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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-01-12 Council MinutesJOINT COUNCIL/PLANNING MEETING January 12, 2000 Anoint meeting of Council/Planning was held in the Kneehill County office 232 Main Street Three Hills, Alberta, on January 12, 2000 commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present at the meeting IsReeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One M Jane Allan Division Three James M Hanger Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six M Glen Wagstaff Division Seven Administrator Asst Administrator Planner Jennifer Deak Lonnie McCook John Rusling Development Officer Barb Reimer Barb Long recorded the minutes Mrs Vetter was not present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 46 A.M A A request was made to add the following to the agenda Under agenda item 4(a), add MSCIA Update Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the agenda, with the above noted addition. CARRIED Mr Rusling presented an overview of the purpose of the point meetings to completely review the Land Use Bylaw and set County policy, by asking some general fundamental questions to help determine the long term direction of planning within Kneehill County Mr Rusling explained the two ways of setting County policy were through the Land Use Bylaw and the Municipal Development Plan He distributed a report containing the Land Use Bylaw Districts, Section 36 of the Land Use Bylaw, which outlines the present policy on rural subdivisions and the Intensive Livestock policies Mr Rusling suggested Council begin with general fundamental questions and work down to specifics and at the end of the process make changes to the Land Use Bylaws (including plugging any loopholes) The first two topics to be covered would be subdivisions and intensive livestock policies �~ 0 As the focus of Kneehill County is to maintain and further agriculture while making the decision making process as simple and consistent as possible, there was a lengthy discussion on the amount of rural subdivision that should be allowed The following recommendations were made regarding rural subdivisions 1 A maximum of one subdrnision per quarter, with the acreage being kept as small as possible along with recognizing the natural lay of the land 2 The Bylaw should have stronger statements if there is not an existing developed site or if the subdivision request is located on prime agricultural land 3 A notice be put on title respecting the protection of agricultural operations regarding the noise, dust, and odor produced by that agricultural operation. Mr Rushng will obtain a legal opinion on this recommendation 4 .Sewer and water must be contained within the subdivision. A recess was held from 9 50 A.M until 10.00 A.M �> Mr Hanger entered at 10 02 A.M The County Residential District was discussed in some length Council recommended that an area structure plan designation shall be necessary for new Country Residential subdivisions The only two currently in Kneehill County are Minute /Joint Council/Phmning JOINT COUNCIL/PLANNING MEETING January 12, 2000 the Three Hills Creek Area Structure Plan and Kneehill Creek Area Structure Plan which are located in the poorer agricultural land near the Drumheller Valley Under Section 36, Rural DevelopmendSubdivision, Item 2(b), Country Residential, the wording be changed back to read, "Grouped County residential parcels shall not be permitted except for those lands designated on Figure 6 in Bylaw 1289 known as the Three Hills Creek Area Structure Plan and on Figure 7 in Bylaw 1263 known as the Kneehill Creek Area Structure Plan (Appendix D) Discussion ensued regarding the purposes and intents of the Agricultural Conservation District (AC) and Agricultural District (A) Mr Rusling advised an Agricultural District allows for more discretionary uses than Agricultural Conservation Districts including non agricultural uses such as industrial plants rural industry and recreational centers He also reminded Council that the Municipal Planning Commission makes decisions on Development Permits while Council decides on any re zoning requests Council recommended an Industrial District and Recreational District be created Mr Rusling will draft, making the appropriate changes to both the Agricultural and Agricultural Conservation Districts and present at the next meeting The re zoning of areas with the creation of an Industrial and Recreational District, was discussed Mr Rusling advised zoning is based on the primary use of the area being developed, not the total quarter section thus the bylaw will specify what zoning the area • will take on Proper advertisement and a Public Hearing process would be necessary to change zoning back to a previous zoning Penalties assessed for not applying for Development Permits prior to building were briefly discussed with Mr Rusling reporting Mountain View charges five times the Development Permit fee and Rocky View three times the permit amounts charged by the Safety Code Inspection staff Mr Rusling advised he will present a draft of the above recommendations at the Feb 9, 2000 Joint Council/Planning meeting An update regarding the status of the Municipal Safety Codes Inspection Agency was provided by Mrs Deak and Mr Rusling Mrs Deak reported Mr Bill Simpson of MSCIA had phoned questioning Kneehill County's course of action in withdrawing from the MSCIA as the agency had an A+ ranking and asking to meet with Council to discuss the options and the process to follow Mrs Deak advised Mr Simpson the concerns were I with the Municipal Safety Codes Committee(Commission) and the Agency relationship with same Mrs Deak requested he send a letter stating these options and processes to be taken to the Executive Committee To date, nothing has been received from Mr Simpson Council recommended the Planning Department handle the transition to Alberta Municipal Affairs fir inspection services and any dealings with MSCIA and Mr Bill Simpson Upon direction from Council, Planning will advise any new Development Permit applicants to postpone having any inspections done during this transition period but to have a final inspection completed after the fact when all this is settled The meeting adjourned at 11 20 A.M Municipal Administrator Minute /Joint Council/Planning Reeve