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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF VISCOUNT NO. 341 ZONING BYLAW NO. 2-97 Prepared by Saskatchewan Municipal Governent SEAL  Certified a true copy of Bylaw No. 2-97 adopted by resolution of Council this 6th day of May, 1997. satr Administrator ## TABLE of CONTENTS ## PART I | | Section 1 INTRODUCTION | Section 1 INTRODUCTION | 1 | |-------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----| | | Section 2 ADMINISTRATION | Section 2 ADMINISTRATION | | | Section 3 | GENERAL REGULATIONS | GENERAL REGULATIONS | | | | 3.1 | Development on Hazard Lands | 2 | | | 3.2 | One Principal building or Use Permitted on a Site | 2 | | | 3.3 | Mobile Homes | | | | 3.4 | Non-Conforming Uses | | | | 3.5 | Signs and Billboards | | | | 3.6 | Public Utilities, Pipelines and Facilities of the Municipality | | | | 3.7 | Solid And Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities | | | | 3.8 | Home Based Businesses | | | | 3.9 | Bed-and-breakfast and Vacation Farms | | | | | 3.10 Campgrounds. | | | Section 4 | ZONING DISTRICTS. | ZONING DISTRICTS. | | | | Section 5 A - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT | Section 5 A - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT | 4 | | | 5.1 | Permitted Uses.. | 4 | | | | 5.2 Discretionary Uses | 5 | | | 5.3 | Regulations | | | | 5.4 | Specific Standards For Discretionary Uses | 7 | | Section 6 | LD - LAKESHORE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT | LD - LAKESHORE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT | | | | | Permitted Uses. | | | | | 6.2 Discretionary Uses | | | | | Regulations | | | | | Development Standards for Discretionary Uses | 10 | | PART II | PART II | PART II | | | DEFINITIONS | DEFINITIONS | DEFINITIONS | 10 | | PART III ADOPTION | PART III ADOPTION | PART III ADOPTION | 13 | ## SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION ## 1.1 Title This bylaw shall be known as the "Zoning Bylaw of the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341." ## 1.2 Scope All dylopment within the limits of the municipality shall be in conformity with the provisions of ## 1.3 Severability f any part of this bylaw, including anything shown on the zoning district map, is declared to b avalid for any reason, by an authority of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall not affect th validity of the bylaw as a whole, or any other part, section or provision of this bylaw. ## SECTION 2 - ADMINISTRATION ## 2.1 Development Officer The Rural Municipal Administrator shall be the Development Officer responsible for the administration of this bylaw. ## 2.2 Application for a Development Permit - Every person shall obtain a development permit before commencing any development within the municipality, except as listed in Section 2.3. - (3) The application shall have attached a layout or site plan as required in the application form or by the Development Officer, together with any other information needed to assess the - (2) The application shall be in the "Form A" as adopted or amended by resolution of council. ## 2.3 Development Not Requiring a Permit - (1) Developments permits are not required for the following only: 2. (b) Public Utilities: Any operation for the purposes of inspecting, repairing, or renewing sewers, mains, cables, pipes, wires, tracks or similar public works as required by a public utility, and the installation of service connections to property in the municipality; (a permit is required for the installation of new transmission lines). 3. (a) Accessory Farm Buildings and Structures: Farm buildings and structures, where accessory to a permitted agricultural use or existing farmstead. (Note: An ILO structure or new residence are principal uses and will require a permit under this bylaw.) 4. (c) Municipal Facilities: Any facility installed and operated by the Municipality; - 1) Do comply wite die real g) or to allawed in the district in which they are located and 6. (d) Signs: Subject to the provisions of Section 3.5. ## 2.4 Referrals to Council The Development Officer may submit any application to Council for a decision on the interpretation of the bylaw, or upon special conditions provided for in the bylaw, and shall inform the applicant ol ae date and time when council will consider the matter. Council or the Development Officer ma equire the applicant to provide such further information as they require to make a decisio ## 2.5 Issue of Permits - (1) Upon completion of the review of an application for development, the Development Officer shall: 2. (a) issue a development permit for a permitted use, where the application conforms this bylaw, incorporating any special regulations, performance standards or development standards 3. (b) issue a refusal, where the application does not comply with a provision or regulation of this 4. (c) submit the application to Council for decision, where the application is for a discretionary use. - (2) Council shall make a decision on a discretionary use, by resolution which instructs the development officer to: 2. issue a development permit incorporating any specific development standards set forth b 'ouncil, subject to the limitations of the Act and in accordance with the provisions of thi 3. (b) issue a notice of refusal to the applicant, stating the reasons for the refusal. - (3) The permit or notice shall be in "Form B" as adopted or amended by resolution of council. ## 2.6 Building Permits, Licences, and Compliance with Other Bylaws - (1) Nothing in this bylaw shall exempt any person from complying with a building bylaw, or any other bylaw in force within the municipality, or from obtaining any permission required by this, or any other bylaw of the municipality, the province or the federal government. - (2) A building permit, where required, shall not be issued for a development unless a required development permit has been issued. ## 2.7 Development Appeals Board - (1) Council shall appoint a Development Appeals Board in accordance with Sections 71 and 91 to - (2) On "Form B", a development permit or notice of refusal, the development officer shall advise the applicant of the rights of appeal granted by the Act. - (3) A person who wishes to appeal to the board shall, within 30 days receiving the permit or notic le a written notice of intention to appeal, and the appeal fee, with the secretary of the boar ## 2.8 Fees and Advertising - (1) Amendment of the Zoning Bylaw - Where a person requests Council to amend the zoning bylav that person shall pay to the municipality a fee equal to the costs associated with the public advertisement of the proposed amendment. - (3) Acivertisement of a discretionary use application. - (3) Application fees. - an applicant for a development permit shall pay a $10.00 application fee. ## 2.9 Offenses and Penalties Any person who violates this bylaw is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to the penalties set forth in the Act. ## SECTION 3 - GENERAL REGULATIONS The following regulations shall apply to all Zoning Districts in this bylaw. ## 3.1 Development on Hazard Lands - (1) Council may require that before a permit may be issued, the applicant shall submit a report prepared by a professional competent to assess the suitability of the site for a development described in clause (1), and which in the opinion of council, shows that the proposed site and development is suitable with respect to the following where relevant: 2. -the potential for flooding up to a 1 in 500 flood elevation, or such lower elevation as may be suitable for the proposed use or building, 3. the potential for slope instability, 4. Identified actions for hazard avoidance, prevention, mitigation or remedy may be incorporated as conditions to issuance of a development permit. Council shall refuse a permit for any development for which, in council's opinion, the proposed actions are inadequate to address the adverse affects, or will result in excessive municipal costs. 5. the required mitigation measures for construction on areas of high water tables if any. ## 3.2 One Principal Building or Use Permitted on a Site Not more than one principal building or use shall be permitted on any one site except for: - (b) Institutional uses; - (a) Public utility uses; - (c) Agricultural uses; - (d) Ancillary uses as specifically provided for in this bylaw. ## 3.3 Mobile Homes ## 3.4 Non-conforming Uses The provisions of The Act, Sections 113 and 118 inclusive, apply to all non-conforming buildings and uses. ## 3.5 Signs and Billboards - 1) Say signaledin dina i sway Cign corridor shall be regulated entirely by the requirements o herero, aid nub sios 2 shal not appoincial Highway Regulations, 1986° or amendment - (2) Signs Other Than in a Highway Sign Corridor - b) Any sign located in other than a highway sign corridor, may only advertise agricultura commercial uses, home based businesses, the principal use of a site, or the principal products offered for sale on a premises. 4. (a) All signs situated along a highway are required to comply with "The Erection of Signs Adjacent to Provincial Highway Regulations, 1986" as may be amended from time to time 5. (c) A maximum of 2 advertising signs are permitted on any site, or quarter section. 6. (d) Government signs, memorial signs, and directional signs which bear no advertising, including traffic control, no trespassing, hunting restriction and similar signs, are exempt from restriction. 7. (e) Temporary signs and real estate signs are permitted only as long as the temporary condition exists for the property. 8. (f) Billboard and other off site advertising signs are prohibited, except in a highway sign 9. (g) All private signs shall be located so that no part of the sign is over a public right of way 10. (b) The maximum facial area of a sign shall be as specified in the district in which it is located ## 3.6 Public Utilities, Pipelines, and Facilities of the Municipality - (1) Public utilities and facilities of the Municipality, except solid and liquid waste disposal sites, shall be permitted uses in every zoning district, and unless otherwise specified by this bylaw, no minimum site area or yard requirements shall apply. - (2) Where a pipeline, or other utility or transportation facility will cross a municipal road, Council may apply such special design standards as it considers necessary to protect the municipal interest in the existing and future improvements to the road. ## 3.7 Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities Development and maintenance of a solid or liquid waste disposal facility will be subject to the following special standards as may be specified by Council on issuing a permit: - (2) Any solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall be fenced. - (1) A buffer strip containing trees, shrubs or a berm shall be located surrounding a lagoon or sanitary landfill disposal area. ## 3.8 Home Based Businesses Home based businesses shall be subject to the following conditions: - (2) The operator of the business is a resident of the dwelling unit and, in the case of a farmstead only, up to two non resident employees may be employed at the site. Any employee shall be directly under the hire and management of the operator of the business. Where the business is of a building or service contractor, additional employees may be involved only at the client building site. - (1) The use is clearly ancillary to the use of a farmstead as an agricultural operation or the durelling unit as a private residence. - (3) No variation in the residential or residential farm character and appearance of the dwelling, 4. residence of the applicant for such permitted use. - (5) All permits issued for home based business shall be subject to the condition that the permit mav be revoked at any time if, in the opinion of the Council, the conditions under which the permit was originally issued are no longer met. ## 3.9 Bed-and-Breakfast and Vacation Farms Vacation farms and bed-and-breakfast homes shall be subject to the following requirements: - (1) Vacation farms shall be ancillary to an agricultural farm operation and located on the same site as a farmstead, and may include bed and breakfast, cabins, and overnight camping areas. 2. On site signs shall be permitted in accordance with Section 3.5. Off site signs not exceeding 0.5 square metres (5 ft?) may be permitted at the discretion of council where necessary to provide directions from a highway to the operation. - (2) A maximum of five cabins shall be permitted as part of a vacation farm operation. - (4) Vacation farms and bed-and-breakfast operations shall be licensed pursuant to the Public Health Act, where tourist accommodations require health approval. - (5) Bed-and-breakfast operations shall be located in a single detached dwelling used as the operator's principal residence developed as a farmstead or residence; or located in a dwelling accessory to and established on the same site as the host principal residence. ## 3.10 Campgrounds - (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, 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 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 square metres in area with its corners clearly marked. - (4) No portion of any campsite shall be located within a roadway or required buffer area. - (6) Each trailer coach shall be located at least 4.5 metres from any other trailer coach, and each campsite shall have dimensions sufficient to allow such location of trailer coaches. - (5) Each campsite shall have direct and convenient access to a developed roadway, which is not located in any required buffer area. - (7) The space provided for roadways within a campground shall be at least 7.5 meters in width. No portion of any campsite, other use or structure shall be located in any roadway. 8. (°) A campground may include as ancillary uses a laundromat or a confectionary designed to meet the needs of the occupants of the campsites, and one single detached dwelling for the accommodation of the operator. - (8) No trailer coach shall be stored on any campsite when the campground is not open. - (10) The Public Health Act and the Regulations passed thereunder, shall be complied with in respect to all operations and development of the campground. ## SECTION 4 - ZONING DISTRICTS ## 4.1 Districts For the purpose of applying this bylaw, the municipality is divided into zoning districts. ## 4.2 Boundaries The boundaries of all zoning districts except the A - Agricultural District are shown on the map: entitled, "Zoning District Map" which are attached to, and forms a part of this bylaw. Unless ›therwise shown on the map, the boundaries of the said districts are site lines, centre lines of street anes, roads or such lines extended and the boundaries of the municipalit ## 4.3 Regulations Regulations for the zoning districts are outlined in the following sections. ## SECTION 5: A - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT ## 5.1 Permitted Uses The following uses are permitted in this district. ## 5.1.1 Principal Uses - (1) Agricultural uses 2. (b) Pastures for the raising of livestock (excluding I.L.O.s). 3. (a) Field crops. - (i) Farmsteads, where located on a site of one quarter section or more. - (2) Resource based uses - (a) Metallic or non-metallic mineral mines or extraction facilities. - (3) Other uses - (b) Radio, television and microwave towers. - (a) Places of worship, cemeteries, and non-residential schools. - (c) Public parks and public recreational facilities. - (e) Public utilities, excluding solid and liquid waste disposal sites. - (d) Historical and archaeological sites, and wildlife and conservation management areas. - (f) Municipal facilities. ## 5.1.2 Ancillary Uses - (1) Uses ancillary to a principal agricultural use on the same site. 2. (a) Beehives and honey extraction facilities. 3. (c) Fish farming. 4. (b) Facilities for the preparation for sale of crops grown by the agricultural operation ## 5.1.3 Accessory Uses and Buildings - ) Farm buildings and structures for a principal agricultural use on the sit - (3) Orchards and vegetable, horticultural or fruit gardens, where accessory to a farmstead or residence. - 'acilities for direct sale of crops grown by the agricultural operation to the consum - (4) Private garages, sheds, and buildings accessory to any single detached dwelling on the site. - Accessory buildings and uses for other principal uses listed above, but not including a residence. - (5) Accessory buildings and uses for resource based uses. ## 5.2 Discretionary Uses The following uses are discretionary in this district. ## 5.2.1 Principal Uses - (1) Agricultural uses 2. (b) Intensive agricultural operations. 3. (a) Intensive livestock operations subject to Section 5.4.1. - (2) Residential uses 5. (a) Any residence or farmstead on a site of less than a quarter section. - (3) Commercial uses 7. (a) Agricultural product processing 8. (c) Agricultural service and contracting establishments. 9. (b) Agricultural equipment, fuel, and chemical supply establishments. 10. (d) Grain elevators and related uses. - (4) Other uses 12. (b) Residential schools. 13. (a) Church residences and residential religious institutions. 14. (c) Institutional camps. 15. (e) Solid and liquid waste disposal facilities, including soil farms for the rehabilitation of contaminated soils. 16. (d) Airports and private airstrips. ## 5.2.2 Ancillary Uses including buildings and uses ancillary to a discretionary principal use. - 1) Vacation farms, where ancillary to a farmstead on the same site - (3) Home based businesses, where ancillary to a farmstead or residence on the same site, including personal care homes. - (2) Bed-and-breakfast homes, where ancillary to a farmstead or residence on the same site - (4) Agricultural related commercial uses ancillary to a farmstead on the same site. ## 5.2.3 Accessory Uses including buildings and uses accessory to a discretionary principal use. ## 5.3 Regulations ## 5.3.1 Subdivision The subdivision of any land within the Agricultural District is subject to the policies contained in the Basic Planning Statement, Sections 3.3 (agricultural), 4.3 (residential) and 5.3 (commercial). ## 5.3.2 Site Requirements for Principal Uses ## (1) Density - (a) a maximum of 3 sites for any of agricultural, residential or commercial principal uses, - A quarter section, or portion thereof located within this district, may contain: - (b) one additional site for agricultural, residential or commercial principal use where the site to be added is physically separated from the remainder of the section by a registered roa plan or by a railway on a registered right of way, and the site has direct access to a developed road, - (d) Sites for other uses listed in Sections 5.1.1 (3), and 5.2.1 (4). (Institutional and service type uses). - (c) Sites for resource based uses listed in Section 5.1.1 (2), and - (2) The minimum site frontage shall be 30 metres. - (3) No site shall be less than 0.8 hectares (2 acres). - (a) Sites for resource based uses listed in Section 5.1.1 (2), and - (4) Exemptions from minimum frontage and area requirements: - 'b) Sites for other uses listed in Sections 5.1.1(1), 5.1.1 (3), and 5.2.1 (4). (Agricultural, institutional and service type uses). ## 5.3.3 Access - (1) Development of a farmstead, residence, commercial use, institutional use, or other development requiring public access is prohibited unless the site abuts a developed road. - (2) For the purposes of this section "developed road" shall mean an existing graded all-weather oad on a registered right of way, or a road for which arrangements have been made wit council to provide for the construction of the road on a registered right of way to a standar approved by council. - (3) proposed use, the proposed has frontage on a registered developed road, including any road to be developed under a signed servicing agreement. ## 5.3.4 Farmsteads - (1) A farmstead may contain the following where located on the same parcel: 2. (a) A residence for the operator of an agricultural use. 3. (b) A bunkhouse or additional residence for employees and partners of the operator engaged in the agricultural operation. 4. (d) Buildings for permitted accessory and ancillary uses. 5. (c) Facilities for the temporary holding of livestock raised in an operation, in lesser number. than constitutes an I.L.O. (unless approved as an I.L.O.) ## 5.3.5 Building Setback Requirements - (1) The minimum setback of buildings and structures, including dwellings, from the centreline of a developed road, municipal road allowance, or provincial highway shall be 45 metres (148 ft). (Note: A greater distance may be required by the Department of Highways and Transportation.) 2. (a) the separation distance to an intensive livestock operation as regulated in Section 5.4.1. - (2) No dwelling shall be located with less than a minimum separation distance to an operation of other than the resident of the dwelling as follows: 4. (b) 305 metres (1000 ft) from a public, or licensed private solid or liquid waste disposal facility. 5. (d) council may accept a lesser minimum separation distance to the above operations than required by clauses (a), (b), and (c), as a special standard in the issuing of a development permit, where the applicant submits a written agreement to Council between the land owner of the dwelling and the owner of the operation relating to such lesser distance. Council will maintain a register of all such agreements. 6. (c) 305 metres (1000 ft) from a honey processing facility. 7. (e) 305 metres (1000 ft) to a non-refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the Department of Municipal Government. - (3) No dwelling or other building shall be located within the approach surface for any airport or airstrip. 9. (D 600 metres (1970 feet) to a refrigerated anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the Department of Municipal Government. ## 5.4 Specific Development Standards for Discretionary Uses ## 5.4.1 Intensive Livestock Operations - (1) Council is governed by the location criteria contained in the Basic Planning Statement, Section 3.4 in the issuing of a discretionary approval for an I.L.O. - (3) Approval of an intensive livestock operation shall be for a specific maximum number of animal units specified by council as a condition of the development permit. A new discretionary approval shall be required to expand the intensive livestock operation, or to substantially alter the species of animals in the operation. - 2) Development of any temporary facility and part of a site shall also require a development permit as a discretionary use if it meets the definition of an I.L.O. ## 5.4.2 Intensive Agricultural Operations - In the application for an intensive agricultural operation the applicant shall identify the proposed supply of water for the operation where intensive irrigation is required, which supply shall be sufficient to meet the needs of that operation without detrimental effects on the supply or ground water used by neighbouring properties. - (2) The operation may include a farmstead or dwelling on the same site subject to Section 5.3.2. ## 5.4.3 Keeping of Animals on Farmsteads in Proximity to Urban Centres - (1) A maximum of ten(10) animal units will be permitted on a farmstead site situated within 400 metres of an urban municipal boundary. - (2) Animals shall not be pastured within 300 metres (984 feet) of any dwelling not owned by the operator of the pasture or owner of the animals, and no buildings or structures intended t contain animals shall be located within 300 metres (984 feet) of a property line. ## 5.4.4 Keeping of Animals on Residential Sites other than Farmsteads. - (1) A maximum of two(2) large animals (horses or cattle) will be permitted on a site of at least 2 hectares (5 acres). Four(4) large animals will be permitted on a site of at least 4 hectares (10 cres) site. For each additional 1.2 hectares (3 acres), one(1) additional large animal will t permitted. Ill other animals shall be limited to domestic pets of the residents of the site, b in no case shall the numbers exceed that equal to one animal unit. - (2) Animals shall not be pastured within 15 metres (50 fl) of any dwelling not owned by the operator of the pasture or owner of the animals, and no buildings or structures intended to contain animals shall be located within 30 metres (100 feet) of a property line. ## 5.4.5 Solid and Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities - (1) Development and maintenance of a solid or liquid waste disposal facility shall be subject to Section 3.8. ## 5.4.6 Home Based Businesses - (1) shall comply with Section 3.9 - (2) A personal care home must be licensed under The Personal Care homes Act. ## 5.4.7 Vacation Farms and Bed-and-Breakfast Homes - (1) shall comply with Section 3.10 - (2) Council may apply special standards in the issuing a development permit limiting the number of rooms, cabins or camping spaces that may be permitted in conjunction with the operation. ## 5.4.8 Commercial Uses - 1) Where ancillary to a farmstead, Council may apply special standards as a condition o iscretionary approval limiting the size of operation, buildings used for the operation, an number of non resident employees. - (3) Council may require special standards for the location, set back or screening of any area devoted to the outdoor storage of machinery, vehicles, or vehicular parts in conjunction with a commercial operation including any salvage or vehicle storage yard. - (2) An increase in the area of land for a commercial use, or the number or size of buildings used for the commercial operation, shall require a development permit subject to discretionary approval by council. ## 5.4.9 Campgrounds - (1) shall comply with Section 3.11 ## SECTION 6: LD - LAKESHORE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ## 6.1 Permitted Uses The following uses are permitted in this district. ## 6.1.1 Principal Uses - (1) Residential uses 2. (b) Mobile home. 3. (a) Single detached dwelling. - (2) Public utilities, except solid and liquid waste disposal facilities. - 3) Community halls, public sports fields and parks, and municipal service facilities 6. 6.1.2 Accessory Uses including uses and buildings accessory to the permitted principal use on the site. ## 6.2 Discretionary Uses The following uses are discretionary in this district. ## 6.2.1 Principal Uses - (1) Recreational uses 2. (b) Golf courses. 3. (a) Campgrounds. 4. (c) Other non-profit community recreational facilities. 5. (d) Marinas. - (2) Commercial uses 7. (b) Bait and tackle stores with or without boat rental or gas bars. 8. (a) Convenience stores with or without gas bars. 9. (c) Commercial recreation facilities. 10. (d) Motels, tourist cabins, or lodges, with or without a restaurant. - (3) Home based business, where ancillary to a residence on the same site. 12. 6.2.2 Accessory Uses including uses and buildings customarily accessory and subordinate to the discretionary principal use on the site. ## 6.3 Regulations ## 6.3.1 Site Area Requirements - 1) Residential - - 2) Commercial - Minimum - 550 m° (6000 square feet) Minimum - 900 square metres (9,688 square feet) Minimum - 0.4 hectares (1 acre Minimum - non ## 6.3.2 Site Frontage Requirements - (1) Residential - - (2) Commercial and Campgrounds - - (3) All other uses - Minimum - 10 metres (60 fe). Minimum - none ## 6.3.3 Yard Requirements - (1) Lake front: residential lots: 2. (a) Front Yard (abutting street) 3. (d) Accessory buildings shall not cover more than 30% of the required front yard for principal buildings. 4. (a) Front Yard (abutting street) - (2) All other residential lots: - (6) For the purpose of this section a lakefront residential lot shall include any lot proposed for residential development that abuts the bank of the lake, or abuts dedicated land that abuts th bank of the lake within 30 metres (100 ft) of the rear lot line. - Principal buildings - Minimum - 6 metres (20 feet) - Accessory buildings - Minimum - 1.5 metres (5 feet) subject to clause (d). - (b) Side yard - Minimum - 1.5 metres (5 feet) - (c) Rear Yard (lake side) - Principal buildings - Minimum - 4.5 metres (15 feet) - Accessory buildings - Minimum - 4.5 metres (15 feet) - All buildings - - (b) Side yard - Minimum - 6 metres (20 feet) Minimum - 1.5 metres (5 feet) - (c) Rear Yard - Principal buildings - - Accessory buildings - Minimum - 6 metres (20 feet) Minimum - 1.5 metres (5 feet) - (3) Commercial uses: (a) All yards - Minimum - 6 metres (20 feet) - (4) Public parks, municipal facilities and public utilities: - (a) All yards - No requirements - 5) All other uses: Minimum - 6 metres (20 feel Minimum - 1.5 metres (5 feet ## 6.3.4 Floor Area - (1) Distached accessory buildings - Maximum - 100 m° (1,076 ft) ## 6.3.5 Residential development - (a) bear C.S.A. Standard Z240 (1979) or later revisions thereto approval, - c) be securely attached to the ground and skirted with a material compatible with the exterio finish of the mobile home, prior to occupancy. - (b) be attached to an approved septic system prior to occupancy, and ## 6.3.6 Sign Size - 1) The maximum facial area of a sign on residential sites shall be 1.2 square metres ( 12.9 ft? - 2) The maximum facial area of a sign on all other sites shall be 3.5 square metres (37.7 ft? ## 6.3.7 Protection of Trees and Vegetation (Optional) - No person shall cut or remove any tree located in this district, with a trunk diameter of more than 100 millimetres measured at a height of 1 metre above grade, without having first obtained a development permit pursuant to Section 2.2. - (a) the removal is, in his opinion, necessary to provide for access to the site, required off-street parking, or access thereto in conjunction with a permitted use on the site, - (2) The Development Officer may issue a development permit which provides for the cutting or removal of trees where: - (b) the trees are located within the area of a building for which a development permit has - (c) the trees are located on the property within 2 metres of an existing building, - (e) the trees are too close together to allow proper growth, and the removal is for specific tress identified in the permit comprising less than one third of the trees located on the property and regulated under clause (1). - (d) the trees are, in his opinion, dead, dying, severely diseased, or damaged so as to pose a safety hazard, or - spaces by the municipality. - (4) No person shall clear more than 500 square metres of land of natural bush, shrubs, or small trees, on any parcel of land, except as may be required for the development of streets in an approved subdivision, or except as specifically provided for in an approved development permit. In any development permit, Council may apply special conditions limiting the area of land cleared of natural bush, small trees, or shrubs. ## 6.4 Development Standards for Discretionary Uses ## 6.4.1 Home Based Business - (1) shall comply with Section 3.9 2. (2) - (3) ome based business in this distric ## 6.4.2 Commercial Uses - 1) The principal building for a confectionary or bait and tackle shop shall not exceed floor area 00 m? (1,076 ft?) devoted to the commercial use 2. One ancillary residence for the operator of the commercial use is permitted on the site, but th ainimum site area shall be the sum of the minimum site areas for a residential lot and ## 6.4.3 Campgrounds - (1) shall comply with Section 3.11. ## PART II - DEFINITIONS Whenever in this bylaw the following words or terms are used, they shall, unless the context otherwise provides be held to have the following meaning: Accessory Use: - a use customarily incidental, subordinate, and exclusively devoted to the principal use or building and is located on the same site with such principal use or building. Act: - The Planning and Development Act, 1983, as amended. Alteration: - any structural change or addition made to any building or structure. Animal Unit (A.U.): - the kind and number of animals calculated in accordance with the following table: | | Kind of Animal | Number of Animals = 1 Animal Unit | |-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | Poultry | Hens, cockerels, capons Chicks, broiler chickens Turkeys, geese, ducks Exotic birds | 100 200 50 25 | | Hogs | Boars and sows Gilts Feeder pigs Weanling pigs | 3 4 6 20 | | Sheep | Rams or ewes Lambs | 7 14 | | Goats, etc. | all including llamas, alpacas etc.) | 7 | | Cattle | Cows and bulls Feeder cattle Replacement heifers Calves | 1 1½ 2 4 | | Horses | Colts and ponies other horses | 2 1 | | | domesticated native ungulates | | | Other | (deer, elk, bison, etc.) | 1 | ncillary Use: - a use that is secondary and subordinate in size, extent and purpose to the principal use c he same site, but is not necessary for the operation of the principal use on that sit aprica to a approve or perio de the pra dendone orpermie de, thie bylaw, for a subdivision Bed and Breakfast Home: - 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, and which is greater than 2 square metres in facial area. Building: - a structure used for the shelter or accommodation of persons, animals, or chattels. Building, Accessory: - a subordinate detached building appurtenant to a main building or main use and located in the same site, the purpose of which is to provide better and more convenient function of the main building or main use. Building Permit: - a permit issued under a building bylaw of the municipality authorizing the construction of all or part of any building. Campground: - the seasonal operation of an area of land managed as a unit, providing temporary shortterm accommodation for tents, tent trailers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles and campers, used by travellers and tourists. Council: - the Council of the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341. 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. Development Permit: - a document authorizing a development issued pursuant to this bylaw. Discretionary Use: - a use or form of development specified in this bylaw, which may be allowed following application to, and approval of the Council; and which complies with the development standards, as required by Council, contained in this bylaw. Dwelling, Single Detached: - a detached building consisting of one dwelling unit as herein defined; and occupied or intended to be occupied as a permanent home or residence, but shall not include a mobile home or trailer coach as herein defined. Dwelling Unit: - one or more habitable rooms constituting a self-contained unit and used or intended to be used together for living and sleeping purposes by one or more persons. rmstead: - a single site which includes the residence of the farm operator and those buildings or faciliti ich are related to the farm operation, and may include cropland and pastur Floor Area: - the maximum habitable area contained within the outside walls of a building, excluding in the case of a dwelling, any private garage, porch, veranda, sun lounge, unfinished basement, or attic. Hazard Land: - land which may be prone to flooding, slumping, subsidence, landslides, erosion, any other instability, or is located within a flood plain or watercourse. Home Based Business: - a secondary occupation carried on by the occupants of a farmstead or residence ancillary to a permitted use. Highway Sign Corridor: - a strip of land parallel and adjacent to a provincial highway; where private signs may be permitted to advertise goods and services of local area businesses and attractions, as provided by regulations of the Department of Highways entitled "The Erection of Signs Adjacent to Provincial Highway Regulations, 1986", as may be amended from time to time. not including an intensive livestock operation. Intensive Livestock Operation (I.L.O.): - the operation or facilities for the permanent or temporary rearing, confinement or feeding of poultry, hogs, sheep, goats, cattle, horses, or domesticated game animals in such numbers that the facility and portion of a site used for the operation: - (a) will contain 100 or more animal units comprised of cattle or horses or 20 or more animal units comprised of other species including poultry, hogs, sheep, goats or native ungulates. - (b) provides less than 370 square metres (4000 ft?.) of space for each animal unit contained therein. Mobile Home: - a trailer coach: - (a) that is used as a dwelling; - (b) that has water faucets and shower, or other bathing facilities, that may be connected to a water - that is equipped with facilities for washing and water closet, or other similar facility, that may be connected to a sewage system. Municipality: · ihe Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341. Non-Conforming Building: - a building: - (b) that on the date this bylaw or any amendment to this bylaw becomes effective does not, or when constructed will not, comply with this bylaw. - (a) that is lawfully constructed or lawfully under construction, or in respect of which all required permits have been issued, at the date a zoning bylaw or any amendment to this bylaw affecting the building or land on which the building is situated or will be situated becomes effective; and Non-Conforming Use: - any use of land, building, or structure lawfully existing at the time of the passing of this bylaw, the use of which does not comply with all the regulations of this bylaw governing the zone district in which it is located. Pasture: - a site that is used for the raising and feeding of livestock by grazing. Permitted Use: - a use or form of development allowed as of right in a zoning district, subject to the regulations contained in this bylaw. Personal Care Home: - a facility licensed under The Personal Care Homes Act that provides long term residential, social and personal care, including accommodation, meals, supervision or assistance for persons who have some limits on ability for self-care, and are unrelated to the operator or owner. Principal Use: - the main activities conducted on a site. Principal Building: - the main building in which the principal use of the site is conducted. Public Road: - a road allowance or a legally surveyed road vested in the name of Department of Highways. Public Utility: - a government or private enterprise which provides a service to the general public. Quarter Section: - a quarter section as defined by the Township Plan of Survey of record in the Land Title Office, exclusive of any registered road, road widening, or railway right of way, but including any partia quarter section defined on the Township Plan of Survey. Reeve: - the Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341. Residence: - a single detached dwelling on a site which is not used as a farmstead. Rural Municipal Administrator: - the official administrator for the municipality pursuant to The Kural Municipality Act, 1989. School: - a body of pupils that is organized as a unit for educational purposes, 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. Sign: - any writing (including letter or word), billboard, pictorial representation (including illustration or decoration), emblem (including devise, symbol or trademark), flag (including banner or pennant), or any other figure of similar character which: - (b) is used to announce direct attention to, or advertised; and - (a) is a structure or any part thereof, or is attached to, painted on, or in any manner represented on a building; - (c) is visible from outside the building. Site: - an area of land with fixed boundaries and which has been registered in the Land Titles Office by Certificate of Title, and for which all portions of the land are consolidated under a single title. Site Line, Front or Site Frontage: - the boundary that divides the site from the street or road. In the case of a corner site, the front site line shall mean the boundary separating the narrowest street frontage of the site from the street. Site frontage for a non-rectangular site shall be defined as the mean of the measured front and rear site lines. Site Line, Rear: - the boundary at the rear of the site and opposite the front site line. Site Line, Side: - a site boundary other than a front or rear site line. 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. Structure: - anything that is built, constructed, or erected, located in, on, or over the ground, or attached to something located in or over the ground. Subdivision: - a division of land, and includes a division of a quarter section into legal subdivisions as described in the Land Titles Act. Trailer Coach: - any vehicle used or constructed in such a way as to enable it to be used as a conveyance upon public roads or highways and includes a self-propelled or non-self-propelled vehicle designed, constructed or reconstructed in such a manner as to permit occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons notwithstanding that its running gear is removed or that it is jacked-up. Use: - the purpose or activity for which a piece of land or its buildings is designed, arranged or intended, occupied or maintained. Vacation Farm: - an operating farm which may, on a day basis or for overnight purposes, offer a farm life experience to groups, families, or individuals and which may provide either or both of the following: - a tract of land on which one or more camping, tenting or parking sites is located, and th provision of electricity, potable water and toilet facilities to any of the persons, families, groups occupying any of such sites. - rental accommodation in the farm dwelling or adjacent private cabins comprising one or more rooms furnished to enable the preparation of meals if full board is not provided Waste Disposal Facility; Liquid: - a facility to accommodate any waste which contains animal, mineral or vegetable matter in solution or suspension, but does not include a septic system for a single residence or farmstead, or a manure storage area for an intensive livestock operation. Waste Disposal Facility; Solid: - a facility, not including a waste transfer station or a temporary storage facility, to accommodate discarded materials, substances or objects which originated from residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sources which are typically disposed of in municipal or private landfills, but not including dangerous goods, hazardous waste or biomedical waste. Yard: - 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. ## PART I - ADOPTION This bylaw is adopted pursuant to Section 67 and 85 of The Planning and Development Act, 1983, and shall come into force on the date of final approval by the Minister of Municipal Government. Bylaw No. 1-84 is hereby repealed.   are wilte Reeve SEAL Rural Municipal Administrator   Read a First time this ZTA, day of MARCH. 1998.7 RC. Read a Second time this ZTH, day of MARCH, 1996.7 PC. Read a Third time this 6TH, day of MAY\_ 1996.7. RC. APPROVED REGINA, SASK. DEPUTY MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT   TOWNSHIP Certified a true copy of the Zoning Bylaw Map adopted by resolution of Council this 6th day of May, 1997.  Administrato  SEAL THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY ## VISCOUNT NO ZONING DISTRICT SASKATCHEWAN ZONING DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL LAKESHORE DEVELOPMEN 1-971 @ THIS IS DISTRICT MAP REFER NUMBER. \_ ADOPTE VISCOUNT BY THE NO 341.   We evelta RURAL MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR · AP THE /2 TH DAY OF \_ DEPUTY MINISTER OF SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT  · CERTIFIED A TRUE COPY OF THE BYLAI THE ADOPTED ON THE CTH DAY OF  MARESO LON RURAL MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR ## SCHEDULE OF BYLAW AME BYLAW APPROVED| LOCATION DESCE RURAL ZONING FORM "A" Bylaw No. 2-97 ## RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF VISCOUNT NO. 341 APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 1. Applicant: 2. Registered Owner: \_ - 4. 5. Existing use of land and buildings: 9. Other Information (e.g. proposed sewage system) 10. Are there other dwellings or commercial uses located on this quarter section? 11. For animal holding developments, state total number and type of animals to be kept on the site. \_Phone Postal Code Name\_ Address - [ ] as above or, Name:\_ Address:\_ - Property (Legal Description) - [ ] LSD ¼\_ - [ ] \_Sec - [ ] Twp. - [ ] Rge\_ Block \_Registered Plan No. - [ ] Site: Frontage - [ ] \_m, Depth \_ \_m, Area Phone Postal Code - [ ] \_W m? or ha - Proposed use of land and buildings:\_ - Proposed construction and alteration of buildings: - a) Proposed Date of Start - b) Proposed date of Completion (over)... 12. For new construction, a Site Plan on a separate sheet showing, where applicable, (check those shown and attach) the following: 13. Declaration of the Applicant: - a). dimensions of the site. - [ ] b) - location and size of all existing and proposed buildings and structures. - utility lines, easements, or topographic features. - d) \_ proposed location of sewage system and water supply. - access points to provincial highway or municipal road. - [ ] f) \_ for Intensive Livestock Operations, the location or distance and direction to of dwellings on neighbouring sites. I/We\_ of the of \_in the Province of solemnly declare that the above statements contained within this application are true, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true, and knowing that it is of same force and effect as if made under oath, and by virtue of the Canada Evidence Act. Date Signature NOTE: The applicant is responsible for ensuring buildings comply with The Uniform Building and Accessibility Standards Act, where applicable. FORM "B" Bylaw No. 2-97 Application No. ## RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF VISCOUNT NO. 341 NOTICE OF DECISION FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT To: (Applicant) (Address) THIS IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT YOUR APPLICATION FOR A: - [ ] PERMITTED USE OR FORM OF DEVELOPMENT, or - [ ] DISCRETIONARY USE OR FORM OF DEVELOPMENT: ## HAS BEEN: - APPROVED - APPROVED SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS or STANDARDS, as listed in the attached "Schedule A". - REFUSED for the following reason:\_ If your application has been approved with or without conditions, this form is considered to be the Development Permit referred to in Section 2.4 of Bylaw No. 2-97, the Zoning Bylaw. ## RIGHT OF APPEAL Please be advised that, under Sections 74 (4) and 96 of The Planning and Development Act, 1983: - [ ] \_ you may appeal the refusal of your application for a permitted use or form of development [Section 96 (1)]. - [ ] you may NOT appeal the refusal of your application for a use of form of development that is not permitted within the zoning district of the application (Section 96 (1.1)): - [ ] \_ you may appeal those standards that you consider excessive in the approval of the discretionary use or form of development subject to standards [Section 74 (4)]; - [ ] \_ you may NOT appeal the refusal of your application for a discretionary use of form of development [Section 96 (4)); to the Development Appeals Board of the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341. In addition you may appeal if you feel that the development officer has misapplied the Zoning Bylaw in the issuing of this permit [Section 96 (1)]. Your appeal must be in writing within 30 days of the date of this notice, to: Secretary, Development Appeals Board Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 Box 100, Viscount, Saskatchewan, SOK 4M0 Date Development Officer