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Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 136, 2017 A Bylaw to establish an Official Community Plan for the rural area of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. WHEREAS the Local Government Act authorizes the Municipality to adopt Official Community Plans; and WHEREAS this Bylaw has been considered in conjunction with the Municipality’s financial plans, waste management plan, and economic development strategy and has been referred to the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission, in accordance with the Local Government Act; and WHEREAS the Municipality has provided opportunities they determine appropriate for consultation with persons, organizations and authorities they consider will be affected, and has consulted with the School Board for School District No. 81; and AND WHEREAS all persons who might be affected by this Bylaw have been afforded the opportunity to be heard on the matters covered therein before the Regional Council of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in accordance with the provisions of the Community Charter and Local Government Act; NOW THEREFORE the Regional Council for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows: 1. Citation This Bylaw may be cited as the “Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 136, 2017.” 2. Official Community Plan Adoption The following schedules attached hereto are hereby made part of this Bylaw: Schedule A: Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw Text Schedule B: Rural Official Community Plan Map 3. Severability If any division, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this bylaw is for any reason held to be invalid by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the bylaw. READ a first time this 24th day of April, 2017. READ a second time this 24th day of April, 2017. NOTICE of a Public Hearing published on April 26th, 2017 and May 3rd, 2017. Public Hearing held on this 8th day of May, 2017. READ a third time this 8th day of May, 2017 CERTIFIED a true & correct copy of “Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 136, 2017” as read a third time by the Regional Council of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. Corporate Manager ADOPTED this 8th day of May, 2017. Bill Streeper, Mayor Corporate Manager NRRM Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 136, 2017 Page 2 of 2 Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 136, 2017 Schedule A: Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw Text TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1 - Introduction ............................................................... 1 1. Characteristics of the Plan Area ............................................................................................................ 1 2. Relationship with the NRRM Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 64, 2011 and Other Plans .............. 2 3. Legislative Authority ............................................................................................................................. 2 4. Review of Official Community Plan ....................................................................................................... 2 5. Planning Process ................................................................................................................................... 3 6. Content of OCP ..................................................................................................................................... 3 7. Definitions ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Part 2 - Plan Goals .................................................................. 6 Part 3 - Objectives and Policies ............................................... 7 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2. Objectives and Policies That Apply to Plan Area................................................................................... 7 2.1 Broad Objectives and Policies ......................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1 Economic Development ........................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1.1 Objectives.......................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1.2 Policies .............................................................................................................................. 7 2.1.2 Protection of the Environment ................................................................................................ 8 2.1.2.1 Objectives.......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2.2 Policies .............................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.3 Natural Hazards ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.1.3.1 Objectives.......................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.3.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.1.4 Heritage Resources ................................................................................................................ 10 2.1.4.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 10 2.1.4.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 11 2.1.5 Highways and Roads .............................................................................................................. 11 2.1.5.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 11 2.1.5.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 12 2.1.6 Provision of Municipal Services ............................................................................................. 12 2.1.6.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 12 NORTHERN ROCKIES RURAL OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN – Schedule A Page i 2.1.6.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 12 2.1.7 Development of Aggregate Resources .................................................................................. 13 2.1.7.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 13 2.1.7.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.1.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions .................................................................................................... 13 2.1.8.1 Objective ......................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.8.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 14 2.2 Objectives and Policies for Specific Land Use Designations ......................................................... 14 2.2.1 Rural Resource (R) .................................................................................................................. 14 2.2.1.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 14 2.2.1.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 15 2.2.2 Resource Industry (RI) ............................................................................................................ 16 2.2.2.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 16 2.2.2.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 16 2.2.3 Parks and Protected Areas (P) ............................................................................................... 17 2.2.3.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 17 2.2.3.2 Policies ............................................................................................................................ 18 2.2.4 Agriculture (A) ........................................................................................................................ 18 2.2.4.1 Objectives........................................................................................................................ 18 2.2.4.2 Policies ...........................................................................................................................