or
where vehicles not in operable condition, or used parts of motor vehicles, are
stored or sold to the general public.
Basement:
That portion of a building between two floor levels, which is partly
underground and has not more than one-half its height from the finished
floor to finished ceiling, above finished grade.
Bed-and-Breakfast:
A dwelling unit, in which the occupants thereof use a portion of the dwelling
unit for the purpose of providing in which overnight accommodation within
the dwelling unit, along with one meal served before noon, is provided to the
travelling public for a charge.
Billboard:
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, a site other than the site on which the
sign is located.
Buffer:
A strip of land, vegetation, or land use that physically separates two or more
different land uses.
Building:
A structure used for the shelter or accommodation of persons, animals, or
chattels and includes any structure covered by a roof supported by walls or
columns.
Building Bylaw:
The Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217 regulating the erection,
alteration, repair, occupancy, maintenance, or demolition of buildings and
structures.
Building Floor Area:
The sum of the gross horizontal area of all floors of a building excluding the
floor area used for or devoted to mechanical equipment, laundry, storage,
swimming pools, and enclosed or underground parking facilities. All
dimensions shall be measured between exterior faces of walls or supporting
columns, or from the centre line of the walls or supporting columns
separating two buildings. For the purpose of this Bylaw, the term 'storage'
means the keeping or placing of trunks, luggage, or similar articles in a
place designed therefore, but shall exclude clothes closets, linen closets,
broom cupboards, kitchen and bathroom cupboards of whatsoever nature.
Building Height:
The vertical distance measured from the grade level to the highest point of
the roof surface, if a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the
mean height level between eaves and ridge for a gable, hip, or gambrel roof.
Building Permit:
A permit, issued under the Building Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Lipton
No. 217 authorizing the construction of all or part of any building or structure.
Building Principal:
A building in which is conducted the main or primary use of the site on
which the said building is situated.
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Bulk Fuel Sales and
Storage:
Includes lands, buildings, and structures for the storage and distribution of
fuels and oils including retail sales or key lock operations.
Bylaw:
The Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217's Zoning Bylaw.
Campground:
An area used for a range of overnight camping experiences, from tenting to
serviced trailer sites, including accessory facilities which support the use,
such as administration offices and laundry facilities, but not including the
use or mobile homes or trailers on a permanent year-round basis.
Cannabis:
As defined in The Cannabis Act (Canada).
Cannabis Facility:
Means either:
a) A facility, licensed by the Federal Government, for the cultivation,
synthesis, harvesting, altering, propagating, processing, packaging,
labeling, storage, and shipping of cannabis; or
b) A facility, provincially authorized, for the warehousing and wholesale
distribution of cannabis.
Cannabis
Production Facility:
A facility, licensed by the Federal Government, for the cultivation, synthesis,
harvesting, altering, propagating, processing, packaging, labeling, storage,
and shipping of cannabis.
Cannabis Retail
Store:
A retail store, provincially authorized, for selling cannabis to consumers.
Cannabis
Warehouse and
Distribution Facility:
A facility, provincially authorized, for the warehousing and wholesale
distribution of cannabis.
Cemetery:
Land that is set apart or used as a place for the interment of the dead or in
which human bodies have been buried. "Cemetery" may include a structure
for the purpose of the cremation of human remains and may include
facilities for storing ashes or human remains that have been cremated or
the interment of the dead in sealed crypts or compartments.
Clean Fill:
Uncontaminated non-water-soluble, non-decomposable, inert solids such
as rock, soil, gravel, concrete, glass and/or clay or ceramic products. Clean
fill shall not mean processed or unprocessed mixed construction and
demolition debris, including, but not limited to, wallboard, plastic, wood, or
metal or any substance deemed corrosive, combustible, noxious, reactive,
or radioactive.
Cluster:
Where design allows for the concentration of development in pockets to
preserve ecological areas and other open space while providing lower
servicing cost and alternative development patterns. (i.e. housing)
Commercial:
The use of land, buildings, or structures for the purpose of buying and
selling commodities, and supplying professional and personal services for
compensation.
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Commercial Indoor
Storage:
A building or series of buildings comprising multiple storage bays intended
for lease or rent by the general public for the purpose of indoor storage of
private goods.
Communal Dwelling:
The dwelling unit(s) on land owned by Hutterite colonies who use the land
for agricultural, educational, and other shared purposes.
Communal Farm
Settlement
Community
Facilities:
A multiple use development located on a single site and often associated
with an agricultural operation and/or an intensive livestock operation (ILO),
on the same or adjacent site. The use is typically operated by a religious
colony or other association and may include the following:
a) Agricultural uses, including greenhouses and intensive livestock
operations
b) Minor agricultural-commercial operations for the sake of the
products grown on-site
c) One-unit dwellings
d) Two-unit dwellings
e) Communal dwellings
f)
Cooking and eating facilities
g) Living areas and sleeping facilities
h) Sanitary facilities
i)
Places of worship
j)
Educational and child care facilities
k) Recreational facilities
l)
Cemeteries
m) Workshops
n) Uses, structures and buildings accessory to the above principal
uses
A building or facility used for recreational, social, educational, or cultural
activities and which is owned by a municipal corporation, non-profit
corporation, or other non-profit organization.
Concept Plan
(Comprehensive
Development Plan):
A land use concept plan for a specific local area that identifies social,
environmental, health and economic issues which the proposed
development must address.
Concrete and Asphalt
Plant:
An industrial facility used for the production of asphalt or concrete, or
asphalt or concrete products, used in building or construction, and
includes facilities for the administration or management of the business,
the stockpiling of bulk materials used in the production's process or of
finished products manufactured on the premises and the storage and
maintenance of required equipment.
Condominium:
As defined by The Condominium Property Act, 1993, means the land included in
a condominium plan together with the buildings and units and the
common property and common facilities belonging to them.
Conservation:
The planning, management, and implementation of an activity with the
objective of protecting the essential physical, chemical, and biological
characteristics of the environment against.
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Contractors Yard:
The yard of a contractor or company used as a depot for the storage and
maintenance of equipment used by the contractor or company, and
includes facilities for the administration or management of the business
and the stockpiling or storage of supplies used in the business.
Convenience Store:
A store offering for sale primarily food products, beverages, tobacco,
personal care items, hardware, and printed matter and which primarily
provides a convenient day-to-day service to residents in the vicinity.
Council:
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217.
Country Residential
Development:
Residential development contained within a severance from an agricultural
holding where the essential land requirement is for a residential building
site and space rather than for productive agricultural purposes.
Daycare Centre:
Any kind of group daycare programs including eldercare or aged adults,
nurseries for children of working parents, nursery schools for children, and
minimum age for education in public schools' or parent cooperative nursery
schools and programs covering after school care for school children
provided such an establishment is approved by the provincial government
and conducted in accordance with provincial requirements.
Development:
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 of any
building or land, the moving of any building or structure onto land, the
moving of a mobile home or trailer coach onto land, and the opening or
stripping of land for the purpose of removing therefrom sand, gravel, or
other aggregate resources.
Development
Agreement:
The legal agreement between a developer and the Municipality which
specifies the all obligations and the terms and conditions for the approval
of a development pursuant to SECTION 172 of The Planning and Development
Act, 2007.
Development Officer:
The Administrator shall be the Development Officer, or in his/her absence
an employee of the Municipality appointed by the Administrator; or
someone appointed by the Council to act as a Development Officer to
administer this Bylaw.
Development Permit:
A permit issued by the Council of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217
that authorizes development, but does not include a building permit.
Directional Signage:
Signage located off-site providing direction to and information about a
specific enterprise or activity which does not contain general advertising.
Discretionary Use:
A use of land or buildings or form of development that is prescribed as a
discretionary use in the Zoning Bylaw; and requires the approval of Council
pursuant to SECTION 56 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
Dormitory:
Sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and
residential quarters for large numbers of people.
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Dwelling:
A building or part of a building designed exclusively for residential
occupancy.
Dwelling, Multiple
Unit:
A building containing three or more dwelling units and shall include
condominiums, townhouses, row houses, and apartments as distinct from
a rooming house, hotel, or motel.
Dwelling, Semi-
Detached:
A building divided vertically into two (2) dwelling units by a common wall
extending from the base of the foundation to the roofline.
Dwelling, Single-
Detached:
A building containing only one dwelling unit, as herein defined, and
occupied or intended to be occupied as a permanent residence, including a
RTM when attached to a foundation on the site, but not including a mobile
or modular home as defined.
Dwelling Group:
A group of single-detached, semi-detached, or multiple unit dwellings
clustered on one lot or site, built as one development.
Dwelling Unit:
A separate set of living quarters, whether occupied or not, usually
containing sleeping facilities, sanitary facilities and a kitchen or kitchen
components, but does not include boarding houses or rooming units. For
the purposes of this definition, "kitchen components" include, but are not
limited to, cabinets, refrigerators, sinks, stoves, ovens, microwave ovens or
other cooking appliances and kitchen tables and chairs.
Elevation:
The height of a point on the Earth's surface above sea level.
Environmental
Reserve:
Lands that have been dedicated to the Municipality by the developer of a
subdivision as part of the subdivision approval process. Environmental
reserves are those lands that are considered undevelopable and may
consist of a swamp, gully, ravine, coulee, or natural drainage course, or may
be lands that are subject to flooding or are considered unstable.
Environmental reserve may also be a strip of land, not less than 6.0 metres
(19.69 feet) in width, abutting the bed and shore of any lake, river stream or
other body of water for the purposes of preventing pollution or providing
access to the bed and shore of the water body.
Environmentally
sensitive lands and
areas:
Equestrian Facility
(Riding stables):
Means lands or areas with natural features where precautions, mitigation
or constraints are needed to minimize impacts. These include the following:
- a ravine, coulee, swamp, natural drainage course, or creek bed;
- wildlife habitat, environmentally sensitive or significant natural or
heritage areas;
- flood-prone or potentially unstable land; or
- land abutting lakes, streams, or rivers for pollution prevention, bank
preservation, or development protection from flooding.
The use of lands, buildings, or structures for the boarding of horses, the
training of horses and riders, and the staging of equestrian events, with or
without charge and with or without general public involvement, but does
not include the racing of horses.
Existing:
In place or taking place, on the date of the adoption of this Bylaw.
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Farm Building:
Improvements such as barns, granaries, workshops etc., used in
connection with the growing and sale of trees, shrubs, and sod or the
raising or production of crops, livestock or poultry, or in connection with fur
production or bee keeping and situated on a parcel of land used for farm
operation.
Farmers' Market:
An occasional or periodic sales activity held in an open area where groups
or individual sellers offer new and used goods, crafts, or produce for sale
directly to the public but does not include a retail store, shopping centre, or
greenhouse.
Farmstead/Farmyard:
The buildings and adjacent essential grounds surrounding a farm.
Feedlot:
A fenced area where livestock are confined solely for the purpose of growing
or finishing, and are sustained by means other than grazing.
Fill:
Soil, rock, rubble, or other approved, non-polluting waste that is transported
and paced on the existing, usually natural, surface of soil or rock, following
the removal of vegetation cover, topsoil, and other organic material.
Flood:
A temporary rise in the water level that results in the inundation of an area
not ordinarily covered by water.
Flood Proofing:
Any combination of structural and non-structural modifications to
structures, buildings or land, which reduces or eliminates structural,
building, development, land, servicing, environmental and building
contents flood damage, by using the freeboard elevation.
Flood Way:
The portion of the flood plain adjoining the channel where the waters in the
1:500 year flood are projected to meet or exceed a depth of one metre or a
velocity of one metre per second.
Flood Fringe:
The portion of the flood plain where the waters in the 1:500 year flood are
projected to be less than a depth of one metre or a velocity of 1 metre (3.28
feet) per second.
Floor Area:
The total area of all floors of a building or structure, excluding stairwells,
elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking, unloading
areas, and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when used or
intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public.
Freeboard
Free Standing Sign:
Means a 0.5 metre measurement that is added to the Estimated Peak Water
Level.
A sign, except a billboard, independently supported and visibly separated
from a building or other structure and permanently fixed to the ground.
Frontage:
The full length of a site measured alongside the road onto which the site
fronts.
Game Farm:
A fenced area for the purpose of management, control, and harvesting of
domestic game farm animals. Game farms are regulated by The Domestic
Game Farm Animal Regulations.
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Garage:
A building or part of a building used for or intended to be used for the
storage of motor vehicles and wherein neither servicing nor repairing of
such vehicles are carried on for remuneration.
Garden Suite:
A small independent building, physically separate from the principal
dwelling unit with which it is associated, which is used as a dwelling unit,
or for activities accessory to those permitted in the principal dwelling unit
such as home occupation and/or home based business.
Geotechnical
Assessment:
An assessment or estimation by a qualified expert of the Earth's
subsurface and the quality and/or quantity of environmentally mitigative
measures that would be necessary for development to occur.
Golf Course:
A public or private area operated for the purpose of playing golf, and
includes a par 3 golf course, club house and recreational facilities,
accessory driving ranges, and similar uses.
Greenhouse:
A building with glass or clear plastic walls and roof for the cultivation and
exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.
Gross Surface Area:
The area of the rectangle or square within which the face of a sign can be
completely contained, exclusive of any supporting structure or, where a
sign has more than one face or the face of the sign is not flat, the rectangle
within which the largest area of the face of the sign in profile can be
completely contained exclusive of any supporting structure.
Guest Cottage:
A detached accessory building to be used as summer sleeping
accommodation only and which is located on the same lot as the principal
dwelling.
Hall:
A building or part of a building, in which facilities are provided for such
purposes as meetings for civic, educational, political, religious, or social
purposes and may include a banquet hall, private club, or fraternal
organization.
Hamlet:
A small, rural, unincorporated community that includes a limited number
of land uses, typically single family dwellings and rural commercial, where
infill, minor expansion, and diversification of support services may occur.
Hazard Land:
Land which may be prone to flooding, slumping, landslides, or erosion or
any other instability, or is a flood way or watercourse.
Hazardous
Substance:
A substance that, because of its quality, concentration or physical,
chemical or infectious characteristics, either individually or in combination
with other substances on the site is an existing or potential threat to the
physical environment, to human health or to other living organisms.
Hazardous Uses:
A development which may generate any of the following characteristics:
a) Excessive noise, odour, dust, vibration;
b) Offensive emissions;
c) Involves dangerous or toxic materials, chemicals, and wastes;
d) Air, water, or soil pollution;
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e) Land use incompatibility;
f)
Reduced public safety, and may include auto-wrecking, fertilizer,
asphalt, chemical, and grain handling uses.
Height of the Sign:
The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to grade
level at the centre of the sign.
Heritage Property:
Archaeological objects, paleontological objects and any property that is of
interest for its historic, cultural, environmental, archaeological,
paleontological, aesthetic, or scientific value, or any site where any object
or property mentioned is or may reasonable be expected to be found, or as
otherwise defined in The Heritage Property Act and regulations.
Heritage Resource:
The history, culture and historical resources of an area or community.
Home Based
Business:
An accessory use carried on as a business conducted for gain in whole or in
part in a dwelling unit or an accessory building to a dwelling unit.
Home Occupation:
An accessory use carried on as an occupation conducted for gain in a
dwelling unit solely by the resident or residents.
Horticulture:
The culture or growing of garden plants. Horticulturists work in plant
propagation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant
biochemistry, plant physiology, and the storage, processing, and
transportation of fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs, and
turf.
Hotel/Motel:
A building or buildings or part thereof on the same site used to
accommodate the traveling public for gain or profit, by supplying them with
sleeping accommodation, with or without meals, including rooming houses.
Industrial Use:
The use of land, buildings, or structures for the manufacturing, assembling,
processing, fabrication, warehousing, or storage of goods and materials.
Institutional Use:
A use of land, buildings, or structures for a public or non-profit purpose and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may include such uses as
schools, places of worship, indoor recreation facilities, community centres,
and government buildings.
Intensive Agricultural
Operation:
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:
The operation or facilities for the permanent or temporary rearing(includes
wintering of animals), confinement or feeding of poultry, hogs, sheep, goats,
cattle, horses, bison, or domesticated game animals in such number that
the facility and portion of a site used for the operation will contain one
hundred (100) or more animal units and provides less than 370 quare
metres (4000ft2) of space for each animal unit contained therein(11 animal
units per acres)
Kennel:
A development used for the breeding, boarding, caring, or training of dogs.
Typical facilities include dog boarding and dog training establishments,
and animal rescue homes.
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Landfill:
A specially engineered site for disposing of solid waste on land, constructed
so that it will reduce hazard to public health and safety.
Landscaping:
The provision of horticultural and other related compatible features or
materials designed to enhance the visual amenity of a site or to provide a
visual screen consisting of any combination of the following elements:
-
Soft landscaping consisting of vegetation such as trees, shrubs,
vines, hedges, flowers, grass, and ground cover; and/or
-
Hard landscaping consisting of non-vegetative materials such as
concrete, unit pavers, brick pavers, or quarry tile, but does not
include gravel, shale, or asphalt.
Land Use Map:
A comprehensive document compiled by a local government that identifies
goals and strategies for future development or preservation of land. In its
projections, the map specifies certain areas for residential growth and
others for agriculture, industry, commercial, and conservation.
Land Use Zoning
District:
Divisions identified in the Zoning Bylaw establishing permitted and
discretionary uses of land or buildings with attendant regulations.
Legal Access:
A lot or parcel shall be considered as having legal access for the purposes of
development when the lot or parcel is adjacent to a municipally maintained
road, and meets the frontage requirements of appropriate Zoning District
hosting the development.
Livestock:
Domesticated animals used primarily as beasts of burden or for the
production of fur, hides, meat, milk, eggs, or other product, or as breeding
stock, but excluding companion animals.
Lot:
A parcel of land of a subdivision, the plan of which has been filed or
registered in the Land Titles Office.
Manufacturing
Establishment:
A firm or business engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation
of materials or substances into new products including the assembling of
components parts, the manufacturing of products and the blending of
materials.
Marina:
A building, structure or place containing docking facilities and located on a
waterway, where boats and boat accessories are stored, serviced, repaired or
kept for sale and where facilities for the sale of confectionary, and marine
fuels, lubricants and accessories may be provided.
Mineral Resource:
As defined under Provincial Legislation and Regulations.
Minimum Distance
Separation:
In respect to intensive livestock operations and heavy industrial land uses,
the minimum distance separation required in the Zoning Bylaw from non-
complementary uses.
Minister:
The Minister as defined in The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
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Mixed Use:
Mixed uses are where one or more compatible uses are on one site or
building. Or designated in a particular area, such as commercial and
residential mixed with recreation.
Mobile Home:
A trailer coach that may be used as a dwelling all year round; has water
faucets and shower or other bathing facilities that may be connected to a
water distribution system; and has facilities for washing and a water closet
or other similar facility that may be connected to a sewage system. CSA
Number Z240 MH.
Mobile Home Park:
A site under single management for the placement of two or more mobile
homes and shall include all accessory buildings necessary to the operation.
Modular Home (RTM):
A building that is manufactured in a factory as a whole or modular unit to
be used as one single dwelling unit and is certified by the manufacturer
that it complies with the Canadian Standards Association Standard No.
CSA-A277, and is placed on a permanent foundation.
Municipality:
The Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217.
Municipal Reserve:
Dedicated lands:
-
That are provided to a Municipality pursuant to clause 189(a) of The
Planning and Development Act, 2007 for public use; or
-
That were dedicated as public reserve and transferred to a
Municipality pursuant to SECTION 196, whether or not title to those
lands has been issued in the name of the Municipality.
Municipal Road:
A public road which is subject to the direction, control, and management of
the municipality, and includes an internal subdivision road.
Museum:
An institution that is established for the purpose of acquiring, conserving,
studying, interpreting, assembling, and exhibiting to the public for its
instruction and enjoyment, a collection of artifacts of historical interest.
Double - Wide Mobile Home
Modular (Manufactured) Home
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Natural Areas:
An area relatively undisturbed by human activities and characterized by
indigenous species including remnant or self-sustaining areas with native
vegetation, water, or natural features.
Natural Resources:
The renewable resources of Saskatchewan and includes:
a) Fish within the meaning of The Fisheries Act;
b) Wildlife within the meaning of The Wildlife Act, 1998;
c) Forest products within the meaning of The Forest Resources
Management Act;
d) Resource lands and provincial forest lands within the meaning of
The Resource Lands Regulations, 1989;
e) Ecological reserves within the meaning of The Ecological Reserves
Act; and
f)
Other living components of ecosystems within resource lands,
provincial forest lands, and other lands managed by the
department.
Non-Conforming
Building:
A building:
-
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; and
-
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:
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:
A lawful specific use:
-
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 permits have been issued, at the date a Zoning Bylaw or
any amendment to a Zoning Bylaw affecting the land or building
becomes effective; and
-
That on the date a Zoning Bylaw or any amendment to a 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.
Office or Office
Building:
A building or part of a building uses primarily for conducting the affairs of a
business, profession, service, industry, or government in which no goods or
commodities of business or trade are stored, trans-shipped, sold, or
processed.
Open Space:
Passive and structured leisure and recreation areas that enhance the
aesthetic quality and conserve the environment of the community. Urban
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and rural open space includes parks, recreation and tourism nodes, and
natural areas.
Outfitter Base Camp
Outfitting Equipment
Park Model
Trailer/Unit:
commercial recreation facility which provides outfitting services by a
licensed outfitter and which may include accommodation licensed under
The Public Accommodation Regulations, and the storage and provision of
related outfitting equipment, or the dressing, butchering, cleaning or
freezing of game or fish, as part of the service.
Equipment and supplies includes boats, canoes and other water vessels,
aircraft, vehicles, motors, fuel, fishing and hunting gear and any other
equipment for use in:
a) hunting, taking or catching wildlife; or
b) angling, taking or catching fish; or
c) eco-tourism, including the viewing and photographing of natural
areas, flora and fauna
A unit designed to facilitate occasional relocation, with living quarters for a
temporary or seasonal use; has water faucets and shower or other bathing
facilities that may be connected to a water distribution system; and has
facilities for washing and a water closet or other similar facility that may be
connected to a sewage system. It has a gross floor area not exceeding 50 m2
(540 ft2). CSA Number Z241.
Park Model Trailer 102
Park Model Recreational Unit
Parking:
An open area, other than a street, used for the temporary parking of more
than four vehicles and available for public use and the use of employees
working on, or from, the site.
Pasture:
A site that is used for the raising and feeding of livestock by grazing.
Permanent
Foundation:
The lower portion of a building; usually concrete, masonry, or an engineered
wood basement which renders the structure fixed and immobile.
Permitted Use:
The use of land, buildings, or other structures that shall be permitted in a
Zoning District where all requirements of this Zoning Bylaw are met.
Places of Worship:
A place used for worship and related religious, philanthropic, or social
activities and includes accessory rectories, manses, meeting rooms, and
other buildings. Typical uses include churches, chapels, mosques, temples,
synagogues, and parish halls.
Principle (building,
structure or use):
The main or primary activity, for which a site or its buildings are designed,
arranged, developed, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
Primary Access:
The principal means of vehicular entry to or from a site or building, but shall
not include a lane.
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Public Utility:
A system, work, plant, equipment, or service, (whether owned or operated by
the Municipality, or by a corporation under Federal or Provincial statute),
that furnishes any of the following services and facilities to, or for the use
of, the inhabitants of the Municipality:
a) Communication by way of telephone lines, optical cable, microwave,
and cable television services;
b) Delivery of water, natural gas, and electricity;
c) Public transportation by bus, rail, or other vehicle production,
transmission;
d) Collection and disposal of sewage, garbage, and other wastes; and
e) Fire and Police Services.
Public Utility (Linear):
Linear or private utilities including, but not limited to, roads,
communication lines, rail, power and natural gas lines, and similar linear
uses.
Public Utility
(Service):
Those non-linear utilities which may potentially conflict with other Land
uses, including, but not limited to, airports, microwave or communication
towers, wind towers, water reservoirs, sewage lagoons, landfills, gas
compressor stations, large electrical transformer stations and similar,
potentially conflicting service utilities.
Public Works:
A facility as defined under The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
Quarter SECTION:
64.8 hectares (160 acres) or a lesser amount that remains due to the original
township survey, road widening, road right-of-way or railway plans, drainage
ditch, pipeline or transmission line development, or other public utility; or
natural features such as water courses or water bodies.
Racetrack:
A place designed and equipped for the racing of motorized vehicles or
horses and includes facilities for administration and management of the
business.
Railway Freight
Yards:
The use of land, or building or structure or part thereof for activities directly
associated with the operation of a railway. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, such activities may include loading and off-loading freight,
and maintenance and repair of railway cars.
Ready-to-Move (RTM)
Dwelling:
A new single detached dwelling constructed off-site to National Building
Code or CSA-277 standards to be moved onto a new permanent residential
site building foundation.
Real Estate Signage:
Signage directly associated with the sale of property in which it is located
and which maintains a gross surface area of less than 1 square metre (10.76
square feet).
Redesignation:
Rezoning.
Recreational Use:
A public or private facility or amenity, a joint-use site or a park or
playground that serves the surrounding neighbourhood or community.
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Recreational
(Commercial):
A public or private facility or amenity, a joint-use site or a park or
playground the serves the surrounding neighbourhood with an intent to
produce financial gain.
Recreational Vehicle:
A vehicle used for personal pleasure or travels by an individual or a family
which may or may not be towed behind a principle vehicle. Notwithstanding
the generality of the above may include:
a) Motor homes
b) Camper Trailers
c) Boats
d) Snowmobiles
e) Motorcycles
Recycling and
Collection Depot
(commercial):
A building or series of buildings intended to accommodate the collection,
sorting, processing and temporary storage of recyclable materials including
the collection and storage of oil, solvents, or other hazardous materials,
processing of recyclable material other than compaction and
accommodates outdoor compaction or storage.
Reeve:
The Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Lipton No. 217.
Residence:
A single detached dwelling, mobile home or modular home.
Residential:
The use of land, buildings, or structures for human habitation.
Residential Care
Home:
A facility which:
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Provides meals, lodging, supervisory personal, or nursing care to
persons who reside therein for a period of not less than thirty days;
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Is duly licensed by the Province of Saskatchewan or certified as
approved by the Province of Saskatchewan under an Act which
provides for such licensing or certification; and
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May include only the principal residence of the operator or
administrator.
Residual Parcel:
The acreage remaining in agriculture resulting and independent of the
subdivision of an agricultural holding for non-agricultural purposes.
Restaurant:
A building or part of a building wherein food is prepared and offered for sale
to the public primarily for consumption within the building. However,
limited facilities may be permitted to provide for a take-out food function
provided such facility is clearly secondary to the primary restaurant use.
Right-of-Way:
The right of way is the land set aside for use as a roadway or utility corridor.
Rights of way are purchased prior to the construction of a new road or utility
line, and usually enough extra land is purchased for the purpose of
providing mitigative features. Sometimes, road rights of way are left vacant
after the initial roadway facility is constructed to allow for future expansion.
Riparian:
The areas adjacent to any streams, rivers, lakes, or wetlands.
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Salvage Yard
(Wrecking):
A parcel of land where second-hand, discarded, or scrap materials are
bought, sold, exchanged, stored, processed, or handled. Materials include
scrap iron, structural steel, rags, rubber tires, discarded goods, equipment,
appliances, or machinery. The term also includes a site for collection,
sorting, storing and processing of paper products, glass, plastics,
aluminum, or tin cans prior to shipment for remanufacture into new
materials.
Scale of
Development:
The total acreage intended to accommodate a country residential
subdivision.
School:
A body of pupils that is organized as a unit for educational purposes under
the jurisdiction of a board of education or of the Saskatchewan Ministry of
Education and that comprises one or more instructional groups or classes,
together with the principal and teaching staff and other employees
assigned to such body of pupils, and includes the land, buildings, or other
premises and permanent improvements used by and in connection with
that body of pupils.
Screening or
Screening Device:
The use of vegetation, berms, fences, walls, and similar structures to
visually shield, block, or obscure one development from another, or from the
public.
Secondary Suite:
An additional dwelling unit located within a principal single detached
dwelling.
Service Station:
A building or place used for, or intended to be developed primarily for
supplying vehicles with gasoline, diesel fuel, grease, tires, or other similar
items and for the repair, rental, greasing, washing, servicing, adjusting, or
equipping of automobiles or other motor vehicles, including painting, body
work, and major repairs.
Setback:
The distance required to obtain the front yard, rear yard, or side yard
provisions of this Bylaw.
Shipping Container:
A cargo container that is a prefabricated metal container or box
constructed for the transportation of goods by ship, train, or highway
tractor. (i.e. seacan)
Should, Shall or May:
Shall is an operative word which means the action is obligatory.
Should is an operative word which means that in order to achieve plan
objectives, it is strongly advised that the action be taken.
May is an operative word meaning a choice is available, with no particular
direction or guidance intended.
Sign:
A display board, screen, structure, or material having characters, letters, or
illustrations applied thereto or displayed thereon, in any manner not inside
a building and includes the posting or painting of an advertisement or
notice on a building or structure.
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Site:
An area of land, consisting of one or more lots consolidated under a single
certificate of title, considered as a unit devoted to a certain use or occupied
by a building or a permitted group of buildings, and the customary
accessories and open spaces belonging to the same.
Site Area:
The total horizontal area within the site lines of a site.
Site Line, Front or Site
Frontage:
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.
Site Line, Rear:
The boundary at the rear of the site and opposite the front site line.
Site Line, Side:
A site boundary other than a front or rear site line.
Site Triangle:
Small Wind Energy
System:
Means the triangular area formed, on corner sites, by the intersecting front
and side site lines at a street intersection and the straight line joining said
site lines.
Any wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine, a tower,
and associated control or conversion electronics, which has a rated
capacity of not more than 300 kW, and is intended to provide electrical
power for use on-site (either behind the metre or off-grid) and is not
intended or used to produce power for resale.
Sport Field:
An open space set aside for the playing of sports and may include benches
or bleachers for observers but where there is no charge made for spectators.
Structure:
Anything that is erected, built, or constructed of parts joined together and
supported by the soil or any other structure requiring a foundation to hold
it erect, but not including pavement, curbs, walks, or open air surfaced
areas.
Stakeholders:
Individuals, groups or organizations who have a specific interest or 'stake'
in a particular need, issue situation or project and may include members of
the local community (residents, businesses, workers, representatives such
as Councillors or politicians); community groups (services, interest groups,
cultural groups clubs, associations, churches, mosques, temples); or local,
state, and federal governments.
Stockyard:
An enclosed yard where livestock is kept temporarily.
Storey:
The space between the top of any floor and the top of the next floor above it
and if there is no floor above it, the portion between the top of the floor and
the ceiling above it.
Street (Road):
A site owned by the Provincial Crown which provides the principal legal
public vehicular access to abutting sites, but shall not include an
easement or lane.
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Structure:
A combination of materials constructed, located or erected for use,
occupancy ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface
of land and water.
Subdivision:
A division of land, and includes a division of a quarter SECTION into legal
subdivisions as described in the regulations made pursuant to The Land
Surveys Act, 2000.
Tavern:
An establishment, or portion thereof, where the primary business is the sale
of beverage alcohol for consumption on the premises, with or without food,
and where no live entertainment or dance floor is permitted. A brew pub
may be considered a tavern if beverage alcohol is manufactured and
consumed on site under a valid manufacturer's permit in accordance with
the Alcohol Control Regulations.
(Tele)Communication
Facility:
A structure situated on a non-residential site that is intended for
transmitting or receiving television, radio, or telephone communications,
excluding those used exclusively for dispatch communications.
Temporary Sign:
A sign which is not permanently installed or affixed in position, advertising
a product or activity on a limited basis.
Tower:
Any structure used for the transmission or reception of radio, television,
telecommunications, mechanical or electrical energy for industrial,
commercial, private or public uses, or for the storage of any substance of
liquid.
Tower Height:
The height above-ground of the fixed portion of the tower, excluding any
wind turbine and rotors.
Traffic Control
Signage:
A sign, signal, marking or any device placed or erected by the Municipality
or Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation.
Trailer Coach:
Any vehicle used or constructed in such a way as to enable it to be used as
a conveyance upon public streets or highways and includes a self-propelled
or non-self-propelled vehicle designed, constructed, or reconstructed in
such a manner as will permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling or
sleeping place for one or more persons notwithstanding that its running
gear is removed or that it is jacked up.
Trailer Court:
Any site on which two or more occupied trailer coaches are permitted to be
harboured, whether or not a charge is made or paid, and includes any
building or structure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of
such trailer court, but shall not include an industrial or construction camp,
or a mobile home park.
Trucking Firm
Establishment:
The use of land, buildings or structures for the purpose of storing, servicing,
repairing, or loading trucks, transport trailers and/or buses, but does not
include automobile service stations or transportation sales or rental
outlets.
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Use:
The purpose or activity for which any land, building, structure, or premises,
or part thereof is arranged, designed, or intended, or for which these may be
occupied or maintained.
Vacation Farm:
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:
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Rental accommodation in the farm dwelling or adjacent private
cabins comprising one or more rooms furnished in such a way to
enable the preparation of meals if full board is not provided;
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A tract of land on which one or more camping, tenting, or parking
sites is located, and the provision of electricity, potable water, and
toilet facilities to any of the persons, families, groups occupying
any of such sites.
Value-added:
The increase in value generated by a company or individual through the
additional processing or sale of raw materials along the production chain.
Veterinary Clinics:
A place for the care and treatment of small animals involving outpatient
care and medical procedures involving hospitalization, but shall not
include the keeping of animals in outdoor pens.
Warehouse:
A building used for the storage and distribution of wholesaling of goods
and materials.
Waste Disposal
Facility, Liquid:
A facility to accommodate any waste which contains animal, aggregate or
vegetable matter in solution or suspension, but does not include a septic
system for a single residence or farmstead, or a manure storage area for an
intensive livestock operation.
Waste Disposal
Facility, Solid:
A facility, 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.
Wholesale:
The sale of commodities to retailers and shall include the sale of
commodities for the purpose of carrying on any trade or business.
Waterbody:
Any location where water flows or is present, whether or not the flow or the
presence of water is continuous, intermittent or occurs only during a flood,
and includes but is not limited to, wetlands and aquifers.
Watercourse:
A river, stream, creek, gully, ravine, spring, coulee, valley floor, drainage
ditch, or any other channel having a bed and sides or banks in which water
flows either permanently or intermittently.
Watershed:
The land area from which surface runoff drains into a stream, channel, lake,
reservoir, or other body of water; also called a drainage basin.
Wetland:
Land having the water table at, near, or above the land surface or which is
saturated for a long enough period to promote wetland or aquatic processes
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as indicated by hydric soils, hydrophytes ("water loving") vegetation, and
various kinds of biological activity which are adapted to the wet
environment.
Wind Turbine/Wind
Power Unit:
A rotating machine which converts kinetic wind energy into mechanical
energy and then electrical energy primarily for private use.
Windmill:
A rotating machine which converts kinetic wind energy directly to
mechanical energy for traditional agricultural purposes such as pumping
water.
Wind Farm:
A group of wind turbines in the same location used for the production of
electric power. Individual turbines are generally interconnected with voltage
power collection and transmission systems.
Work Camp:
A temporary facility for the use of employees affiliated with a resource
based use where meals and overnight accommodations are typically
provided.
Yard:
The open, unoccupied space on a lot between the property line and the
nearest wall of a building and any part of a site unoccupied and
unobstructed by a principal building or structure, unless authorized in this
Bylaw.
Yard, Front:
That part of a site which 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:
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:
The minimum yard required by a provision of this Bylaw.
Yard, Side:
The part of a site which 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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