A developer trying to create a subdivision in Red Deer County geared to small farm operations failed to sway council on Tuesday.
Serge Stelmack’s proposal to subdivide a 60-acre site near Sylvan Lake into 11 agricultural lots was unanimously rejected on a number of grounds.
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Two subdivision plans were put forward to Fort Saskatchewan council at the Dec. 11 meeting, and although both saw passing of the first reading, both had issues brought to light.
Proposals were presented to city councillors in regards to the Forest Ridge and Sienna neighbourhoods, located in Westpark and South Park, respectively.
Comprised largely of townhomes measuring 20 feet wide and 36 feet high, the Forest Ridge project — presented first to council — was frowned upon by Mayor Gale Katchur.
“This is just such a change from where this was looking at,” she said. “There are just so many issues.”
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A closed-door meeting with city planners persuaded city council members to grant the planning department the authority to approve subdivision applications without bringing them to council for final approval.
“Sitting in that meeting, and hearing (city director of planing and development) Clayton (Kittlitz) explaining everything once again, just convinced me that we have to become more of a governing body that sets policy and direction and let administration carry it out,” Mayor Gale Katchur said.
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Red Deer County Council didn’t waste any time giving a new approach to agricultural subdivisions a test run. READ
Work is underway on an 8,500-square-foot commercial building in Sylvan Lake ís Hewlett Park subdivision.
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Connecting Molly Banister Drive east across Piper Creek to 22nd Street is considered in a City of Red Deer area structure plan.
The East Hill Major Area Structure Plan (MASP) preserves a 43-metre-wide right of way for an arterial road through undeveloped land south of the Sunnybrook subdivision to Piper Creek.
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After a bit of a financial rework, some municipalities who are members of the Oldman River Regional Services Commission may be considering alternative for planning services.
Recently Director of Services at ORRSC, Lenze Kuiper, announced that the Commission hadn’t updated their rates since 1995. Rates that have been charged over the past 19 years have been set based on an assessment done in 1993.
“We had to go back in time because our rates were based on the 1993 total equalized assessment,” explained Director of Services at ORRSC, Lenze Kuiper. “We are playing catch up from 1995.”
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RockyViewCounty(RVC) cleared the way for the Bearspaw Emergency Services Centre at its Oct. 30 meeting.
The county approved a redesignation and subdivision application to finalize an agreement with Rock Pointe Church to acquire a four-acre site for the future centre. Located near the intersection of Highway 1A and Lochend Road, the site is intended to provide the County with a strategic and long-term solution for the future delivery of emergency services in the Bearspaw community.
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Land for development could join water on the Town’s list of critical needs if annexation talks drag on.
After many years of busy construction, the Drake Landing, Cimarron, Air Ranch,Sheep River,Westmount and Westridge communities are entering their final phases. The only new development expected in the next few years will be in the new Mountain View subdivision and around the south end of the Okotoks airport.
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A sod turning ceremony was held last Friday for the new Catholic school that is to be built in the Clearview Ridge subdivision of Red Deer.
After an opening prayer for the ceremony and a scripture reading, attendees had a moment to reflect in silence before Deacon Claude Baril gave a blessing of the site where the new Father Henri Voisin School will be built.
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