Mountain View County council has approved the re-designation of a property in the James River neighbourhood from agricultural to agricultural 2 district for a property divided by Highway 22.
The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.
The re-designation is for 18.32 acres on a 146.70-acre parcel at SE 8-34-5-5.
The agricultural 2 designation provides for fragmented parcels.
“This is a proposal to create a separate title within a previously unsubdivided quarter section,” administration said in a briefing note to council.
“This proposal is for a portion of the quarter that has been fragmented from the balance by the highway. The original application was for two lots within this area. However, this was not supported by policy and Alberta Transportation responded to the circulation that they would not support two parcels in this location.
“The applicant then met with administration to explore options for this quarter and also met with Alberta Transportation to verify approaches onto Highway 22 for this quarter.”
The result of those meetings was to reduce the proposal to one fragmented parcel.
Meanwhile, council has approved changes to the makeup of the municipality’s subdivision and development appeal board.
The move also came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.
“The Modernized Municipal Government Act (MGA) has amended the manner in which Subdivision Development Appeal Board hearing panels are appointed,” administration said in a briefing note to council.
“Previously, the MGA allowed for hearing panels to contain more than one councillor as long as the overall membership of the appeal hearing panel did not have a majority of councillors appointed to it. In Mountain View County’s case, this meant that up to two councillors could be appointed to the five- member panel.
“The new MGA regulations stipulate that unless an order of the minister authorizes otherwise, a panel of a subdivision and development appeal board hearing an appeal must not have more than one councillor as a member.”
In the past the subdivision and development appeal board contained six public members and three councillors.
The chair and two other members at large along with two councillors were present for the appeal hearings.
