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Bylaw: 
50P2008, Report: 50P2008 Report
Provided an amendment which prevented vehicular access from a lane to an attached private garage at the rear of a Contextual Single Detached Dwelling.
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Bylaw 53P2008
Bylaw: 53P2008, Report: 53P2008 Report
Provided minor textual amendments to correct and aid implementation of the Land Use Bylaw. Updated, corrected and added textual amendments regarding the following: City boundary following annexation of land from Rocky View County, the definition of a Secondary Suite, building setbacks deemed conforming in low density residential districts, maximum parcel width in the Residential – Contextual Narrow Parcel One Dwelling District (R-C1N) and Residential – Narrow Parcel One Dwelling District (R-1N), and allowable uses on parcels containing a Community Recreation Facility in the Developing Area.
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Bylaw 54P2008
Bylaw: 54P2008, Report: 54P2008 Report
Provided minor textual amendments to correct formatting and typographical errors, including: updates and corrections to maps, corrected the definition of Secondary Suite, added a provision for existing building setbacks to be deemed to conform in low density residential districts in the Developed Area of the city, amended the maximum parcel width for R-C1N and R-1N parcels with irregular parcel shapes, added selected public or community uses on parcels which contain an existing Community Recreation Facility, and deleted Power Generation Facility – Small from the permitted use list in the S-TUC district.
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Bylaw 57P2008
Bylaw: 57P2008, Report: 57P2008 Report Provided minor textual amendments to correct formatting, typographical, grammatical, and numbering errors, as well as other amendments including maximum parcel width and height maximum, including the following: clarified that the development authority may consider relaxation to the minimum required motor vehicle parking stalls, pick-up and drop-off stalls for a school, added a separation distance between a Restaurant: Food Service Only – Medium use and a residential district, clarified the height of a deck in relation to walk-out basements, existing driveways, transparent windows and balconies for contextual single detached dwellings, setbacks for secondary suites, increased the maximum parcel width and amended the maximum parcel coverage rules in R-1N district, added a height maximum I-B district, clarified the subdivision of parcels in the S-FUD district, and revised the definitions and use rules of Home Occupation – Class 1 and Home Occupation – Class 2 in Part 10.
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Bylaw 67P2008
Bylaw: 67P2008, Report: 67P2008 Report Provided minor textual amendments to clarify, correct and aid in the implementation of the Land Use Bylaw. Clarifications included the following: corrected to the map of "Major Parks", added hot tubs to the exemption regarding outdoor pools from requiring development permits under certain circumstances, non-conforming building and sign rules, revised the Auto Service – Major and Auto Service – Minor use definitions, added the Conference and Event Facility use definition and listed the use in C-C2, C-COR1, C-COR2, C-COR3, C-O, C-R2, C-R3, I-B, S-R, and S-CI districts, revised the definition of assembly area and parking rules associated with the use, revised the Distribution Centre, and Utility Building use definitions, added restaurants, and drinking establishments associated with golf courses and child care facilities associated with community association buildings to the S-R district, clarified the limitations on Home Occupation – Class 1, clarified the rules for Hotel, Live Work Unit and Office uses, clarified the status of Charter Schools, amended the location of Temporary Residential Sales Centre uses, added Large Vehicle Sales to the C-COR3 district, exempted additions to low density residential dwellings from specific contextual rules, ensured that the setback and height for existing dwellings in the Developed Area would be deemed conforming, allowed for the placement of air conditioning units in side setback areas, clarified projection rules for low density residential districts, clarified the maximum size of landings, amended the definition and regulation of privacy wall(s), clarified the method for determining the height of accessory residential buildings and additions to low density residential buildings, clarified the Multi-Residential Development and Multi-Residential Development – Minor use definitions and the uses that must comply with the rules of the R-C2 district in the general rules for multi-residential districts, and corrected errors regarding the minimum required rear and side setbacks for the C-COR3, C-O, and C-R1 districts.
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Bylaw 68P2008
Bylaw: 68P2008, Report: 68P2008 Report
Created the uses, definitions, interim policy and regulations to accommodate the use of solar collectors and other micro-generation scale renewable energy technologies in Bylaw 1P2007.
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Bylaw 60P2008
Bylaw: 60P2008, Report: 60P2008 Report Amended the Centre City Plan and Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 to encourage street level pedestrian activity and facilitate the development of Stephen Avenue as a retail district. Amendments included the following: revision of the definition of a Financial Institution, minor textual amendments, restricted financial institutions from locating on the ground floor except for specified addresses, and updated maps.
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Bylaw 71P2008
Bylaw: 71P2008, Report: 71P2008 Report
Provided textual amendments regarding the cancellation of development permits, clarification of building setback rules for Semi-detached Dwellings, automotive service uses, the Temporary Residential Sales Centre use, definitions and rules for signs, commercial special function tents, front property lines on corner parcels, recreational special function tents, and corrected miscellaneous typographical errors.
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Bylaw 51P2008
Bylaw: 51P2008, Report: 51P2008 Report
Redesignated land within the Beltline Communities to align land use with the Beltline Area Redevelopment Plan. Amendments included: the creation of four new land use districts with the insertion of Part 11: Centre City Districts, Centre City Multi-Residential High Rise District (CC-MH), Centre City Multi-Residential High Rise Support Commercial District (CC-MHX), Centre City Commercial Corridor District (CC-COR) and Centre City Mixed Use District (CC-X), revised Map 1 and the Floodway/Floodplain Maps, added the general definition floor plate area, and revised multi-residential district to include CC-MH and CC-MHX districts, revised the conditions for development permit exemptions, and added the use Parking Lot – Grade (temporary).
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Bylaw 75P2008
Bylaw: 75P2008, Report: 75P2008 Report
Provided minor textual amendments to correct technical, grammatical and typographical errors in Part 11, Beltline Land Use Districts.
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Bylaw 1P2009
Bylaw: 1P2009, Report: 1P2009 Report
Provided textual amendments including the following: revised the requirements and conditions for a development permit, added the Utilities – Linear and Public Transit System as uses that do not require development permits, and are uses not listed but allowed in all districts, added the new uses, Public Transit System and Utilities – Linear, revised Utilities and Utility Building, modified the permitted uses in S-CRI and S-TUC districts and revised Schedule A.
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Bylaw 10P2009
Bylaw: 10P2009, Report: 10P2009 Report
Revised miscellaneous typographical errors, provided clarification and consistency regarding: Motor vehicle parking stall requirements in the R-C1N, R-1N, and C-COR1 districts, modified the tables related to low water trees and shrubs, revised the discretionary uses in S-SPR and C-CS districts adding Community Entrance Feature, and Community Recreation Facility (S-SPR only), revised the maximum gross floor area of Office uses in the I-G district, and revised the Special Function Tent – Recreational and Warehouse – Storage Only definitions and development permit exemptions.
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Bylaw 17P2009
Bylaw: 17P2009, Report: 17P2009 Report
This amendment accommodated home-based and centre-based child care into the Land Use Bylaw and provided policy and development guidelines for child care services in response to provincial legislative amendments to the Alberta Child Care Licensing Act. This amendment included: The addition of the new Child Care Service, Home Based Child Care – Class 1, and Home Based Child Care – Class 2, use definitions, listed Home Based Child Care – Class 1 as an exempt development, required Home Based Child Care – Class 2 to always be notice posted, added Home Occupation – Class 1 as a permitted use in R-CH district, added Home Based Child Care – Class 1 as a permitted use in all low density and multi-residential districts, CC-MH and CC-MHX districts, as a permitted use within existing approved buildings in C-N1, C-N2, C-C1, C-C2, C-COR1, C-COR2, C-R2, CC-X and CC-COR districts, added Home Based Child Care – Class 2 as a discretionary use in R-C1L, R-C1Ls, R-C1, R-C1s, R-C1N, R-C2, R-1, R-1s, R-1N, R-2, R-2M, M-CG, M-C1, and M-C2 districts, added both Library and Child Care Service as a discretionary use in M-CG and Child Care Service as a discretionary use in CC-MH district.
Bylaw 28P2009
Bylaw: 28P2009, Report: 28P2009 Report
Clarified the motor vehicle parking stall requirements in the R-2 and R-C2 districts, added a "grandfather" clause to allow for pre-existing Signs – Class F in the S-CRI districts, and amended motor vehicle parking stall widths to allow private garages to accommodate two parking stalls.
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Bylaw 31P2009
Bylaw: 31P2009, Report: 31P2009 Report
Provided textual amendments to administratively cancel a development permit application and facilitate administrative extensions for commencement of construction.
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Bylaw 41P2009
Bylaw: 41P2009, Report: 41P2009 Report
Changed the required location of garbage and waste enclosures in R-2M, R-MH and R-CH districts; the location of accessory residential buildings used for storing garbage, waste or recycling containers in multi-residential districts; re-inserted Special Function Tents - Recreational in S-CRI district; added Home Occupation - Class 1 & 2 in the S-CI district; added Home Based Child Care – Class 1 & 2 to the S-FUD district; clarified the definitions of “assembly area” and Place of Worship – Small; Medium & Large; revised the definition of “gross vehicle weight”, and added the new use Recyclable Construction Material Collection Depot (temporary) as a discretionary use in all districts; and included the correction of minor typographical errors.
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Bylaw 32P2009
Bylaw: 32P2009, Report: 32P2009 Report
Provided textual amendments to the Land Use Bylaw to accommodate changes to the industrial land use districts. The amendments included the following: clarified the interpretation of defined uses, added a section to assign deleted industrial uses an equivalent, deemed use; added the new use definitions Building Supply Centre and Fleet Service, replaced 'Auto Wrecker' and 'Recycling Plant' with the Salvage Yard use, added the General Industrial – Heavy, Light, Medium and Specialized Industrial uses, revised the use group classifications in Schedule A, amended the Large Vehicle and Equipment Sales, Equipment Yard, Dry-cleaning and Fabric Care Plant, Indoor Recreation Facility, Instructional Facility, Pet Care Service, Print Centre, Printing, Publishing and Distributing, Retail Store, Specialty Food Store, Take Out Food Service, Vehicle Storage – Large, Vehicle Storage – Passenger, Vehicle Storage – Recreational uses; deleted the Animal Feed Processor – Class 1, Animal Feed Processor – Class 2, Brewery and Distillery – Class 1, Brewery and Distillery – Class 2, Contractor's Shop – Class 1, Contractor's Shop – Class 2, Food and Beverage Processor – Class 1, Food and Beverage Processor – Class 2, Industrial Design and Testing – Inside, Industrial Design and Testing – Outside, Industrial Repair and Service – Inside, Industrial Repair and Service – Outside, Manufacturer – Class 1, Manufacturer – Class 2, Manufacturer – Class 3, Metal Fabricator, Recycling Plant, Auto Wrecker, Warehouse – Storage Only uses, revised the definition of 'parcel' to exclude commercial and industrial bare land condominium units, added the terms 'laboratories' and 'research and development', amended the use Waste Disposal and Treatment Facility in regards to approval in Direct Control Districts, provided new rules for the Display and Sales Areas in industrial districts, modified the I-G, I-B, I-E, I-C, I-R, I-O, I-H, and S-URP district use definitions, revised the discretionary uses in C-CX district, and updated Schedule A to reflect the deletions and additions of uses related to this amending bylaw.
Bylaw 38P2009
Bylaw: 38P2009, Report: 38P2009 Report
Amended parking requirements for specific ground floor commercial uses in the Centre City land use districts, specifically CC-MH, CC-MHX, CC-X, CC-COR, and C-COR1.
Bylaw 46P2009
Bylaw: 46P2009, Report: 46P2009 Report
Amended the general definition of 'contextual front setback', deleted the Minor Residential Addition use, added a new exemption clause for additions and exterior alterations to low density residential forms, revised rules applying to additions that are exempt from requiring a development permit, specifically building height, and setbacks from front property lines in the R-C1L, R-C1, R-C1N and R-C2 districts, revised provisions for building height of existing buildings, and previously approved development permits to conform to the land use bylaw.
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Bylaw 3P2010
Bylaw: 3P2010, Report: 3P2010 Report
Simplified and clarified the rules regarding Contextual Single Detached Dwellings, affecting: setback, height, roof pitch, building depth, parcel width, balconies and porches.
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Bylaw 11P2010
Bylaw: 11P2010, Report: 11P2010 Report
Added a new Part 12 to the Land Use Bylaw, to support the future creation of new land use districts for the East Village, including the alteration of maps, addition of the East Village – High Rise Building and East Village – Mid Rise Building use definitions, definition of 'top of bank', addition of the Drinking Establishment – Large into the CC-EIR and CC-ET districts, addition of Night Club in the CC-EIR district, the addition of the East Village Districts to the general requirements of development permits, signs, and Outdoor Café.
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Bylaw: 14P2010, Report: 14P2010 Report
Provided for minor textual amendments to the Land Use Bylaw. This included revisions to the Parking Areas Map, exempt developments, notice posting requirements, interpretation of uses and use rules, revision of the Bed and Breakfast, Home Occupation – Class 1, and Home Occupation – Class 2 uses, addition of Hospital, Instructional Facility, Inter-City Bus Terminal, revision of Large Vehicle and Equipment Sales, Outdoor Café, Pet Care Service, and Storage Yard, revision of display and sales area in the general industrial rules, addition of Sign – Class C into the I-G district, addition of Utility Building into S-R district, revision of Schedule A and the correction of miscellaneous typographical errors.
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Bylaw 26P2010
Bylaw: 26P2010, Report: 26P2010 Report
Added six new land use districts to Part 12, in order to meet the intent and vision for the East Village. This bylaw corrected the error in the previous amending bylaw 11P2010, which omitted Schedule D, which listed the new Centre City East Village Districts.
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Bylaw: 12P2010, Report: 12P2010 ReportProvided for minor textual amendments to the Land Use Bylaw in regards to secondary suites. Amendments included the following: replaced Secondary Suite – Attached Below Grade, Secondary Suite – Attached At Grade and Secondary Suite – Attached Above Grade with the single Secondary Suite use definition, added the two new Secondary Suite – Detached Garage and Secondary Suite – Detached Garden use definitions, revised notice posting requirements, the minimum depth of motor vehicle parking stalls, revised the Main Residential Building definition to exclude Accessory Residential Building(s) that contain Secondary Suite – Detached Garage or Secondary Suite – Detached Garden uses, included secondary suites within the Contextual Single Detached Dwelling use definition, added the Secondary Suite – Detached Garage and Secondary Suite – Detached Garden uses to the definition of a Single Detached Dwelling, to the R-C2, R-2 and M-CG districts, to the general rules for multi-residential land use districts, revised the rules regarding accessory residential buildings, setbacks for secondary suites, addition of a building separation requirement, revision of maximum allowable floor area, minimum parcel area, parcel widths, depths, outdoor private amenity space, introduced Secondary Suite as a discretionary use to the R-C1Ls, R-C1s and R-1s districts and as a permitted use in R-2 and R-2M districts, and updated Schedule A.
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Bylaw 19P2010
Bylaw: 19P2010, Report: 19P2010 Report
Amended Table 1 entitled "Road Rights-of-Way" within the Land Use Bylaw, in order to incorporate future Road Rights of Way, along 10 Avenue SW between 14 Street and Bow Trail.
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Bylaw 23P2010
Bylaw: 23P2010, Report: 23P2010 Report
Provided for minor textual amendments to area specific parking provisions for the Beltline and along 4th street in Mission. The amendments included the revision of the minimum required motor vehicle parking stalls in C-COR1 district, and the General Rules for Centre City Multi-Residential and Commercial districts.
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Bylaw 32P2010
Bylaw: 32P2010, Report: 32P2010 Report
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Bylaw 34P2010
Bylaw: 34P2010, Report: 34P2010 Report
Introduced the three forms of Secondary Suites as discretionary uses in two additional low density residential districts (R-C1N and R-1N) and nine multi-residential districts (M-C1, M-C2, M-H1, M-H2, M-H3, M-X1, M-X2, CC-MH and CC-MHX) that often contain legal, non-conforming, low density building forms. In addition, parcel width, depth and area rules were modified to reflect the inclusion of secondary suites into narrow lot residential districts.
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Bylaw 39P2010
Bylaw: 39P2010, Report: 39P2010 Report
Created a new comprehensive use definition called Retail and Consumer Service to replace the following six commercial use definitions: Beauty and Body Service, Household Appliance and Furniture Repair Service, Personal Apparel Service, Photographic Studio, Retail Store, and Video Store. Revised the definition of “ancillary structures” to include building parapets or other structures used to provide screening of rooftop mechanical equipment; empowered the Development Authority to apply relaxations to building heights due to grade variations and building design elements; amended the definition of Live Work Unit to include Retail and Consumer Service; and revised the list of uses incorporated with this use when located in the East Village Districts, and added Instructional Facility and Artist’s Studio uses to the East Village Districts.
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Bylaw 7P2011
Bylaw: 7P2011, Report: 7P2011 Report
Amended the rules for Multi-Residential Districts to add flexibility, implement Council approved policy, and address community concerns. Added height modifiers to the M-H1 and M-H2 districts; added Floor Area Ratio (FAR) modifiers to the M-C2, M-2, M-H1, M-H2, and M-X2 districts; accommodated stacked forms of development in the M-G district; increased the maximum height in M-G district from 12 metres to 13 metres; modified the definition of “street oriented multi-residential building”; removed the maximum percentage rule for commercial requirements in M-H1, M-H2, M-H3, M-X1 and M-X2 districts; allowed commercial multi-residential uses to occupy up to a maximum of the entire first storey of a building and for Office, Service Organization, Counselling Service, and Information and Service Provider uses to occupy the entire second storey in M-H2 and M-H3 districts; revised the definition of “commercial multi-residential uses” to include Counselling Service, Information and Service Provider, Outdoor Café, and Service Organization; added Restaurant: Food Service Only – Small and Take Out Food Service to M-H1, M-X1 and M-X2 districts; and adjusted the allowable maximum densities in Residential – Low Density Multiple Dwelling (R-2M) District for Townhouses and Rowhouses. Additional amendments included the exclusion of recycling facilities located on multi-residential parcels from being included in the calculation of landscaped area; and increased the parcel area required to achieve a maximum of 60% parcel coverage from 265 square metres to 300 square metres in R-1N district.
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Bylaw 13P2011
Bylaw: 13P2011, Report: 13P2011 Report
Clarified that legally existing driveways accessing a street in the Developed Area of the City are to be allowed to remain when a parcel is the subject of redevelopment.
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Bylaw 21P2011
Bylaw: 21P2011, Report: 21P2011 Report
Amended and clarified the existing rules for Special Function Tents which included the following: that all tents on a parcel cumulatively contribute to the maximum tent size; the use inside a tent must be an extension of the approved use(s) on the parcel and cannot contain a different use; tents cannot exceed one storey; tents may be temporarily located on required parking and landscaped areas other than temporary surface parking lots; tents may temporarily be located on a parcel without being subject to the rules of the district; a development permit is required for all commercial food and drink tents greater than 300 square metres; and limited the entertainment area within tents that are associated with drinking establishments, licensed restaurants and night clubs.
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Bylaw 24P2011
Bylaw: 24P2011, Report: 24P2011 Report
Adopted a new policy called “Planning Principles for the Location of Care Facilities and Shelters (2001)” by resolution; and amended the use definitions of: Assisted Living, Residential Care and Custodial Care, contained in Land Use Bylaw 1P2007, and provided opportunities for assisted living in low density residential and commercial districts.
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Bylaw 27P2011
Bylaw: 27P2011, Report: 27P2011 Report
Added the new, permitted use “Contextual Semi-detached Dwelling” in the R-C2 District, in order to encourage sensitive redevelopment and provide certainty for homeowners and builders. This included specific rules regarding the: front setback, façade and unit articulation, building depth, parcel overage and landscaping, building height, balconies, and privacy.
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Bylaw 30P2011
Bylaw: 30P2011, Report: 30P2011 Report
Added interim regulations for digital signage. Amendments addressed the creation of a new use “Digital Third Party Advertising Sign” as a new sign class (Sign – Class G) and added this as a discretionary use in C-COR3, C-O, C-R1, CC-X, CC-COR, S-CRI, S-FUD Districts, and all industrial districts. Other rules introduced included: maximum light emission and ambient light levels; message timing; sequencing and proximity to residential dwelling units; changes to electronic message signs, where the signs may be approved; and requirements for electronic message signs when in proximity to dwelling units. All approvals for Digital Third Party advertising signs and electronic message signs would be for a maximum 3 years.
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Revised all associated maps to reflect the new municipal boundary as a result of two annexations between The MD of Foothills and City of Calgary. Order in Council 123/2011 saw lands annexed to The City of Calgary. Order in Council 43/2011 saw lands annexed to The MD of Foothills.
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Bylaw 33P2011
Bylaw: 33P2011, Report: 33P2011 Report
On 2011 September 19, Council amended the Land Use Bylaw by moving Secondary Suites within a principal dwelling from a discretionary use to a permitted use in the following land use districts: R-C1Ls District, R-C1s District, R-C2 District, R-1s District, M-CG District, M-C1 District, M-C2 District, M-H1 District, M-H2 District, M-H3 District, M-X1 District, and M-X2 District. Secondary Suites are already permitted uses in the R-2 District and R-2M District and there are no changes to these Districts. Secondary Suites in a principal dwelling remain discretionary in the following land use districts: R-C1N District, and R-1N District. Detached garage and garden secondary suites continue to be discretionary uses wherever they are listed in a district. There are also no changes to the CC-MH or the CC-MHX where Secondary Suites in a principal dwelling remain a discretionary use.
These amendments to Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 updated the rules related to on-premises conventional signage located on titled parcels of land. On-premises signage, as opposed to off-premises signage, generally refers to a sign that directly relates to a business
organization located on the same parcel as the sign.
These amendments to the Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 are intended to clarify that Place of Worship – Large is listed as a discretionary use in the Industrial – General and Industrial – Edge Districts respectively. The definition of Place of Worship – Large is amended to clarify that Dwelling Units associated with a Place of Worship – Large are not considered appropriate in an industrial context and to ensure that Place of Worship – Large uses are not located adjacent to Industrial – Heavy Districts.
Textual amendments to Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 clarifying the rules for special functions (tents or events) and requiring a development permit for events operating as a temporary commercial licensed establishment.
Textual amendments to the Beltline districts.
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These amendments provide minor textual changes to the rules in Land Use Bylaw 1P2007. These are housekeeping amendments, intended to improve clarity, correct inconsistencies and eliminate discrepancies. Some changes include: Simplifying the Residential – Cottage Housing (R-CH) District to make it more usable, updating the Road Rights-of-Way table and listing Outdoor Recreation Area as a discretionary use in the Special Purpose – City and Regional Infrastructure (S-CRI) District.
Bylaw 12P2012 amendments exempt small commercial, industrial and mixed use developments from the requirement to provide loading stalls. The proposal exempts developments with a cumulative area under 930 square metres, purpose-built buildings unlikely to transition to other uses, and aligns the loading requirement for Liquor Stores with other commercial uses.
These amending bylaws can be downloaded for viewing.
