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ZONING BYLAW NO. 95-2 OF THE ## RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WELLINGTON NO. 97 Prepared bY : saskatohewan Municipal Government January 23, 1995 | CONTENTS | PAGE | |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | | PART I - Introduction . .. - 1 | | PART II - Administration . . | - 2 | | PART II - General Regulations | - - 6 | | PART IV - Zoning Districts - | . - - - - 13 | | | - Schedule A - AR-Agricultural/Resource | | | - Schedule B - MI-Light Industriai and Commercial District . . . | | | - Schedule C - H-Hamlet District | | | - Schedule E - EC - Environmental Constraint District | | PART V | - Definitions . . 26 | | PART VI | - Effective Date of the Bylaw 33 | ## 1. Title rhis bylaw shall be known as the "Zoning Bylaw 01 the Rural Municipality of Wellington No. 97.' ## 2. ## Authority Pursuant to Section 67 of The Planning and Development Act, 1983, the Council of the Rural Municipality of Wellington No. 97 hereby adopts Zoning Bylaw No. 95-2. ## 3. Scope All development within the limits of the municipality shall be in conformity with the provisions of this bylaw. ## 4. Purpose rhis is a bylaw to control the use and development of the land in the municipality and assist in implementing the basic planning statement bylaw. ## 5. Severability Be meat sa for any earn, by and agnority of to affect the validity of the byded as a shale, ot any other part, section or provision of this bylaw. · ## PART I - INTRODUCTION ## PART II - ADMINISTRATION ## 1. Development Officer The Rural Municipal Council shall administer this The council shall direct the rural Officer. ## 2. ## Application for a Development Permit Every person, before commencing any development the following uses: ## (a) Accessory Farm Uses Farm buildings and structures, excluding by this bylaw. ## (b) Public Utilities Any operation for the purposes of inspecting, repairing, or renewing existing sewers, mainsar abile popes, as required by a public utility. ## 3. Application Requirements of the site, the site size, the location on the site of any existing and all proposed development and the method and location of on-site sewage disposal facilities, shall be submitted as prescribed in No. 2 above, for approval to the Development Officer or the Council together with such other information as may be required in support of the application. ## 4. Notification to Applicant ## (a) Written Notification The applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision regarding the application. ## (b) Approval If the proposal conforms to the provisions of this Bylaw, effective for one year from the date of its issuance. ## (c) Refusal - Right to Appeal If the proposal is denied, the reasons for the refusal shall be stated and the applicant shall be advised of the right to appeal the decision to the Development Appeals Board, subject to the provisions of The Planning and Development Act, 1983. ## 5. Referral to Department of Public Health I copy of all approved Development Permit applications, involving the installation of water and sanitary services, shall be sent to the local office of the Department of Public Health. ## 6. Building Permit A building permit, where required, shall not be issued unless a Development Permit, where required has been issued. ## 7. Development Appeals Board - (a) Council shall appoint a Development Appeals - Board in conformity with the provisions of The Planning and Development Act, 1983, within three months from the date of the coming into force of the bylaw. - (b) - In addition to any other right of appeal - (i) is alleged to have misapplied the - bylaw in issuing a Development Permit; or - (ii) refuses to issue a Development Permit because it would contravene this bylaw. - (c) An appellant shall make the appeal pursuant to subsection (2) within 30 days of the date of the issuance of, or refusal to issue, a Development Permit. - (d) In determining an appeal under subsection - (2), the Board is bound by Section 96 of The Planning and Development Act, 1983. ## 8. Amendment of Zoning Bylaw - (a) council may amend this bylaw at any time, upon its own initiative or upon reguest, provided that the amendments are in keeping with the intent of the Basic Planning Statement. - Permit, to pay council: - (1) all or part of the cost associated with public advertisement of the application. ## 9. Offenses and Penalties Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to the penalties provided by Section 221 of the Act; namely, a fine of not more than $1, 000.00 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250.00 for each day during which the offence continues. In addition, a person convicted in respect of a development carried out in contravention of the Act or any order, regulation, bylaw, municipal development plan or scheme in force pursuant to the Act may be ordered to remove such development. ## 3. ## 4. ## PART III - GENERAL REGULATIONS The following regulations shall apply to all Zoning Districts in this bylaw: ## 1. Licenses, Permits and Compliance with Other Bylaws Nothing in this bylaw shall exempt any person from complying with the requirements of a building bylaw, or any other bylaw in force within the municipality, or from obtaining any permission reguired by this, or any other bylaw of the municipality, the province or the federal government. Where the provisions in this bylaw conflict with those of any other municipal, provincial or federal requirement, the higher or more stringent standards shall prevail. ## 2. Frontage on Road A Development Permit shall not be issued unless road where required. ## Building to be Moved ## Waste Disposal No development or use of land which requires sewage disposal or landfill facilities shall be permitted unless those facilities are approved by the Department of Health and/or the Saskatchewan water Corporation. Disposal of liquid, solid, or gaseous waste shall be governed by Acts administered by the Departments of Agriculture and Food, Environment and Resource Management, Health and the Saskatchewan Water Corporation. to the Development or car. ## 5. Water No development or use of land shall be permitted where the proposal will adversely affect domestic otable water supply cannot be furnished to the requirements of the Department of Health and/o: and municipal water supplies, or where a suitable, the Saskatchewan Water Corporation. ## storage of Chemicals, Fertilizers, and Combustible ## 6. Materials: The storage of chemicals, fertilizers and combustible materials are subject to the 'equirements of the Department of Labour of bot. he federal and provincial governments. All necessary requirements and permits must be met and obtained prior to issuance of a Development Permit. ## 7. Environmental Management ## &. General - i. Development and subdivision proposals shall conform to the environmental requirements of the Basic Planning Statement bylaw. 11. A Development Permit shall not be issued for development of a site or a road Located on land that, in the opinion of council, is hazard land. Where hazard conditions exist, council may require the applicant to pay for a geo-technical or hydrological inspectior of the site by a qualified professional consultant. - iii. A Development Permit for residential, 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 amended from time to time. Residences and buildings which are an integral part of the fertilizer operation, are not subject to the 2. foregoing buffer requirement. ## b. Flood Protection Standards ## New Development nazaddous strictus shall these ranited on nazardous land which is lower than the 1:500 year estimated flood elevation, except as provided below: - i. Public utility uses excluding buildings 2. and storage yards. 11. see which diettand periodible land 4. techniques which will flood proof the undertaking to the estimated 1:500 flood elevation. ## Existing Development - i. Existing non-conforming developments, buildings and structures which are below the 500-year design flood freeboard elevation may continue as conforming uses. - ii. Any subsequent re-development on such lands shall be at council's discretion and shall be subject to flood proofing standards. ## d. Floodproofing Measures Council may specify floodproofing measures Such me dures phant be established proposal. consultation with · the Saskatchewan · Water Corporation. ## 8. Heritage and Archaeological Resource - a) Development proposals on land identified with potential heritage, archaeological or palaeotological resource shall only be permitted subject to resource protection, 2. pursuant to The Heritage Act. - b) Council may require the developer to undertake a study of the heritage resource and the impact of the development. 4. Council may prohibit development and recommend subdivision refusal where proposals may adversely affect the resource. ## 9. Critical Wildlife Resource - a) Development proposals within identified 2. critical wildlife habitat shall ensure conservation of the wildlife resource. - b) Council may require the developer to 4. undertake a critical wildlife study prior to development approval and determine specific development standards. 5. Council may prohibit development and - c) recommend subdivision refusal where proposals may adversely affect long-term wildlife conservation objectives. ## 10. Sand and Gravel Extraction Development operation and restoration of all sand and gravel extraction operations shall meet provincial requirements and guidelines contained in the "Guidelines for Environmental Protection During Development and Restoration of Sand and Gravel Pits", Saskatchewan Environment and Public Safety, 1983. ## 16. Development standard Considerations may cabi san and incorporate the toriuneit levelopment standards for permitted anc iscretionary uses or discretionary forms o development within the development permits: - Mitigating measures identified to address - (i) crated or Corpound by the developsont:; - (ii) Landscaping, buffering and screening to enhance the site and create a sensitive interface between differing land uses; - (iii) - Building sizes, shapes and layout on sites to reflect the character of the adjacent land uses and structures; - (iv) Sufficient amenities (recreational, aesthetics, services to address the needs of the individuals utilizing the - development); - (V) Conservation mitigative and rehabilitation measures to maximize critical wildlife habitats, heritage and archaeological areas. ## 17. 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: - (a) Public utility uses, - (C) Agricultural uses. - Institutional uses, ## 18. Non-conforming Uses The provisions of The Planning and Development Act, 1983, Sections 113 and 118 inclusive, shall apply to all non-conforming buildings and uses. ## 19. Regulations for Bigns and Billboards ## (a) General - (i) - All signs must conform to the requirements of Saskatchewan Highways where required. - (ii) All signs must comply with the applicable regulations governing construction and erection and must be kept in good repair. ## (iv) Signs Requiring a Permit - Permanent advertising signs for - commercial or industrial uses.. ## 20. Public Utilities Public utilities shall be permitted in every zoning district, and unless otherwise specified by this bylaw, no minimum site area or yard requirements shall apply. Notwithstanding the oregoing, the municipality may require site specific development standards for the utility to ensure municipal matters are addressed. ## 21. Home Occupation 8tandards Home occupations are permitted subject to the following conditions: - exposed to public view from the exterior. - (a) The use should not involve the display or storage of goods or equipment upon or inside the premises such that these items are - (b) No variation in the residential character and appearance of the dwelling, ancillary residential building, or land shall be permitted. - (c) Advertising signs may be limited in size and number by the development officer. - (a) The use shall not generate substantially more vehicular and/or pedestrian and vehicular - parking than normal within the district. - (e) No offensive noise, vibration, electrical - interterence, smoke, dust, odours, heat or glare shall be produced by the use. - (f) No use shall cause an increase in the demand place on one or more utilities (water, sewer, electricity, telephone, garbage, etc.) such that the combined total consumption for I dwelling and its home occupatior ubstantially exceeds the average fo: residences in the area. - (9) No use requiring electrical or mechanical equipment shall cause a substantial fire rating change in the structure or the district in which the home occupation is - located. - (h) The permitted use shall be valid only for the period of time the property is occupied by the applicant for such permitted use. - to the residential character and amenities of the neighbourhood. - (J) Council may, by resolution, declare certain - uses to be undesirable as home occupations. ## PART IV - ZONING DISTRICTS For the purpose of applying this bylaw, the municipality is divided into zoning districts. The boundaries of the zoning districts are shown on the map entitled, "Zoning District Map" which is attached to, and forms a part of this bylaw. Unless otherwise shown, on the Zoning District Map, the centre and the boundaries of the municipality. ## SCHEDULE A: AR - AGRICULTURAL/RESOURCE DISTRICT ## A. Permitted Uses Subject to all other provisions of this bylaw, on any site, in any district defined in this bylaw as an AR - Agricultural/Resource District, only the following uses and their respective accessory uses shall be permitted. ## 1. Principal Uses ## (a) Agricultural 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 produce grown or raised on the agricultural holding, but excluding intensive livestock operation , poultry and PMU operations, feed lots, apiaries, archerles farms, tes and ten musemesn greenhousing. ## (b) other grain elevators, places of worship, cemeteries, institutional uses and facilities, historical and archaeological sites, wildlife and conservation management areas. ## 2. Uses Permitted at Council's Discretion The following principal and their respective accessory uses may be permitted, but only by resolution of council and only in locations and with development standards specified by council. - (a) Agricultural Related Commercial and other similar uses; - (b) - (C) Gravel pits; - Private airstrips; - Recreational; - operations, feed lots; - (e) Intensive livestock, PMU and poultry - (f) Apiaries, hatcheries, mushroom farms; - (g) - Tree and garden nurseries, market gardens and greenhousing; - (h) - Farmstead residential; - (i) Non-farm residential; - (j) similar uses; - Petroleum related commercial and other - (k) Machine shops and accessory structures; - (m) Kaoline, bentonite and coal operations. - (1) Gas and oil wells and related facilities, - Items a, d, e, I, g, and j only, may include residential dwellings as an accessory use. ## 3. Accessory Uses Buildings, structures, or uses secondary to, and located on the same site with the principal use are permitted. - (a) one single detached dwelling (including a - mobile home on a permanent foundation) is permitted as an accessory use to a principal agricultural use. AN additional single detached dwelling (including a mobile home on a permanent foundation) required to accommodate immediate relatives or full-time worker engaged in a principal agricultural use of the land will be permitted, subject to a resolution of council. - (b) Dormitory dwelling(s) may at council's discretion be permitted as required to accommodate fuil-time workers engaged in a principal agricultural use of the land. - B. Regulations 1. Site Area Reguirements ## (a) Agricultural Use - i) One quarter section, 64 hectares (15g acres) or equivalent shall be the minimun site area required to constitute a farm Equivalent shall mean 64 hectares (158 acres) or such lesser amount as remains in an agricultural holding because of the registration of road widening, road right-of-way or railway plans or pipeline development, or natural features such as streams or bodies of water, or as a result of subdivision, as permitted herein. Any agricultural holding which does not conform to the minimum site area requirement shall be deemed conforming registered title for the · site existed in the Land Titles Office prior to the with regard to site area, provided that a coming into force of this bylaw. - ii) A reduced site area below 64 hectares (158 acres), but not below 48.5 hectares (120 acres), may at council's discretion be allowed where the site reduction is the result of subdivision for a permitted or discretionary use. - iii Land holdings in adjoining rural municipalities. - = Agricultural us or the angrinspa2 - -person within both the R.M. 's is a minimum of 64 hectares (158 acres) or equivalent. - the total farm land holding of this - iv) Intensive Livestock and Poultry Farmstead Sites. - Minimum - .8 hectares (2 acres) - Maximum - as determined by demonstrated space needs peinspa agricuyiurat use. - (b) Residential Sites Minimum - 1 hectares (2.4 acres) - Maximum 8 hectares (20.0 acres), physical circumstances, i.e., peculiar to a proposed non- except that the maximum site area may be a greater area depending on existing limitations or demarcations, farm residential site, such as a shelter belt or topographical restraints. ## (c) other Grain elevators and accessory buildings, places of worship, cemeteries, institutional, historical and archaeological sites, wildlife and onservation areas utilities - no minimum. Agriculturally related commercial - Minimum 0.4 hectares (1 acre). ## (d) Resource Based Activities - (1) Compressor Stations - minimum 1.4 2. hectares (3.5 acres) 3. (ii) 4. Oil and gas well leases and easements - as determined by a resolution of council ## 2. Building Setback Requirements - (a) All buildings, dwellings, structures and trees excluding wire fencing shall be set back a minimum of 75 metres · (150 feet) from the centre line of any provincial highway, anyagiway uch municipal road allowance, or and 300 feet from any intersection greater distance as required by the Department of Highways. - (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause, where a residential building or site existed at the time of passage of the zoning bylaw, or due to existing physical circumstances peculiar to the site, lesser distance may be permitted subject to a resolution of council, the Department of Highways approval where required, and any other regulatory requirement. - (C) No dwelling or intensive livestock operation shall be located within 305 metres (1,000 feet) of each other unless written approval has been received from the owner of the Intensive Livestock Operation, the dwelling owner and the council. - (d) No dwelling shall be located within 305 metres (1,000 feet) of an anhydrous ammonia facility licensed by the Department of Labour. ## 3. Uses Permitted for a Limited Time Notwithstanding the provisions of this bylaw and the residential uses sential anst sentes by moment ome to and sites, craller coach may be permitted for a period of one (1) year on an existing non-farm or farmstead residential site within this zoning district, subiect to a resolution of council, provided that the following criteria is met: - (a) Adherence to any permit or building bylaw or licensing requirement effect in the municipality; - of a Development Permit to the - (b) Issuance landowner, where the said trailer is located, to be issued on an annual basis; - (c) The entering into of a development agreement between all affected parties, where considered necessary, to assure applicable development standards are adhered to; - (a) Compliance with any requirements of the Department of Health or government agencies respecting water and waste connections, and disposal concerns; - intended occupier must be an immediate - (e) The family member. ## Schedule B - M1 - Light Industrial and Commercial District ## A. Permitted Uses Subject to all other provisions of this bylaw, or any site, in any district defined in this bylaw as M1 - Light Industrial and Commercial District, only the following uses and their respective accessory uses shall be permitted. ## 1. Principal Uses - (a) Automotive service stations and gas bars - (b) Convenience stores - (C) - (a) - (e) Public utilities - Automobile and agricultural implement sales and service ## 2. Uses Permitted at Council's Discretion - (a) Veterinary clinics - (C) Welding and machine shops - (b) Auction marts - (a) Nurseries and greenhouses - (e) distribution facilities - storage facilities, warehousing, supply and - (f) Agriculturally related commercial and stockyards - (9) facilities and stockyards - Abattoirs, hide defleshing and tanning - (h) outdoor - (i) Agricultural implement and prefabricated - storage yards for construction materials and extractive industries - building component manufacturing - (j) Restaurants ## 3. Accessory Uses For the purpose of this bylaw, uses customarily incidental and subordinate principal permitted and discretionary uses shall be considered an accessory use. - Drive-in theatres ## B. Regulations 1. Site Area Requirements (excluding public utilities) 2. (a) Permitted uses - minimum 1,114.8 sq. metres (12,000 sq. It.) 3. (b) Discretionary uses - minimum 1,114.8 sq. metres (12, 000 sq. It) 2. Site Frontage All uses - minimum 30.4 metres (100 feet) All uses - front minimum 7.5 metres (25 feet) side real 3. Yard Requirements All sides - 3 metres (10 ft) on each ## Schedule C - H - Hamlet District ## A. Permitted Uses Subject to all other provisions of this bylaw, on any site, in any district defined in this bylaw as an H Hamlet District, only the following uses shall be permitted. ## 1. Principal Uses ## (a) Residential - single detached dwelling (1) - (ii) Semi-detached dwelling ## (b) Commercial - (i) Retail stores - (iii) Sales servicing of motor vehicles, and farm machinery - (ii) Restaurants and confectionaries - (iv) Hotels and motels ## (c) Institutional - (i) Schools, education institutions - institutions - (ii) Places worship, religious - (iii) Community halls ## (d) Recreational Sports fields, rinks, parks, golf courses and other similar uses. ## 2. Uses Permitted at Council's Discretion rhe following uses shall be permitted, but only conditions resolution of council. - (a) Trailer manufacturing - Warehouses and supply depots - Prefabricated building component assembly - Auto wreckers - (f) Storage yards - (e) Construction Yards ## 3. Accessory Uses Buildings, structures, or uses accessory to, and located on the same site with the main building or use. ## B. Regulations 1. Site Area - (Minimum) Service Stations - 928 sq. m (10,000 sq. It) Discretionary Uses - .4 ha (1 acre) Other Commercial Uses - 232 sg m (2,500 sq. It) All other Uses - 464 sq m (5,000 sq. ft) 2. Site Frontage - (Minimum) Commercial Uses - 7.5 m (25 ft) except that service stations still have a maximum frontage of 30 m (100 ft) Discretionary Uses - 30 m (100 ft) All Other Uses - 15 m (50 ft) 3. Side Yard All uses as determined by council. 4. The issuance of a Development Permit by council discretionary uses may be subject to 2. additional requirements as follows: 3. (a) The approval of the Saskatchewan Water orporation/Department of Environment an ublic Safety with respect to issuance o a ground water permit pursuant to The Water 4. Rights Act. 5. (b) The approval of the Department of Health with respect to issuance of permit for sewer and water systems lumbing 6. Control Act. 7. (c) The approval of the Department of the Environment with respect to issuance of a permit pursuant to The Air Pollution ## Schedule D - EC - Environmental Constraint District ## A. Permitted Uses Subject to all other provisions of this bylaw, on any site, in any district defined in this bylaw as EC - Environmental Constraint District, only the following uses shall be permitted: ## 1. Principal Uses - (a) Wildlife and wildfowl habitat conservation projects and - (b) vater drainage and irrigation project - (a) Effluent irrigation projects ## 2. Uses Permitted at Council's Discretion 'he following uses shall be permitted, but onl y resolution of council and only in location. conditions specified in such resolution of council: - (a) Nature Trails, lookout sites - (C) Agricultural uses which will not adversely affect the environmental sensitivity of the area. - (b) Open space passive recreation activities ## 3. Accessory Uses Buildings, structures, or use accessory to and located on the site with main use, excluding any habitable building or structure. · accessory uses may include: - (a) Viewing platforms - (C) Related equipment storage structures - (b) Shelters - (d) Pumphouses ## B. Regulations 1. Site Area To be determined at council's discretion. 2. Site Frontage, Front Yard; Side Yard; Rear Yard (structures) To be determined at council's discretion. 3. Setback from Conservation Projects (Structures) To be determined at council's discretion based on appropriate recommendation from project proponents, e.g., Ducks Unlimited. ## PART V - 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 Building: Shall mean a separate building or structure normally incidental to the principal building or structure on the same site. Ино поло в Accessory Use: Shall mean a use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same site with such principal use OI building. Act: Shall mean The Planning and Development Act, 1983, as amended. Agricultural Holding: Shall mean the cumulation of all sites owned by an agricultural operator and does not include a hobby farm or country residence. Agricultural Operator: Shall mean a household unit whose principal source of income is derived from the agricultural production of an agricultural holding. Agriculturally Related Commercial Use: See Use Alteration: Shall mean any structural change or addition made to any building or structure. Applicant: Shall mean a developer or person applying for a Development Permit under this bylaw: recommendation of council 1 proposed plan of subdivision as per The Planning and Development Act, 1983. and include say an are stern or need designed exclusively to support such poster, panel or a painted bulletin. Building: Shall mean a structure used for the shelter or accommodation of persons, animals, or chattels. Building. Accessory: Shall mean 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: Shall mean a permit issued under a building · bylaw of the municipality authorizing the construction of all or part of any building. Building Residential: Shall mean a single detached, semidetached, duplex or mobile home dwelling unit. Building Site: Shall mean the specific site on which the principal building is to be erected. Campground, Tourist: Shall mean the seasonal operation of an area of land, managed as a unit, providing temporary short-term accommodation for tents, tent trailers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles and campers, used by travellers and tourists. Cluster: Shall mean a grouping of lots approved as a country residential development. Cottage: Shall mean a single detached dwelling, mobile home or trailer coach permanently constructed and placed on a site and used for limited seasonal occupancy. Council: Shall mean the Council of the Rural Municipality of Wellington No. 97. Country Residence: Shall mean a private non-farm residential building. Developer: Shall mean the person or corporation, responsible for carrying out development. any building, land or structure. Development Permit: Shall mean a document authorizing a development issued pursuant to this bylaw. Discretionary Use: Shall mean a development which may oe permitted in this bylaw only by resolution of council and pursuant to Section 74 of The Planning and Development Act, 1983. Dormitory Dwelling: Shall mean a building, room or set of rooms used for the habitation of one or more persons, but does not include eating quarters. Duplex Dwelling: Shall mean a detached building consisting of two dwelling units as herein defined, one above the other, each unit being totally separated from the other by an unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units. welling Unit: Shall mean one or more habitable room onstituting a self-contained unit and used or intende to be used together for living and sleeping purposes by one or more persons. Farmer: See Agricultural Operator. Floor Area: Shall 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, sunroom, unfinished basement, or attic. Farmstead Site: Shall mean a site which includes the residence of the farm operator and those buildings or facilities which are related to the farm operation, and are normally surrounded by the farmstead shelterbelt. Hazard Land: Shall mean land which · may be prone to flooding, slumping, subsidence, landslides, erosion, any other instability, or is located within a flood plain or watercourse. Household Unit: Shall mean one or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single housekeeping unit. Intensive Livestock Operation: Shall mean an operation for the rearing, confinement, or feeding of 1000 poultry, 100 hogs, 100 sheep, or 100 head of cattle or horses with the exception of wintering range stock. Home Occupation: Shall mean an accessory use carried on as an occupation conducted for gain in a dwelling by the resident or residents. Mobile Home: Shall mean a trailer coach: - that is used as a dwelling; - (iii) that is equipped with facilities for washing and water closet, or other similar facility, that may be connected to a sewage system. - (i) (ii) that has water faucets and shower, or other bathing facilities, that may be connected to a water distribution system; and, Mobile Home Court: Shall mean any tract or parcel of land in which two or more occupied mobile homes are harboure r are permitted, and includes any buildina or structur used or intended to be used as part of the equipment of such mobile home court. Municipality: Shall mean the Rural Municipality. of Wellington No. 97. Non-Conforming Building: Shall mean a building: - (i) - 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 - that on the date this bylaw or any amendment to this bylaw becomes effective does not, or when Non-contorming use: Shall mean 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. - (ii) constructed will not, comply with this bylaw. Non-Farm Residential: Shall mean a dwelling or site which is located in the AR - Agricultural Residential District, whose owner's principal source of household income is derived from source other than the principal agricultural use of that site. Permitted Uses: Shall mean those land uses permitted within a zoning district in conformity with the requirements specified in this bylaw. Petroleum Related Commercial Use: See Use Principal Use: Shall mean the main activities conducted on a site. Principal Building: Shall mean the main building in which the principal use of the site is conducted. principal Agricultural Use: Shall mean that the chief reason for the use and development of the land is its use for agricultural purposes, and that such use constitutes the chief source of income or anticipated chief source of income of the applicant for a development permit for land. public Utility: Shall mean a government or private enterprise which provides a service to the general public. Reeve: Shall mean the Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Wellington No. 97. Rural Municipal Administrator: Shall mean the official administrator for the municipality pursuant to The Rural Municipalities Act. 8chool: Shall mean a body of pupils that is organized as a unit for educational purposes, that comprises one OI 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. Bemi-Detached Dwelling: Shall mean 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. Bign: Shall mean any writing (including letter or wora), billboard, pictorial representation (including illustration or decoration), emblem (including device, symbol or trademark), flag (including banner or pennant), or any other figure of similar character which: - (1) is a structure or any part thereof, or is attached to, painted on, or in any manner represented on a building; 2. (ii) is used to announce direct attention to, or advertised; and 3. (iii) is visible from outside the building. single Detached Dwelling: Shall mean 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. Site: Shall mean an area of land with fixed boundaries and which has been registered in the Land Titles Office by Certificate of Title. Shall mean the eat or Corner site, the front Sate in sat men the site from the street. and rear site lines. Bite Line, Rear: Shall mean the boundary at the rear of the site and opposite the front site line. Bite Line, Side: Shall mean a site boundary other than a front or rear site line. street oI Road: Shall mean a public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, but shall not include an easement or lane. Structure: Shall mean anything that is built, constructed, or erected, located in, on, or over the ground, or attached to something located in or over the ground. Bubdivision: Shall mean a division of land, and includes a division of a quarter section into legal subdivisions as described in the Land Titles Act. Tourist Campsite: Shall mean a site which provides for the location of tents, trailers and trailer coaches used by travellers and tourists for overnight accommodation. Trailer Coach: Shall mean 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 selfpropelled non-self-propelled vehicle or that it is jacked-up. Iree Nursery: Shall mean the use of land for raising shrubs, trees and bedding plants for the express purpose of commercial sale. Shall mean the purpose or activity for which a piece use and or its buildings is designed, arranged or intended, occupied or maintained. User Agricultural Related Commercial: Shall mean 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, bulk fuel sales, stock yards, auction marts and other similar uses. Use, Petroleum Related Commercial: Shall mean a service to the petroleum and natural gas extraction industry such as drilling and oil well servicing operations, hauling services and storage facilities and other similar uses. Yard: Shall mean the open, unoccupied space on a lot between the property line and the front, rear, or side wall of a building. lara, Front: Shall mean 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: Shall mean 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. Yarde Side: Shall mean 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 VI - EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE BYLAW - (a) This bylaw shall come into force on the date of final approval by the Minister Government. of Municipal - (b) Council Readings: Read a First time this14, day of February, 19\_95. Read a Second time this14, day of February, 19\_95. Read a Third time this2l, day of March \_ 19.95.    Reeve SEAL Saxice Mus. Rural Municipal Administrator Ministerial Approval Approved this day of December, 1996. SEAL Deputy Minister Saskatchewan Municipal Government Wellington W.of 2nd M.  ## ZONING DISTRICT MAP INSERT 1  ## ZONING DISTRICTS AR - Agricultural / Resource District EC - Environmental Constraint District # - Hamlet District Rural Municipality No. 97 Wellington W.of 2nd M.   Zoning District Map to in Bylaw No. 95-2. Municipality of Wellington day of December, 19% Deputy Miniater Saskatchewan Municipal Government Reeye ажи Administrator Mus    ## ZONING DISTRICT MAP INSERT 2 Rural Municipality No. 97 Wellington W.of 2nd M.  ## ZONING DISTRICTS AR - Agricultural / Resource District EC - Environmental Constraint District H - Hamlet District RM Certification part of the Bylaw No. adopted by resolutio f council on this 21 day of mARCH, 199.5    RM Adoption This is the Zoning District Map referred to in Bylaw adopted by the Rural Municipality of Wellington No. - No. 95-2 Approved chie Prored 1A00 day of Decenber, 199k. vinc Deputy Minister Saskatchewan Municipal Government Reevi panice Naministrator Mus.