SUNDRE – A public hearing date has been set following a request for an amendment to the municipality’s land use bylaw to allow a site specific exception to install storage containers as well as manufacture recreational type cabins.
Linda Nelson, chief administrative officer, presented to council on June 12 during a regular meeting the request for bylaw’s first reading, which is the first official step in setting a date for a public hearing.
The applicant’s request involves two site specific exceptions to the Highway Commercial District for the property located at civic address 104 Main Avenue East, or the former Sundre Motors building, “as well as an amendment to the definition of custom manufacturing establishment,” Nelson told council.
According to background information outlined in the meeting’s agenda package, the site specific amendments are proposed to accommodate the installation of two sea can type shipping containers for use by one tenant as storage along the building’s west-side bay, as well as to allow the manufacturing of recreational type cabins for another tenant on the east-side of the building.
“Site specific exceptions are not typical,” reads part of the detailed background. “These types of applications require a land use amendment application from the property owner, public notification, a public hearing, and council’s second and third reading of the amending bylaw.”
Exceptions are not applied to the entire district, but rather a specific parcel of land. And the conditionally allowed use may expire if the use is no longer applicable to the land or structure.
“Should the current tenant vacate the premises for any reason, the manufacturing of the recreational style cabins will expire, and all products and materials used are to be removed from the site and the site specific exception will no longer be valid,” reads a portion of the documentation.
“It should be noted that the site specific exception does not preclude the tenant from adhering to the requirements of Alberta Safety Codes regarding electrical and building,” it adds.
Council carried a motion giving the amended bylaw first reading, followed by another motion setting a public hearing date for Monday, June 26 at 6 p.m. at the municipal office.
