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THE RURAL MUNICIPLAITY OF SASMAN NO. 336
ZONING BYLAW No. 03/2017
Being Schedule "A" to Bylaw No. 03-2017 of the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336
Consolidated Versions including the following Amendments
Bylaw 05-2018
Bylaw 07-2018
Bylaw 06-2020
Bylaw 01-2022
Bylaw 12-2023
Bylaw 13-2022
Bylaw 14-2023
Bylaw 2025-02
This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and
the original bylaws should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law.
DATE: October 7, 2025
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
3. ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION ......................................................................................................................... 33
4.0 GENERAL REGULATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 46
6.0 ZONING DISTRICTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 82
7. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT (AR) ......................................................................................................................... 83
8. COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE DISTRICT (CR) .......................................................................................................... 94
HAMLET RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (H) ...................................................................................................................................... 100
SUMMER RESORT DISTRICT (SR) ............................................................................................................................................... 107
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (C/I) ......................................................................................................................... 115
FLOOD HAZARD OVERLAY (FH) .................................................................................................................................................. 122
ECOLOGICAL: SENSATIVE LANDS OVERLAY (ES) ................................................................................................................ 124
1. Introduction
1.1
AUTHORITY
Under the authority granted by The Planning and Development Act, 2007, the Reeve and
Council of the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 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 Rural
Municipality of Sasman No. 336.
1.3
Purpose
.1 The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate development and to control the use of
land in the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 in accordance with the RM of
Sasman Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2-2017.
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2. DEFINITIONS
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The intent of this Zoning Bylaw is to provide for the amenity of the area within the Rural
Municipality of Sasman No. 336 (hereinafter referred to as the Rural Municipality or
Municipality) and for the health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the
area:
a.
To minimize land use conflicts;
b. To establish minimum standards to maintain the amenity of the Rural
Municipality;
c.
To ensure development is consistent with the physical limitations of the land;
d. To restrict development that places undue demand on the Rural Municipality for
services; and
e.
To provide for land-use and development that is consistent with the goals and
objectives of the Rural Municipality.
1.3
SCOPE
This Bylaw applies to all land included within the boundaries of the Rural
Municipality of Sasman No. 336. All development within the limits of the Rural
Municipality shall hereafter conform to the provisions of this Bylaw.
1.4
SEVERABILTY
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.
Whenever the subsequent words or terms are used in the RM of Sasman Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2-2017
and this Bylaw, they shall have the following definition unless the context indicates otherwise.
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Abattoir (Slaughterhouse): A building for butchering. The abattoir houses facilities to
slaughter animals; dress, cut, and inspect meats; and refrigerate, cure, and manufacture
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.
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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 Sasman No. 336.
Aggregate Resource: Raw materials including sand, gravel, clay, earth, or mineralized rock
found on or under a 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 Holding: The basic unit of land considered capable of accommodating an
agricultural operation. For the purpose of this Bylaw, it shall comprise 64.80 hectares
(160 acres) or equivalent. Equivalent shall mean 64.80 hectares (160 acres) or such lesser
amount as remains in an agricultural holding because of the original township survey,
road widening, road right-of-way or railway plans, drainage ditch, pipeline or
transmission line development or government action, natural features such as water
courses or water bodies, or as a result of subdivision as permitted herein.
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.
Agriculture (Intensive): An agricultural production system characterized by high inputs
relative to land area enabling a substantial increase in production using methods geared
toward making use of economies of scale to produce the highest output at the lowest cost.
Agricultural Operation: An agricultural operation that is carried out on a farm, in the
expectation of gain or reward, including:
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. Producing eggs, milk, honey and other
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g. animal products;
h. Operating agricultural machinery and equipment, including irrigation pumps and noise-scare
devices;
i. Conducting any process necessary to prepare a farm product for distribution from the farm
gate;
j. Storing, handling and applying fertilizer,
k. manure, organic wastes, soil amendments and pesticides, including both ground and aerial
application;
l. Any other prescribed agricultural activity or
m. process as defined by Council from time to time.
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
i. distribution;
j. Bulk fuel plants;
k. Livestock holding stations;
l. Retail sales of the goods produced or stored as part of the dominant use on the site.
Agricultural Related Commercial Use: a service to the agricultural community such as grain
and seed cleaning and drying, fertilizer distribution, implement and machinery
assemblage, sale and service, veterinary clinics, hatcheries, apiaries, bulk fuel sales, stock
yards, feed mills, oil seed processing plants, and other similar uses.
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Agricultural Residence: A dwelling unit on an agricultural holding in the absence of subdivision
of where the residence remains directly appurtenant to the agricultural operation.
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
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vacation farms, farm zoos, gift shops, restaurants, art galleries and cultural entertainment
facilities.
All-Weather Road: an unpaved road constructed of a material and design that provides for
proper drainage in accordance with the Municipality's designated road design
specifications.
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.
Animal, Large: considered cattle, horses, native ungulates, and similar sized animals.
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Animal Unit (A.U.): The kind and number of animals calculated in accordance with the following
table:
Animal Type
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
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Lambs
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Goats etc.
All (including llamas, alpacas, etc)
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Cattle
Cows and bulls
1
Feeder cattle
1.5
Replacement heifers
2
Calves
4
Horses
Colts and ponies
2
Bison
Cows or Bulls
1.0
Calves
4.0
Other horses
1
Fallow Dear
Fallow deer
8.0
Fallow deer fawns
32.0
Domestic Indigenous
Elk
5.0
Elk calves
20.0
White tailed deer
8.0
White tailed deer fawns
32.0
Mule deer
8.0
Mule deer fawns
32.0
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.
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Attic: That portion of a building situated wholly or in part within the roof and which is less than
one-half story.
Auction Mart: 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.
Auto Wrecker: An area where motor vehicles are disassembled, dismantled or junked, or where
vehicles not in operable condition, or used parts of motor vehicles, are stored or sold to
the general public.
Awning: A structure that is mechanical and fabricated from plastic, canvas, or metal that is
spread across a frame designed to be attached to a wall and hung above a doorway or
window.
B
Bed and Breakfast: A dwelling unit, licensed as a tourist home under The Tourist
Accommodation Regulations, 1969, in which overnight accommodation within the
dwelling unit, along with one meal served before noon, is provided to the 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.
Boarding House: A development, which can usually be a private dwelling, where rooms are
rented out to individuals for either short or long term stay. A dwelling within the rooming
house may contain either a kitchen area or washroom facilities, though may not contain
both uses with the unit.
Buffer: A strip of land, vegetation, or land use that physically separates two or more different
land uses.
Building Bylaw: The Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 regulating the erection,
alteration, repair, occupancy or maintenance of buildings and structures.
Building Floor Area: mean the maximum habitable area contained within the outside walls of a
building, excluding in the case of a dwelling, any private garage, porch, veranda.
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Building Footprint, Residential: the sum of the dimensions of the outer walls of the main floor
area of the residential structure, and including, but not limited to, any private garage,
porch, veranda, sun lounge, and covered deck.
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Building Front Site Line: The line of the wall of the building, or any projecting portion of the
building, and production thereof excluding permitted obstructions which faces the front
site line.
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Building Site: the specific area on which the principal building is to be erected.
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Building, Residential: a single detached, semi-detached, duplex, Ready-to-Move home,
modular, manufactured, mobile home or park model dwelling unit, or other similar types
of buildings.
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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 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 Refer to Figure 1)
Building Permit: A permit, issued under the Building Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Sasman
No. 336 authorizing the construction of all or part of any building or structure.
Building Rear Site Line: The line of the wall of the building or any projecting portion of the
building and production thereof excluding permitted obstructions which faces the rear
site line.
Building Side Site Line: The line of the wall of the building, or any projecting portion of the
building and production thereof excluding permitted obstructions, which faces the side
site line.
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Bulk Fuel Sales and Storage: Lands, buildings, and structures for the storage and distribution
of fuels and oils including retail sales or key lock operations.
Bylaw: Means the Zoning Bylaw.
C
Campground, General: 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, though not including the use or mobile homes
or trailers on a permanent year-round basis.
Campground, Temporary (Itinerant Use Accommodation): An area of land with spaces or
lots available for recreational vehicles, intended to provide seasonal or short-term public
accommodation.
Canada Land Inventory (C.L.I.) Soil Class Rating System: Provides an indication of the
agricultural capability of land. The classes indicate the degree of limitation imposed by the
soil in its use for mechanized agriculture. The C.L.I. class for each parcel of land is
determined by the dominant C.L.I. class for the parcel, usually a quarter-section of land.
Soil classes range from 1 to 7, with Class 1 soils having no significant limitations and Class
7 having severe limitations in terms of its capacity for arable culture or permanent
pasture.
Prime Lands: Canada Land Inventory (C.L.I) Soil Class Rating System
Class 1 - Soils in this class have no significant limitations in use for crop production.
Class 2 -Soils in this class have moderate limitations that restrict the range of crops or require
moderate conservation practices. Class 3 -Soils in this class have moderately severe
limitations that reduce the choice of crops or require special conservation practices.
Marginal Lands: Canada Land Inventory (C.L.I) Soil Class Rating System
Class 4 - Soils in this class have severe limitations that restrict the choice of crops, or require
special conservation practices and very careful management, or both.
Class 5 - Soils in this class have very severe limitations that restrict their capability to producing
perennial forage crops, and improvement practices are feasible.
Class 6 - Soils in this class are unsuited for cultivation, but are capable of use for unimproved
permanent pasture.
Class 7 -Soils in this class have no capability for arable culture or permanent pasture.
Cardlock Operation: A petroleum dispensing outlet without full-time attendants.
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
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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, though
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 (i.e. housing) patterns.
Commercial: The use of land, buildings, or structures for the purpose of buying and selling
commodities, and supplying professional and personal services for compensation.
Commercial Indoor Storage: A building or series of buildings comprising of 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.
Community Facilities: 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: 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.
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.
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.
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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 Sasman No. 336.
Country Residence: A dwelling or site whose owner's principal source of household income in
derived from a source other than the principal agricultural use of that site
Country Residential Development: Is defined as 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.
Crematorium: A building fitted with the proper appliances for the purposes of the cremation of
human and animal remains and includes everything incidental or ancillary thereto.
D
Demolition Permit: A permit issued for the removal or dismantling of a building or structure
within the Rural Municipality of Sasman boundaries as prescribed under Section 13 of The
Uniform Building and Accessibility Standards Act.
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 of the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 shall be
the Development Officer responsible for the administration of this Zoning Bylaw, or such
other person as permitted within this Zoning Bylaw at the direction of Council.
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Developer: see applicant.
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Development Permit: A permit issued by the Administrator and/or Council of the Rural
Municipality of Sasman No. 336 that authorizes development, though does not include a
building permit.
Discretionary Use: A use of land or buildings or form of development that:
a.
Is prescribed as a discretionary use in the Zoning Bylaw; and
b.
Requires the approval of Council pursuant to Section 56 of The Planning and Development
Act, 2007.
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Dormitory: Sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential
quarters for large numbers of people.
Dwelling: A building or part of a building designed exclusively for residential occupancy.
Dwelling, Semi-Detached: means two dwelling units side by side in one building unit with a
common party wall which separates, without opening throughout the entire structure, the
two dwelling units.
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Dwelling, Single Detached: a detached building consisting of one dwelling unit as defined here;
and occupied or intended to be occupied as a permanent home or residence, but shall not
include a mobile home or trailer coach as defined in this section.
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Dwelling Group: two or more single detached, two-unit or multiple unit dwellings located on a
single parcel and does not include mobile homes. A dwelling group may be in any form of
tenancy including condominium or bare land condominium.
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Dwelling Unit: one or more habitable rooms constituting a self-contained unit and used or
intended to be used together for kitchen, washroom and sleeping facilities by one or more
persons, but does not include, boarding houses, rooming units, bunkhouses, or similar.
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E
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
metres (20 ft) 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.
Equestrian Facility: The use of lands, buildings, or structures for the boarding of horses, the
training of horses and riders, and the staging of equestrian events, though does not include
the racing of horses.
Estimated Peak Water Level (EPWL): means the water level calculated by the Water Security
Agency or other certified professional to determine a flood hazard area. It is based on the
1:500 peak flow for rivers and the higher of the 1:500 peak calm level or the 1:100 peak
calm level with a 1:5 wind from the most critical direction for most water bodies.
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Essential Yard Site Features: Features of an existing farmstead which are deemed necessary
for inclusion within a subdivision plan including, but not limited to, dugouts, shelterbelt
plantings, and water wells.
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Existing: In place, or taking place, on the date of the adoption of this Bylaw.
F
Farm Based Business: An occupation carried on by the operators of a farm, ancillary to the
principal use.
Farm Building: Improvements such as barns, granaries, etc., used in connection with the
growing and sale of trees, shrubs, and sod or the raising or production of crops, livestock,
or poultry or in connection with fur production or bee keeping and situated on a parcel of
land used for farm operation.
Farmstead/Farmyard: The buildings and adjacent essential grounds surrounding a farm.
Farm Dwelling (Accessory): An accessory dwelling on a farm that is intended to accommodate
farm workers.
Feedlot: an intensified method of growing beef cattle in a confined pen for the purpose of
harvesting rather than grazing or seasonal confinement of a breeding herd.
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Fill: Soil, rock, rubble, or other approved, non- polluting waste that is transported and placed 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 areas not ordinarily
covered by water.
Floodway: 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.
Floodproofed: A measure, or combination of structural and non-structural measures,
incorporated into the design of a structure which reduces or eliminates the risk offload
damage to a defined elevation.
Flood Fringe: The portion of the floodplain where the waters in the 1:500 year flood are
projected to be less than a depth of one metre or a velocity of one metre per second.
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Free Standing Sign: A sign, except a billboard, independently supported and visibly separated
from a building or other structure and permanently fixed to the ground.
Future Land Use Map: The Future Land Use Map is attached as an Appendix "A" in the RM of
Sasman Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2- 2017. In its projections, the map specifies
certain areas for residential growth and others for agriculture, industry, commercial, and
conservation.
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Game Farm: Land and facilities on which domestic game farm animals are held for commercial
purposes (See Harvest Preserve).
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.
Gas Bar: A building or place used for, or intended for the provision of gasoline or diesel fuel and
may or may not include a convenience store.
General Commercial: Those developments where activities and uses are primarily carried on
within an enclosed building intended to provide for the merchandising of refined goods
and services targeted for the travelling public and the surrounding community for
financial gain.
General Industry: Those developments where activities and uses are primarily carried on
within an enclosed building where no significant nuisance factor is created or apparent
outside an enclosed building. Developments of this type shall not pose, in the opinion of a
Development Officer, any significant risk of interfering with the amenity of adjacent sites
because of the nature of the site, materials or processes and shall include, though not be
limited to, the following activities:
a. The assembling of goods, products, or equipment;
b.
The limited processing of raw, value-added, or finished materials;
c.
The storage or transshipping of materials, goods and equipment;
d.
The training of personnel in general industrial operations.
It may include any indoor display, office, technical or administrative support areas or any sales
operation accessory to the general industrial uses.
General Industry Type II: Those developments in which all or a portion of the activities and
uses are carried on outdoors, without any significant nuisance or environmental factors
such as noise, appearance, or odour, extending beyond the boundaries of the site.
Developments of this type shall not pose, in the opinion of a Development Officer, any significant
risk of interfering with the amenity of adjacent sites because of the nature of the site,
materials, or processes and shall include, though not be limited to, the following activities:
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a.
Manufacturing, fabricating;
b.
Processing, assembly, finishing; production or packaging of materials, goods or products;
c.
The storage or transshipping of materials, goods and equipment;
d.
The cleaning, servicing, repairing or testing of materials, goods and equipment normally
associated with industrial or commercial businesses, or cleaning, servicing and repair
operations to goods and equipment associated with personal or household use, where
such operations have impacts that would make them incompatible in non-industrial
districts.
General Industry Type Ill (Exclusionary Uses): Refers to certain industrial activities that may
be characterized as exhibiting a high potential for adversely affecting the safety, use,
amenity, or enjoyment of adjacent and nearby industrial and non-industrial sites due to
their scale, appearance, noise, odour, emissions and hazard potential. Such activities are
considered exclusionary when the only means of mitigating the associated negative
effects on surrounding land uses is through spatial separation. Such uses would include,
but not be limited to, the following: Landfills, Waste Disposal Stations, Ethanol Plant,
Transformer Stations, Uranium Refiners, Anhydrous Ammonia Storage and Distribution
Centres.
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.
Greenhouse (Commercial): A greenhouse that includes a retail aspect catering to the general
horticultural needs of the general public for financial gain and includes outdoor storage of
landscaping supplies.
Greenways: A linear park which may accommodate pathways principally for foot traffic and/or
bicycles. Typically, greenways are planned along creeks, streams or rivers and managed
as natural environments, or bikeways along landscaped roads.
Green Space: Passive and structured leisure and recreation areas that enhance the aesthetic
quality and conserve the environment of the community. Urban and rural open space
includes parks, recreation and tourism nodes, and natural areas.
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
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of the face of the sign in profile can be completely contained exclusive of any supporting
structure.
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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.
Harvest Preserve: An area of deeded private land fenced for the purpose of management,
control, and harvesting of domestic game farm animals. Harvest preserves are regulated
by The Domestic Game Farm Animal Regulations.
Hazard Land: Land which may be prone to flooding, slumping, landslides or erosion, or any
other instability, or is a flood plain 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.
Height of the Sign: The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to grade
level at the centre of the sign.
Heritage Resource: The history, culture, and historical resources of an area or community.
Highway Sign Corridor: A strip of land parallel and adjacent to a Provincial highway, where
private signs may be permitted to advertise goods and services of local area businesses
and attractions, as provided by regulations of the Department of Highways entitled "The
Erection of Signs Adjacent to Provincial Highways Regulation, 1986", as may be amended
from time to time.
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.
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Incidental Signs: Are signs located on a development site which are intended for the direction
of control of traffic, pedestrians, or parking and which do not contain any advertising.
Industrial Park: An industrial park is an area of land set aside for industrial development.
Industrial parks are usually located close to transport facilities, especially where more
than one transport modality (inter-modal) coincides: highways, railroads, airports, and
navigable rivers.
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 Agriculture: An intensified system of tillage and animal husbandry from the
concentrated raising of crops or the concentrated rearing or keeping, on a continuous
basis, of livestock, poultry or other products for market and without restricting the
generality of the above includes:
a.
Feed lots;
b.
Livestock operation (hogs, chickens, etc.);
c.
Sod farms;
d.
Market gardens;
e.
Greenhouses; and
f.
Nurseries and other similar uses.
Intensive Livestock Operation: The confining of any of the following animals, where the space
per animal unit is less than 370 square metres (3983 ft):
a.
poultry;
b.
hogs;
C.
sheep;
d.
goats;.
e.
cattle;
f.
horses.
g.
any other prescribed animals.
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Kennel, Boarding: The temporary accommodation of dogs, cats, or other domestic animals for
commercial purposes.
Kennel, Breeding: The keeping of more than four dogs, cats, or other domestic animals, male
and female, and which are more than 12 months old, for breeding purposes.
Kennel, Enclosure: An accessory building or enclosure intended to house one or more domestic
animals.
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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:
a. Soft landscaping consisting of vegetation such as trees, shrubs, vines, hedges, flowers, grass
and ground cover; and/or
b. Hard landscaping consisting of non- vegetative materials such as concrete, unit pavers, brick
pavers or quarry tile, though does not include gravel, shale, or asphalt.
Landscaping Establishment: The yard of a landscaping 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.
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, though excluding
companion animals.
Lot: A parcel of land of a subdivision, the plan of which has been filed or registered at Information
Services Corporation (Land Titles Office).
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Manufacturing Establishment: A firm or business engaged in the mechanical or chemical
transformation of materials or substances into new products including the assembling of
component parts, the manufacturing of products and the blending of materials.
[Estimated] Minimum Recommended Building Elevation: an elevation a minimum of 0.5
metres above the EPWL which includes a necessary freeboard to adequately protect
development from potential flooding, damage, erosion, ice, etc. The Water Security
Agency usually recommends a freeboard of 0.5 metres for most situations and may be
increased to 0.6 metres where dykes are used for flood proofing, or 1.0 metres in lake or
river areas with greater uncertainty in estimating hydrological response. In some
instances, a minimum building elevation may be registered to title with development
standards as a condition of subdivision approval by the subdivision approving authority.
Also known as the Estimated Safe Building Elevation (SBE).
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Minimum Separation Distance: the specified minimum distance that prescribed land uses shall
be separated from each other to minimize land use conflicts. Land uses that generate
nuisance typically include industrial uses, waste disposal facilities, and intensive livestock
operations. Distances may be measured from the source of nuisance to the specific
receptor or from the property lines, depending on the type of development involved.
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Minister: The Minister as defined in The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
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.
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.
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Multi-Parcel Country Residential Development: Involves high density rural residential
development and may include cluster, multi- unit, linear developments or other suitable
design concepts along roadways where the essential land requirement is for a residential
building site and space, rather than for productive agricultural purposes.
Municipality: The Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336.
Municipal Reserve: Are dedicated lands:
a. That are provided to a municipality pursuant to clause 189(a) of The Planning and
Development Act, 2007 for public use; or
b. That were dedicated as public reserve and transferred to a municipality pursuant to section
196, whether or not title to those lands has issued in the name of the municipality.
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.
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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.
Natural Resource Extraction: The quarrying, processing, removal and sale of natural resources,
including sand, gravel, oil and gas, peat, metallic minerals, and other non-metallic
minerals.
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
a. 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.
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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:
a. Being made of land or a building or intended to be made of land or of a building lawfully under
construction, or with respect to which all required 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
b. 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.
Non-Farm Residential: A dwelling unit located in the AR -Agricultural Resource District that
has a separate title through subdivision and whose owner's principal source of household
income is derived from a source other than the principal agricultural use of that site.
Normally Accepted Agricultural Practices: A practice that is conducted in a prudent and roper
manner that is consistent with accepted customs and standards followed by similar
agricultural operations under similar circumstances, including the use of innovative
technology or advanced management practices in appropriate circumstances and is
conducted in conformity with any standards established pursuant to the regulations and
meets acceptable standards for establishment and expansion.
O
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, transshipped, sold, or processed.
Off-Premise Identification Signage: A sign that is located separate and apart from the land on
which the business or activity is located.
Oil and Gas-Related Commercial Uses: Shall mean a service to the oil and natural gas
extraction industry such as drilling and oil well servicing operations, hauling services and
storage facilities, and other similar uses.
Open Space: See Green Space.
P
Parking Lot: 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.
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Park Model Home: a dwelling unit, of a cottage style having a pitched roof, designed to facilitate
occasional relocation, with living quarters; has water faucets and shower or other bathing
facilities that maybe 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. Park Model Trailers must meet or exceed CSA - Z241 (or replacement thereof)
standards and bear a label of certification from the Canadian Standards Association and
is similar in form and construction to the following:
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Park Model Trailers: means a dwelling unit that cannot be licensed as an RV, has no brakes or
tail lights, is transported on a flat deck, or on skids or wheels. The park model trailer shall
be used as seasonal or permanent dwelling units and shall be certified by the
manufacturer that it complies with the Canadian Standards Association Code CAN/CSA-
Z241.
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Pasture: A site that is used for the raising and feeding of livestock by grazing.
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.
Permanent Foundation: any concrete pads, pilings made of any material, pony walls or other
support structures made of concrete, wood, steel or other metal, placed on or in the
ground where a building will be constructed or installed.
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Personal Service Trade (Establishment): a development used for the provision of personal
services to an individual which are related to the care and appearance of the body, or the
cleaning and repair of personal effects, including barbershops, hairdresser, beauty salons,
tanning salons, tailors, dressmakers, Laundromats, shoe repair shops, photographers, but
excluding any health, adult, or sexually explicit services.
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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.
Principal 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.
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
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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 Works: A facility as defined under The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
Q
Quarter Section: 64.8 ha (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.
R
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.
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 m2 (11 ft2).
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.
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, portable structure, trailer or watercraft that can be towed,
hauled, carried on a vehicle or trailer, or driven and which is designed to be sued for travel
or recreational purposes, included but not limited to: motor home, travel trailer, fifth
wheel trailer, tent trailer, truck camper, boat, canoe, kayak, snowmobile, all-terrain
vehicle, jet ski, or other similar vehicle, and excluding a trailer designed to carry the
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foregoing. Where the term is being employed: in reference to a principal residential use;
in relation to sleeping accommodations; or for use on a site that includes anything more
than placement, storage, or similar such arrangements, it shall refer to motorized or non-
motorized, towed, or hauled buildings or structures designed for seasonal or permanent
human habitation.
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 Sasman No. 336.
Residential: The use of land, buildings, or structures for human habitation.
Residual Parcel: The acreage remaining in agriculture resulting and independent of the
subdivision of an agricultural holding for non- agricultural purposes.
Residential Care Home: A facility which:
a. Provides meals, lodging, supervisory personal or nursing care to persons who reside therein
for a period of not less than thirty days; and
b. Is duly licensed by the Province of Saskatchewan or certified as approved by the Province of
Saskatchewan under an Ac which provides for such licensing or certification as the case
may be; and
c. May include only the principal residence of the operator or administrator.
Resource-Based Uses: Uses include:
a. Oil and gas wells and related facilities;
b. Oil and gas-related commercial uses;
Petroleum pipelines and related facilities; and,
c. Petroleum resource processing activities including oil and gas exploration, well drilling and
storage batteries.
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.
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Riparian: The areas adjacent to any streams, rivers, lakes, or wetlands.
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Rooming House: Rented residential premises where an individual shares a kitchen and
bathroom with others. A dwelling within the rooming house may contain either a kitchen
area or washroom facilities, though may not contain both uses with the unit.
RTM (Ready to Move) Home: A residential dwelling that is constructed off-site in a yard or
factory to National Building Code and transported as a single unit to a site for permanent
installation on a permanent foundation including a basement.
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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 multi-parcel country
residential subdivision.
Sea Container: (See Shipping Container).
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.
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.
Servicing Agreement: A legal contract that a municipal Council may require with a subdivision
applicant under Section 172 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007. With such an
agreement, Council accepts responsibility for maintaining services in a new subdivision
in exchange for the developer installing the services needed for the subdivision.
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Setback: The distance required to obtain the front yard, rear yard, or side yard provisions of this
Bylaw.
Should, Shall, or May:
Shall is an operative word which means the action is obligatory.
-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.
Shipping Container: An article of transportation equipment, including one that is carried on a
chassis, that is strong enough to be suitable for repeated use and is designed to facilitate
the transportation of goods by one or more means of transportation and includes, but is
not limited to, intermodal shipping containers, body of transport trailer or strait truck box
but does not include a motor vehicle.
Sight Triangle, Driveway: the area contained in the triangle formed by the intersection of the
edge of a driveway giving access to a street or lane and the property line and a straight
line drawn from a point 3.0 m from that intersection along the driveway within the
property to a similar point along the property line 3.0 m away from the driveway.
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Sight Triangle: the triangular area formed, on a corner sites,
by the intersecting front and side site lines at a street
intersection and the straight line joining said site lines at
points which are a measured distanced along said site
lines.
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Sign: Any device, letter, symbol, emblem or picture, that is affixed to or represented directly or
indirectly upon a building, structure, or a piece of land and that identifies or advertises
any object, product, place, activity, person, organization, or business in such a way as to
be visible to the public on any street, thoroughfare, or any other public place.
Sign, Billboard: A private free standing sign, including supporting structure, which advertises
goods, products, services, organizations, of facilities that are available from, located on, or
refer to, a site other than the site on which the sign is located.
Sign, Directional: Signage located off-site providing direction to and information about a
specific enterprise or activity which does not contain general advertising.
Signs, Traffic Control: A sign, signal, marking, or any device placed or erected by the
municipality or Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation.
Sign, Fascia: A sign fastened to, or painted on the wall of a building or structure in such a manner
that the wall becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the background surface of
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the sign and which does not project more than 0.5 metres (2 ft) from such building or
structure.
Sign, Freestanding: Sign, except a billboard, independently supported and visibly separated
from a building or other structure and permanently fixed to the ground.
Sign, Height: The vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to grade level at
the centre of the sign.
Sign, Off-Premises: A sign which contains any message chosen by a person other than the
person in control of the premises upon which the sign is located.
Sign, Projecting: A sign which is wholly or partially dependent upon a building for support and
which projects more than 0.5 metres (2 ft) from such building.
Sign, Temporary: A sign which is not permanently installed or affixed in position, advertising a
product or activity on a limited basis.
Site: one (1) or more contiguous surface parcels as defined under The Land Titles Act, 2000, and
used as a unit for regulations under this Bylaw, as well as the following:
(a) Shall be of the same title ownership to be considered as a unit; and,
(b) Shall not exceed two (2) adjacent parcels.
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Site Area: The total horizontal area within the site lines of a site.
Site Corner: A site at the intersection of two or more public streets, or upon two parts of the
same street, the adjacent sides of which street or streets (or, in the case of a curved corner,
the tangents at the street extremities of the side site lines) contain an angle of not more
than one hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees. In the case of a curved corner, the corner
of the site shall be that point on the street at the point of intersection of the said tangents.
Site Depth: The horizontal distance between the front site and rear site lines, but where the front
and rear site lines are not parallel the site depth is the length of a line joining the midpoint
of such site lines.
Site 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: Any boundary of a site.
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Site Width: The horizontal distance between the side boundaries of the site measured at a
distance from the front lot line equal to the minimum front yard required for the District
in which the site is located.
Sports 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.
Street: a public road or thoroughfare registered by plan of survey which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property, but shall not include an easement or lane.
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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 Councilors or
politicians); community groups (services, interest groups, cultural groups clubs,
associations, churches, mosques, temples); or local, Provincial, and Federal governments.
Stockyard: An enclosed yard where livestock is kept temporarily.
Subdivision: A division of land, and includes a division of a quarter sections into legal
subdivisions as described in the regulations made pursuant to The land Surveys Act, 2000.
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(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 Garage: A temporary prefabricated shelter constructed with a metal or plastic
frame and covered with a tarpaulin or other similar type of fabric or plastic covered used
primarily for the storage of vehicles or other equipment accessory to a residential use
only.
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.
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, though
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.
V
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:
a. 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;
b. 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.
Vertical Integration: The accommodation of multiple complimentary activities which could be
considered principal permitted uses under single or multiple ownership within one or
more buildings on a single parcel where these uses are considered to provide additional
processing and/or the sale of manufactured goods produced on-site.
Veterinary Clinics: A place for the care and treatment of small animals involving outpatient care
and medical procedures involving hospitalization, though shall not include the keeping of
animals in outdoor pens.
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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, though 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.
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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,
though 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.
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 as indicated by hydric
soils, hydrophytes ("water loving") vegetation, and various kinds of biological activity
which are adapted to the wet environment.
Wholesale: The sale of commodities to retailers or jobbers and shall include the sale of
commodities for the purpose of carrying on any trade or business.
Wind Energy Conversion System: A system composed of a wind turbine, tower and associated
control electronics with a capacity of less than 100 kW for non-residential use or 10 kW
for residential use. It will be considered an accessory use and is intended to provide on-
site power for a principal use.
Wind Energy Conversion System, Private Use: Means a system consisting of a wind turbine,
tower, and associated control or conversion electronics for the purpose of providing
electrical power to a lawful principal use. A system having a rated capacity of 10 kilowatts
(kW) or less for residential use or 100 kW or less for non-residential uses shall be
considered a private use system for the purposes of the regulations.
Wind Energy Facilities: Includes towers, generators (turbines) and all equipment, machinery
and structures used for the collection, conversion and transmission of wind energy to
electrical energy for industrial, commercial private or public uses.
Wind Turbine: The individual component of a wind energy conversion system that converts
kinetic energy from the wind into electrical energy, independent of the electrical
conductors, electrical storage system, electrical metering, or electrical inverters.
Wind Turbine, Electrical: An individual component of a wind energy conversion system which
converts kinetic wind energy to electrical energy through electric currents.
Wind Turbine, Mechanical: An individual component of a wind energy conversion system
which converts kinetic wind energy to mechanical energy through motion.
Wintering Site (or Temporary Livestock Confinement Area): a location where livestock are
confined seasonally for the purposes of sustaining a breeding herd or calving through
winter months when pasture is unavailable for grazing. Feeding cattle is not considered
temporary regardless of residence time.
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3. ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION
Work Camp: A temporary industrial or construction camp established for the purpose of
providing accommodation for employees, and without restricting the generality of the
above, the camp is usually made up of a number of mobile units, clustered in such a fashion
as to provide sleeping, eating and other basic living facilities.
Y
Yard: The open, unoccupied space on a lot between the property line and the nearest wall of a
building.
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.
3.1
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
.1
The Administrator of the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 shall be the
Development Officer responsible for the administration of this Bylaw and in their
absence by such other employee of the Municipality as Council designates from time
to time. Council or the Administrator may also appoint a Development Officer by
contract subject to the approval of Council to whom duties in the administration of
the Zoning Bylaw may be delegated.
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3.2
COUNCIL
.1
Council shall make all decisions regarding discretionary uses, development and
servicing agreements, and Zoning Bylaw amendments.
.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.
.3
Council shall act on discretionary uses, re-zoning and subdivision app li cations in
accordance with the procedures established by The Planning and Development Act,
2007 and in accordance with the Official Community Plan.
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3.3
APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
.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
A Development Permit shall not be issued for any use in contravention of any of the
provisions of this Bylaw, the Official Community Plan.
.3
REMOVED
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Except where a particular development is specifically exempted by Section 3.4 of this
Bylaw, no development or use shall commence without a Development Permit first
being obtained.
3.4
DEVELOPMENT NOT REQUIRING A PERMIT
The follow development does not require a development permit. Notwithstanding
any development permitting exemption, all development shall adhere to the
regulations, conditions, or standards prescribed in this bylaw and any other bylaw of
the municipality.
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Agricultural Zoning Districts
a. Accessory farm buildings or structures where applied to a principal agricultural
use within an appropriate Zoning District established by this Bylaw;
b. Accessory non-farm buildings or structures where applied to a principal
permitted use within an appropriate Zoning District established by this Bylaw;
c. 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
building permit issued for the project.
.2 Country Residential Zoning Districts
a. Buildings and structures, which are accessory to a principal, residential use except
where such dwelling is a discretionary use;
b. The erection of any fence, wall, gate, television antennae, or radio antennae;
c. Relocation of any residential or accessory building provided development
standards are still met on the site.
.3
Hamlet Residential and Summer Resort Zoning Districts
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a) Buildings, structures, and uses 9.29 m2 (100 ft2) and under, where accessory to a
principal use, excepting decks or where development is used for residential or
sleeping accommodation
.4
Commercial/Industrial Zoning Districts
a. Buildings and structures that are accessory to a permitted, principal, commercial
use, except where such use is discretionary;
b. The erection of any fence or gate;
c. A temporary building, the sole purpose of which is incidental to the erection or
alteration of a building for which a building permit has been granted.
.5
Official Uses
Uses and buildings undertaken, erected, or operated by the Rural Municipality of
Sasman No. 336.
.6
Internal Alterations Residential Buildings:
a.
Internal alterations to a residential building, provided that such alterations
do not result in a change of use or an increase in the number of dwelling
units within the building or on the site.
All Other Buildings:
a. Internal alterations and maintenance to other buildings, including mechanical or
electrical work, provided that the use, or intensity of use of the building, does not
change.
.7
Landscaping
Landscaped areas, driveways and parking lots, provided the natural or designed
drainage pattern of the site and adjacent sites are not adversely impacted.
3.5
INTERPRETATION
.1 Where any provision of this Bylaw appears unclear, Council shall make the
final Bylaw interpretation.
.2
All Bylaw requirements shall be based on the stated metric units. The imperial units
shown in this Bylaw shall be approximate guidelines only.
3.6
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
.1
A Comprehensive Development Review may be completed prior to consideration of
an application by Council by any person proposing to re-zone land for multi-parcel
(greater than 4) country residential, commercial, industrial, or intensive livestock
operation purposes. The purpose of this review is to identify and address social,
environmental, health and economic issues and to encourage the development of
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high quality residential, commercial, and industrial developments. The scope and
required detail of the Comprehensive Development Review will be based on the
scale and location of the proposed development, and address the following:
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 municipality;
e. Sustainable development and environmental management practices regarding
surface and groundwater resources, storm water management, flooding and
protection of significant natural areas;
f. Appropriate information specific to the particular land use (residential,
commercial or industrial).
.2
The Comprehensive Development Review must be prepared in accordance with the
overall goals and objectives of the RM of Sasman Official Community Plan. Council
shall not consider any development application until all required information has
been received. The responsibility for undertaking all technical investigations,
administrative reviews, and hosting public meetings as required shall be borne solely
by the applicant.
3.7
DEVELOPMNET PERMIT PROCEDURE
.1
Where an application for a Development Permit is made for a permitted or accessory
use in conformity with this Bylaw, The Planning and Development Act, 2007 and all
other municipal Bylaws, the Development Officer shall issue a Development Permit.
.2
As soon as an application has been made for a Development Permit and prior to
making a decision, the Development Officer may refer the application to whichever
government agencies, or interested groups Council may consider appropriate. The
Development Officer may also require the application to be reviewed by planning,
engineering, legal, or other professionals, with the cost of this review to be borne by
the applicant.
.3
A copy of all approved Development Permit applications, involving the installation of
water and sanitary services, shall be sent to the Health Authority.
.4
Upon approval of a permitted or accessory use, the Development Officer shall issue a
Development Permit for the use at the location and under such terms and
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development standards specified by the Official Community Plan, District Plan, and
this Bylaw.
.5
The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision of their application. The
applicant shall be advised of their right to appeal a decision to the Development
Appeals Board on a permitted or accessory use application and any terms and
conditions attached to an application.
.6
A Building Permit, where required, shall not be issued unless a Development Permit
has been issued, or is issued concurrently.
.7
A Development Permit is valid for a period of twelve (12) months unless otherwise
stipulated when the permit is issued.
.8
Where the Development Officer determines that a development is being carried out
in contravention of any condition of the Official Community Plan, the District Plan, 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.
.9
Where the municipality 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 municipality may reinstate the
Development Permit and notify the permit holder that the permit is valid and in force.
3.8 DISCRETIONARY USE APPLICATION PROCEDURE
.1
The following procedures 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 application and public hearing fees;
b. The application will be examined by the Development Officer for conformance with
the Official Community Plan, this Bylaw, and any other applicable policies and
regulations and shall advise the Council as soon as practical;
c. At least seven days before the application is to be considered by Council, the
Development Officer will give notice by regular mail that the application has been
filed to all assessed owners of property within 75 metres (246 ft) of the boundary of
the applicant's land and provide notification of an upcoming public hearing and an
opportunity for them to provide written comment on the proposal;
i) The radius shall be extended to 1.6 km (1 mile) where the proposed
discretionary use is for: intensive agriculture, livestock, commercial, industrial use;
resource-based uses; or any other use which has higher potential to create nuisance
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or land use incompatibility. The Development Officer may also extend any notification
along any haul route associated with an application, or schedule a public hearing prior
to Council's consideration of the use.
d. Council may refer the application to whichever government agencies or interested
groups including the District Planning Commission, as Council may consider
appropriate. Council also may require the application to be reviewed by planning,
engineering, legal, or other professionals, with the cost of this review to be borne by
the applicant;
e. Council shall consider the application together with the criteria of the discretionary
use contained in Section 5, and in the specific Zoning District and any written or verbal
submissions received by Council;
f. 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;
g. The applicant shall be notified of Council's decision by regular mail addressed to
the applicant at the address shown on the application form.
.2
Discretionary uses, discretionary forms of development, and associated accessory
uses shall conform to the development standards and applicable provisions of the
Zoning District in which they are located.
.3
The following criteria must be considered in the review of discretionary use
applications:
a. The proposal must be in conformance with all relevant sections of the RM of Sasman
Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw;
b. There must be a demand for the proposed use in the general area, and a supply of
land currently available in the area capable of accommodating the proposed use;
c. The proposal must be capable of being economically serviced including roadways,
water and sewer services, and other supportive utilities and community facilities; and
d. The proposal must 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.
.4
In approving a discretionary use application, Council may prescribe specific
development standards with respect to that use or form of development, provided
those standards are necessary to secure the following objectives:
a. The proposal, including the nature of the proposed site, the size, shape and
arrangement of buildings, and the placement and arrangement of lighting and signs,
must 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;
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b. The proposal must provide adequate access and circulation for the vehicle traffic
generated,
as well as providing an adequate supply of on-site parking and loading spaces;
c. The proposal must provide sufficient landscaping and screening, and, wherever
possible, shall preserve existing vegetation.
.5
Council may approve a discretionary use application for a limited time period where
it is considered important to monitor and re-evaluate the proposal and its
conformance with the provisions of this Bylaw.
.6
Upon approval of a discretionary use by resolution of Council, the Development
Officer shall issue a Development Permit for the discretionary use at the location and
under such terms and development standards specified by Council in its resolution.
.7
Council's approval of a discretionary use application is valid for a period of twelve
(12) months from the date of the approval. If the proposed use or proposed form of
development has not commenced within that time, the approval shall no longer be
valid. The Development Officer shall advise the applicant and Council when a prior
approval is no longer valid.
.8
The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision of their application. The
applicant shall be advised of their right to appeal any terms and conditions attached
to a discretionary use application to the Development Appeals Board.
3.9
REFUSAL OF DEVELOPMNET PERMIT APPLICATION
.1 An application for a Development Permit shall be refused if it does not comply
with all Zoning Bylaw requirements.
.2 The reasons for a Development Permit refusal shall be stated on the refused
Development Permit application.
.3 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 Planning and Development Act, 2007.
3.10
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION FEES
.1
Council may adopt a separate Planning and Development Fee Bylaw in accordance
with section 51 of the Act, prescribing a schedule of fees associated with this Bylaw,
as well as a description that sets out the rationale for said fees. Without limiting the
prescriptions of the Act, fees are applicable for matters development permitting,
minor variances, and planning bylaw amendments. Where a Planning and
Development Fee Bylaw has been adopted by Council, the specified fee(s) must be
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received with the application prior to the municipality commencing any review of the
application.
.2
Where detailed review costs are incurred by the municipality for matters relating to
the review, investigation and determination of suitability, public engagement,
approval of development, support of subdivision proposals, arrangements for
appropriate servicing, other bylaw matters, agreements or interest registrations, the
applicant shall be wholly responsible for said costs.
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3.13
CONCURRENT PROCESSING OF DEVELOPMNET PERMITS, BUILDING PERMITS,
AND BUSINESS LICENSES
.1
The Development Officer shall make available, in addition to plumbing permits and
plan information, a copy of all approved Development Permit applications involving
installation of water and sanitary services, should such information be requested by
Provincial officials under the Public Health Act and Regulations.
.2
The Development Officer, in conjunction with the Health Authority shall determine
the suitability of a parcel proposed for subdivision to accommodate a private sewage
treatment system with the subdivision review process. The review process indicates
the level of assessment required and upon this determination provides the submittal
requirements as well as identifies the qualifications required for the site assessor.
.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 municipality.
3.15
DEVELOPENT APPEALS BOARD
.1
Council shall appoint a Development Appeals Board consisting of three members, to
hear and determine appeals in accordance with Section 213 to 227 inclusive, of The
Planning and Development Act 2007.
.2
RIGHT OF APPEAL
a. In addition to any other right of appeal provided by The Planning and Development
Act, 2007, and any other Act, a person affected may appeal to the Board if there is:
i. Alleged misapplication of the Zoning Bylaw in the issuance of a development permit;
ii. A refusal to issue a development permit because it would contravene the Zoning
Bylaw;
iii. An issuance of a written order from the Development Officer.
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b. There is no appeal pursuant to 3.15.2.a.ii if a development permit was refused on
the basis that the use in the Zoning District for which the development permit was
sought:
i. Is not a permitted use or a permitted intensity of use;
ii. Is a discretionary use or discretionary use of intensity that has not been approved
by resolution by Council; or
iii. Is a prohibited use.
c. Appellants may appeal where they are of the opinion that development standards
prescribed by Council with respect to a discretionary use exceed those necessary to
secure the objectives of the Zoning Bylaw.
d. An appellant shall make the appeal pursuant to 3.15.2.a within 30 days after the
date of the decision.
e. The Development Officer shall make available to all interested persons copies of the
provisions of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, respecting decisions of the
Development Officer and right of appeal.
3.16
MINOR VARIANCES
.1
The Development Officer may vary the requirements of this Bylaw subject to the
following requirements:
a. A minor variance may be granted for the following only:
i. Minimum required distance of a building from a lot line; and
ii. The minimum required distance of a building from any other building on the lot.
.2
The maximum amount of a minor variance shall be 10% variation from the
requirements of this Bylaw.
.3
The development must conform to all other requirements of this Bylaw.
.4
The relaxation of the Bylaw requirement must not injuriously affect a neighbouring
property.
.5
No minor variance shall be granted for a discretionary use or form of development, or
in connection with an agreement to re-zone pursuant to Section 60 of The Planning
and Development Act, 2007.
.6
Minor variances shall be granted only in relation to residential properties.
.7
An application form for a minor variance shall be in a form prescribed by the
Development Officer and shall be accompanied by an application fee of $50.00.
.8
Upon receipt of a minor variance application the Development Officer may:
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a. Approve the minor variance;
b. Approve the minor variance and impose terms and conditions on the approval; or
c. Deny the minor variance.
.9
Terms and conditions imposed by the Development Officer shall be consistent with
the general development standards in this Bylaw.
.10
Where a minor variance is refused, the Development Officer shall notify the applicant
in writing, providing reasons for the refusal.
.11
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.
.12
A decision to approve a minor variance, with or without terms and conditions, does
not take effect:
a. In the case of a notice sent by regular mail, until 23 days from the date the notice
was mailed;
b. In the case of a notice that is delivered by personal service, until 20 days from the
date the notice was served.
.13
If an assessed owner of a property having an adjoining property with the applicants
land objects to the minor variance in writing to the Development Officer within the
prescribed 20 day time period, the approval is deemed to be revoked and the
Development Officer shall notify the applicant in writing:
a. Of the revocation of the approval; and
b. Of the applicant's right to appeal the revocation to the Development Appeals Board
within 30 days of receiving the notice.
.14
If an application for a minor variance is refused or approved with terms or conditions,
the applicant may appeal to the Development Appeals Board within 30 days of the
date of that decision.
.15
The Development Officer shall maintain a record of all minor variance applications.
3.17 NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS, USES AND SITES
.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 Planning and Development Act, 2007.
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.2
No enlargement, additions, or reconstruction of a non-conforming use, building, or
structure shall be undertaken, except in conformance with these provisions.
.3
No existing use, building, or structure shall be deemed to be non-conforming 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.
.4
Where a building has been erected on or before the effective date of this Bylaw on a
site having less than the minimum dimensions or area, or having less than the
minimum yards required by this Bylaw, the use may be continued and the building
may be enlarged, reconstructed, repaired, or renovated pursuant to the rights granted
by Section 91 to 93 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007. These rights are
subject to the following:
a. The enlargement, reconstruction, repair, or renovation does not further reduce the
required yards that do not conform to this Bylaw;
b. All other applicable provisions of this Bylaw are satisfied; and
c. Issuance of a development permit required by this Bylaw.
3.18
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT-INVALID
.1
A Development Permit shall be automatically invalid and development shall cease, as
the case may be:
a. If the development is not commenced within the period for which the Permit is
valid;
b. If the development is legally suspended, or discontinued, for a period of six or more
months, unless otherwise indicated by Council or the Development Officer;
c. When development is undertaken in contravention of this Bylaw, the Development
Permit and specified development standards.
3.19
CANCELLATION
.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.
3.20
STOP-WORK
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.1
The Development Officer may authorize action to stop any development which does
not conform to this Bylaw, a development or servicing agreement, a Development
Permit or condition, or an Interest Registered with ISC under this Bylaw.
3.21
BYLAW COMPLIANCE
.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.
3.22
REGISTERING INTERESTS
.1
As per Section 175 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007 the municipality may
register an interest based on a development levy agreement or servicing agreement
in the land registry against the affected title.
.2
On registration of an interest based on a development levy agreement or servicing
agreement, the rights and privileges in the development levy agreement:
a. Ensure to the benefit of the municipality; and
b. Run with the land and are binding on the registered owner of the land the registered
owner's heirs, executors, administrators, successor, and assigns.
3.23
MOVING OF BUILDINGS
.1
No building shall be moved within or into or out of the area covered by this Bylaw
without obtaining a Development Permit from the Development Officer, unless such
building is exempt under Section 3.4 of this Bylaw.
3.24
DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS
.1
The demolition of buildings is subject to Building Bylaw No. 200/07 for the Rural
Municipality of Sasman No. 336.
3.25
TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT PERMITS
.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.
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of land, or the erection or use of any
building or structure for a construction camp, work camp, tool shed, scaffold, or other
building or structure incidental to and necessary for construction work on the
premises, but only for so long as such the use, building, or structure is necessary for
such construction work as has not been finished or abandoned.
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.2
Except in the Agricultural District, buildings or structures shall not include a mobile
home or motor home as temporary uses.
3.26
DEVELOPMENT LEVY AGREEMENTS
.1
Council may pass a development levy bylaw pursuant to Section 169 to 170 of The
Planning and Development Act, 2007, to establish development levies to recover the
capital costs of services and facilities.
.2
As per Section 171 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007, if the Council deems
it is necessary to do so, the Council or Development Officer may require the
development permit applicant to enter into a development levy agreement with the
Municipality respecting the payment of the development levies.
3.27
SERVICING AGREEMENTS
.1
Where a development proposal involves subdivision, Council may require a developer
to enter into a servicing agreement to ensure appropriate servicing pursuant to The
Planning and Development Act, 2007. Council may direct the Administration to vary
the agreement on a case- by-case basis, or not require it.
.2
In accordance with The Planning and Development Act, 2007, the agreement may
provide for:
a. The undertaking and installation of storm sewers, sanitary sewers, drains, water
mains and laterals, hydrants, sidewalks, boulevards, curbs, gutters, street lights,
graded, graveled or paved streets and lanes, connections to existing services, area
grading and levelling of land, street name plates, connecting and boundary streets,
landscaping of parks and boulevards, public recreation facilities, or other works that
Council may require, including both on-site and off-site servicing;
b. The payment of fees that the Council may establish in whole or in part, for the
capital cost of providing, altering, expanding or upgrading sewage, water, drainage
and other utility services, public highway facilities or park and recreation space and
facilities located within or outside the proposed subdivision and that directly or
indirectly serve the proposed subdivision.
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4.0 GENERAL REGULATIONS
The following regulations shall apply to all Zoning Districts in this Bylaw.
4.1
LICENSES, PERMITS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER BYLAWS AND LEGISLATION
.1
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Bylaw shall be held to be the
minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general
welfare.
.2
Nothing in this Bylaw shall exempt any person from complying with the requirements of a
building regulation Bylaw or any other Bylaw in force within the Rural Municipality of Sasman
No. 336 or law within the Province of Saskatchewan or Canada; or from obtaining any license,
permission, permit, authority, or approval required by this or any other Bylaw of the Rural
Municipality of Sasman No. 336 or any law of the Province of Saskatchewan or Canada.
.3
Where requirements in this Bylaw conflict with those of any other Municipal, Provincial, or
Federal requirements, the Provincial and Federal regulations shall prevail.
4.2
PRINCIPAL USE ESTABLISHED
.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.
.2
Only one (1) principal building shall be permitted on any one site except for the following uses
which may have more than one principal building to accommodate the use:
a. Public utility uses;
b. A private institution;
c. A multi- parcel residential use;
d. An agricultural use;
e. Commercial or industrial uses;
f. Uses allowed in a contract zoning agreement.
.3
Temporary uses may be permitted on a site where a principal development already exists, at
Council' s discretion.
.4
Council may, at its discretion, issue a Development Permit for additional principal developments,
uses, or businesses in Commercial and Industrial Zones.
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.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 comp li ed
with, though no dwelling shall be located within 3.0 metres (approximately 10 ft) of any other
building on the site except to a building accessory to such dwelling.
4.3 USES PERMITTED IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS
.1
Critical wildlife conservation uses shall be a permitted use in all Zoning Districts.
.2
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of any land as a public street or public park.
.3
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the erection of any properly authorized traffic sign or signal,
or any sign or notice of any local or other government department or authority.
.4
Protective, emergency, municipal services and public works and facilities, except solid and liquid
waste disposal facilities, may be established in all Zoning Districts and shall be exempt from the
provisions of every Zoning District.
.5
Nothing in this Bylaw shall prevent the use of any land for the erection of buildings or structures,
or the installation of other facilities, essential to the operation of public works.
.6
Public utilities shall be exempt from the provisions of every Zoning District.
.7
Protective, emergency, municipal services, and other public works and facilities may be
established in all Zoning Districts.
4.4
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, USES, AND STRUCTURES
.1
Subject to all other requirements of this Bylaw, an accessory building, use, or structure is
permitted in any District when accessory to an established principal use which is permitted or
discretionary use in that same District, and for which a Development Permit has been issued.
.2
No accessory building may be constructed, erected, or moved on to any site prior to the time of
construction of the principal building to which it is accessory.
.3
Where a building on a site is attached to a principal building by a solid roof or by structural rafters,
and where the solid roof or rafters extend at least one third of the length of the building wall that
is common with the principal building, the building is deemed to be part of the principal building.
.4
Unless otherwise specified in this Bylaw, a residential use shall not be defined as an accessory
use. Accessory structures shall not be used as a dwelling unless approved as an additional
agricultural accessory dwelling, or supplementary sleeping accommodations where permitted in
this bylaw.
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Separate accessory buildings and structures:
a. Shall not be located in a front yard unless otherwise specifically stated in this Bylaw;
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c. Shall be located 6.0 metres (20 ft) from any site line which defines the bank of a waterbody or
watercourse unless a lesser setback is specified in a particular zoning district, or greater setback
is required to avoid development on hazard lands.
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4.5
RESTORATION TO A SAFE CONDITION
.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.
4.6
GRADING AND LEVELLING OF SITES
.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
.2
All excavations or filling shall be re-vegetated immediately after other construction activities
conclude, with a suitable ground cover as may be necessary to prevent erosion.
a. All vegetation and debris in an area to be re-graded or filled must be removed from the site
prior to site grading and leveling;
b. All topsoil from an area that is to be re-graded must be stripped, stockpiled, and replaced on
the re-graded area, or re-located to a site approved by the municipality.
.3
Every development shall be graded and levelled at the owner's expense to provide for adequate
surface drainage that does not adversely affect adjacent property, or the stability of the land.
.4
Council may require a Storm Water Management Plan to be submitted for all areas of the parcel
of land disturbed during or as a result of a development.
.5
Where excavation or filling is proposed for any development in a potential Flood Hazard Overlay
District, the municipality may request comments of the Water Security Agency prior to making a
decision on the Development Permit application.
4.7
HERITAGE PROPERTIES
.1
Provincial and Municipal heritage properties subject to preservation agreements are subject to
development review processes as defined by The Heritage Property Act. Provincial designations
are afforded special protection, and any alterations and development must be reviewed and
approved by the Heritage Programs of the Province of Saskatchewan
4.8
SIGNAGE ON NATURAL AND HUMAN HERITAGE SITES
.1
Small plaques, markers, and interpretations signs will be encouraged on properties that have
significant natural or human heritage resources, with the approval of the owner, and where the
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signage is appropriate in scale, design, and placement with the site and surrounding area, and
does not cause safety concerns or negatively impact the heritage value of the site.
4.9
SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT
.1
Where development is proposed in an area identified as containing critical wildlife habitat,
environmental or heritage sensitive areas, the Development Officer may require the applicant
provide additional information as required by The Wildlife Habitat Protection Act (WHPA) and
The Heritage Property Act or any other relevant Provincial Regulations.
.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
Council may specify development and subdivision requirements based on reports from qualified
consultants or officials from the Provincial government.
.4
All development and subdivision proposals on private and Crown Lands which are within a
Critical Wildlife Management Area shall conform to:
a. The Critical Wildlife Habitat Act (CWHA) requirements;
b. The Critical Wildlife Habitat Lands Disposition and Alteration Regulations requirements;
c. Council specified wildlife development, management, conservation, mitigative and
rehabilitation development standards to maximize long-term wildlife protection.
4.10 FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
.1
Notwithstanding the other provisions in this section, barbed wire fences shall be exempt from
the required yard setbacks of the Agricultural Resource Zone.
.2
No fence or screening device shall exceed 2.4 metres (8 ft) in height within a required side or rear
yard. No fence in a Commercial or Industrial Zoning District shall exceed 2.4 metres (8 ft).
.3
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.
.4
Screening devices shall not locate within a sight triangle as defined in this Bylaw.
.5
Screen fences shall be consistent and complement the quality of building design and materials of
the primary building.
4.11 BUILDING AND SITE MAINTENANCE
.1
All sites at all times shall be maintained clean and free from waste and debris.
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.2
For any non-residential use, Council may establish landscaping requirements for any permitted
or discretionary use or Development Permit to achieve maximum public safety, zero nuisance,
and environmental quality.
4.12 BUFFER STRIPS
.1
Buffer strips are intended to improve land use compatibility and environmental quality by
reducing noise, lighting glare and other nuisances, or facilitating natural drainage. Buffer strips,
where required to separate uses from adjacent properties may require a minimum 1.0 metre (3
ft) vegetative landscape buffer, unless a fence is required for other reasons.
.2
The Development Officer may require or approve screening for uses which involve the outdoor
storage of goods, machinery, vehicles, building materials, waste materials, or other similar uses.
.3
Council may establish specific landscaping requirements to include berms, natural vegetation,
planted vegetation, landscaping, trees, shrubs, fences, private signs, and similar amenities.
.4
Council may require all sites along major highways and associated service roads, which are
developed for non-agricultural purposes, to be landscaped in the front yard. The use of
landscaping may be required adjacent to exterior storage areas within industrial developments
to provide a natural screening of activities that are visible from public roads.
.5
The Development Officer may prescribe or approve screening for uses which involve the outdoor
storage of goods, machinery, vehicles, motor, building materials, waste materials and other
similar uses, or where other landscaping and screening requirements would be appropriate as
determined by the Development Officer.
.6
Country residential acreages shall be required to establish a shelterbelt, or vegetative landscape
buffer around the site use to reduce land erosion, potential conflicts with adjacent agricultural
operation, and to recognize the benefits of a windbreak.
.7
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.
4.13 DISPOSAL OF WASTES
.1
Subject to all Acts and Regulations pertaining in any way to the storage, handling, and disposal
of any waste material or used items, and except as permitted by these Acts and Regulations, no
liquid, solid, or gaseous wastes shall be allowed to be discharged into any stream, creek, river,
lake, pond, slough, intermittent drainage channel or other body of water, onto or beneath the
surface of any land, or into the air.
.2
No development or use of land which requires solid or liquid waste disposal facilities shall be
permitted unless those facilities are approved by Saskatchewan Health and the Water Security
Agency. Disposal of liquid, solid, or gaseous waste shall be governed by Acts administered by the
Ministries of Saskatchewan Agriculture, Saskatchewan Environment, Saskatchewan Health and
the Water Security Agency.
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.3
Storage Facilities:
a. New Facilities: All chemicals, substances 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 at a senior government's request.
4.14 KEEPING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
.1
The keeping of domestic animals is permitted in all Districts, subject to relevant Bylaws and
legislation governing noise and public health however, breeding kennels, and boarding kennels
are discretionary uses within select Zoning Districts.
4.15 MANURE DISPOSAL
.1
The use of agricultural land for the disposal and recycling of manure produced by an approved
intensive livestock operation is permitted subject to the following regulations:
a. Liquid manure shall spread by direct injection into the soil;
b. Solid manure shall be incorporated into the soil within 24 hours;
c. Manure (solid or liquid) shall not be spread on ground that is frozen or covered in frost or snow.
.2
Upon application to Council, or other procedures for disposal of manure may be approved where
the applicant establishes to the satisfaction of Council that the objectives of the Official
Community Plan and the District Plan will be achieved to a similar or better standard. Council
may specify a limited time during which the approval will be valid.
.3
Council may exempt in whole or in part an applicant from this section where each of the following
are true:
a. The manure to be spread comes from an intensive livestock operation (ILO) of less than 300
animal units;
b. The manure will be spread on land owned by the operator of the ILO;
c. Adverse weather conditions prevent the incorporation of manure in which case incorporation
of the spread manure may be delayed until weather conditions permit.
4.16 CLOSINGS
.1
In the event a dedicated street or lane shown on the Zoning District Map forming part of this
Bylaw is closed, the property formerly in such street or lane shall be included within the Zoning
District of the adjoining property on either side of such closed street or lane. If a closed street of
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lane is the boundary between two or more different Zoning Districts, the new district boundaries
shall be the former centre line of the closed street or lane.
4.17 ROADWAYS
.1
Council may establish regulations or other policies, apart from the Zoning Bylaw, to establish
standards for road construction. Road standards may be established to provide service to specific
forms of development.
.2
Council may require applicants and developers to pay for any or all costs associated with road
construction and short-term maintenance where the cost is directly associated with the
development or subdivision.
.3
Development adjacent to a Provincial highway shall meet all requirements of the Saskatchewan
Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure.
.4
Notwithstanding any regulations passed by the Province of Saskatchewan which apply to
highways, this Bylaw may establish a higher standard than those required by the Province for
developments adjacent to highways and intersections.
.5
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.
4.18 FRONTAGE AND ACCESS
.1
A Development Permit shall not be issued unless the site intended to be used, or upon which a
building or structure is to be erected, abuts, or has frontage on a graded all-weather registered
road, or unless satisfactory arrangements have been made with the municipality for the
improvement or building of a road.
.2
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
All site access from roads shall be to the satisfaction of Council with respect to location, design,
and construction standards. Council shall take into account the physical capability and safety of
the roads that are proposed to serve the development.
4.19 APPROACHES
.1
All approaches to public roads require the approval of the municipality. All approaches shall be
constructed in accordance with the engineering standards of the municipality.
.2
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.
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.3
Where an approach for a commercial, industrial, or residential lot within a multi-parcel country
residential subdivision accesses onto a paved road or highway, the approach shall be paved from
the edge of the road surface to 5.0 metres (16 ft) into the lot.
4.20 RAILWAY CROSSINGS AND SIGHT DISTANCES
.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 46.0 metres (151 ft) of the point
of intersection of the centre line of both the railway and street.
4.21 SIGHT TRIANGLE
.1
No building, structure, earth pile, or vegetation in any Zoning District shall obstruct the vision of
drivers within the sight line triangles shown in the following table.
.2
The sight line triangle area shall be calculated by connecting straight lines, which are measured
from the intersection of centerlines of the various types of roads and railways, to points
established along these centerlines, as indicated in the following:
Type of Road or Railway
Distance Along Centre line
Provincial Highways
230 metres (755 ft)
Municipal Grid Roads
80 metres (262 ft)
Railway Lines
80 metres (262 ft)
Hamlet and Local Access Streets
7.6 metres (25 ft)
Bylaw 06-2020
4.22 USES OR OBJECTS PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED IN YARDS
.1
No person shall allow a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle which has all or part of its super structure
removed, or a motor vehicle which is in a dilapidated or unsightly condition to remain or be
parked on any lot located within a Country Residential District or on land used primarily for
residential purposes. Refer to Section 4.23.
.2
No development or use of land which requires the disposal of solid waste, liquid waste, gaseous
waste or clean fill shall be permitted unless it has received all required Federal and Provincial
approvals.
.3
The storage of chemicals, fertilizers, and combustible materials are subject to the requirements
of both the Federal and Provincial governments. All necessary requirements and permits must be
met and obtained prior to issuance of a Development Permit.
.4
A Development Permit for residential, recreational, commercial or industrial buildings shall not
be permitted except in accordance with the recommended separation distances of The
Regulations Respecting Anhydrous Ammonia-Saskatchewan Regulations 361/77 which may be
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amended from time to time. Residences and buildings which are an integral part of the fertilizer
operation are not subject to the foregoing buffer requirement.
4.23 VEHICLE STORAGE
.1
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Bylaw, no person shall use any site in any District for
the parking or storage of any vehicle that is not in running order, except that not more than four
(4) such vehicles may be stored on any site in a Country Residential Acreage District and not more
than twelve (12) such vehicles shall be stored on any site in an Agricultural, Commercial or
Industrial District, except in the case of permitted vehicle storage establishments or auto
wreckers.
.2
Where any outside storage of vehicles is proposed, the site shall be kept in a tidy and neat manner.
The municipality may require that the outside storage of vehicles be screened from roadways or
neighbouring properties by landscape features or fences or a combination thereof. The screening,
where required, shall also include any individual parts of a vehicle and any equipment or
machinery involved with the storage of such vehicles.
4.24 TRAILERS, BOX CARS, SEA AND RAIL CONTAINERS
.1
No person shall park or store on any part of a site, any unlicensed rail or sea container, truck, bus
or coach body for the purpose of advertising or warehousing within any Zoning District.
4.25 GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT SIGN REGULATIONS
.1
A Development Permit is required for the erection, display, alteration, relocation, or replacement
of any temporary or permanent sign unless exempted as follows:
a. Regular maintenance including painting and repairs due to deterioration;
b. Municipal and Provincial agency signage;
c. Traffic control signage;
d. Incidental signs containing traffic and pedestrian controls;
e. Signage intended to regulate hunting or trespassing on private property;
f. Agriculturally related signage including herbicide, insecticide or seed advertising promotional
signage;
g. Real estate signage;
h. Residential name plates;
i. Works of art containing no advertising.
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.2
The following general regulations shall pertain to temporary and permanent signage in all Zoning
Districts unless otherwise stated:
a. All signs situated along a Provincial highway shall comply with Provincial highway regulations
as amended from time to time;
b. A sign which is made from part of or is attached to, a fence is prohibited;
c. Signs shall be constructed in a permanent manner, of materials suitable for the purpose and life
of the sign and shall be maintained and mounted in a condition that is safe, neat, clean and not
unsightly or dangerous;
d. Signs which are deemed to be in disrepair shall be properly maintained or removed at the
discretion of the municipality;
e. Signs or sign structures shall not be located where they may interfere with, distract from,
obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign, signal or device;
f. Signs shall not be located in such a manner as to impede the view of any pedestrian or vehicular
right of way, or railway crossing;
g. No intermittent flashing signs shall be permitted in any Zoning District;
h. No sign shall be illuminated unless the source of light is steady and suitably shielded to prevent
the creation of a hazardous situation related to pedestrian and vehicular traffic;
i. Freestanding electronic message signs which advertise off-site products and services may be
located on fairgrounds and on other lands in the AR District subject to the following:
i. No more than one (1) electronic variable message sign is permitted per site;
ii. The sign may not locate within 90.0 metres (295 ft) of any Residential District, the
height may not exceed 15.0 metres (49 ft) and the size of any single face area must not
exceed 38 m2 (409 ft 2).
j. Signs identifying multi-parcel country residential developments may be permitted;
k. No permanent sign shall be placed on or over public property unless specifically permitted
within this Bylaw;
I. Where a sign will be located adjacent to a Provincial highway, The Highways and Transportation
Act will govern placement requirements.
Signs along a Highway Sign Corridor
.3
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 there to, and subsection 4.27.2
shall not apply.
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Signs other than in a Highway Sign Corridor
.4
Any sign located in other than a highway sign corridor, may only advertise agricultural
commercial uses, or home-based businesses, the principal use of an adjoining site of the principal
products offered for sale on the adjoining site.
.5
Temporary signage may be placed in public right-of-ways for the purpose of advertising special
events and will be limited to the following:
a. The lesser of 12 hours prior to the start of the special event and 12 hours after conclusion or
for a continuous period of 72 hours for a private sale;
b. The lesser of 24 hours prior to the start of the special event and 24 after conclusion or for a
continuous period of 96 hours for a non-profit organization;
c. Signage will maintain a separation distance of 10 metres (33 ft) from another temporary or
permanent sign, 3 metres (10 ft) from a site access point and 10 metres from an intersection;
d. Signage shall not exceed 1 m 2 (11 ft') in gross surface area and 1.2 m (4 ft) in height;
e. Election signage is permitted as temporary signage and is permitted only if it is erected no
earlier than 30 days prior to the date of the election, by-election, referendum or plebiscite and
removed 24 hours following the close of voting stations.
4.26 LIGHTING
.1
All outdoor lighting for any development shall be located and arranged so that no direct rays of
light are directed at any adjoining properties, interfere with the use and enjoyment of
neighbouring lands, or interfere with the effectiveness of any traffic control devices or the
vision/safety of motorists.
.2
Appropriate lighting of commercial and industrial development shall be undertaken to provide
security and to add visual interest. Lighting standards and fixtures shall be of consistent design
and complimentary to the overall architecture.
.3
Public access areas shall be lit in keeping with the principals of Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design (CPTED) and require site lighting as is necessary to encourage pedestrian
safety and allow casual surveillance from adjacent buildings and roads of parking and walkways.
4.27 PARKING
.1
All required parking and loading facilities are intended for the purpose of accommodating the
vehicles of clients, customers, employees, members, residents, or visitors in connection with the
principal building or use for which the parking and loading facilities are provided. Parking and
loading facilities shall not be used for driveways, access or egress, commercial repair work,
display, sale or storage of goods of any kind.
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.2
Required parking and loading facilities shall provide for and include an adequate, safe and
convenient arrangement of vehicular points of ingress or egress, driveways, internal roadways,
aisles and ramps, unloading and loading of motor vehicles all in relation to buildings and entry
points to buildings on the site.
Figure 3. Parking Requirements
.3
Parking facility shall be located on the same site as the use for which it is intended. It shall be
developed such that:
a. It is reasonably accessible to the use and vehicles it is intended to serve;
b. It meets the satisfaction of the municipality regarding design;
c. It is appropriately landscaped to the satisfaction of the municipality;
d. All parking facilities shall be maintained to the satisfaction of the municipality by the owner of
the property;
e. Each parking space within a parking facility shall be a minimum of 2.5 metres (8 ft) wide and
6.0 metres (20 ft) in length except that parallel parking spaces shall be a minimum of 6.5 metres
(21 ft) long;
Institutional
uses
One (1) parking space for every 9 m2 (97 ft2) of gross floor area devoted to public
use, or one parking space for each six (6) seats provided for patrons and 1 space per
staff member.
Commercial
uses
One (1) parking space for every 18 m2 (194 ft2) of gross floor area; minimum five
(5) spaces.
Industrial
uses
One and one-half (11/2) parking spaces for every 90m2 (969 ft 2) of gross floor
area, but there shall not be less than one (1) parking space for every three (3)
employees.
Recreational
uses
One (1) parking space for every 18 m2 (149 ft2) of gross floor area; minimum
five (5) spaces.
Where the use does not include measurable floor space within an acceptable
principal building, parking requirements shall be determined by Council on a case
to case basis based upon projected peak use and typical use parking
requirements.
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f. Where two or more uses are permitted on any one site or where two or more uses are to share
common parking facilities, the off-street parking requirements for each use shall be calculated as
if each is a separate use and the total number of off-street parking spaces so calculated shall be
provided; and
g. One (1) barrier free parking space shall be provided for any required parking facility
accommodating between 4 and 100 parking spaces.
.4
Any parking facility shall be developed to the satisfaction of the municipality within one year of
the completion of the development for which the Development Permit was issued.
.5
When a building is enlarged or altered in such a manner as to cause an intensification or change
of use, provisions shall be made for additional parking spaces as required by the previous
subsection.
4.28
LOADING REQUIREMENTS
.1
Where the use of a building or site involves the receipt, distribution, or dispatch by vehicles of
materials, goods, or merchandise, adequate space for such vehicles to stand for loading and
unloading without restricting access to all parts of the site shall be provided on the site.
4.29
GROUNDWATER
.1
Subdivision approval recommendation or Development Permit approval shall not be issued if, in
the opinion of Council, the groundwater would be adversely affected with respect to the
following:
a. Municipal servicing and costs;
b. Existing and future groundwater requirements (based on a hydrological report from a qualified
professional consultant);
c. Potential contamination of the aquifer;
d. Quality of the water;
e. Quantity of the water;
f. The effects of the quantity and quality of water for adjacent developments;
g. The effects of development on any underlying aquifer formations
.2
council may seek the assistance of Saskatchewan Environment, the Water Security Agency, and
Saskatchewan Health or other relevant agencies in making an assessment of any geotechnical
information.
.3
Based upon a review of hydrogeological or geotechnical data, Council may determine whether
the proposed development would adversely affect the groundwater resource, the stability of the
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land or create prohibitive municipal servicing costs. Council shall make a recommendation for
subdivisions or development approval based on this determination.
4.30
AIR QUALITY
.1
No development shall cause or create air contaminants, odourous matter, visible emissions,
vapour and gases, particulate emissions, toxic or hazardous emissions or smoke, which would
exceed Federal, Provincial, or municipal requirements.
4.31
DEVELOPMNET ALONG PIPELINES AND GAS TRANSMISSION
.1
Any development involving pipeline and/or power line transmission right-of-ways shall be sited
to comply with all relevant Federal and Provincial legislation. Setbacks from pipelines and other
utility corridors shall be in accordance with appropriate Provincial Regulations or Acts and any
regulations or directives established by Crown Corporations. Refer to "Land Use Planning for
Pipelines publication by Canadian Standards Association (CSA) PLUS663", which may be
amended from time to time.
.2
Setbacks from pipelines, for buildings or structures, shall be 12.0 metres (39 ft) except for where
provisions have been made in the previous bylaw or in consultation with the operator of the
pipeline, a lesser separation may be allowed.
.3
The National Energy Board has designated a "no disturbance" review area of 30.0 metres (98 ft)
on either side of a pipeline in which, subject to exceptions for such things as normal agricultural
activities, anyone proposing to conduct a ground disturbance/excavation must:
a. 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 such regulations.
.4
The following figure provides the setbacks required by the Canadian Standards Association.
Source: Land Use Planning for Pipelines publication by Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
PLUS663.
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4.32
DEVELOPMENT ALONG CREEKBANKS AND HAZARD LANDS
.1
For the purpose of this Bylaw, the area considered to present potential erosion and/or slope
instability hazard includes, though is not limited to, the slopes of any tributary creeks and gullies
extending from the edge of the flood plain in a valley, to the ridge of the slope at the top, plus a
setback of 100.0 metres (328 ft).
.2
No new development shall 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
The top of a bank shall be that line where the gradient of the slope measured from the upland
leading down to the water body or watercourse first exceeds 20%.
.4
Development or subdivision proposed on or within 50.0 metres (164 ft) of the crest of a slope
greater than 15% shall require supporting evidence of slope stability by a professional engineer.
The engineering report will identify hazard mitigation measures including engineered works and
other measures deemed to be effective in eliminating or managing anticipated erosion and slope
stability impacts, and will identify and explain known and suspected residual hazards.
.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. If such an evaluation is not done, or having
been done, Council determines that excessive remedial or servicing measures are necessary to
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safely and efficiently accommodate the proposed development, Council shall not be required to
approve the application for development.
.6
The Development Officer may impose special conditions, such as though not limited to,
engineered footings, drainage and /or septic systems in an effort to protect against erosion
and/or stability of the bank.
.7
Trees or vegetation shall not be cleared from any land within 20.0 metres (66 ft) of any
watercourse, water body, escarpment, or of the crest of a slope greater than 15%, where the
removal could have a negative impact on the water body or bank stability.
.8
Unless a report by a registered professional engineer proves that it is safe to waive the building
setbacks, the following setbacks shall apply for all developments along a coulee, ravine, or valley
with or without a permanent watercourse. Council may require a surveyor to determine where
this line or crest of valley is located at the developer's expense and development will be set back
from that line at all points.
FIGURE 5: Minimum Building Setback from the top of a Bank
Vertical Depth of Coulee, Ravine, or Valley
Minimum Building or Structure Setback
from the Top of the Bank
Less than 3 metres (10 ft)
10 metres (33 ft)
Greater than 15 metres and less than 30 metres (98
ft)
15 metres (49 ft)
Greater than 30 metres
20 metres (66 ft)
4.33
CAUTIONARY FLOOD HAZARD LANDS
.1
Where a parcel of land borders on or contains a water body, the setback from the bank of the
water body shall be determined by the municipality and shall not be less than 30.0 metres (98 ft)
from a water body of a size of 8.0 hectares (20 acres) or more.
Bylaw 07-2018
.2
Potentially flood prone hazard areas are identified on the Zoning District Map. Any proposed
development within these areas are subject to the requirements of the Flood Hazard Overlay in
Section 12.
Bylaw 07-2018
4.34
OIL AND GAS WELL ACTIVITIES
.1
Exploration and development of oil and gas shall be subject to all federal and provincial
requirements, and such activity must comply with the objectives and policies outlined in the RM
of Sasman Official Community Plan.
.2
The municipality may apply special standards as outlined in The Municipalities Act, 2005, to
protect the municipal interest when transportation, utility and pipeline facilities cross Municipal
roads, or when seismic activity is proposed on roads or road allowance.
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.3
To minimize conflict between natural resource extraction, or oil and gas operations and
surrounding land uses, no development shall be approved within 125 metres (410 ft) of an
existing, proposed, abandoned, or reclaimed well or facility as defined by the Oil and Gas
Conservation Regulations, 2012.
.4
Permanent structures or other improvements (including all temporary structures) are to be
placed at a minimum of 45.7 metres (150 ft) from the centerline of the road and the road
allowance from a surveyed road and a minimum of 91.4 metres (300 ft) from the centre of the
road at intersections.
4.35
POTASH, FERTILIZER AND ETHANOL PLANT DEVELOPMENT
.1
Potash mining operations including, but not limited to, mine offices, maintenance and processing
building, head frames, wells, pipelines and storage facilities will be accommodated as a permitted
use. Fertilizer plants or the development of an ethanol plant, whether in association with potash
mining or fertilizer operations or as an independent operation, will be accommodated as a
permitted use.
.2
Other related processing and service related development (tailing ponds, tailing piles, etc.) will
be considered as accessory uses to mining operations and also accommodated as permitted use,
if such uses are already regulated by Provincial or National Departments or Agencies. Other
related processing and service related development which is not regulated by those Departments
or Agencies shall be accommodated as discretionary uses.
4.36
Permitted Yard Encroachments
Bylaw 01-2022
The following projections in required yards are permitted subject to the setback or construction
requirements of the Canadian National Building Code.
Bylaw 01-2022
a.
In any yard, the construction of wheelchair ramps to the main floor level, hand rails,
uncovered driveways or walkways.
Bylaw 01-2022
4.37
Move-In Residential Buildings
Bylaw 13-2022
a.
Applicants shall be required to submit photos showing the current condition of the
dwelling, including photos of all external walls.
Bylaw 13-2022
b. Council shall consider the feasibility of moving of the structure on to a site and the
potential impacts to roadways, vegetation , utilities, or distribution to existing
properties.
Bylaw 13-2022
c.
Applicants will be required to submit detailed plans and timing for the moving in of
structures. Where upgrades to infrastructure or relocation of utilities is required, the
responsibility for any associated costs will be the sole responsibility of the applicant.
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5 DISCRETIONARY USE STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT
5.1
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS
This Section addresses special provisions and specific development standards that apply to the
following developments. These standards apply in addition to any standards of the District. In
approving any discretionary use to minimize land use conflict, Council may prescribe specific
development standards or criteria related to:
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Site drainage for storm water;
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The location of buildings with respect to buildings on adjacent properties;
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Access to, number and location of parking and loading facilities;
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Appropriate space for vehicle movement in order to reduce disruption of traffic flows on
adjacent roadways;
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Control of noise, glare, dust, and odour;
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Landscaping, screening and fencing to buffer adjacent properties;
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The size, shape, and arrangement of buildings, and the placement and arrangement of
lighting and signs;
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Prescribed specified time limits for a use that is intended to be temporary or to allow
Council to monitor the impact of a use on surrounding development; and
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Intensity of use.
5.2
GENERAL DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA
Council will apply the following general criteria, and where applicable, the specific criteria found
in the respective Zoning District, in the assessment of the suitability of an application for a
discretionary use or discretionary form of development.
.1
The proposal must be in conformance with all relevant sections of the Official Community Plan
and must demonstrate that it will maintain the character, density, and purpose of the zoning
district, where necessary through the provision of buffer areas, separation and screening.
.2
The proposal must be capable of being economically serviced by community infrastructure
including roadways, water and sewer services, solid waste disposal, parks, schools, and other
utilizes and community facilities.
.3
The proposal must demonstrate that it is not 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.
.4
The proposal must provide sufficient landscaping and screening, and, wherever possible, shall
preserve existing vegetation.
.5
The proposal must demonstrate that any additional traffic generated by the use, can be
adequately provided for in the existing parking and access arrangements. Where this is not
possible further appropriate provisions shall be made so as to ensure no adverse parking or
access effects occur.
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.6
Consideration will be given to the presence of activities already located in the area and on the
site, and their effect on the surrounding residential environment, such as the cumulative effect of
locating an activity on a site adjacent to or already accommodating an activity that may currently
generate traffic, noise, etc. not in keeping with the character of the adjacent area.
.7
Consideration will be given to addressing pedestrian safety and convenience both within the site,
and in terms of the relationship to the road network in and around the adjoining area.
.8
All operations shall comply with all regulations of Saskatchewan Environment and Saskatchewan
Labour which govern their operation and development.
.9
Proposals for discretionary uses which may result in heavy truck traffic, particularly in
commercial and industrial districts, should be located to ensure that such traffic takes access to
or from major streets or designated truck routes.
5.3
HOME-BASED BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a Home-
Based Business or Occupation
.1
The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit as a private
residence.
.2
The use shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit or an accessory building to the
dwelling unit.
.3
There shall be no external advertising other than a sign of not more than 1.0 m2 (11 ft2) erected
in accordance with the Sign Regulations contained herein.
.4
In a Country Residential Acreage District there shall be no external storage of goods, materials,
or equipment associated with the applied use.
.5
The use shall not create or become a public nuisance.
.6
No use shall cause an increase in the demand placed on one or more utilities (water, sewer,
electricity, telephone, garbage, etc.) such that the combined total consumption for a dwelling and
its home-based business substantially exceeds the average for residences in the area.
.7
The use shall not generate substantially more traffic and parking than is normal for the district in
which the use is located.
.8
No use requiring electrical or mechanical equipment shall cause a substantial fire rating change
in the structure or the district in which the home-based business is located.
.9
The use shall be valid only for the period of time the property is occupied by the applicant for
such use.
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.10
All permits issued for home-based businesses or occupations shall be subject to the condition that
the Development Permit may be revoked at any time, if in the opinion of Council, the operation
has not met the regulations and standards applicable to home based businesses or occupations
contained in the Bylaw, or the special standards applied by Council at the time of approval.
.11
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
5.4
RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Residential Care Home:
.1
The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit as a private
residence.
.2
No building or structure used for the purpose of a residential care home shall be used for the
purpose of keeping boarders or lodgers.
.3
The use shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit and shall not have any exterior
evidence of a secondary use.
.4
There shall be no outside storage or exterior display of goods, materials, or equipment associated
with the applied use.
.5
The use shall not generate substantially more traffic and parking than is normal for the district in
which the use is located.
5.5
ACCESSORY AGRICULTURE RESIDENCE
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for an
Accessory Agriculture Residence:
.1
The Development Officer may issue a Development Permit for more than one (1) dwelling on a
parcel if it is an accessory agricultural residential dwelling to be occupied by a person or persons
who are engaged on a full-time basis for at least 6 months of each year in an agricultural
operation, or accessory to an approved discretionary use where applicable within a Zoning
District and the additional dwelling is located on a parcel containing a permitted agricultural
operation.
.2
A Development Permit for an accessory residence when accessory to an approved discretionary
use, and located on a parcel containing the agricultural operation, shall be considered at the
discretion of Council. If approved, the Development Permit shall be valid for a period up to five
years after which time the Council may at its discretion seek renewal of the permit on a five (5)-
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year basis provided that the dwelling complies with the provisions of this Bylaw. The applicant
shall be responsible to renew the permit every five years.
.3
Accessory dwellings shall only be located on sites where the accessory dwelling can be serviced
by existing utilities.
5.6
ARGICULTURAL TOURISM USES
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 Agricultural Tourism Use:
.1
Agricultural tourism uses shall be ancillary to an agricultural farm operation or rural residence.
.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.
.3
One sign located on site, advertising the agricultural tourism use is permitted subject to the Sign
Regulations contained herein.
.4
Agricultural tourism uses shall not:
a. Unduly interfere with the amenities or change the character of the neighbourhood;
b. Materially interfere with or affect the use and enjoyment of adjacent properties;
c. Adversely impact upon the environment; or
d. Results in excessive demand on municipal services, utilities or public roadways.
5.7
BED AND BREAKFAST HOMES
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a Bed
and Breakfast Homes:
.1
Bed and breakfast homes shall be located in a single detached dwelling used as the operator's
principal residence developed as either a farmstead site or country residential acreage.
.2
No more than three (3) guest rooms shall be allowed in a bed and breakfast home.
.3
Only one sign, not exceeding 1.5 m2 (16 ft2) advertising the vacation farm or bed and breakfast
home and located on site is permitted.
.4
The only meal to be provided to registered guests shall be breakfast. No food preparation or
cooking for guests shall be conducted within any bedroom made available for rent. All facilities
shall meet public health regulations and be kept in a manner satisfactory to the Health Authority.
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.5
The operation of the bed and breakfast home shall be subordinate and incidental to the principal
use of a single detached dwelling as an owner occupied residence. No one other than the occupant
and his/her immediate family members may be involved or employed in the operation of the bed
and breakfast home.
.6
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
5.8
GARDEN SUITES
A single Garden Suite may be placed in the back yard of a single-detached residential
development under the following conditions:
.1
There is no secondary suite in the primary residence.
.2
The garden suite dwelling unit is a temporary use and shall be permitted for a five-year term,
which may be renewed at Council's discretion. The landowner shall enter into an agreement that
the land shall not be considered for subdivision.
.3
The floor area of the garden suite dwelling shall not be less than 35 m2 (377 ft2) and not greater
than 90 m2 (969 ft2). The garden suite shall not be located on a permanent foundation to allow
the structure to be removed from the property when it is no longer required by a relative of the
permanent resident.
.4
The maximum height of the garden suite shall not exceed 5.0 metres (16 ft) from grade level and
shall have only one story.
.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.
.6
Residents of the garden suite must have access to the rear yard amenities.
.7
The combined site coverage of the single detached dwelling and garden suite dwelling shall not
exceed the maximum coverage permitted by this Zoning Bylaw, and the accessory dwelling shall
be placed so that all other setback requirement of the Zoning Bylaw are met.
.8
A parking space shall be provided on site for the resident(s) of the Garden Suite dwelling.
.9
There shall be direct and separate access to the garden suite dwelling by on-site driveway, or by
public roadway or alley.
5.9
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:
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.1
The maximum number of animals not normally attributed to the host site to be kept on-site shall
be at the discretion of Council.
.2
No building or exterior exercise area(s), to be used to accommodate the animals shall be allowed
within 300.0 metres (984 ft.) of any dwelling located on adjacent lots.
.3
All facilities, including buildings and exterior exercise areas, shall be sited behind the principal
building unless otherwise approved by Council.
.4
Pens, rooms, exercise runs, and holding stalls may be soundproofed to the satisfaction of Council.
.5
All dog facilities shall be visually screened from existing dwellings on adjoining lots.
.6
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.
.7
A boarding use shall at no time unduly interfere with the character of the neighbourhood or the
general enjoyment of adjoining sites.
.8
There shall be no external advertising other than a sign of not more than 1.0 m2 (11 ft2)
erected in accordance with the sign regulations contained herein.
.9
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
.10
Animal kennels shall be subject to relevant Bylaws and legislation governing noise and public
health.
.11
All permits issued shall be valid for a two (2) year period from the date of issuance and shall be
subject to cancellation by the municipality for due cause.
.12
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 municipality.
5.10
EQUESTRIAN FACILITY
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for an
Equestrian Facility:
.1
Shall be subordinate and incidental to the principal use of the site as an owner occupied
agricultural or country residence.
.2
The maximum number of animals not normally attributed to the host site to be kept on-site shall
be determined at the discretion of Council.
.3
An animal is kept, for purposes of this section, when it is on the site overnight.
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.4
The applicant may be required to submit a storm water management plan for all areas of the site
of land disturbed during or as a result of the development of the principal and supporting
facilities.
.5
The applicant may be required to submit a report to the Municipality identifying the potential
traffic resulting from the proposed development.
.6
The applicant may be required to contribute towards upgrading access roads if the municipal
roadway networks require upgrading because of the impact of the facility.
.7
Off-site parking shall not be allowed.
.8
Details concerning water supply and sewage disposal strategies shall be included with the
application.
.9
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
5.11
CAMPGROUDS, GENERAL
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a
General Campground:
.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. The addition or rearrangement of campsites, the
construction or moving of buildings, and the material change in use of portions of land, or the
filling or clearing of land shall require a Development Permit, and the operator shall submit for
approval an amended plan incorporating the development.
.2
A campground shall have within its boundaries a buffer area abutting the boundary of not less
than 4.5 metres (15 ft) which shall contain no buildings.
.3
The operator of a campground shall designate a campsite for each trailer coach or tent party,
which shall be less than 150 m2 (1615 ft 2) in area with its corners clearly marked.
.4
One sign located on site, advertising the campground is permitted subject to the sign regulations
contained herein.
.5
No portion of any campsite shall be located within a roadway or required buffer area.
.6
Each campsite shall have direct and convenient access to a developed roadway, which is not
located in any required buffer area.
.7
Each trailer coach shall be located at least 3.0 metres (10 ft) from any other trailer coach, and
each campsite shall have dimensions sufficient to allow such location of trailer coaches.
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.8
The space provided for roadways within a campground shall be at least 7.5 metres (25 ft) in
width. No portion of any campsite, other use, or structure shall be located in any roadway.
.9
A campground may include as accessory uses, a laundromat or confectionary designed to meet
the needs of the occupants of the campsites, and one single detached dwelling for the
accommodation of the operator.
.10
The Public Health Act shall be complied with in respect to all operations and development of the
campground.
5.12
CAMPGROUNDS, TEMPORARY (ITINERNAT USE ACCOMMODATION):
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Temporary Campground:
.1
A Development Permit may be issued for up to 1 (one) year, at which time an application must be
made for the continuance of the use for 1 (one) additional year, after which time a new
Development Permit approval is required.
.2
A temporary campground is an accessory use to agriculture and the single-family residence
located on the farmstead (if applicable). The use of abandoned farm sites will be considered on a
case-by-case basis at Council's discretion.
.3
Each temporary campground shall contain a maximum of6 units, with additional units at
Council's discretion. One temporary campground is permitted on one quarter section.
.4
The temporary campground shall have no negative impact on adjacent residents and be
appropriately separated and buffered from adjacent land uses.
.5
The temporary campground must provide adequate parking on site for private vehicles.
.6
Temporary campgrounds must comply with The Public Health Act and all other applicable
Provincial standards and regulations.
.7
Temporary campgrounds are subject to approval, licensing and inspection under The Public
Accommodation Regulations and the Provincial Itinerant Use Accommodation Standards.
.8
Applications for temporary campgrounds must include:
a. Site plan showing the location, dimensions and pertinent details for:
i. Campsites, including the type of utility services provided to each site;
ii. Location of any proposed washrooms;
iii. Existing and proposed buildings (including finishing materials for floors, walls and ceilings,
and number and type of plumbing fixtures for proposed buildings);
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iv. Adjacent land uses;
v. The required 4.5 m (15 ft) minimum buffer area;
vi. Access roads and on-site roads;
vii. Garbage collection facilities.
.2 Details of water supply and sewage disposal:
i. Water-Source, protection from contamination, treatment methods to be used, results of water
quality testing done;
ii. Sewage Disposal- Proposed sewage disposal method, the expected daily volume of sewage, the
size and location of holding tanks and confirmation that the proposed disposal location receiving
effluent from the tanks will accept the sewage;
iii. Any other details required by a public health officer.
.3 Proof that any public water system and onsite sewage disposal system have been evaluated
and approved by the Health Authority. Water and waste disposal shall meet all regulatory
requirements.
5.13 TEMPORARY WORK CAMPS
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for
Temporary Work Camps:
.1
Temporary work camps are an accessory use to an industrial or resource development.
.2
A Development Permit for a work camp may be issued for up to 1 (one) year, at which time an
application must be made for the continuance of the use for 1 (one) additional year, after which
time a new Development Permit approval is required .
.3
An application for a Development Permit must provide the following information and a Concept
Plan for the development:
a. The location, type, and purpose of the camp;
b. Adjacent land uses;
c. The method of supplying water and sewage and waste disposal to the camp. The proposed
method of sewage disposal must comply with the Saskatchewan Onsite Waste Water Disposal
Guide and in accordance with the Saskatchewan Public Health Act;
d. The number of persons proposed to live in the camp;
e. The method of providing garbage disposal and pest control in the camp;
f. The start date for development, date of occupancy by residents, and removal day for the camp.
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.4
A temporary work camp for accommodation purposes must be:
a. Linked to a specific project for which a valid and current Development Permit has been issued
and can only accommodate workers for this project;
b. Accommodate a minimum of twenty {20) persons and a maximum of three-hundred (300)
persons;
c. Secured by the installation of appropriate fencing around the project accommodation and on-
site security staff;
d. Provide adequate on-site parking for private vehicles; and
e. Separated (buffered) from adjacent land uses.
.5
The final review of an application 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 municipality.
.6
The work camp buildings and structures must be removed from site when the project is
completed.
.7
The Development must post a Performance Bond sufficient to remove and/or reclaim the site to
ensure that:
a. The work camp accommodation remains on-site after the project is either completed or if work
has stopped to the extent that the need for the camp no longer exists; or
b. To reclaim the site is needed after the work camp has been removed from the site.
5.14
SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a Solid
or Liquid Waste Disposal Facility:
.1
Development and site maintenance shall be in accordance with Provincial environmental and
health regulations.
.2
Any solid waste disposal facility shall be located 457.0 metres (1499 ft) from any residence unless
relaxation of this requirement is agreed to by affected parties.
.3
A buffer strip containing trees, shrubs, or a berm shall be located surrounding a disposal area.
.4
Any solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall be fenced.
.5
Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent pollution of ground water by disposal operations.
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.6
Solid waste disposal facilities shall be located in proximity to a Provincial highway and adjacent
to an all-weather road.
.7
The development of any new disposal sites shall take into consideration direction of prevailing
winds.
.8
Council shall place any additional conditions for approval deemed necessary based upon a
specific application.
.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
municipality;
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.
.10
The above 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.
5.15
SALVAGE YARDS (AUTO WRECKERS)
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Salvage Yard/Auto Wrecker or similar operation:
.1
This includes salvage yards, auto wreckers, auto repair shops, body shops and similar uses, all
salvage vehicles and materials, vehicles waiting repair, salvage or removal and similar uses.
.2
No vehicles or parts thereof shall be located in the front yard.
.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 careful location;
b. Natural or planted vegetation;
c. An earth berm;
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d. An opaque fence;
e. A building;
f. Other appropriate methods approved by Council.
.4
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.
.5
A Performance Bond may be required by Council to ensure the proposal meets the development
standards.
5.16
ABOVE GROUND FUEL STORAGE TANKS
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Sections 3 and 5.2 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications
for an Above Ground Fuel Storage Tank:
.1
Above ground fuel storage tanks which meet the standards of the National Fire Code and which
have a maximum capacity of 50,000 liters may be permitted in association with service stations,
gas bars and other permitted industrial or commercial uses where the dispensing of fuel to
vehicles is a standard aspect of the use.
.2
The total storage capacity for above-ground fuel storage tanks on any single service station or gas
bar site shall not exceed:
a. 150,000 liters for flammable liquids (gasoline);
b. 100,000 liters for combustible liquids (diesel fuel); and
c. 100,000 liters of propane.
.3
Above ground fuel storage tanks shall be:
a. For uses other than service stations and gas bars, located at least 3.0 metres (10 ft) from any
property line or building, the 3.0 metre (10 ft) separation distance may be reduced to 1.0 metre
(3 ft) for tanks with a capacity of 5,000 liters or less;
b. For service stations and gas bars, located at least 6.0 metres (20 ft) from any property line or
building;
c. Separated from each other and be accessible for firefighting purposes to the satisfaction of the
Development Officer; and
d. At least 15 metres (49 ft) from the boundary of any site within a Residential District.
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.4
For uses other than service stations and gas bars, the dispensing equipment associated with
above ground fuel storage tanks shall be located at least 3.0 metres (10 ft) from any property line,
at least 7.5 metres (25 ft) from any open flame or other ignition source, and at least 4.5 metres
(15 ft) from any door or window.
.5
For service stations and gas bars, the dispensing equipment associated with above ground fuel
storage tanks shall be located at least 6.0 metres (20 ft) from any property line, at least 7.5 metres
(25 ft) from any open flame or other ignition source, and at least 4.5 metres (15 ft) from any door
or window.
.6
Above ground fuel storage tanks shall be protected from vehicles with suitable posts, guardrails
or other similar means.
.7
At service stations and gas bars, above ground fuel storage tanks which are located in view of a
front or flanking street shall be landscaped or screened to the satisfaction of the Development
Officer.
.8
The maximum height of an above ground fuel storage tank shall be limited to the maximum
permitted height of a free-standing sign in the Zoning District.
a. Painted lettering or other forms of signage may be located on above ground fuel storage tanks
subject to the sign regulations in the Zoning District.
5.17
HARVEST PRESERVES
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a
Harvest Preserve:
.1
Shall be ancillary to an agricultural farm operation or rural residence.
.2
Shall be located a minimum of 1.6 kilometres from any other residential site.
.3
Shall comply with all Federal and Provincial legislation and regulation.
.4
Shall comply with the Agricultural Tourism Development requirements in Section 5.6.
.5
Council may apply special standards as a condition of discretionary approval limiting the size of
operation, buildings used for the operation, and any other measures deemed necessary.
5.18
WIND ENERGY FACILITIES
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Section 3 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications for a Wind
Energy Facility:
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.1
All buildings and structures shall be set back at least 90.0 metres (295 ft) from an intersection of
any municipal road allowance, or Provincial highway or such greater distance as required by the
Department of Highways.
.2
The setback related to municipal road allowances and the wind energy generator (turbine) shall
be no less than the length of the blade plus 10.0 metres (33 ft).
.3
The minimum site size for the allowance of any wind energy facility shall be 2.0 hectares (5 acres).
.4
The setback from the property line of a non-participating landowner to a wind energy generator
(turbine) shall be no less than the length of the blade plus 10.0 metres (33 ft), or a minimum of
38.0 metres (125 ft), unless otherwise agreed to by the landowner, developer, and the
municipality.
.5
The separation distance from an agricultural, or country residence to a wind energy generator
(turbine) shall be a minimum distance of 550 metres (1804 ft).
.6
The maximum total tower height shall be:
.1 6.0 metres (20 ft) above grade level in a Country Residential Acreage District;
.2 45.0 metres (148 ft) above grade level in the Agricultural or Industrial Zoning District
.7
Approaches for access roads to the wind energy facilities must be perpendicular to established
road allowances.
.8
All infrastructure, roads, and accesses required to facilitate the implementation of the wind
energy facilities shall be proposed by the developer as part of the Development Permit
application.
.9
Any proposed development within a municipal road allowance, i.e. underground lines or
overhead poles/lines, must be proposed by the developer as part of the Development Permit
application.
.10
The developer is required to enter into a road use agreement with the municipality for the
construction period to ensure roads are maintained in condition agreeable by both parties.
.11
The wind energy generator (turbine) shall have no restrictions on colour or height.
.12
Substations are required to be fenced. All wind energy facilities shall be enclosed within a locked
protective chain link fence of a minimum height of 1.85 metres (6 ft) and the design shall be
included in the Development Permit application.
.13
Development and Building Permit applications for wind energy facilities shall include either a
manufacturer's engineering certificate of structural safety or certification of structural safety via
a Saskatchewan professional engineer.
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.14
Sites having potentially dangerous or hazardous developments shall have visible signs stating
any potential dangers. No hazardous waste shall be stored on the site.
.15
Council, at its discretion, may seek approval of this development from both internal and external
referral agencies.
5.19
AGGREGATE EXTRACTION
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Sections 3 and 5.2 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications
for an Aggregate Extraction activity.
.1
For the purpose of this section, Aggregate Extraction shall mean, excavation other than for
construction, building or for purposes of creating an artificial body of water, including though not
limited to, sand and gravel mining, topsoil stripping.
.2
An application proposing a new aggregate extraction use or an expansion to an existing aggregate
extraction operation shall be a temporary and discretionary use and shall adhere to all
appropriate Provincial and Federal regulations.
.3
In reviewing applications for aggregate resource extraction operations the environmental
implications of the operation including plans for site restoration shall be considered.
.4
The applicant shall submit plans and a narrative including:
a. The location and area of the site where the excavation is to take place;
b. The expected life of the deposit if applicable;
c. The type and dimensions including average depth of the proposed excavation, and the effect on
existing drainage patterns on and off the site;
d. Identification of the outdoor noise and the discharge of substances into the air;
e. The methods for preventing, controlling, or reducing erosion;
f. Proposed access and hauling activities (including number of trucks, tonnage, proposed haul
routes and hours of hauling);
g. Proposed extraction, operation, and staging (including years, dates and hours of operation);
h. The condition in which the site is to be left when the operation is complete, including the action
which is to be taken for restoring the condition of the surface of the land to be affected.
.5
Aggregate resource extraction industries are permitted in accordance with the following
conditions:
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a. The applicant shall ensure that dust and noise control measures are undertaken to prevent
such items from becoming an annoyance to neighbouring landowners. The applicant shall
conduct dust control procedures at the request of and to the satisfaction of the Rural Municipality.
In this regard stock piles shall be located in a position to act as a sound barrier. Also, the applicant
shall apply methods of minimizing the noise created from machinery and equipment;
b. The applicant shall keep the area subject to the Development Permit in a clean and tidy
condition free from rubbish and non-aggregate debris;
c. Access routes into extraction areas shall be located away from residential areas;
d. A disturbed area shall be reclaimed to a land capability equivalent to the pre-disturbance land
capability (e.g. agricultural land) or a post-disturbance condition and land use (e.g. conversion to
wetland) which are satisfactory to the Municipality. These conservation and reclamation
procedures shall be in accordance with Saskatchewan Environment Reclamation Guidelines for
Sand and Gravel Operators;
e. Any aggregate resource extraction industry proposed to be located within 100 metres (328 ft)
of any municipal road, Provincial Highway, creek or Lake shall be permitted only where it would
not adversely impact the environment, or materially interfere with or affect adjacent lands;
f. Aggregate resource extraction industries shall have regard to adjacent land uses and no
material is to be stored or piled on any road allowance or within 30.0 metres (98 ft) of the bank
of any river or watercourse;
g. Aggregate resource extraction industries shall be set back 300 metres (984 ft) from the
property line of a single residences and 1 kilometre the property line from multi-parcel country
residential;
h. The general resource extraction operator and any person who hauls the aggregate may be
required to enter into a road maintenance agreement;
i. The aggregate resource extraction operator must report the amount of aggregate extracted by
November 1 of each year or the end of the hauling season whichever comes first;
j. The Council may require the aggregate resource extraction operator to post a performance bond
to guarantee adherence to the above noted agreements;
k. An approval of an aggregate resource extraction industry shall be for a maximum period of two
(2) years and may be renewed at the discretion of Council providing the requirements of this
Bylaw continue to be met.
5.20
INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS
In addition to the general requirements regarding discretionary use applications provided in
Sections 3 and 5.2 of this Bylaw, the following considerations shall be made for all applications
for an Intensive Livestock Operation:
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.1
In addition to any requirements contained herein, all applications for an ILO shall conform to the
regulations provided within The Agricultural Operations Act, 1995.
.2
Identification of the reason for this site being selected including what characteristics exist that
makes it suitable for hosting the operation. The municipality may, at its discretion, require the
submission of a soils and water test conducted by a qualified agricultural engineer to confirm that
the site selected is capable of accommodating the activities proposed.
.3
The applicant shall be responsible for submitting a site plan and narrative including the following:
a. The size and type of facility;
b. A sketch plan showing the location of existing and proposed buildings and the distance from
the development site to every residence within 1.6 km (1 mile);
c. The number and type of animals;
d. Manure storage and disposal strategies;
e. Identification of surface water and residential development on or adjacent to the parcels
intended for hosting the disposal of manure;
f. Identification of the location of potentially affected surface and groundwater sources on and
adjacent to the site including distance measurements to these watercourses.
.4
The minimum separation distance between occupied dwellings, riparian areas, and the location
where manure is to be spread is listed below. Distances are measured between edge of the
manure application area and the edge of a nearest property boundary in metres.
.5
When considering the operational/environmental aspects of an application, the municipality
shall refer all Development Permit applications to the Ministry of Agriculture for review and
recommendation regarding waste storage, nutrient, and mortality management;
.6
ILOs shall refer to the following minimum distance separations:
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Animal Units
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Type of Development
100-299
300-499
500-
2000
2000-
5000
>5000
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Residence,
tourist
accommodation,
or
campground
300 m*
(984 ft)
400 m
(1,312 ft)
800 m
(2,625 ft)
1200 m
(3,937 ft)
1600 m
(5,249 ft)
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Area authorized for residential
use,
hamlet,
urban
municipality < 100 population
400 m
(1,312 ft)
800 m
(2,625 ft)
1200 m
3,937 ft)
1600 m
(5,249 ft)
2000 m
(6,562 ft)
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* Distances are measure between livestock faculties and building development.
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Separation Distance where Open Manure Storage Facilities are Used or Proposed
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Animal Units
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Type of Development
100-299
300-499
500-
2000
2000-
5000
>5000
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Residence, tourist
accommodation, or
campground
450 m
(1,476 ft)
600 m
(1,969 ft)
1200 m
(3,937 ft)
1600 m
(5,249 ft)
2000 m
(6,562 ft)
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Area authorized for residential
use, hamlet, urban
municipality < 100 population
600 m
(1,969 ft)
1200 m
(3,937 ft)
1600 m
(5,249 ft)
2400 m
(7,874 ft)
2400 m
(7,874ft)
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** Distances in both tables do not apply to residences associated with the operation
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The municipality may grant a reduction of the separation distance criteria where it can be proven
that a proposal will not negatively impact adjacent land uses. Prior to granting a reduction, the
municipality will consult with all agencies deemed appropriate and will required registered
written agreement from all land owners directly affected by the reduction.
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.8
The developer shall provide written notice that has been approved for notification by Council to
the owner of a residence within the distance provided in the tables above, and to the hamlet board
or other board within the specified distance.
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.9
In determining proximity to a multi-parcel residential subdivision or recreational use, separation
distances shall be measured from the area of confinement of the animals to the property
boundary of the closest developable parcel.
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.10
In determining proximity to a single family dwelling located on agricultural property or within a
single parcel country residential subdivision not owned by the intensive agricultural operator,
separation distances shall be measured from the area of confinement of the animals to the
dwelling.
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.11
Council will advertise any proposal for an ILO, as defined by this bylaw, and will provide an
opportunity for public comment for a minimum of 21 days.
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.12
Council may hold a public meeting to provide information and to ensure community interests are
considered before a decision issued by Council.
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.13
Council will make a decision on a proposed livestock operation within 45 days. If an extension is
required, Council will notify the developer in writing, including reasons for the extension, and the
length of extension.
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.14
ILOs exiting at the time of the adoption of this Bylaw shall continue. However, any expansion of
the operation or change of animal species or type of operation is required to obtain written
approval from Council in accordance with the requirements and conditions of this Bylaw.
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.15
The operator may be required to enter into a road maintenance agreement to pay for the
maintenance of roads required to provide access to the development.
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6.0 ZONING DISTRICTS
6.1
ZONING DISTRICTS
For the purpose of bylaw, the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336 is divided into several
Zoning Districts that may be referred to by the appropriate symbols.
District
Symbol
Agricultural Resource District
AR
Country Residential Acreage District
CR
Hamlet Residential District
H
Summer Resort District
SR
Commercial/Industrial District
C/I
Flood Hazard Overlay
FH
Ecological Sensitive Lands Overlay
ES
6.2
ZONING DISTRICT MAP
.1
The map, bearing the statement "This is the Zoning District Map referred to in Bylaw No. 3-
2017" adopted by the Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336, signed by the Reeve and
Administrator under the seal of the Rural Municipality shall be known as the "Zoning District
Map", and such map is hereby declared to be an integral part of this Bylaw.
6.3
BOUNDARIES OF ZONING DISTRICTS
.1
The boundaries of the Districts referred to in this Bylaw, together with an explanatory legend,
notations and reference to this Bylaw, are shown on the map entitled, Zoning District Map.
.2
Unless otherwise shown, the boundaries of Zoning Districts are site lines, centre lines of
streets, lanes, road allowances, or such lines extended and the boundaries of the municipality.
6.4
HOLDING DESIGNATION
.1
Where on the Zoning District Map the symbol for a Zoning District has suffixed to it the holding
symbol "H"; any lands so designated on the map shall be subject to a holding provision in
accordance with Section 71 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007.
.2
Any lands subject to a holding provision shall only be used for the following uses:
a. Those uses existing on the land when the "H" is applied; and,
b. Public works.
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7. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT (AR)
The purpose of the Agricultural Resource District (AR) is to provide for and preserve
large areas capable of accommodating o diversity of general agricultural operations
including field and forage crops, irrigation, small intensive agricultural operations, and
related agricultural diversification activities.
7.1
PERMITTED USES
In any Agricultural Resource District (AR), no person shall use any land, building or
structure, or erect any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions.
7.1.1
Agricultural Principal Uses
a. Field crops, animal and poultry raising, ranching, grazing, and other similar uses
customarily carried out in the field of general agriculture, including the sale on the
agricultural holding of any produce grown or raised on the agricultural holding;
b. Farmstead residential including one detached one-unit dwelling, RTM, modular or
mobile home following the placement thereof on a permanent foundation.
7.1.2
Agricultural Accessory Uses
a. Uses, buildings, and structures accessory to the foregoing agricultural principal uses
and located on the same site with the main use.
7.1.3
Resource-Based Uses
a. Oil and gas-related;
b. Petroleum pipelines and elated facilities;
c. Petroleum exploration wells or extraction wells and related facilities.
7.1.4
Other Principal Uses
a. Aggregate resource extraction, storage, and processing.
7.1.5
Public Works and Municipal Facilities
a. Public works buildings and structures including offices, warehouses, storage, yards
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7.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses shall be considered by Council subject to the completion of the
discretionary use process as outlined in Section 3 of the General Administration of this
Bylaw.
7.2.1
Agricultural Principal Uses
a. Market garden, nurseries, or green houses;
b. Harvest preserves (refer to Section 5.17);
c. Intensive livestock operations (refer to Section 5.20);
d. Agricultural tourism (refer to Section 5.6);
e. Sporting Goods Sales subject to section 4.38
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7.2.2
Other Principal Uses
a. Non-farm residential including one detached one-unit dwelling, RTM, modular or
mobile home following the placement thereof on a permanent foundation;
b. General campgrounds (refer to Section 5.11);
c. Institutional and recreational uses;
d. Cemetery, crematorium;
e. Solid and liquid waste disposal facility (refer to Section 5.14)
7.2.3
Agricultural Accessory Uses
a. Two Accessory agricultural residence (refer to Section 5.5);
b. Private airstrips;
7.2.4
Other Accessory Uses
a. Home occupation or home-based business (refer to Section 5.3);
b. Residential care homes (refer to Section 5.4);
c. Temporary campgrounds (refer to Section 5.12);
d. Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.18).
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PERMITTED USES
Agricultural
Principal Uses
Resource-Based
Uses
Other Principal
Uses
Public works and
Municipal
Facilities
Minimum
site area
4.05
hectares
(10 acres)
Other than
traditional
grain farm,
ranching
agricultural
operations
or
agricultural
holding
(refer to
Section
7.6)
No
minimum.
See
section
4.34
No
minimum.
See
section
5.19
No
minimum
Maximum
site area
No
maximum
(Bylaw 12-2023)
No
maximum
No
maximum
No
maximum
Maximum
site
frontage
30 metres (98 ft)
Maximum
front yard
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 45.72 metres (150 ft) from the centre line
of any developed road, municipal road allowance, and/or a minimum of 90 metres
(295 ft) from the intersection of the centre lines of any municipal roads, or such
greater distance as required by the Ministry of Highways and Transportation.
Minimum
rear yard
10 metres (33 ft) or 25% of the depth of the site whichever is the lesser.
Minimum
side yard
10 metres (33 ft) except where a side yard abuts a municipal road allowance or a
Provincial highway, the front yard requirements shall apply.
Minimum
setback for
trees,
shelterbelts,
other
All shelterbelts and tree plantings shall be setback 3 metres (10 ft) from the site lines.
Portable structures, machinery and the storage of aggregate materials shall comply
with the same setback requirements as the principal building.
7.3
SITE REGULATIONS
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Fence
Lines
Fence lines shall be setback 0.3 metres (1.0 ft) from the site line that abuts any
municipal right-of-way.
For site lines that do not abut any municipal right-of-way, fence lines my be built right
up to, but not on top of, the site line.
DISCRETIONARY USES
Agricultural
Principal Uses
Non-Farm
Residential
Campgrounds
Minimum
site area
0.81 hectares
(2 acres)
2.02 hectares
(5 acres)
4.05 hectares (10 acres)
Maximum
site area
16.19 ha (40
acres) no
maximum for
ILO's
16.19
hectares ( 40
acres)
14.15 ha (35 acres)
Minimum
site
frontage
30 metres (98 ft)
Minimum
front yard
All buildings shall be setback a minimum of 45.72 metres (150 ft) from the centre
line of any developed road, municipal road allowance, and/or a minimum of 90
metres (295 ft) from the intersection of the centre lines of any municipal roads, or
such greater distance as required by Ministry of Highways and Transportation.
Minimum
rear yard
10 metres (33 ft) or 25% of the depth of the site whichever is lesser.
Minimum
side yard
10 metres (33 ft) except where a side yard abuts a municipal road allowance or a
Provincial highway, the front yard requirements shall apply.
Minimum
setback for
trees,
shelterbelts
, and other
All shelterbelts and tree plantings shall be setback 3.0 metres (10ft) from the site
lines, Portable structures, machinery and the storage of aggregate materials shall
comply with the same setback requirements as the principal building.
Fence lines
Fence lines shall be setback 0.3 metres (1.0 ft) from the site line that abuts any
municipal right-of-way.
For site lines that do not abut any municipal right-of-way, fence lines may be built
right up to, but not on top of, the site line.
.1
No dwelling shall be located with less than a minimum separation distance to an
operation of other than the residence of the operation as follows:
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a. The separation distance to an intensive livestock operation as regulated in Section
7.10;
b. 457 metres {1499 ft) from a licensed public or private liquid waste disposal facility;
c. 457 metres (1499 ft) from a licensed public or private solid waste disposal facility;
d. 305 metres (1001 ft) from a honey processing facility;
e. 550 metres (1804 ft) from a wind energy facility;
f. Council may reduce the minimum separation distance to the operations listed above,
as a special standard where the applicant submits a written agreement to Council
between the land owner of the dwelling and the owner of the operation agreeing to the
reduced separation (Council shall maintain a register of all such agreements);
g. 305 metres (1001 ft) to a non-refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by
Province of Saskatchewan; or
h. 600 metres (1969 ft) to a refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the
Province of Saskatchewan.
.2
No dwelling or other building shall be located within the approach surface for any
airport or airstrip.
7.4 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES
.1
A permitted accessory use/building shall be defined as any buildings, structures, or a
use which is customarily accessory to the principal use of the site, though only if the
principal permitted use or discretionary use has been established.
.2
Setbacks and general performance standards for accessory buildings shall meet the
same requirements as the principal use or building.
.3
Manure applications associated with livestock and agricultural composting are
considered accessory to an agricultural operation where the spreading occurs on the
parcel in which it is produced.
.4
Facilities for the direct sale of crops grown by the agricultural operation including
orchards and market gardens shall be considered accessory to a farmstead or residence
in the Agricultural Resource District.
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7.5 SIGNAGE
Large scale
agricultural uses
A maximum of two (2) freestanding signs are permitted on any
site, or quarter section and each sign shall be no larger than 12
m2 (129 ft 2) and no higher than 6.0 metres (20 ft) in total
height.
One (1) attached sign shall be permitted not exceeding 5.6 m2
(60 ft2) in facial area. Where a building maintains direct
exposure to more than one (1) public right-of-
way, a second attached sign shall be allowed following the
previous regulations.
Institutional/
recreational uses
Free standing signs shall not exceed a facial area of 6.0 m2
(65 ft2) and a height of
3.5 metres (11 ft).
One (1) attached sign shall be permitted not exceeding 6.0 m2
(65 ft2 ) in facial area.
Signage shall maintain a separation distance of 12.0 metres
(39 ft) for every square metre of area of the larger of the two
(2) signs.
Farm related
commercial and
home businesses
One (1) per building frontage to a maximum facial area of
1.0 m2 (11 ft 2) for an approved commercial use.
Maximum 2.5 metres in height.
Illumination limited to 75 watts and shall not include
electronic message boards.
7.6 SUPPLEMENTARY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Agricultural Use
.1
The minimum site area constituting a traditional grain farm or ranching agricultural
operation or agricultural holding shall be 32.2 ha (80 acres) or equivalent. Equivalent
shall mean 32.2 ha (80 acres) or such lesser amount as remains in an agricultural holding
because of the original township survey, road widening, road right-of-way or railway
plans, drainage ditch, pipeline or transmission line development or government action,
natural features such as water courses or water bodies, or as a result of subdivision as
permitted herein.
.2
A person not meeting the minimum agricultural area requirement of 32.2 hectares (80
acres) or equivalent in the Rural Municipality, though who owns land in an adjoining
Rural Municipality may qualify to meet the minimum area requirements of this Bylaw.
.3
The minimum site area constituting an agricultural operation or holding other than a
traditional grain farm or ranching operation shall be 32.2 hectares (80 acres).
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.4
Any agricultural site which does not conform to the minimum site area requirement
shall be deemed conforming with regard to site area, provided that a registered title for
the site existed at Information Services Corporation (ISC) prior to the coming into force
of this Bylaw.
.5
A reduced agricultural site area below 32.2 hectares (80 acres), may be permitted at
Council's discretion for the purpose of farmland consolidation, estate planning
settlement, farm debt restructuring or as a result of a permitted or discretionary
subdivision or due to topographical or physical limitations.
Farmstead/Agricultural Residence
.6
One (1) farm-related, single-detached dwelling will be permitted on agricultural sites
and farmsteads.
.7
A farmstead may contain the following where located on the same parcel:
a) A residence for the operator of an agricultural use.
b) A bunkhouse or additional residence for employees or business partners for the
operator engaged in the agricultural operation.
c) Facilities for the temporary holding of livestock raised in an operation, in lesser
numbers than constitutes an I.LO. (unless approved as an I.L.O.)
d) Buildings for permitted accessory and ancillary uses.
.8
The Development Officer may issue a Development Permit for up to two (2) accessory
agricultural dwellings on a parcel if:
a) It is an accessory agricultural residential dwelling to be occupied by a person or
persons who are engaged on a full-time basis for at least six (6) months of each year in
the agricultural operation; and
b) The additional dwelling is located on a parcel which is a permitted agricultural
operation.
Temporary Uses
.8
Only two accessory agricultural residential dwellings shall be permitted on a parcel.
More than two accessory agricultural residential dwellings will be at the discretion of
Council.
.9
A trailer coach used for farm employees during the farming season shall be
accommodated as a temporary/seasonal use on a permitted agricultural site.
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.10
In the case of an existing, currently habitable dwelling, which is being replaced by a new
one, the existing dwelling, may, as a condition of the new Development Permit, be
allowed to be occupied during construction, only until the new one is habitable. At that
point, the existing dwelling must be demolished or moved off the site within thirty (30)
days after occupancy of that dwelling.
.11
Grain storage bags:
a. Shall not be used or stored in any required yard setbacks; and
b. Shall not become a nuisance or impede visibility at the approach of an intersection or
obstruct snow plowing or road maintenance activities.
.12
Mobile storage containers including sea containers:
a. Shall require a Development Permit;
b. Must be properly anchored;
c. Shall be located a minimum of 3.0 metres (10 ft) from the primary building and behind
the rear wall of the primary building; and
d. Containers determined by the municipality to be unsightly, misused, unsafe, or
inappropriate in any way, must be removed at the owner's expense within a time period
specified by the Rural Municipality.
All Other Uses
.13
Where a subdivision is proposed to establish a discretionary use, the area proposed for
subdivision shall comprise a minimum of 0.81 hectare (2 acres) and a maximum of 4.05
ha (10 acres) exempting intensive livestock operations, intensive agricultural
operations, which may exceed the maximum allowable where it is demonstrated to
Council's satisfaction that additional space is necessary for a viable agricultural
operation.
.14
A site to be created by subdivision shall not be permitted unless the proposed parcels
and the remainder of the parcel being subdivided abuts, or has frontage on a developed
road, including any road to be developed under a signed servicing agreement.
.15
Subdivision proposing to separate title for a farmstead existing prior to the coming into
force of this Bylaw shall be considered.
.16
A maximum of three (3) subdivisions may be permitted per quarter section 64.75 ha
(160 acres) in the AR -Agricultural Resource Zoning District for any permitted or
discretionary use in addition to one farmstead, unless otherwise stated elsewhere in this
District. Such subdivisions shall not exceed the creation of more than four legal parcels,
unless it is rezoned to its appropriate zoning district.
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.17
For non-farm residential development, a maximum of one (1) site may be subdivided
per quarter section 64.75 ha (160 acres) in the AR-Agricultural Resource Zoning
District in addition to one farmstead. Such subdivisions shall not exceed the creation of
more than two (2) legal residential parcels, unless rezoned to an appropriate zoning
district.
.18
Subdivision proposing to establish more than one (1) new non-farm, single parcel
country residential site shall be subject to re-zoning to the Country Residential Zoning
District and must comply with all relevant area, frontage, and setback requirements of
that Zoning District.
.19
There shall be no minimum area required for a subdivision facilitating cemeteries,
crematoria and mausoleums, radio, television towers, or related facilities.
.20
The keeping of livestock on sites other than farmsteads shall be permitted in the
Agricultural Resource District (AR) in accordance with the following schedule. Any
operation involving the keeping of livestock numbers greater than the maximums
shown below will be required to make an application for an Intensive Livestock
Operation in accordance with Section 5.20.
Parcel Size
Maximum Number of Animal Units Permitted
Minimum 2 hectares
Two (2) Animal Units or a maximum of 100 Poultry
Between 2 and 4 hectares Two (2) additional Animal Units will be
permitted for each incremental increase of 2
hectares in the site size for the raising of
up to 50 animal units of Poultry, Sheet, Goats or
Hogs.
7.7
DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA
.1
All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation criteria as
outlined in subsection 5.2 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
.2
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Agricultural residences; Market
Garden, nurseries or green houses; Bed and breakfast homes; Garden suite;
Agricultural tourism; and Residential care homes:
a. Council will consider the compatibility of the proposed use with the adjacent land
uses;
b. There is infrastructure in place or proposed to accommodate the use including potable
water supply, sewer, and utilities;
c. The proposed use has access to an all-weather road and on-site parking; and
d. The proposed use demonstrates the need and demand from the public of such a use.
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.3
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Animal Kennels:
a. Council will favourably consider the following when evaluating the proposed use
i. The maximum number of animals not normally attributed to the host site to be kept
on-site;
ii. Where it can be demonstrated that the use and intensity is appropriate to the site and
that it will have minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent areas;
iii. Location of buildings and exterior exercise areas, to be sited behind the principal
building unless otherwise approved by Council;
iv. Soundproofing of the pens, rooms, exercise runs and holding stalls may be
soundproofed to the satisfaction of Council; and
v. Relevance to relevant RM Bylaws and legislation governing noise and public health.
.4
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Intensive Livestock Operations:
a. Council will consider servicing requirements associated with the operation including,
though not limited to, road upgrades and availability of adequate water sources; and
b. Type, volume, and frequency of traffic associated with the transportation of animals
and food/feed to and from the site.
.5
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Cemeteries, crematoriums:
a. The location of cemeteries will only be favourably considered where it can be
demonstrated that the use and intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have
minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent areas.
.6
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Private airstrips:
a. The location of Private airstrips will only be favourably considered where it can be
demonstrated that the use and intensity is appropriate to the site and that it will have
minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent areas; and
b. The proposed use must be compliant with all Provincial and Federal regulations.
.7
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Wind Energy Facilities:
a. Council will consider the compatibility of the proposed location and distance from
other surrounding uses;
b. Confirmation of site ownership by the proponent or where the land is not owned by
the proponent is evidence of site control and right to access through provisions of a lease
or easement agreement with the owner; and
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c. The structure of the proposed wind energy facility/ies will be designed by a
professional engineer to ensure the structural integrity of the supporting tower and
foundation.
.8
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Solid and liquid waste disposal facility:
a. Council will consider the compatibility of the proposed location and distance from
other surrounding uses.
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8. COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE DISTRICT (CR)
The purpose of the Country Residential Acreage District (CR) is to accommodate clusters
of rural residential lifestyle choice where the essential land requirement is for a building
site and space rather than for productive agricultural purposes.
8.1
PERMITTED USES
In any Country Residential Acreage District {CR), no person shall use any land, building
or structure, or erect any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
8.1.1
Principal Uses
a. One detached one unit dwelling, RTM, modular or mobile home following the
placement thereof on a perm anent foundation.
8.1.2
Accessory Uses
a. Uses, buildings, and structures accessory to the foregoing permitted uses and located
on the same sit e with the main use;
b. Artisan or craft workshop.
8.1.3
Public Works and Municipal Facilities
a. Public works, buildings, and structures, warehouses and storage yards excluding solid
and liquid waste facilities.
8.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses shall be considered by Council subject to the completion of the
discretionary use process as outlined in Section 3 of the General Administration of this
Bylaw.
8.2.1
Principal Uses
a. Residential care homes (refer to Section 5.4);
b. Personal service trade;
c. Bed and breakfast home;
d. Recreational use;
e. Institutional use.
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8.2.2
Accessory Uses
a. Home-based business or occupation (refer to Section 5.3);
b. Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.18);
c. Animal kennels (refer to Section 5.9).
8.3 PROHIBITED USES
The following uses shall be strictly prohibited within Country Residential Acreage
District (CR):
a. All uses of land, buildings, or industrial processes that may be noxious or injurious, or
constitute a nuisance beyond the building which contains it by reason of the production
or emission of dust, smoke, refuse, matter, odour, gas, fumes, noise, vibration or other
similar substances or conditions;
b. All uses of buildings and land except those specifically noted as permitted or
discretionary.
8.4 SITE REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted and Discretionary Uses Principal Uses
Minimum site area
4.05 hectares (10 acres)
Institutional & Commercial: 900 m² (9,688 ft²)
Maximum site area
32.2 hectares (80 acres)
Maximum site
frontage
25 metres (82 ft)
Maximum front yard
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 46.0 metres (151
ft) from the centre line of any developed road, municipal road
allowance, or Provincial highway and/or minimum of 90
metres (295.3 ft) from the intersection of the centre lines of any
municipal roads or Provincial highway.
Minimum rear yard
15 metres (49 ft) or 25% of the depth of the site whichever is
the lesser.
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Minimum side yard
15 metres (49 ft) except where a side yard abuts a municipal
road allowance of a Provincial highway, the front yard
requirements shall apply.
Minimum building
height
10 metres (33 ft)
Building floor area
requirements
Principal buildings shall have a minimum floor area of 74.0 m²
(797 ft²)
Accessory buildings attached or detached shall have a
maximum floor area no greater in size than 1.5 times the floor
area of the principal building.
Maximum building floor area for large accessory buildings is
200 m² (2153 ft ²).
Minimum setback
for trees, shelter
belts and other
All shelterbelts, tree plantings, portable structures, machinery
and the storage of aggregate materials shall comply with the
same setback requirements as for buildings.
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8.5
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES
.1
A permitted accessory use or building shall be defined as any buildings, structures, or a
use which is customarily accessory to the principal use of the site, though only if the
principal permitted use or discretionary use has been established.
.2
All accessory uses, buildings, or structures require the submission of an application for
a Development Permit prior to commencing the use or construction unless it is identified
as exempt from this process in Section 3 of the General Administration of this Bylaw.
.3
Setbacks and general performance standards for accessory buildings shall meet the
same requirements as the principal use or building.
8.6 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS OR SPECIAL PROVISIONS
.1
The Development Officer may require a greater setback for a permitted or discretionary
use if it is deemed that the use may substantially interfere with the safety and amenity
of adjacent sites.
a. Residential parcels may be exempted from these requirements. In the case of a parcel
physically severed as a result of road right-of-way or railway plans, drainage ditch,
pipeline or transmission line, development, or natural features such as watercourses,
water bodies there shall be no maximum site area;
b. Existing country residential parcels may be enlarged to include adjoining land
physically severed as a result of the above noted barriers; and
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c. In the case of a parcel that existed prior to the adoption of this Bylaw there shall be no
minimum or maximum site area.
.2
The maximum size of the subdivision area for an individual multi-parcel country
residential development shall be 32.2 hectares (80 acres).
.3
Parcels contained within the development, designated as undeveloped public open
space in excess of the minimum required for Municipal Reserve by legislation shall be
included in the calculation of the average lot size for a development.
.4
Any parcel which does not conform to the minimum or maximum site area requirement
shall be deemed conforming with regard to site area, provided that a registered title for
the site existed at Information Services Corporation prior to the coming into force of this
Bylaw.
.5
The final subdivision design and approved lot density of development in the Country
Residential Acreage (CR) Zoning District shall be determined by the carrying capacity of
the lands proposed for development as identified within the submission of a Concept
Plan and shall not exceed all requisite standards provided by the Health Authority for
onsite wastewater disposal systems.
8.7
SIGNAGE
.1
The following permanent signage requirements will apply:
a.
One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not
exceed 1.0 m' (11ft2)
b. In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted in
a window of a dwelling;
c.
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the
safety of the public; and
d. Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m2 (11 ft2) advertising the sale or lease of
the property or other information relating to a temporary condition affecting
the property are permitted.
8.8
OUTDOOR STORAGE
.1
The outdoor storage or collection of goods and materials is prohibited in a front yard in
any Country Residential Acreage District. Outdoor storage is permitted in a side or rear
yard in a Country Residential District only when the goods or material being stored are
clearly accessory and incidental to the principal use of the property.
.2
Council may apply special standards as a condition for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
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.3
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
.4
Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area
devoted to the outdoor storage of vehicles in operating condition, equipment, and
machinery normally used for the maintenance of the residential property, vehicles or
vehicular parts.
.5
Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a maximum
of either one (1) vehicle or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is for sale at
any given point in time.
8.9
KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK
.1
The keeping of livestock shall be permitted in any Country Residential District in
accordance with the following schedule:
Parcel Size
Maximum Number of Animal Units
Permitted
2 to 4 hectares
2
Greater than 4
One additional Animal Unit /acre
8.10 DISCRETIONARY USE EVALUATION CRITERIA
.1
All discretionary use applications shall follow the general discretionary use evaluation
criteria as outlined in subsection 5.2 and others that are specified in this Zoning District.
.2
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Residential care homes; Child and adult
care homes; Personal service trade; and Bed and breakfast homes:
a.
Council will consider the compatibility of the proposed use with the adjacent
land uses;
b. There is infrastructure in place or proposed to accommodate the use including
potable water supply, sewer, and utilities;
c.
The proposed use has access to an all-weather road and on-site parking; and
d. The proposed use demonstrates the need and demand from the public of such
a use.
.3
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Animal Kennels:
a.
Council will favourably consider the following when evaluating the proposed
use
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i. The maximum number of animals not normally attributed to the host site to be kept
on-site;
ii. Where it can be demonstrated that the use and intensity is appropriate to the site and
that it will have minimal impact on the surrounding, adjacent areas;
iii. Location of buildings and exterior exercise areas, to be sited behind the principal
building unless otherwise approved by Council;
iv. Soundproofing of the pens, rooms, exercise runs and holding stalls may be
soundproofed to the satisfaction of Council; and
v. Relevance to relevant RM Bylaws and legislation governing noise and public health.
.4
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Recreational Uses and Institutional
Uses:
a.
Council will consider the compatibility of the proposed use with the adjacent
land uses;
b. Proposals for the above land uses shall respond to the natural topography and
drainage of the site, and employ minimal clearing of native vegetation; and
c.
The proposed use has access to an all-weather road and on-site parking.
.5
Specific Discretionary Evaluation Criteria for Wind Energy Facilities:
a.
Council will consider the compatibility of the proposed location and distance
from other surrounding uses;
b. Confirmation of site ownership by the proponent or where the land is not
owned by the proponent is evidence of site control and right to access through
provisions of a lease or easement agreement with the owner; and
c.
The structure of the proposed wind energy facilities will be designed by a
professional engineer to ensure the structural integrity of the supporting tower
and foundation.
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9.
HAMLET RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (H)
The purpose of the Hamlet Residential District (H) is to accommodate the Hamlets of
which provide a residential lifestyle choice.
9.1
PERMITTED USES
In any Hamlet Residential District (H), no person shall use any land, building or structure
or erect any building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
9.1.1
Principal Uses
a.
One detached one unit dwelling, RTM, modular or mobile home following the
placement thereof on a permanent foundation.
b. Recreational vehicles subject to section 9.10.
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c.
Mobile home, Park model home or Park model trailer on a permanent or
seasonal basis up to 10 metres in height following the placement thereof on a
permanent foundation.
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9.1.2
Accessory Uses
a.
Buildings, uses, structures generally considered a companion and accessory to
an established permitted or discretionary use. In the context of this district this
may include decks, fences, gazebos, private garages, storage sheds, and other
similar uses.
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b. Playgrounds and swimming pools;
c.
Artisan or craft work shop.
9.1.3
Public Works and Municipal
a.
Public works, buildings, and structures, warehouses and storage yards
excluding Liquid and Solid Waste Disposal facilities.
9.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses shall be considered by Council subject to the completion of the
discretionary use process as outlined in Section 3 of the General Administration of this
bylaw. Discretionary Use Criteria is provided in Section 5.
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9.2.1
Principal Uses
a.
Personal service trade;
b. Residential care homes (refer to Section 5.4);
c.
Institutional use and community services;
d. Convenience store;
e.
Recreational - sport s fi elds, parks, playground s, curli ng rinks, skating rink s,
tennis courts, and other similar uses;
f.
Lodges, social clubs, service clubs;
g. Municipal offices
h. Places of worship and community halls;
i.
Animal kennels (refer to Section 5.9).
j.
Agricultural related commercial
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k. Welding, machine shops, and metal fabricating
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9.2.2
Accessory Uses
a.
Bed and breakfast homes (refer to Section 5.7);
b. Home based business or occupation (refer to Section 5.3);
c.
Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.18).
9.3 PROHIBITED USES
The following uses shall be strictly prohibited within a Hamlet Residential District (H):
a.
All uses of land, buildings or industrial processes that may be noxious or
injurious, or constitute a nuisance beyond the building which contains it by
reason of the production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse, matter, odour, gas,
fumes, noise, vibration or other similar substances or conditions;
b. All uses of buildings and land except those specifically noted as permitted or
discretionary.
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9.4
SITE REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted and Discretionary Principal and Accessory Uses
Minimum site area
Residential: 360 m² (3875 ft²) with a lane; 450 m² (4844 ft²) without a lane
Institutional and recreational: Minimum: 450 m² (4,844 ft²)
In the case of a parcel that existed prior to the adoption of this Bylaw there shall
be no minimum site area.
Maximum site frontage
Residential: 12.2 metres (40 ft) with a lane; 15.24 metres (50 ft) without a lane
Other uses: 15.24 metres (50 ft)
Sites for public utilities and institutional uses may be exempted from minimum
frontage and site area requirements.
Minimum front yard
Principal and accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum of 6.0 metres (20
ft) from the property line adjacent to a municipal road allowance,
Minimum rear yard
Principal buildings shall be set back a minimum of 1.5 metres (5 ft) from the rear
property line. Accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum of 1.5 metres (5
ft).
Minimum side yard
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 1.5 metres (5 ft).
Maximum building
height
10 metres (33 ft)
Building floor area
requirements
Principal buildings shall have a minimum floor area of 55.0 m² (592 ft ²).
Accessory buildings attached or detached shall have a maximum floor area no
greater in size than 1.5 times the floor area of the principal buildings.
Maximum building floor area for large detached accessory buildings is 150 m²
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Minimum setback for
trees, shelterbelts, and
other
All shelterbelts, tree plantings, portable structures, machinery and the storage of
aggregate materials shall comply with the same setback requirements as for
buildings.
.1
The Development Officer may require a greater setback for a permitted or
discretionary use if it is deemed that the use may substantially interfere with the safety
and amenity of adjacent sites.
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.2
Residential parcels may be exempted from these requirements:
a.
In the case of a parcel physically severed as a result of road right-of-way or
railway plans, drainage ditch, pipeline or transmission line, development, or
natural features such as watercourses, water bodies there shall be no
maximum site area. Existing residential parcels may be enlarged to include
adjoining land physically severed as a result of the above noted barriers; and
b. In the case of a parcel that existed prior to the adoption of this Bylaw there
shall be no minimum or maximum site area.
.3
Re-development of former residential sites shall be determined by the availability of
potable water and wastewater treatment carrying capacity of the lands proposed for
development. The developer shall ensure that there is an available water supply, access
to an existing sewage disposal facility, or an onsite wastewater disposal system which
meets all requisite standards provided by the Healthy Authority, which is acceptable to
Council and that meets The Public Health Act and Regulations requirements.
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Where minimum front, side or rear yards are required in a Hamlet Residential District
the following yard projections shall be permitted insofar as development remains
within the boundaries of the site.
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a.
Uncovered and open balconies, terraces, verandas, decks, and patios having a
maximum projection from the main wall of 1.8 metres (6 ft) into any required
front or rear yard; and
b. Window sills, roof overhangs, eaves, gutters, bay windows, chimneys, and
similar alterations projecting a distance of 0.6 metres (2 ft) into any required
yard.
9.5
ACCCESORY BUILDING AND USES
.1
A permitted accessory use or building shall be defined as any buildings, structures or a
use which is customarily accessory to the principal use of the site, but only if the
principal permitted use or discretionary use has been established.
.2
All accessory uses, buildings or structures require the submission of an application for
a Development Permit prior to commencing the use or construction unless it is
identified as exempt from this process in Section 3 of the General Administration of
this Bylaw.
.3
Setbacks and general performance standards for accessory buildings, uses, and
structures shall meet the same requirements as the principal use or building unless
otherwise specified in this zoning district, and except for fences which shall have no
minimum site setback requirement.
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There shall be a maximum of two (2) accessory buildings within any one site.
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a.
Accessory buildings and structures 18.58 m2 (200 ft2) and under shall be
setback a minimum of 0.6 metres (2 ft) from any side yard site line.
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b. Accessory buildings and structures larger than 18.58 m2 (200 ft2) shall be
setback a minimum of 1.52 metres (5 ft) from any side yard site line.
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Uncovered decks, terraces, and patios shall be setback a minimum of 0.6 metres (2 ft)
from any side yard site line. Covered decks and verandas, whether attached or
detached from a building or structure shall be setback a minimum of 1.52 metres (5 ft)
from any side yard site line
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9.6
SIGNAGE
.1
The following permanent signage requirements will apply:
a.
One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not
exceed 1.0 m2 (11 ft2);
b. In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted in
a window of a dwelling;
c.
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the
safety of the public; and
d. Temporary signs not exceeding 1 m2 (11 ft 2) advertising the sale or lease of
the property or other information relating to a temporary condition affecting
the property are permitted.
e.
Recreational and Institutional Services have the ability to display one
permanent sign of which the facial area of the sign does not exceed 4.0m2 (43
ft2).
9.7
FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
.1
No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
a.
In a required front yard, to a height of more than 1.0 metre (3 ft) above grade
level;
b. In a required rear yard, to a height of more than 2.0 metres (7 ft) above grade
level;
c.
Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be
erected to a height of more than 2.0 metres (7 ft); and
d. No barbed wire, or razor wire fences shall be allowed in any Hamlet
Residential District.
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9.8
OUTDOOR STORAGE
.1
The outdoor storage or collection of goods and materials is prohibited in a front yard in
any Hamlet Residential District.
.2
Outdoor storage is permitted in a side or rear yard in a Hamlet Residential District only
when the goods or material being stored are clearly accessory and incidental to the
principal use of the property.
.3
Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
.4
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
.5
Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area
devoted to the outdoor storage of vehicles, operating condition, equipment and
machinery normally used for the maintenance of the residential property, vehicles or
vehicular parts.
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.6
Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a
maximum of either one (1) vehicle or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is
for sale at any given point in time.
9.9
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS OR SPECIAL PROVISIONS
.1
All discretionary use applications shall follow the general the discretionary use
evaluation criteria as outlined in Section 5.2 and others that may be specified.
.2
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Convenience Stores:
a.
Convenience stores should, where possible, be located on corner sites only;
b. The location of the convenience store will only be favorably considered where
it can be determined that residential amenity will not be unreasonably
compromised;
c.
Vehicle car parking and access areas should not form a dominant element in
the streetscape; and
d. Any new parking and loading areas should be landscaped to improve the
visual appearance of the site.
.3
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Community Service uses, schools,
clubs, places of worship, public and commercial recreational facilities:
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a.
Schools, clubs and places of worship should, where possible, be located on
corner sites to facilitate access;
b. Public elementary and secondary schools should, where possible, be located
adjacent to public open spaces;
c.
The site should be accessible from a major road network to avoid heavy traffic
volumes on residential access roads;
d. Consideration should be given to the location of entry and exit points of the
site and their relationship with existing intersections and adjacent residential
units; and
e.
Vehicle car parking and access areas should not form a dominant element in
the streetscape.
.4
Home-based Businesses:
a.
No home-based businesses in this district shall include auto body repair or
repainting operations; and
b. No heavy construction or industrial equipment shall be stored on any site for a
home-based business in this district.
9.10
SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR RECREATIONAL VEHCILES AS A PRINCIPAL USE
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a.
Sites may have a maximum of one (1) Recreational Vehicles on site as a
principal use as long the site is designed for adequate parking.
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b. Decks constructed on sites with a principal Recreational Vehicle(s) shall not
exceed a height of 12 inches.
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c.
A maximum of two (2) accessory buildings may be constructed on a site with
a principal use Recreational Vehicle, but shall not exceed 100 square feet.
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d. One (1) accessory garage may be constructed on site with a principal use
Recreational Vehicle. Garages shall have a maximum floor area of 400 square
feet and shall be new construction only.
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e.
Recreational Vehicles must be placed on the site so that the pop-outs, slide-
outs, awnings, etc. abide by setback regulations outline in section 9.4.
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10.
SUMMER RESORT DISTRICT (SR)
The purpose of the Summer Resort District (SR) is to accommodate seasonal resort
development within the RM, particularly adjacent to lakes.
10.1
PERMITTED USES
In any Summer Resort District (SR), no person shall use any land, building or structure,
or erect any building or structure except in accordance with the following provisions:
10.1.1
Principal Uses
a.
Single-detached dwellings used on a permanent or seasonal basis up to 10
metres in height.
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b. Recreational vehicles subject to section 10.10.
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c.
Mobile home, Park Model home or Park model trailer on a permanent or
seasonal basis up to 10 meters in height following the placement thereof on a
permanent foundation.
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10.1.2
Accessory Uses
a.
Standing trailer coaches used on a permanent or seasonal basis;
b. Playgrounds and swimming pools;
c.
Home based business or occupation;
d. Artisan or craft workshop;
e.
Buildings, uses, structures generally considered a companion and accessory to
an established permitted or discretionary use. In the context of this district
this may include decks, fences, gazebos, private garages, storage sheds, and
other similar uses.
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10.1.3
Public Works and Municipal Facilities
a.
Public works, buildings, and structures, warehouses and storage yards
excluding Liquid and Solid Waste Disposal facilities.
10.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses shall be considered by Council subject to the completion of the
discretionary use process as outlined in Section 3 of the General Administration of this
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bylaw.
10.2.1
Principal Uses
a.
Motels;
b. Hotels;
c.
Confectionary stores;
d. Gas stations;
e.
Institutional use and community services;
f.
Convenience store;
g.
Recreational - sports fields, parks, playgrounds, curling rinks, skating rinks,
tennis courts, and other similar uses;
h. Lodges, social clubs, service clubs;
i.
Places of worship and community halls.
j.
Single-detached dwellings used on a permanent or seasonal basis greater than
10 metres in height.
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10.3 PROHIBITED USES
The following uses shall be strictly prohibited within a Summer Resort District (SR):
c.
All uses of land, buildings or industrial processes that may be noxious or
injurious, or constitute a nuisance beyond the building which contains it by
reason of the production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse, matter, odour, gas,
fumes, noise, vibration or other similar substances or conditions;
d. All uses of buildings and land except those specifically noted as permitted or
discretionary.
10.4
SITE REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
Permitted and Discretionary Principal and Accessory Uses
Minimum site area
Residential: 464 m² (5000 ft² )
Institutional and Recreational: Minimum: No Minimum
In the case of a parcel that existing prior to the adoption of this Bylaw there shall be no
minimum site area.
Public utilities shall have no minimum or maximum requirement.
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Minimum Site Frontage
Residential: 15.24 metres (50ft)
Sites for public utilities and institutional uses may be exempted from minimum
frontage and site area requirements.
Minimum Front Yard
Principal and accessory buildings shall be set back a minimum of 6.0 metres (20 ft)
from the property line adjacent to a municipal road allowance.
Minimum Rear Yard
Principal buildings shall be set back a minimum of 1.5 metres (5ft) from the rear
property line.
Minimum Side Yard
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 1.22 metres (4 ft) Bylaw No. 01-2022
Maximum Building
Height¹
10 metres (33 ft)
Building Floor Area
Requirements
Principal buildings shall have a minimum floor area of 55 m² (592 ft²)
Accessory buildings attached or detached shall have a maximum floor area no greater
in size than 1.5 times the floor area of the principal building.
Maximum building floor area for large detached accessory buildings is 150m² (1615
ft²). Bylaw No. 2025-02
Minimum Setback for
Trees and other
Tree plantings, portable structures, machinery and the storage of aggregate materials
shall comply with the same setback requirements as for buildings.
Notes:
1.
At its discretion, and by resolution, Council may permit a maximum dwelling building
height taller than that prescribed and will evaluate applications on the following:
a.
Any additional height would not significantly deviate from the established
character, scale, and form of adjacent development;
b.
The building height would not exceed that of any existing adjacent building height;
c.
The additional height would not unreasonably and negatively affect the sight lines
and privacy of adjacent properties;
d.
The additional height would not result in a significant increase in the occupancy or
intensity of the use; and
e.
"adjacent" shall mean the dwellings sharing the same or opposite street frontage
within 75 meters of the subject site.
.5
All permanent standard trailers shall:
a.
Have their wheels and axes removed and shall be placed on a permanent
foundation; and
b. Meet the heating, electrical and plumbing codes of the Canadian Standards
Association.
.6
All existing development (residences that are moved and subsequently replaced after
the placement of fill), around Fishing Lake shall be adequately flood proofed up to the
1:500year estimated peak water level of 531.6 metres ASL, the bottom of the joists of
the first floor or the top surface of the slab on grade of the building or structure shall
be above the minimum recommended building elevation. Where a slab on grade
foundation is employed in proximity to waterbodies, further investigation by a
professional engineer or architect, registered in the Province of Saskatchewan, may be
required, at the discretion of the development officer or building official, to determine
suitability of the proposed development with respect to potential flooding or
instability. All development and construction shall meet The National Building Code,
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must be inspected by a Licensed Building Official, and any costs to determine
suitability shall be solely at the expense of the applicant.
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All new development along Fishing Lake, shall be adequately flood proofed to 531.6
metres with the bottom of the floor joists or top of slab on grade at 532.2 metres ASL.
Elsewhere in the municipality the determination of the critical flood elevations will be
required, and new development must be above the minimum recommended building
elevations.
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All new development shall be appropriately setback from the shoreline to provide
protection against ice and erosion
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REMOVED.
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Basement of foundation walls of any building or structure must be flood proofed up to
the minimum recommended building elevation and may require the support of a
professional engineer or architect, register in the Province of Saskatchewan, at the
discretion of the development officer or building inspector and where development
involves land with potential flood risk or instability. All development and construction
shall meet The National Building Code, must be inspected by a Licensed Building
Official, and any costs to determine suitability shall be the solely expense of the
applicant.
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All heating plants, air conditioning and plumbing fixtures or electrical service shall be
located above the minimum recommended building elevation.
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REMOVED.
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The Development Officer may require a greater setback for a permitted or
discretionary use if it is deemed that the use may substantially interfere with the safety
and amenity of adjacent sites.
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Residential parcels may be exempted from these requirements:
a.
In the case of a parcel physically severed as a result of road right-of-way or
railway plans, drainage ditch, pipeline or transmission line, development, or
natural features such as watercourses, water bodies there shall be no
maximum site area. Existing residential parcels may be enlarged to include
adjoining land physically severed as a result of the above noted barriers; and
b. In the case of a parcel that existed prior to the adoption of this Bylaw there
shall be no minimum or maximum site area.
.15
Re-development of former residential sites shall be determined by the availability of
potable water and wastewater treatment carrying capacity of the lands proposed for
development. The developer shall ensure that there is an available water supply, access
to an existing sewage disposal facility, or an onsite wastewater disposal system which
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meets all requisite standards provided by the Health Authority, which is acceptable to
Council and that meets The Public Health Act and Regulations requirements.
.16
Where minimum front, side or rear yards are required in a Summer Resort District the
following yard projections shall be permitted insofar as development remains within
the boundaries of the site.
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a.
Uncovered and open balconies, terraces, verandas, decks, and patios having a
maximum projection from the main wall of 1.8 metres (6 ft) into any required
front or rear yard; and
b. Window sills, roof overhangs, eaves, gutters, bay windows, chimneys, and
similar alterations projecting a distance of 0.6 metres (2 ft) into any required
yard.
10.5
ACCCESORY BUILDING AND USES
.1
A permitted accessory use or building shall be defined as any buildings, structures or a
use which is customarily accessory to the principal use of the site, but only if the
principal permitted use or discretionary use has been established.
.2
All accessory uses, buildings or structures require the submission of an application for
a Development Permit prior to commencing the use or construction unless it is
identified as exempt from this process in Section 3 of the General Administration of
this Bylaw.
.3
Setbacks and general performance standards for accessory buildings, uses, and
structures shall meet the same requirements as the principal use or building unless
otherwise specified in this zoning district, and except for fences which shall have no
minimum site setback requirement.
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.4
There shall be a maximum of two (2) accessory buildings within any one site.
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a.
Accessory buildings and structures 18.58 m² (200 ft²) and under shall be
setback a minimum of 0.6 metres (2 ft) from any side yard site line.
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b. Accessory buildings and structures larger than 18.58 m² (200 ft²) shall be
setback a minimum of 1.52 metres (5 ft) from any side yard site line.
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.5
Notwithstanding 4.4.5.a, in the case of sites abutting a waterbody, watercourse or
intervening dedicated lands, accessory buildings and structures may be located in a
front yard subject to adhering to the minimum front yard requirement of the principal
building.
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.6
Uncovered decks, terraces, and patios shall be setback a minimum of 0.6 metres (2ft)
from any side yard site line. Covered decks and verandas, whether attached or
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detached from a building or structure shall be setback a minimum of 1.52 metres (5ft)
from any side yard site line.
10.6
SIGNAGE
.1
The following permanent signage requirements will apply:
a.
One permanent sign is permitted per site. The facial area of a sign shall not
exceed 1.0 m2 (11 ft2);
b. In the case of a home occupation, an additional permanent sign is permitted in
a window of a dwelling;
c.
No sign shall be located in any manner that may obstruct or jeopardize the
safety of the public; and
d. Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m2 (11 ft 2) advertising the sale or lease of
the property or other information relating to a temporary condition affecting
the property are permitted.
e.
Recreational and Institutional Services have the ability to display one
permanent sign of which the facial area of the sign does not exceed 4.0m2 (43
ft2).
10.7
FENCE AND HEDGE HEIGHTS
.1
No hedge, fence or other structure shall be erected past any property line.
a.
In a required front yard, to a height of more than 1.0 metre (3 ft) above grade
level;
b. In a required rear yard, to a height of more than 2.0 metres (7 ft) above grade
level;
c.
Except permitted accessory buildings, no fence or other structure shall be
erected to a height of more than 2.0 metres (7 ft); and
d. No barbed wire, or razor wire fences shall be allowed in any Hamlet
Residential District.
10.8
OUTDOOR STORAGE
.1
The outdoor storage or collection of goods and materials is prohibited in a front yard in
any Summer Resort District. Council may consider a relaxation of this requirement by
resolution where the site abuts a waterbody, watercourse, or intervening dedicated
lands.
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.2
Outdoor storage is permitted in a side or rear yard in a Summer Resort District only
when the goods or material being stored are clearly accessory and incidental to the
principal use of the property.
.3
Council may apply special standards as a condition or for a discretionary use approval
regarding the location of areas used for storage for that use.
.4
No wrecked, partially dismantled or inoperable vehicle or machinery shall be stored or
displayed in any required yard. No yard shall be used for the storage or collection of
hazardous material.
.5
Council may require special standards for the location setback or screening of any area
devoted to the outdoor storage of operating, vehicles, equipment and machinery
normally used for the maintenance of the residential property, vehicles or vehicular
parts.
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.6
Provision shall be made for the owner of the property to temporarily display a
maximum of either one (1) vehicle or recreational vehicle in operating condition that is
for sale at any given point in time.
10.9
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS OR SPECIAL PROVISIONS
.1
All discretionary use applications shall follow the general the discretionary use
evaluation criteria as outlined in Section 5.2 and others that may be specified.
.2
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Convenience Stores:
a.
Convenience stores should, where possible, be located on corner sites only;
b. The location of the convenience store will only be favorably considered where
it can be determined that residential amenity will not be unreasonably
compromised;
c.
Vehicle car parking and access areas should not form a dominant element in
the streetscape; and
d. Any new parking and loading areas should be landscaped to improve the
visual appearance of the site.
.3
Specific Discretionary Use Evaluation Criteria for Community Service uses, schools,
clubs, places of worship, public and commercial recreational facilities:
a.
Schools, clubs and places of worship should, where possible, be located on
corner sites to facilitate access;
b. Public elementary and secondary schools should, where possible, be located
adjacent to public open spaces;
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c.
The site should be accessible from a major road network to avoid heavy traffic
volumes on residential access roads;
d. Consideration should be given to the location of entry and exit points of the
site and their relationship with existing intersections and adjacent residential
units; and
e.
Vehicle car parking and access areas should not form a dominant element in
the streetscape.
10.10
SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR RECREATIONAL VEHCILES AS A PRINCIPAL USE
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a.
The Summer Resort District will allow up to three (3) Recreational Vehicles on
site and shall not require Public Health permits. This will be treated as a
principal use whereas this site shall be designed for adequate parking.
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b. Decks constructed on sites with a principal Recreational Vehicle(s) shall not
exceed a height of 12 inches.
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c.
A maximum of two (2) accessory buildings may be constructed on a site with
a principal use Recreational Vehicle but shall not exceed 100 square feet.
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d. One (1) accessory garage may be construct on site with a principal use
Recreational Vehicle with a maximum floor area of 400 square feet.
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e.
Recreational Vehicles must be placed on the site so that the pop-outs, slide-
outs, awnings, etc. abide by setback regulations outline in section 10.4.
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11.
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (C/I)
The purpose of the Commercial/Industrial District (C/1) is to facilitate a diverse range of
commercial and industrial activities located primarily along municipal roadways and
Provincial highways.
11.1
PERMITTED USES
In any Commercial/ Industrial District (C/1), no person shall use any land, building or
structure, or erect any building or structure except in accordance with the following
provisions:
11.1.1
Principal Uses
a.
Offices and professional office buildings;
b. General commercial;
c.
General industry type 1;
d. Research laboratories;
e.
Agricultura l commercial;
f.
Grain terminals;
g.
Petroleum exploration wells or extraction wells and related facilities;
h. Aggregate Resource Extraction, Storage and Processing; Pipelines and related
facilities;
i.
Gas, oil well, and related facilities;
j.
Telecommunication facilities;
k. Service stations, car wash, or gas bar;
I.
Cardlock operations;
l.
Hotels or motels including a dwelling for caretakers or managers;
m. Veterinary clinics;
n. Trucking firm establishment;
o. Contractor's yard;
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p. Shops of plumbers, pipe fitters, metal workers and other industrial trades
manufacturing and sales;
q. Sale, rental, leasing and associated servicing of automobiles, trucks,
motorcycles and recreational vehicles excluding industrial equipment and
agricultural implements;
r.
Small scale repair services;
s.
Recycling and collection depot.
11.1.2
Accessory Uses
a.
Accessory building/uses.
11.1.3
Public Works and Municipal Buildings
a.
Public works, buildings, and structures, warehouses and storage yards.
11.2 DISCRETIONARY USES
The following uses shall be considered by Council subject to the completion of the
discretionary use process as outlined in Section 3 of the General Administration of this
bylaw.
11.2.1
Principal Uses
a.
General industry type II;
b. General industry type III;
c.
Agricultural industry;
d. General campgrounds including recreational vehicle park (refer to Section
5.11);
e.
Self-service storage facilities;
f.
Semi-trailer and container parking lot;
g.
Salvage yards and auto wreckers (refer to Section 5.15);
h. Construction trades with storage;
i.
Warehouses and supply depots;
j.
Bulk fuel sales and storage (refer to Section 5.16);
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k. Mobile storage: rail and sea containers;
l.
Solid and liquid waste disposal facility (refer to Section 5.14);
m. Meat processing plants/abattoirs;
n. Seed cleaning plants, feed mills and flour mills;
o. Cement manufacturing;
p. Wind energy facilities (refer to Section 5.18).
11.3 PROHIBITED USES
The following uses shall be strictly prohibited within a Commercial/Industrial District
(C/L):
a.
All uses of land, buildings or industrial processes that may be noxious or
injurious, or constitute a nuisance beyond the building which contains it by
reason of the production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse, matter, odour, gas,
fumes, noise, vibration or other similar substances or conditions;
b. All uses of buildings and land except those specifically noted as permitted or
discretionary.
c.
All uses of buildings and land except those specifically noted as permitted or
discretionary.
11.4
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES
.1
A permitted accessory use or building shall be defined as any buildings, structures or a
use which is customarily accessory to the principal use of the site, though only if the
principal permitted use or discretionary use has been established.
.2
All accessory uses, buildings, or structures require the submission of an application for
a Development Permit prior to commencing the use or construction unless it is
identified as exempt from this process in Section 3 of the General Administration of
this Bylaw.
.3
Setbacks and general performance standards for accessory buildings shall meet the
same requirements as the principal use or building.
11.5
SUBDIVISION AND SITE REGULATIONS
Public works shall have no minimum or maximum site requirements.
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Permitted and Discretionary Principal and Accessory Uses
Maximum site area
1 hectare (about 2.5 acres)
Minimum site
frontage
25.0 metres (82f t)
Maximum height
17.0 metres (56 ft)
Maximum front yard
All buildings shall be set back a minimum of 46 metres (151 ft) from
the centre line of any developed road, municipal road allowance, or
Provincial highway and/or a minimum of 90 metres (295 ft) from the
intersection of the centre lines of any municipal roads or Provincial
highway.
Minimum rear yard
15.0 metres (49 ft) or 25% of the depth of the site whichever is the
lesser.
Minimum side yard
15.0 metres except where a side yards abuts a municipal road
allowance or a Provincial highway, the front yard requirements shall
apply.
Minimum setback for
trees, shelterbelts and
other
All shelterbelts, tree plantings, portable structures, machinery and the
storage of aggregate materials shall comply with the same setback
requirements as for buildings.
.1
The Development Officer may require a greater setback for a permitted or
discretionary use if it is deemed that the use may substantially interfere with the safety
and amenity of adjacent sites
11.6
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS OR SPECIAL PROVISIONS
.1
All discretionary use applications shall follow the general the discretionary use
evaluation criteria as outlined in Section 5.2 and others that may be specified.
.2
Any parcel which does not conform to the minimum or maximum site area
requirement shall be deemed conforming with regard to site area, provided that a
registered title for the site existing at Information Services Corporation prior to the
coming into force of this Bylaw.
.3
Notwithstanding any other requirements contained in this Bylaw, service stations shall
locate underground storage tanks in accordance with The Fire Protection Act.
.4
The Development Officer may allow a building to be occupied by a combination of one
or more of the permitted or discretionary uses listed within this District; however,
each use shall obtain a separate Development Permit.
.5
Where the use of the building or site involves the receipt, distribution or dispatch by
vehicles of materials, goods or merchandise, adequate dedicated and clearly defined
space for such vehicles to stand for unloading or loading shall be provided on site.
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.6
All areas to be used for vehicular traffic shall be designed and constructed to the
satisfaction of Council
11.7
SIGNAGE
.1
Signs and billboards shall be prohibited in the C/1 - Commercial/Industrial District
except for signs advertising the principal use of the premises or the principal products
offered for sale on the premises. Permitted signs shall be subject to the following
requirements:
a.
Two permanent signs are permitted per site. Free standing signs shall not
exceed a facial area of 14.0 m2 (151 ft 2) and a height of 17.0 metres (56 ft);
b. No sign shall be located in any manner that may jeopardize public safety;
c.
Temporary signs not exceeding 1.0 m 2 (11 ft 2) advertising the sale or lease
of the property or other information relating to a temporary condition
affecting the property are permitted; and
d. Temporary signs advertising product prices or sales, special events related to
retail and service activities, or advertising community or charity activities or
events are permitted.
11.8
LANDSCAPING
.1
In addition the requirements contained within Section 4.12 of the General Regulations,
the following additional conditions shall be met for developments within an
Commercial/Industrial District:
a.
Prior to issuing a Development Permit for an undeveloped lot in this District,
the applicant shall be required to supply a landscape plan which is satisfactory
to Council, and wherever possible, existing trees should remain; and
b. Where a site abuts any Country Residential Acreage District without an
intervening road, there shall be a strip of land adjacent to the abutting site line
of not less than 3.0 metres (10ft) in depth throughout, which shall not be used
for any purpose except landscaping.
11.9
OUTDOOR STORAGE
a.
Outdoor storage is permitted in side and rear yards;
b. The storage and display of goods shall be permitted in a front yard where it is
deemed essential to facilitate a permitted or approved discretionary use;
c.
All outdoor storage must be screened from view from adjacent roadways and
public lands by a solid fence, landscape materials, berm, vegetative plantings
or any combination of the above at least 2.0 metres (7 ft) in height; and
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d. Commercial and industrial vehicles and equipment associated with a
permitted use may be stored on-site provided the area used for storage of
these vehicles does not exceed the area of the building used by the business to
carry out its operations. No vehicles, materials or equipment shall be in a state
of disrepair.
11.10
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
.1
Location of Required Parking and Loading Facilities:
a.
All required parking and loading facilities shall be located on the same site as
the principal building or use.
.2
Minimum Dimensions of Required Off-Street Parking and Loading Spaces:
a.
All required off-street parking spaces shall be clear of any access driveways,
aisles, ramps, columns, signs, or other similar obstructions and shall have
minimum dimensions of 2.7 metres (9 ft) by 6.7 metres (22 ft); and
b. All required off-street loading spaces shall be clear of any access driveways,
aisles, ramps, columns, signs, or other similar obstructions and shall have
minimum dimensions of 3.0 metres (10 ft) by 7.5 metres (25 ft) .
.3
Calculation of Parking Requirements:
a.
When the calculation of parking requirements results in a fractional required
parking space, this fractional requirement shall be rounded up to the next
whole number.
.4
Commercial and Industrial Uses:
a.
Restaurants: Off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum rate of 1 space
per 4 seats intended for patrons use;
b. Motels and hotels: Off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum rate of 1
space per guest unit;
c.
Retail/services commercial: Off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum
rate of 1 space per 9.3 m2 (100 ft 2) of building floor area; and
d. All other commercial and industrial uses: Off-street parking shall be provided
at a minimum rate of 1 space per 46 m2 of building floor area of 1 space per 5
employees, whichever is greater
.5
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a.
Each principal building with a floor area greater than 500 m 2 shall provide
one off-street loading space.
11.11
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
a.
An industrial operation including production, processing, cleaning, testing,
repairing, storage or distribution of any material shall conform to the
following standards:
i.
Noise - emit no noise of industrial production audible beyond the boundary of
the lot on which the operation takes place;
ii. Smoke - no process involving the use of solid fuel is permitted;
iii. Dust or ash - no process involving the emission of dust, fly ash, or other
particulate matter is permitted;
iv. Odour - the emission of any odorous gas or other odorous matter is
prohibited;
v.
Toxic gases-the emission of any toxic gases or other toxic substances is
prohibited;
vi. Glare or heat - no industrial operation shall be carried out that would produce
glare or heat discernible beyond the property line of the lot;
vii. External storage - external storage of goods or material is permitted if kept in
a neat and
viii. orderly manner or suitably enclosed by a fence or wall to the satisfaction of
the authority having jurisdiction. No storage shall be permitted in the front
yard;
ix. Industrial wastes - waste which does not conform to the standards established
from time to time by RM Bylaws shall not be discharged into any rural or
urban sewers; and
x.
The onus of proving to the authority having jurisdiction and Council's
satisfaction that a proposed development does and will comply with these
requirements rests with the developer.
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12.
FLOOD HAZARD OVERLAY (FH)
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The intent of the Flood Hazard Overlay is to restrict development in areas that are
considered hazardous for development in order to minimize property damage due to
flooding. The following regulations are intended to apply supplementary standards for
development in areas designated as flood hazard zones.
No person shall within any FH District use any land, or erect, alt er, or use any building
or structure, except in accordance with the following provisions.
12.1
DEFINING THE BOUNDARY
For all proposed development in this cautionary area, the developer shall be required to
contact the Saskatchewan Wat er Security Agency to determine the 1:500- year return
frequency flood event and necessary freeboard.
12.2
SITE REGULATIONS IN THE FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
.1
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 shall be prohibited.
.2
If the development of new buildings or additions is approved in the flood fringe, flood-
proofing to an elevation of 0.5 metres above the 1:500-year flood event will be
required.
.3
No person shall backfill, grade, deposit earth or other material, excavate, or store goods
or materials in the flood fringe nor plan any vegetation parallel to the waterflow.
.4
For a proposed development located within the flood fringe, Council may issue a
development permit for a development provided that the applicant has produced a site
plan. Council may also require the developer to undertake a flood study carried out by
a qualified professional. The study shall determine the 1:500 flood elevation including
the flood way and the flood fringe areas and any potential impacts and mitigative
measures of the proposed development.
.5
"Hazardous Substances and Waste Dangerous Goods" are prohibited, as defined by the
Hazardous Substances and Waste Dangerous Goods Control Regulations of the
Environmental Management and Protection Act of Saskatchewan.
12.3
FLOOD PROOFING REGULATIONS
.1
A development permit shall not be issued for any land use, erection, alternation or use
of any building or structure within the Flood Hazard Overlay area unless the site/
development meets approved flood proofing measures 0.5 metres (1.6 ft.) above the
1:500 flood design elevation.
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.2
Any existing buildings may be replaced or expanded subject to appropriate flood
proofing measure being provided.
.3
For the purpose of this Bylaw, appropriate flood proofing measure shall mean:
a.
That all buildings shall be designed to prevent structural damage by flood
waters;
b. The first floor of all buildings shall be constructed above the designated flood
design elevation; and
c.
All electrical and mechanical equipment within a building shall be located
above the designated flood design elevation.
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13.
ECOLOGICAL: SENSATIVE LANDS OVERLAY (ES)
The intent of this Overlay Area is to restrict development in areas that are considered -
ecologically sensitive. The following regulations are intended to apply supplementary
standards for development in areas designated as having potential ecological sensitivities
in order to restrict development in identified and potentially environmentally sensitive
and critical wildlife areas.
13.1
DEFINING THE BOUNDARY
.1
All land within the Ecologically Sensitive Lands Overlay District are shown on the Future
Land Use Map and Zoning Map.
13.2
SITE REGULATIONS IN THE FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
.1
All the regulations of the District, which underlies the ES District, shall be used by
Council as a guideline in establishing conditions, which may be applied to location-
sensitive development permits for the specific use being requested.
.2
With the exception of a single-dwelling, for a proposed development located within the
Environmentally Sensitive Lands Overlay Area, Council may require the developer to
have an environmental assessment carried out by a qualified professional. The site
analysis shall identify potential impacts and mitigative measures of the proposed
development in the Ecological Sensitive Lands Overlay District.
.3
Identified actions for hazard avoidance, prevent ion, mitigation or remedy for any
development proposed in an ES Overlay District may be incorporated as special
conditions of a development permit. Where such special conditions conflict with any
other regulation of this Bylaw, the special conditions shall take precedence. Council
shall refuse a perm it for any development for which, in Council's opinion, the
proposed actions are inadequate to address the adverse effects or may result in
excessive costs for the Municipality.
.4
No person shall within an Eco logical Sensitive Lands Overlay District use any land, or
erect, alter or use any building or structure, except in accordance with the following
provisions.
13.3
CRITIAL WILDLIFE HABITAT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
.1
Where development is proposed in an area identified as containing to critical wildlife
habitat the Development Officer may require the applicant to provide additional
information as required by The Wildlife Habitat Protection Act (WHPA) and any other
relevant Provincial Regulations.
.2
Council may prohibit development and recommend subdivision refusal where
proposals may adversely affect long-term wildlife conservation and may specify
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development and subdivision requirements based on reports from qualified consult
ants or officials from the Provincial government.
.3
All development and subdivision proposals on private and Crown Lands which are
within a Critical Wildlife Management Area shall conform to:
a.
The Critical Wildlife Habitat Act /CWHA) requirements;
d. The Critical Wildlife Habitat Lands Disposition and Alteration Regulations
requirements;
e.
Council specified wildlife development, management, conservation, mitigative
and rehabilitation development standards to maximize long-term wildlife
protection.