Hi all, we are in the process of aligning our Compliance Report with the province and have used the ADOA template. One item that I’ve noted that isn’t in the ADOA template is a statement regarding the developments on the property such as “A development permit...
Have any of your offices dealt with selling off county/municipally owned cemeteries? We have multiple cemeteries owned by the county and ideally we would sell them to the volunteer groups that maintain them; however, some of the volunteer groups are elderly and do not...
In the past year our County has started doing more conditional approvals for development permits, but that makes it so there is a 21 day period until the effective date of the permit. I like the idea of having conditions, but I could understand how the 21 days isn’t...
Good afternoon all, As I’m sure you are all aware, solar developments are starting to pop up all over the place and at Lethbridge County we are certainly no exception. I just wanted to reach out and see what conditions you all normally impose as far as conditions for...
Good morning, The County of Newell allows accessory buildings under 100 ft2 to exist without the benefit of a Development permit or Building permit which I think is pretty standard. We do have a site coverage maximum in most of our land use districts but we have many...
I’m looking into options for software to improve our processing of planning applications: DPs, subdivision, redistricting. Options I’m aware of include CityWide, MuniSight, and eSite. Our safety codes agency uses eSite and I understand that it can be used for DPs....
Hi, How do your municipalities handle applications for the installation of older used mobile homes? Do you have special regulations on the age of the trailer, condition etc. that they have to meet? Thank you for reviewing. Cindy Nielson Development Officer...
Hi all, I’ve recently been asked if we could extend the general 6 month discontinuance of use resulting in the termination of an approved discretionary use (Home Based Business for example) up to 12 months. This 6 month discontinuance of an approved discretionary use...
Hi! I’m very new to the planning and development world! We recently received a subdivision application, and it was noticed that the dwelling on the property does not currently meet the setback requirements. This dwelling was previously approved via development permit...
I received my Applied Land Use Planning certificate recently. Wanted to get some insights on some smaller courses (online or even in person) that some of you have taken that are worthwhile or beneficial for a planner/development officer role? I’ve been having some...
