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TOWN OF BANFF HERITAGE CORPORATION ORDER OF BUSINESS Regular Virtual Meeting March 18, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE:

Due to the extraordinary circumstances and measures being taken to slow the spread of COVID-19, this meeting will be held virtually using Zoom; all members of the Banff Heritage Corporation will be participating remotely.

Members of the Public may watch the live stream of this Meeting at www.banff.ca/live

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE REMOTELY IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MANNERS:

• Members of the public wishing to make written submissions may do so by emailing the Secretary to the Banff Heritage Corporation at [email protected] prior to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Submissions received will be included in the Agenda package publicly available through www.banff.ca/AgendaCenter . Personal information provided in submissions is collected under the authority of Procedures Bylaw 44-7 and Section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act of Alberta, for the purpose of receiving public participation in municipal decision-making. If you have questions regarding the collection and use of your personal information, please contact the FOIP Coordinator at 403-762-1209 or at Banff Town Hall, Box 1260, Banff, Alberta, T1L 1A1;

• Members of the public wishing to speak during the meeting must register by contacting the Secretary to the Banff Heritage Corporation at [email protected] or 403-762-1102 prior to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

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1.0 CALL TO ORDER

This Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation will be conducted virtually using Zoom and will be live streamed on the Town of Banff website. It will not be recorded or made available after the meeting has concluded.

2.0 APPROVAL OF AGENDA

2.1 Agenda for the March 2021 Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation

Recommendation: That Agenda for the March 2021 Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation be approved.

3.0 ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

3.1 Minutes of the January 2021 Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation

Recommendation: That the Minutes of the January 2021 Virtual Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation be adopted.

4.0 BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

4.1 Landmarks and Legends – Siding 29 Siding 29 has been chosen for a new Landmarks and Legends Series. A draft has been completed for review and feedback.

4.2 2021 Meeting Schedule An alternate date or time could be considered due to member time conflicts with the current schedule.

4.3 Election of Vice-Chair Deferred from January meeting.

4.4 Annual Newsletter As directed by the Council workplan, a Draft first edition of an annual Banff Heritage Corporation Newsletter has been assembled for review and input. The target for publication is the end of March 2021.

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5.0 NEW BUSINESS

5.1 Land Use Bylaw Amendments to Encourage Housing Development

Recommendation: That the Banff Heritage Corporation provide recommendations to Council regarding any impact to historic resources which result from proposed Bylaw 455, Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development.

6.0 CORRESPONDENCE

6.1 Old Banff Cemetery Grave Monuments Clean-Up

7.0 ADJOURNMENT

7.1 The next regular meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation is scheduled for May 20, 2021 at 1:30 pm.

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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN OF BANFF HERITAGE CORPORATION Via Zoom Videoconference January 21, 2021

Corporation Directors Present Ericka Chemko Public Representative (Chair) Steve Malins Parks Canada Roland Charpentier Alberta Association of Architects Sandy Aumonier Alberta Culture Bill Luxton Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation Alexandra Montgomery Public Representative Nathaniel Wawrzonek Public Representative Anita Battrum Honorary Public Member

Corporation Directors Absent Susan Kennard Parks Canada Anne Ewen Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Administration Present Darren Enns Director of Planning and Development Eric Bjorge Development and Heritage Planner (recording secretary) Diego Maenza Graduate Heritage Planning Intern

1.0 Call to Order

The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:35 pm.

2.0 Election of Vice Chair

HER21-01 Moved by E. Chemko that the election of vice-chair be deferred to the next regular meeting. MOTION CARRIED The vacant public director position will be advertised.

3.0 Approval of Agenda

2.1 Agenda for the January Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation

HER21-02 Moved by A. Battrum that the agenda be approved with the following amendment, that item 6.1 be considered immediately after the adoption of minutes. MOTION CARRIED

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4.0 Adoption of Previous Minutes

4.1 Minutes of the November 2020 Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation

HER21-03 Moved E. Chemko that the Minutes of the November 2020 Virtual Regular Meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation be adopted. MOTION CARRIED

5.0 Business Arising from the Minutes

5.1 Service Review Update Update from administration regarding the service review process – the Heritage Service Area will be reviewed on Friday January 22.

5.2 2021 Meeting Schedule An alternate date or time could be considered due to member time conflicts with the current schedule. Administration will poll the group to consider an alternate time.

6.0 New Business

6.1 Proposed Exterior/Interior Renovations – Homestead Inn Kelly Morrison and Mark Burkart joined the meeting at 1:50pm and made a presentation of their proposed renovations to the former Melissa’s Restaurant. The applicants and Darren Enns left the meeting at 2:32 pm.

HER21-04 Moved by R. Charpentier that the Banff Heritage Corporation receive the information as presented and recommends consideration be given to a redesign of the chimney more sympathetic to the original. MOTION CARRIED

6.2 Transfer of Shares In accordance with the Banff Heritage Corporation Articles of Incorporation, the Town of Banff and the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Banff are the sole shareholders of the corporation. As part of the annual return accordance with the Companies Act, a resolution from the Board of Directors is required to formally transfer the shares from the previous CAO to the current CAO.

HER21-05 Moved by B. Luxton that the Corporation does hereby approve such transfer of shares and has instructed the cancellation of Share Certificate No. 3 for One (1) share in the name of ROBERT EARL and the issuance of a new Share Certificate No. 4 for One (1) share of the capital of the Corporation in the name of the KELLY GIBSON. MOTION CARRIED

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HER21-06 Moved by B. Luxton that the Corporation enter into the Amending Agreement to the Unanimous Shareholders Agreement between the Corporation, Town of Banff and the Chief Administrative Officer in the form attached hereto. MOTION CARRIED

6.3 Staff Updates: Administration provided updates on the following ongoing workplan items for discussion.

- Landmarks and Legends ▪ Siding 29 has been chosen for a new Landmarks and Legends Series. A draft of is intended to be ready for review at the March BHC meeting. - Community Heritage Exhibit ▪ Project involves the development of an online portal to view all the Town’s heritage records. The project is in early planning and design stage. - Annual Newsletter ▪ Draft topics and template for an annual newsletter has been assembled for review and input. The target for publication is the end of January 2021. - Online Municipal Heritage Inventory List ▪ A reformatted Municipal Heritage Inventory List has been developed for the Town’s website. - Heritage Master Plan ▪ Pending budget approval, a Request for Proposals for consultant support is targeted to be issued by the end of first quarter 2021. - Bow River Bridge ▪ Maintenance of piers and masonry ongoing and scheduled for 2021. Grant funding has been requested from the Alberta Heritage Preservation Partnership Program.

6.4 Annual Work Plan 2021 work plan has been developed based on ongoing projects and approved policy direction and is attached to the agenda, for discussion.

7.0 Correspondence None

8.0 Adjournment 8.1 Meeting was adjouned by the chair at 3:53 pm. The next regular meeting of the Banff Heritage Corporation is scheduled for March 18, 2021 at 1:30 pm.

______E. Chemko E. Bjorge Chair Recording Secretary

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Landmarks and Legends - Siding 29 (DRAFT for Banff Heritage Corporation) 007 Since time immemorial, indigenous people have gathered, camped, hunted, and healed at the foot of a mountain noted for cascading mînî hrpa (waterfalls in the Nakoda language). The buffalo and other wildlife roaming the nearby prairie and meadows were a part of indigenous sustenance, spiritual, and cultural practices of the land. European explorers, yet unaware of the nearby hot springs, would also mention both waterfall and prairie as the area’s most prominent features. Sir George Simpson trekked through in 1841 and Sir James Hector of the Palliser Expedition camped there in 1858. Surrounded by sheer verticality, the grasslands and aspen forests would set the stage for the introduction of steel rails and iron horses cutting a lasting path to the settlement we know today as Banff. 1881-1884 The modern settlement period of Banff began with the arrival of Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) surveyors in 1881. Major A.B Rogers headed a party of 75, which included explorer-outfitter Tom Wilson and chief- surveyor Frederick Aylmer, to find a suitable route through the mountains from their base at Kananaskis. Having trekked along the steep cliffs by the Bow River on the Mount Rundle approach and passed the future townsite, the survey team’s original plan for the railway tracks included a 275 metre tunnel through an adjacent peak named Tunnel Mountain (known as Sleeping Buffalo Guardian Mountain to the Stoney Nakoda people). Calling it a folly that would bankrupt the C.P.R., General-Manager William Van Horne was furious and sought a quick and cost- saving alternative. Opting to lay tracks around the north side of Tunnel Mountain, the C.P.R. would potentially save 1,350,000 dollars from that decision in 1882. Along with the new tracks and trains came the towns; and railway sidings which were consecutively built at ten-mile intervals westward from Medicine Hat (Siding 1) to Lake Louise (Siding 33). As part of the CPR’s Mountain Division of the Transcontinental railway, Siding 29 was located near the foot of Cascade Mountain, following the new rail route from Calgary through the Bow Valley. The settlement was located near the present bend in the Trans- Canada Highway, northeast of the intersection of Hawk Avenue and Compound Road. It was adjacent to the meandering Whiskey Creek which ran through the flat prairie and meadow between Cascade Mountain and Tunnel Mountain then named Aylmer Park. Following the laying of the siding track on October 27th, 1883, a section house, privy, and a small log structure constructed by the C.P.R. railway crews sprang up nearby. David Keefe would become the first railway section foreman of Siding 29. On an early November day, railway workers Franklin McCabe, and William and Frank McCardell would come across hot springs at the foot of Sulphur Mountain, where the Cave and Basin National Historic Site stands today. Siding 29 was quickly renamed Banff in recognition of C.P.R. President, George Stephen’s birthplace on November 25, 1883.

1885 The year 1885 would be momentous for Canadians from coast-to-coast with the completion of the transcontinental railway and the Hot Springs Reservation was established. Knowledge of the hot springs rapidly spread among railway construction workers along the line. Strangely, McCabe and McCardell expended little effort in protecting or developing their interest thoroughly. One of the most enterprising was David Keefe, who, in October, 1884, on information supplied by McCabe, located the Upper Hot Spring and cut a trail up the slope of the mountain above the Spray River. Shacks were erected at the hot springs in 1884 and 1885 by Theodore Sebring, George Whitman, and Frank McCabe among others. By late summer in 1885, officers of the Department of the Interior in Ottawa were giving serious consideration to the preservation of the hot springs from excessive private development, which had been occurring in similar locales such as Hot Springs, Arkansas and various European spas. On November 25, 1885, Order in Council No. 2197 received approval. Under its provisions, an area of approximately a little more than 26 sq.km. on the northern slopes of Sulphur Mountain was set aside for future park use against “sale, settlement, or squatting”. Sir James Lougheed wrote a legal opinion on behalf of McCabe and McCardell suggesting that the government consider

1 paying compensation to the discoverers for travelling and living expenses, and for loss of time sustained and maintaining residences near the springs to protect their interests. This matter was addressed in a government008 enquiry in 1886. 1886 Up until the spring of 1886, no year-round permanent residents were found in the area except for railway maintenance workers living in the section house at Siding 29, but the summer of that year brought intense development and activity due to the ownership claims staked on the hot springs. George A. Stewart, surveyor and first Park Superintendent, was appointed to carry out the first surveys of the Park and the future townsite to attract the wealthy and well-travelled tourists of the Victorian era. Pitching a tent beside the Woodworth homestead near the Cascade Waterfall, he and three assistants would eventually lay out the north side of the new townsite in a typical prairie fashion of small lots laid out in a grid pattern. On the south side of the river, Stewart allocated large “villa lots” for hotels, sanatoria, hospitals, and wealthy vacationers. Nevertheless, Siding 29 grew to service the new hot spring community as several stores had been erected on the north side of the tracks. A general store was owned and operated by Calgary-based merchants Ferland & Co; there was a butcher shop run by Dunn & Lineham; a furniture store run by Tom Winnett; a jewellery and watch repair shop, a billiard saloon run by Pat Quinlan; a lumberyard run by S.J. Hogg; Ed and Jack Rowe’s livery stables; David Keefe and his brother ran the Banff Hotel & boarding rooms out of the C.P.R. section house; and Leonard C. Fulmer had a lumber yard and store. Carlin, Lake & Lafayette French had a store on the road south of the tracks where they sold groceries and dry goods. Most of these establishments were hastily put-up log buildings, alongside the railroad tracks or the road that led from the station towards the Bow River. Despite the ongoing surveys being completed by Stewart, most residents contended that Siding 29 would continue as the main service centre for the area. Of note, Frederick Woodworth became the first postmaster of Siding 29 on June 1, 1886, independently operating until 1888 out of a two-storey log cabin he built with his brother, Benjamin Woodworth. They were the sons of Douglas B. Woodworth, a Member of Parliament from Nova Scotia. This was to become historically significant to Banff as his residence, Tanglewood, remains the oldest surviving structure of Siding 29. It stands today on Beaver Street as a Municipal Historic Resource.

On July 8 and 9th, 1886, the federal government held an enquiry in Banff on the various claims made by fourteen witnesses on the discovery of the hot springs the year prior and the resulting compensation that was sought. One witness, Willard B. Younge, claimed he built a wooden cabin nearby in 1875. The existence of the building was corroborated by McCabe during cross-examination and through letters from pioneer residents in Morleyville. He did not receive compensation as he did not contribute to the development of the springs. David Keefe was given $100 compensation for discovering the Upper Hot Springs, for facilitating public awareness and improving access to the springs. This included constructing a raft-and-pulley across the Bow River to illicitly lodging and feeding visitors at the C.P.R Section House. McCabe and McCardell received $675 each for improvements and maintaining their interests. Douglas B. Woodworth received $1000 from expenditures in anticipation of acquiring rights to the springs from McCabe and McCardell. 1887 The Rocky Mountains Park Act enacted on June 23, 1887, created Canada’s first national park within a 688 sq.km. boundary under the direct administration of the Ministry of the Interior. By late 1887, approximately 300 people resided in the fledgling townsite by the Bow River while 50 people still lived around the C.P.R station at Siding 29. Around this time, a new post office was established at the townsite with Richard O’Donaghue as postmaster, and the original post office at the station would only remain for another year with Richard Frank as the next postmaster. The offices were given the postal addresses of National Park, Alta. and Banff, Alta; thus, hastening the divide between the “new” and “old” Banff. During a tour of the under-construction Banff Springs Hotel in spring of 1887, C.P.R. Vice-President Van Horne was asked about plans for a new railway station. Showing his wit and speed of response, he snatched a piece of brown paper, sketched some rough lines in the shape of a log chalet and replied to the inquirer, “Lots of good

2 logs there. Cut them, peel them, and build your station”. The rustic appeal of log construction and the trend for nature vacations in Banff during the late 1880s meant that log railway stations became a key component of009 drawing in tourists into the new hotels. This action would serve as the end-of-the-line for Siding 29 and its residents. 1888-1890 In May 1888, work was underway to relocate the station to the current grounds near Forty Mile Creek and Lynx Street some 2.4 kilometres west to better serve the new townsite, a visitor count of over 3,000 in the park, and to aid in the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel. Towards end of the year, a simple temporary shed structure and box-car housed the limited C.P.R facilities at Banff. Calling it “cow-shed” and “band-box”, many newly arrived tourists were disappointed at the simplicity of the temporary facilities at the new railway grounds not providing a good first impression and high visual appeal when they stepped onto the platform. Between November 1889 and April 1890, a new C.P.R. station was built with logs from the Eau Claire Lumber Co. which was said to control the production of timber in the National Park on the Bow and Spray Rivers. Much like the station at Laggan (Lake Louise), it was designed to create an air of comfort and closeness to nature. Rounded, peeled logs formed the walls and slender poles were used to support canopy brackets and the station name plaque. The two wood structures were capped with concave mansard roofs and joined by a wooden covered platform. It was designed by Edward Colonna, a prominent designer with the C.P.R. who was a leading advocate of Art Nouveau principles and railway-chateau infrastructure in Canada. In a five-year period from 1889 to 1893, Colonna would design coaches, sleeping cars, and dining cars to be exhibited at the 1893 World’s Fair. He would also design railway stations at Lake Louise, Calgary, Brandon, and Windsor. In 1893, Colonna moved back to Europe to work under Siegfried Bing at Maison de l’Art Nouveau gallery in Paris. 1891-1897 With the new station complete, most of the people remaining in Siding 29 relocated to the townsite as the old settlement was quickly abandoned. Frederick Woodworth moved his residence and former post-office to the townsite between 1888 and 1892. Many others dismantled their dwellings and re-purposed the materials for other projects or left the area. The original C.P.R. section house was moved to its current location on Mountain Goat Lane by 1895. Siding 29 was completely abandoned and almost no traces of the site remained towards the end of 1897. The grounds would return to the buffalo as it became part of the Park’s animal paddock which held them in captivity until 1997, when they were released.

References 010 Berton, P. (2001). The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885. Toronto: Anchor Canada.

Brown, R. (2008). The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada, 3rd edition. Toronto: Dundurn Press. Department of the Interior. (1887). Annual Report. Ottawa. Hart, E.J. (1999). The Place of Bows: Exploring the Heritage of the Banff-Bow Valley. Banff: EJH Literary Enterprises. Jones, D.L. (2002). Tales of the C.P.R. Calgary: Fifth House Publishers. Knowles, V. (2010). William C. Van Horne: Railway Titan. Toronto: Dundurn Press. Lothian, W.F. (1987). A Brief History of Canada’s National Parks. Ottawa: Parks Canada.

Luxton, E. (2008). Banff: Canada’s First National Park, 2nd edition. Banff: Summerthought Publishing. Mason, C.W. (2014). Spirits of the Rockies: Reasserting an Indigenous Presence in Banff National Park. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Sanford, E & Sanford-Beck, J. (2009). Life of the Trail 3: The Historic Route from Old Bow Fort to Jasper. Surrey: Rocky Mountain Books: Spry, I.M. (1968). The papers of the Palliser expedition, 1857-1860. Toronto: Champlain Society: Vaughan, W. (1920). The Life and Work of Sir William Van Horne. New York: Century.

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Figure 1: View of the original Banff settlement (Siding 29), circa. 1886, showing the Ferland & Co. general store (operated by Leonard C. Fulmer), Dave Keefe’s hotel and C.P.R. section house. (Glenbow Archives, NA-1906-15).

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Figure 2: Photograph of the Woodworth cabin and the tent of George A. Stewart, D.L.S. in front of Cascade Waterfall in 1886. (Library and Archives Canada)

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Figure 1: Photograph of Siding 29. 1884-1885. CPR Archives (P370-A4192)

Figure4: Photograph of Siding 29 from Tunnel Mountain. (McArthur, J.J. 1888, Mountain Legacy Project, MCA1888_17-1-88-88).

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Figure 5: Photograph of Banff Station, 1889. (Whyte Museum & Archives)

Figure 6: Excerpt of a Survey of Banff (Siding 29), CLSR8 5070AB, 1884.

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Director Profiles

Meet Our Directors 2020 - 2021

Alexandra Anita Battrum Anne Ewen Ericka Chemko Marjory Gibney Montgomery

Public Director Honourary Public Whyte Museum Public Director Eleanor Luxton Director of the Canadian (Chair of BHC) Historical Rockies Director Foundation Director

Nathaniel Peter Poole Roland Sandy Aumonier Susan Kennard Wawrzonek Charpentier

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Commemoration

Town of Banff From the years 1897 to 1912, the Vaux siblings made approximately 2,500 photographs of the "Canadian Landmarks & Legends Alps. "Their early photographs and findings on local This a commemorative series of profiles in partnership with the Archives at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, proudly celebrating some of Banff ’s landmark buildings and locations, as well as the legendary individuals that are part of its rich history. For 2020, two profiles were showcased by Graduate Heritage Planner interns at the Town of Banff. the orthodox Qyaker community. However, photography Mary Vaux Walcott with unknown companion, unknown date and location. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Mary proved the most talented at the photographic f IWa lcott, you know that it would be a difficult Qyaker rationalism, to understand the landscape and task to find a woman in the late 19th and early 20th

Mary Vaux Walcott navigated life with an It would be seven years until the Vaux family returned, members of the Philadelphia Photographic Society and Joie de vivre

by the Illecillewaet Glacier had • · ·- 7/ IA,� tl,a., (fine art photography) movement.

receded considerably in the time Mary was also a master of the platinum +fJ_ . of,·h./!T, Born to Sarah and George Vaux in 1860, Mary grew they had been away. Enthralled Lrf.£-,ZJ:_, -- W� U'l photo printing process, and was known up in a prominent Qyaker household in Philadelphia, by the mystery of it, these young to fashion makeshift darkrooms in Philadelphians realizedthe �o..ffA_ & �d a.. mountain campsites and challenging battlegrounds of the American Civil War. Despite the Vaux family's high social standing and affluence,the change, and returned summer after CA.ut work today at the Whyte Museum family lived a humble Qyaker lifestyle. Above all, they summer for decades to come for /() ()()() Archives under the Vaux Family name. 1 Jt valued modesty, devotion to God, and the pursuit of .,. knowledge. The Vaux's Qyaker upbringing afforded To put the retreat of ice inperspective, what was once Allpeaks the and siblings glaciers were were founding published members in numerous of the Alpine Mary and her two brothers, William and George, a 30 minute walk to the foot of the glacier is now a ClubCPR ofpamphlets Canada andand collectedpresented numerous at various claims artistic to a high level of education, especially in the sciences, four hour trek. Pre-dating the acceleration of"climate andnotable scientific early climbs,forums. but At asthe if time,to mark creating the new art forcentury art's However, following the early death of their mother, change" by nearly 80 years, the Vaux's body of work on forsake the was rise understood of modern to women, be frivolous Mary and is recorded unnecessary as the by the duties of running the household and family farm the Illecillewaet Glacier proved to be the first thorough first woman in Canada to ascend a mountain over 10,000 fellupon Mary's shoulders, preventing her from record of glacial studies in Canada. feetfor the when sake she of climbed scientific Mountachievement Stephen was in thethe perfectsummer motivationof 1900. Her to 40 avoid years judgement. of experience Of the mountaineering three siblings, in the area earned her a number of other firsts-first white you've ever heard of mountaineer Mary Vaux siblings set out, equipped with an ingrained sense of womanarts-which, to hike like Yoho almost Valley, everything to climb at over the Abbottime, was Pass, a domainand to explore dominated the Deutschman by men. Though Caves, an alongequal withand active close

ar would eventually attract the entire Vaux family to to photograph, sketch, and measure the glacier before friendcontributor M y to Schaffer. the workWhile on glaciers, Schaffer, Mary'sthe Philadelphia role took thecenturies Rocky whoMountains. was more In ahead 1887, of at her the time. age of A 27, pioneer continuing east. place primarily in the dark-indeed, often quite literally Maryin photography, first travelled glacial to thestudies, Rocky and Mountains mountaineering, with her in the dark room. She was among the first female introduced Schaffer to both the RockyMountains inexhaustible in face of the narrow whereupon they discovered that and the lantern slidea forerunner photographic of the style-the photo-secession style for fY1A h J_j limitations imposed that era's gender roles. which she became so well known, The Vaux family also constructed Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) which developed close friendships with the likes of Byron stopped at the now defunct Glacier House Hotel in Harmon, A.O. Wheeler, Tom Wilson, Bob Campbell, the Selk.irkMountains, They were fascinated by the nearbywhich wasIllecillewaet just a day's Glacier, carriage where ride Mary away fromand her active annual stays at the famedGlacier House. Maryimportance Vaux photographing of documenting flowersIn the the Rocky Mountain,, Courtesy of -I-_ , outdoor conditions. You can see her Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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compatriot turned local legend, is famous in her own right, it is rumored that it was Mary Vaux who first adventurous family who were returning east after a long trans-continental rail journey. 1he family were among the first wave of travellers to ride the newly

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Commemoration

Town of Banff Landmarks & Legends NORMAN K. LUXTON (1876 – 1962)

By Courtney Maxwell-Alves

rguably, nobody better anticipated the In 1901, Norman met Captain John Voss in opportunities offered by the advent of Western Vancouver, and together they embarked on an epic CanadianA tourism than Norman Luxton. Like other adventure, garnering global media attention. John early settlers, Luxton saw the unique potential in and Norman set sail aboard the Tilikum, a First Banff. Throughout his life, Luxton was instrumental Nations dugout canoe, to circumnavigate the globe. in promoting, building, and celebrating the townsite. Upon returning to Canada, after sustaining an injury near Fiji, Norman arrived in Banff in 1902 to take An adventurer and entrepreneur, Norman Luxton advantage of the recuperative benefits of the hot was born on November 2, 1876, to William and springs, where he remained until his death in 1962. Sarah Luxton in Upper Fort Garry on the Red River (what is now Winnipeg). Originally from Ontario, Early twentieth century Banff had a diversified Luxton Museum, Banff, 1958, Bruno Engler/Photographer, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Bruno Engler fonds (V190/I/C/i/7/na-22) the family arrived in Manitoba after Norman’s economy and was full of opportunity. Shortly after his father was offered the job of covering the “new west” arrival, Norman established a number of businesses in for the Toronto Globe. Many of Norman’s earliest town, and over the course of his life, he and his family Eleanor. This early connection to Morley reinforced experiences greatly influenced the direction his life significantly contributed to the commercial and Norman’s relationships with the Iyârhe Nakoda, took, including friendships with local First Nations cultural development of Banff, a legacy still who traded with him and supported several of his children, learning how to fish and hunt, being an strong today. initiatives, such as participating in the Banff Indian excellent marksman and avid canoer, and learning the Days, selling artifacts, crafts, and providing skins and art of taxidermy. As a teenager, Norman worked for In 1904, Norman married Georgina McDougall, a furs to sell at the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop. his father’s newspaper (Manitoba Free Press) but in member of the family that ran the Methodist mission and trading post at Morley. They had one daughter, Norman was an active community member and 1892, Norman left Manitoba, heading west. participated in a variety of different clubs and committees, including the Banff Chamber of Commerce, the Banff Booster Club, the Banff Advisory Council, and the Indian Association of Alberta. During this period, these organizations played significant roles in local governance, long before Banff was incorporated as a town in 1990. While his contemporaries Jim Brewster and Dave White had strong roles in these organizations, Norman stands out as a resounding voice in local affairs, decisions, and cultural leadership during this critical period of the townsite.

Norman was also instrumental in helping Canada successfully purchase the Pablo bison herd from Montana. He participated in the roundup, photographs of which he published in 1907.

Recognizing the historical, ecological, and cultural significance of returning bison to Banff, in 2009, the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation initiated the Bison Belong project, gathering public and federal support for their reintroduction to the park. In 2018, 31 bison, descendants of the Pablo herd that Norman worked to bring to Canada, were released in Banff National Park. This is a recent example of how the Luxton family, built on Norman’s tireless commitment to Banff, continues to have an enormous impact in safeguarding Banff ’s diverse history and heritage.

[Norman Luxton holding beadwork], Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Luxton family fonds (LUX/I/D3e/II/pa-1) 021 Page 6

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1909-1950 1952-1960 CAPTURING Manages the Banff Indian Days, an annual weekend With help from Eric Harvie, Norman built and event that brought Indigenous communities to Banff, opened the Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian in NORMAN K. primarily the Iyârhe Nakoda. It was a successful event June 1953, now named the Buffalo Nations Museum. that brought locals, tourists, and Indigenous peoples Built to resemble a Hudson’s Bay Trading Post, the together to celebrate and promote Indigenous culture. log fort-like structure was expanded over a number LUXTON’S Norman worked diligently to assist the Iyârhe Nakoda of years. The museum allowed Norman to share at Morley and support their culture, while also and preserve his extensive collection of Indigenous promoting Banff and organizing an event for tourists. artifacts and cultural items with locals and visitors, LEGACY providing a better understanding of and appreciation for local First Nations peoples and cultures. The A true entrepreneur and keen businessman, museum remains open to the public in its original Norman Luxton established many different location. businesses. Here are some examples that reflect Norman and his family’s contributions to the commercial and cultural development of Banff.

1903 Builds and opens the King Edward Hotel, Banff ’s first all-season hotel. One of Norman’s tactics Banff Winter Carnival, snow queen & attendants at ice palace – Jim Brewster (left) to entice tourists and guests was to purchase the and Norman Luxton (right), ca. 1903-1942, Byron Harmon/Photographer, Whyte latest technology for the hotel, such as Banff ’s first Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Byron Harmon fonds (V263/I/A/i/a/na-3930) gramophone. The original building’s architecture reflected the frontier-style of the growing town, 1917 however, when it burned down in 1914, Norman Looking for ways to promote Banff as a popular rebuilt the hotel in the Edwardian style, reflecting winter destination, Norman established the Banff attempts during the period to beautify Banff ’s Winter Carnival. The annual event featured a number downtown. of different activities and competitions, including ski races and ski jumping, a sculpted Ice Palace, figure skating and skating races, trap shooting, hockey matches, tobogganing, and a curling bonspiel. By 1921, the carnival was attracting not only amateur skiers and athletes but professionals as well. The Banff Winter Carnival has evolved into SnowDays, an annual January event that attracts tourists and locals Untitled [Norman Luxton holding his daughter Eleanor Luxton], ca. 1910, Whyte to participate in winter activities. Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Luxton family fonds (LUX/II/E/pa-347)

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King Edward Hotel about 1908?, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Peter Norman’s daughter, Eleanor, established the Eleanor and Catharine Whyte fonds (V683/III/A/3/pa-241) Luxton Historical Foundation prior to her death in 1995. The Foundation continues efforts to preserve 1903 and commemorate the Luxton legacy and the built Established the Sign of the Goat Curio Shop, which heritage on Beaver Street, including the Luxton home, he promoted as a combination of souvenir shop which is open to the public as a museum. To preserve and curio museum. It was stocked with a variety of and promote the history, culture, and ecology of Banff, mounted game trophies and furs, Indigenous artifacts the Bow Valley, and Western Canada, the Foundation and art, and curiosities (including the Banff merman!). champions a number of different initiatives, including Norman eventually moved this building to a lot south the Bison Belong project, which built off of Norman of the Bow River, a strategic location between the hot Trapshooting – At Banff Gun Club, 1923, Byron Harmon/Photographer, Whyte Muse- Luxton’s 1907 goal to bring bison back to Banff um of the Canadian Rockies, Byron Harmon fonds (V263/I/A/i/a/na-4118) springs and the Banff Springs Hotel, where it remains National Park, and is finally a reality as of 2018. More as the Indian Trading Post today. 1917 information about the foundation is available at luxtonfoundation.org. Norman was an excellent marksman and hunter, so as a reflection of his membership to the Calgary Gun In partnership with the Archives at the Whyte Museum of Club, Norman established the Banff Gun Club and the Canadian Rockies and the Eleanor Luxton Historical built a log cabin clubhouse, currently located beside Foundation, Banff Heritage Corporation is proud to present this article as part of the Landmarks and Legends series. the Buffalo Nations Museum. Hunting and trap shooting were highlights of visiting Banff and were The Town of Banff provides storytelling opportunities to used promotionally as a way to bring tourists to the recognize our community’s shared history with Indigenous peoples. town and the park. Although sport hunting was a We welcome public input that may provide further insight into popular and encouraged activity in Banff, the Iyârhe this or other profiles in the Landmarks and Legends Series. For Nakoda people were limited to entering the park to more information, hunt for subsistence purposes. please contact the Town of Banff Banff Indian Days – Georgina Luxton, Hector Crawler, Norman Luxton, Mrs. Hector [Mary Jean (Mee-nee-chin)] Crawler, Stoney First Nation, ca. 1915, Byron Harmon/ Heritage Planner Photographer, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Byron Harmon fonds at 403.762.1216. (V263/I/A/i/a/na-3350) 022 Page 7

Commemoration

Research on the Bankhead settlement and relocated homes was completed and Bankhead Homes presented by Imogene Broberg-Hull in 2020. Welcome to Bankhead

At the end of the 19th century, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was looking for a new source of coal after the mine failures at Anthracite and increased expenses at Canmore.

A subsidiary, the Pacific Coal Company Ltd., was formed with $1,000,000 in railway capital and the new mine was registered in 1903 with the Department of Public Works of the North West Territories as Mine No. 80.

Cleverly engineered, Mine No. 80 was special in that coal from the Cascade Mountain seams was extracted upward rather than downward, which led to the demise of the Anthracite mine.

Bankhead, c, 1922. (Source: Gadd, B. (1989). Bankhead the Twenty Year Town)

Almost immediately, a new planned town of 1500 inhabitants was built at the base of Cascade Mountain, called Bankhead.

It was divided in two parts: an industrial Lower Bankhead, and a residential Upper Bankhead.

At the time, the town was the most modern in Alberta with domestic electricity, street lighting, sewage, running water and indoor plumbing in most homes. It was the envy of both Banff and Canmore, which had none of the above.

Main Street & Holy Trnity Church, undated. There was a church, a school, a post office, doctors’ office, (Source: Gadd, B. (1989). Bankhead the Twenty Year Town) a butcher shop, and a general store among other amenities clustered along Rundle Avenue.

Despite the relative prosperity faced by the town during World War, problems came to a head as the coal quality remained very poor. The health of the miners was at risk after numerous accidents in the mines and after a series of strikes culminating in a walkout in 1922, the mine was closed by the CPR.

For the local residents, the biggest shock was yet to come as the Dominion National Parks Commssioner ordered the complete removal of the Bankhead townsite.

Fire Insurance Plan of Bankhead showing the resdential and commercial Upper Bankhead area, 1908. (Source: Gadd, B. (1989). Bankhead the Twenty Year Town) 023 Page 8

Commemoration

Bankhead homes now sit anonymously in Banff and Canmore. You can identify them Bankhead Homes if you know what to look for! The Big Move

As quickly people came to Bankhead, as quickly they left --but perhaps not from their own accord. By 1922, National Park policy had changed, citing incompatibilities between messy coal mining and wilderness preservation.

Over the following few years, well-constructed and furnished homes were moved to Banff and Canmore. A majority of homes were moved by a Calgary contractor, Charles Riddock who had 8 men, a tractor, a motor truck, and heavy double trucks to carry the buildings and heavy timbers the 6 ½ mile journey.

A total of approx. 60 homes in one late winter season were moved (almost one home per day) beginning on Feb 1, 1926. 10 homes were bought by Brewster Co. & 50 homes by private owners.

Bankhead Architecture Moving from Bankhead to Banff, c. 1926) (Source: Gadd, B. (1989). Bankhead the Twenty Year Town) Small homes Often 1-storey homes with a square floorplan and pyramidal roofline – sometimes a hip roof. Rustic/Folk vernacular. A majority of Bankhead homes moved to Banff are in this category.

Medium homes Colloquially known as “disciples”, these were 1 ½ storey or 2 ½ storey rectangular floor plan homes with hipped roofs. The style was a simple folk Victorian architecture. There were twelve of these kit homes moved to Banff. Large homes These were the management homes built in Bankhead along the same street. There were six of these elaborate Folk-Victorian CPR homes moved to Banff.

An example of a kit home on Mine Manager’s Residence Muskrat St. on Squirrel St. Bankhead homes, 1922. (Source: Gadd, B. (1989). Bankhead the Twenty Year Town)

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Commemoration

This year, a new heritage plaque has been Heritage Plaques Update installed at the Langevin Cabin! Read more about it below!

What is the Heritage Plaque Program?

The heritage plaque program is a municipal commemoration program designed to promote and commemorate heritage sites from the municipal heritage inventory. Featuring large blue plaques, an inscription of the property, historical personage, and architectural character-defining elements is given on each one. As of 2020, there are 49 properties across Banff with either freestanding or wall-mounted heritage plaques.

Heritage properties directly associated with Parks Canada also have dual-language plaques in both English and French. Try to find and read them all!

Langevin Cabin (222 Glen Crescent)

Built in 1974, by locals Ronald and Marlene Langevin, the Langevin Cabin is an architectural tribute to Banff National Park’s original park warden cabins.

The quaint Rustic-style one-room cabin was constructed using spruce trees from the site where the cabin stands today. The steeply pitched cabin roof, traditional full-log construction using hand-peeled spruce, saddle-notched corners, and exposed log purlins are all elements characteristic of the early cabins found in Banff. The Langevin cabin serves as a contemporary take on this over 100-year-old local practice.

A photograph of the Langevin Cabin. A photograph of the heritage plaque.

(Source: The Langevin Log Cabin and Main House, 2006. (Source: Town of Banff, undated. Malcolm and Sharon Malcolm and Sharon Carmichael) Carmichael) 025 Page 10

Project Updates

Heritage Conservation Projects

Beaver Lodge (212 Beaver Street)

Built in 1914, Beaver Lodge is a 1 & 1/2 storey wood-framed building clad in log siding. It is a Municipal Historic Resource. The building is undergoing renovations and rehabilitation to convert it into high-quality rental accomodation. The 1950s rear addition to Beaver Lodge was redeveloped and a new main accessory dwelling was completed in the laneway area at the end of the lot. Chalmers Heritage Conservation Ltd. installed five new windows and restored one original window using traditional materials and techniques. Interior renovations were also completed. Exterior photograph of Beaver Lodge (Source: Town of Banff, 2021)

Rundle Campground Service Building #2 (Banff Recreation Grounds)

The Rundle Campground service building #2 is a single story shelter built in 1924. It likely functioned as the administrative building for the campground as the large window under the east facing gable is removable and when opened, functioned as a “drive in” service desk. The Rundle campground service building along with the Middle Springs Cabin remain the only two cabins in Banff which formed part the original Rundle campground.

By late 2020, the cabin was moved from the skate park area, put on a new concrete foundation, and renovated, allowing it to be used as a program space for Into the Wild program - an outdoor, nature-based program for children in grades 1 to 6. The Rundle Cabin is powered by a 2kW solar photovoltaic array, making it the Town of Banff ’s first powered off-grid building. Exterior photograph of Rundle Campground Service Building #2 (Source: Town of Banff, 2020)

Crandell / Peck Cabin (514 Buffalo Street)

Built in 1907, the Crandell / Peck Cabin is a modest 1 & 1/2 storey log cabin which functioned as the summer residence for E.H. Crandell, one of Alberta’s most prominent businessmen. The cabin is a Municipal Historic Resource. It was later purchased by the Peck family and it became locally known as “Peck’s Corner”.

A rear addition of two dwelling units designed by Studio North to result in Triplex housing is due to start construction in Spring 2021.

Architectural Rendering of Crandell / Peck Cabin and the rear addition. (Source: Studio North, 2021) 026 Page 11

Project Updates

Municipal Heritage Resource Designations The Peter and Catharine Robb Whyte Residence (130 Bow Avenue)

Located on the grounds of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, this rustic two-storey cabin has been forwarded for Municipal Heritage Resource designation with the Town of Banff.

Peter and Catharine Robb Whyte are historic and important figures in the story of Banff as renowned artists, community members, and philanthropists. They have also played integral roles in preserving, interpreting, and maintaining the cultural and built heritage of the town through their lifetimes.

The Whyte Museum seeks a Matching Rehabilitation/Restoration grant of $50,000 over the next few years to restore the cabin’s roof, through the use of historically-appropriate materials and Rocky Mountain folk design elements. The cabin was designed as both a home and an artists’ studio, and the Whytes lived and worked there over a fifty-year period in the mid-20th century. The cabin initially exhibited an L-shaped two-room main floor layout with a two-bedroom sleeping loft, and through the years experienced several additions and alterations to meet Peter and Catharine’s changing needs over the course of their lives.

The original cabin remains fully furnished with Peter and Catharine’s possessions. Efforts have been made to maintain design consistency throughout the rest of the property, notably in the approach to most of the new windows, and in the exterior use of Rundle stone. The simple workmanship approach remains consistent throughout the building, though the detailed and careful craftsmanship exhibited in the original building is less present in the later 1939 and 1957 additions.

As of 2021, 14 properties are designated as Municipal Heritage Resources, while over 140 properties of heritage value continue Contemporary photograph of the cabin. in Banff unprotected. In order to protect a greater number of (Source: Evan Buhler, RMO Photo, Sep. 23, 2020) heritage buildings within the community, a coordinated effort will be required.

Did You Know?

Peter and Catharine graciously showed their hospitality as community builders. Through the doors of their log cabin they welcomed friends, family, fellow artists, skiers, guides, Stoney Nakoda citizens, and even high-ranking politicians!

Archival photograph of the Whytes posing in front of their cabin, 1933. (Source: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, V683/I/C/3/1) 027 Page 12

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Research Inquiries

Staff have been hard at work addressing inquiries received on heritage properties and historical personage associated to Banff! Two fascinating historical inquiries are noted below. Community members have also graciously sent letters and collections of old photos and postcards of the Banff area. Thank you!

The Lougheed Family Cabin (101 Lougheed Circle)

Built by Sir James Lougheed and his wife Isabella in 1910, the cabin is one of the oldest standing residential buildings in Banff. It originally stood on Lot 15, Villa Block 2 at 137 Spray Avenue.

The Lougheed family, including Peter, the former Premier, had used it as a vacation property for over 80 years. The family had been exempted from the ‘eligible resident’ clause enacted in Photograph of donated postcard collection. 1911 by the Federal government. (Source: Town of Banff, 2021) Sir James Lougheed worked as a lawyer during the 1886 Hot Springs government inquiry over ownership claims and for the C.P.R. as the Banff Springs Hotel was being constructed. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1889, to the Privy Council in 1911, and served as a Cabinet Minister in 1920. In 1916, he became the only Albertan to receive the honour of Knighthood.

Nicknamed “Restinghere”, the cabin was built with logs from the Morley Reserve and local Rundlestone. Its original architectural style was folk prairie with rabbeted square timbered corners and a wrap-around verandah. Sir Lougheed had apprenticed as a carpenter in his youth, having learned much about the trade from his father.

In 1992, the lot was subdivided for the development of single- family homes. With new owners, the cabin was moved off its Archival photograph of the Lougheed Cabin, 1939. lot and renovated extensively. This entailed moving a staircase, (Source: Twitter, @DanielMBarron (Aug. 2, 2019) removing the verandah, and doubling the floor plan with a full second storey and underground garage.

Archival photograph of the Lougheed Family, c. 1920s Current view of 101 Lougheed Circle. (Sir James @ centre, Isabella 2nd from left) (Source: LCHS) (Source: Google Maps) 028 Page 13

Heritage in the Community The name’s ffrench. Research Inquiries Conrad O’Brien-ffrench.

Conrad O’Brien-ffrench and the Fairholme Ranch

Conrad O’Brien-ffrench (1893-1986) was a distinguished British Secret Intelligence Officer. Fascinated by tales of the Canadian West in his youth, he served as a Mountie for the North-West Mounted Police in Saskatchewan’s Cypress Hills. By 1914, he returned to Europe fighting for the British during the Battle of Mons and was captured as a prisoner of war. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was a secret agent for MI6. He ran counter- intelligence operations as ‘Agent ST36’ and ‘Agent Z3’ against the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria, and discovered a plot for the intended arrest of Mohandas Gandhi while working as an aide-de-camp in India. Mountaineering and socializing through the Himalayas, he crossed paths with future king Edward VIII and Sir Edmund Hillary. Photograph of O’Brien French meeting a bear, 1950. (Source: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Being good friends with the Fleming brothers and noted for his V439/LC ACCN2769/NA66-415) dashing style, adventurous high-speed nature, and experience in espionage, O’Brien-ffrench may have provided younger Ian with the inspiration for the character James Bond.

After immigrating to Canada with his second wife, Rosalie Baker, they constructed a 14-room palacial lodge which overlooked Two Jack and Johnson Lakes. Built in 1947 as the largest log structure in Canada, it was where the couple spent time tending to horses and raising their sons, Rollo and John. The home was covered with furs, handmade furniture, and oil paintings. O’Brien-ffrench would join the Banff School of Fine Arts (the Banff Centre) in 1948, teaching as an instructor of visual arts.

The lodge would eventually host royalty during Princess Margaret’s visit to Canada in 1958. In the mid-1970s, the lodge served as a Parks Canada warden house before being dismantled, sold at auction, and rebuilt in the mid-1980s outside Photograph of Fairholme Ranch, circa 1950s. of Edmonton. O’Brien-ffrench would relocate to Vancouver and (Source: Parks Canada, n.d.) then to Colorado where he passed away at the age of 92.

Photograph of Princess Margaret feeding a horse at Photograph of Fairholme Ranch, 1948. Fairholme Ranch, 1958. (Source: Engler, B; Engler-Potts, S; & Matrasova-Engler, V. (Source: National Film Board of Canada/LAC, e010975815) Bruno Engler: Photography, 2001) 029 Page 14

Heritage in the Community

Heritage Master Plan (HMP)

The HMP has been considered a priority strategic item by Town Council in the Town of Banff 2019-2022 Strategic Plan. Local governments in Alberta and Canada are increasingly relying on strategy, municipal funding, and municipal tools to increase the number of protected heritage buildings within their communities. This framework is often referred to as a heritage master plan. What is a Heritage Master Plan? A heritage master plan is a strategy which establishes a vision, and provides strategies, tactics, tools and projects to enable the conservation, protection, maintenance, and promotion of heritage resources. Heritage Master Plans are often separated into four phases: 1. Project Workplan - Identification of plan purpose, general timeline, budget estimates, and change management strategies - Stakeholder consultation and outreach approaches 2. Background Research, Vision, and Goals - Document revision - Methods to achieve short, medium, & long-term goals

3. Policies, Priorities, and Recommendations Parks Canada Thematic Framework - Identify and recommend heritage priorities (Adopted for the Banff context, it is a system of - Identify funding mechanisms grouping heritage sites through a set of broad, - Identify stakeholder responsibilities interrelated themes reflecting Canada’s history, - Recommend potential reporting mechanisms population, and diversity) 4. Finalization and Presentation of Draft Report - The actions taken to achieve objectives & goals - Synthesize the community engagement results - Compile and report to Council

At the end of 2020, a Request for Proposal (RFP) was drafted after considering budget and resources constraints during the year. It will be distributed to proponents by the end of Q1 2021. a draft of the Banff Heritage Master Plan is expected to be completed and presented to Town Council at the end of Q4 2021. 030 Page 15

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Special Thanks

The Banff Heritage Corporation would like to extend thanks to its community heritage partners. This includes but is not limited to: Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, Banff Culture Collective, Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum, Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation, National Trust, Parks Canada, Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation, Province of Alberta, Town of Banff, and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Contact If you have any comments, questions, or Banff heritage stories you would like to share with the Banff Heritage Corporation, please contact Banff Planning and Development (Adminstrative Assistant). E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 403-762-1215 Address: 110 Bear Street Banff, AB T1L 1A1 031 Item #: 5.1 REQUEST FOR DIRECTION Subject: Draft Proposed Bylaw 455 – Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development

Presented to: Banff Heritage Corporation Date: March 18, 2021

Submitted by: Eric Bjorge, Development and Item #: 5.1 Heritage Planner

RECOMMENDATION That the Banff Heritage Corporation provide recommendations to Council regarding any impact to historic resources which may result from proposed Bylaw 455, Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development.

BACKGROUND Reason for Report Through the 2019-2022 Strategic Plan, Council directed administration to present options for land-use bylaw amendments to encourage development of rental housing, including means to encourage development of duplex, triplex, 4-plex, apartment style housing.

To address that direction, the attached report and draft bylaw was presented to the Governance and Finance Committee on February 22, 2021, and the following motion was passed:

FIN21-178: Moved by Mayor Sorensen That with respect to Item 7.2, Draft Proposed Bylaw 455 – Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development, the following be approved: That the Governance and Finance Committee direct that Administration bring proposed Bylaw 455 – Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development, to the Banff Heritage Corporation for comment. MOTION CARRIED

Discussion The proposed amendments are not considered by administration to have substantial impact to historic resources within the Town. The bylaw aims primarily to address the housing affordability challenges facing the Town by providing increasing flexibility to developments standards (such as the location of parking areas, accessory dwellings, building separation and building entry design) which will reduce barriers to providing housing.

By increasing flexibility, the bylaw would encourage adaptive re-use including the addition of housing units to all properties including historic properties. The addition of housing to historic properties can help ensure their long term viability by providing a stronger economic case to preserve the resource.

Banff has worked hard to support a high quality of urban design which reinforces the experience of the National Park setting. Relaxing development standards for the location of parking stalls for example, may unnecessarily alter a site and its environment and negatively impact urban design. An example is a traditional streetscape without front garages or driveways. Where parking is not available or accessible from a back lane, a variance to the off-street parking requirements may be advisable, in

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032 order to provide additional housing, and preserve the historic streetscape. This is currently reflected in the variance criteria in section 4.7 of the Land Use Bylaw, which recognizes historic resources.

Heritage properties are currently eligible for variances to Land Use Bylaw standards. More flexible development standards for housing encourage will further encourage adaptive re-use, without having to pursue a variance to the Land Use Bylaw.

Policy Context Heritage Corporation Mandate: To advance, promote, maintain, assist, establish and support, by any means whatsoever, the objectives of the Town of Banff Cultural Heritage Resource Policy, as amended from time to time,. and specifically the restoration, protection, maintenance and enhancement of heritage resources by means of increased awareness, partnerships, community development and incentive programs within the Town of Banff, and all facets thereof and all other endeavours which, in the opinion of the Directors, have some relationship or connection therewith; (Town of Banff Heritage Corporation Memorandum of Association, 1996)

Heritage Resource Management Policy: To integrate the heritage and land use planning, the Town of Banff will continue to support variances to the Land Use Bylaw to protect heritage sites identified on the municipal heritage inventory.

Town of Banff Design Guidelines: “Character” or heritage buildings should be respected. The historic fabric of Banff is an important asset. Guidelines should give clear direction to the development of these sites. Modifications should be Compatible in such things as height, roof shape, and relationship of materials. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property that requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.

Summary of Issue The proposed amendments to the Land Use Bylaw included in the draft bylaw 455 are intended to incrementally increase permissibility for housing development, and address the following topics:

1. Revised entrance location standards for duplex, triplex and fourplex house; 2. Increase flexibility for off-street parking stall locations for all housing types; 3. Accessory Dwellings: a. Increase maximum Site Coverage for Accessory Development containing an Accessory Dwelling; b. Clarify permitted location of Accessory Development containing Accessory Dwellings; and c. Revised parking standard for Accessory Dwellings. 4. Revised Environmental Site Assessment standard for housing in the Commercial Service district; 5. Clarify minimum lot size of condominium developments; 6. Revised parking design standard for the RCN – Cougar North District; 7. Maximum building height is measured in metres rather than storeys in residential districts ; 8. Revised building and premises separation requirements for residential buildings; and 9. Clarify communal Amenity Area requirements.

These proposed amendments are detailed in the attached report.

Response Options: 1. Recommend that Council proceed with first reading of proposed bylaw 455;

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2. Suggest amendments to proposed bylaw 455; or 3. Recommend that Council not proceed with first reading of proposed bylaw 455;

ATTACHMENTS Attachment 1 – Report to Governance and Finance Committee, February 22, 2021

Submitted By: On original Eric Bjorge, Development and Heritage Planner

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Presented to: Governance and Finance Date: February 22, 2021 Committee Item #: 7.2 Submitted by: Eric Bjorge, Development Planner

RECOMMENDATION That Governance and Finance Committee direct Administration to proceed to Council with proposed Bylaw 455, Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development (Attachment 2) for first reading.

BACKGROUND Reason for Report The purpose of this report is to address Cost of Living Action Plan item CH7 from the 2019-2022 Council Strategic Plan (Enhancing Quality of Life – Cost of Living Action Plan – Housing).

Present options for land-use bylaw amendments to encourage development of rental housing, including means to encourage development of duplex, triplex, 4-plex, apartment style housing.

This item was included as part of the 2020 Council Workplan and is linked to policy directives included in the 2019-2022 Council Strategic Plan, 2008 Banff Community Plan, the 2014 Housing Strategy, and Council Housing Policy C012.

Summary of Issue Cost of housing has been identified as a challenge in Banff for many years. The 2012 Housing Needs Study noted the Town’s near-zero rental vacancy rates, affordability challenges, and a shortage of both rental and for-purchase units. The 2018 Community Social Assessment found that cost of living, including affordable housing, was the priority issue in Banff, and reported that 29% of households in Banff spend more than 30% of their income on housing – (generally considered to be the threshold of affordability), compared to 11% of households province-wide (Gov. of Alberta Affordable Housing Review Panel, 2020).

The most recent data indicates that as of 2019, the Town of Banff had a housing shortfall of 308 dwelling units (factoring in targets or reduced overcrowding, and a target vacancy rate of 3%). Based on the 2017 census and recent construction activity, approximately 723 additional dwelling units are required between 2019 and 2027, or 80 dwelling units per year. Despite uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, administration believes that the conditions behind the projected housing shortfall and affordability challenges have not fundamentally changed. Affordability is anticipated to be a challenge that will continue to require attention in the long-term.

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Administration has been working through the recommendations and action items of the 2014 Housing Strategy to address affordability, including the construction of new housing units through the Banff Housing Corporation; and previous Land Use Bylaw amendments to encourage the construction of housing including reduced building setbacks, increases to Floor Area Ratio and building height, allowing for a broader range of housing uses, and more recently parking reductions for proximity to transit and core areas. Progress is being made, as notably the rental vacancy rate rose to over 1% in 2018 after years at near 0%.

Given the Town’s fixed land base within Banff National Park, the efficient use of scarce land to maximizing housing supply is the primary objective to address affordability. However, this must be balanced with design standards to ensure that housing density does not compromise the character of our National Park setting, or quality of life for our residents.

To address Cost of Living Action Plan item CH7, administration has evaluated opportunities to revise the Land Use Bylaw to encourage the development of rental housing and reduce barriers to create more affordable residential units for purchase. The proposed amending bylaw focuses on relatively simple amendments, many of which are considered “housekeeping” items, but have an incremental effect on the ability of sites to accommodate increased housing density. Larger, broader, and more complex policy issues are listed separately for discussion, direction, and future consideration.

Proposed Amendments The proposed amendments included in the draft bylaw 455 (Attachment 2) are:

The proposed amendments above are explained in further detail in Attachment 1.

Policy Options for Future Consideration The following strategies require further review, and will be brought to Governance and Finance over the next 12-24 months unless directed otherwise:

1. Comprehensive Off-Street Parking and Required Housing Review (cash-in-lieu expansion and/or reduction or elimination off-street parking requirements) (FIN20-136 and Housing Strategy – The Town considers creative housing solutions at each revision of the Land Use Bylaw – Target: Q1 - 2021); 2. Development Standard and Density Bonusing for affordable and high-yield developments (Housing Strategy – 4.3.2.1 Review height restrictions when BMP and LUB are reviewed to ensure an appropriate balance between aesthetics and housing needs – Target: Post-Management Plan);

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3. Target specific Land Use Districts for further residential intensifications (Housing Strategy – 4.3.2.1 Review height restrictions when BMP and LUB are reviewed to ensure an appropriate balance between aesthetics and housing needs – Target: Post-Management Plan); 4. Monetary incentives such as permit fee waivers, grants, and tax incentives (Strategic Plan - CH8 Present options for differential tax rates and differential utility rates for rental properties – Target: 2021); 5. Require all new single-family homes include or rough-in an accessory dwelling, maximum size for single family dwellings, increased size for accessory dwellings and/or prohibit new single family dwellings on large lots. (Housing Strategy – Prepare and present to Council options for LUB amendment requiring placement to allow for future ancillary buildings, or requiring ancillary dwellings at the time of single home development. – Target: 2021); and 6. Further revise housing standards in the CS District, including potential contribution to capital improvement reserve. Area Redevelopment Plan scheduled to be discussed at 2021 Service Review (Service Review 2020 Direction).

Policy Options Tabled Pending Future Direction 1. Explore lease requirement tools with Parks Canada including prohibition of empty lots, subdivision fee review, and lease division standards; 2. New definition for staff/employee housing – previous report to Council on Sept 10, 2018 received for information with no further action; 3. Prohibit a net loss of housing in site re-developments; and 4. Investigate alternate housing forms and ownership.

Response Options The Governance and Finance Committee may:

1. Direct Administration to proceed to Council with proposed Bylaw 455 to Council for first reading; 2. Direct Administration to return to the a future meeting of the Governance and Finance Committee with further information; or 3. Receive this Report for the Corporate Record and take no further action at this time.

IMPLICATIONS OF DECISION Budget

Amendments to the Land Use Bylaw would be completed utilizing existing staff resources.

Internal Resources

Planning and Development, Community Services, and Communications

Communication

All Land Use Bylaw amendments are advertised on Banff.ca and require a Public Hearing which is advertised in local media. This base-level notification is deemed to be sufficient for the proposed bylaw in its current form. With Council direction, administration could undertake additional engagement and notification which could include:

➢ Written notification to every residential property owner in Banff; ➢ A public engagement session that allows members of the public to ask questions and discuss the proposed amendments ahead of a public hearing; or ➢ Additional notification through social media. Governance and Finance Committee Report: Proposed Bylaw 455 – Item #: 7.2 Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development Page 3 of 5 037

Depending on the extent, additional engagement and notification could have budget implications.

The proposed amendments would also be presented to the Municipal Planning Commission for recommendation before being returned to Council for second and third reading.

Banff Community Plan

Housing goals:

• To supply a mix of affordable housing options to ensure those working in Banff live in Banff. • Ensure high standards for architecture, landscape architecture, environmental and urban design in residential development and redevelopment

Council Strategic Priorities Enhancing Quality of Life – Cost of Living Action Plan – Housing

CH7 - Present options for land-use bylaw amendments to encourage development of rental housing, including means to encourage development of duplex, triplex, 4-plex, apartment style housing.

Legislation/Policy 2014 Community Housing Strategy – Regulatory and Policy Framework

In Banff’s Ideal future….

The Town of Banff, through its Land Use Bylaw, has a key role in the housing issue. The planning and development department of the Town supports housing through the development and enforcement of appropriate bylaws. In doing so, they balance the need for housing with other planning concerns in the town, such as neighbourhood character, noise, traffic flow, and aesthetics. The Town considers creative housing solutions at each revision of the Land Use Bylaw.

4.3.1.5 Ensure wise use of scarce residential lands. The provision of residential land to the Town of Banff assumes that at least one housing unit will be built on each lot. In order to ensure that this is true in the long term, regulation is needed to prevent the building of single family homes across lot lines, which practice effectively uses two (or more) residential lots for one dwelling unit, a ratio the community cannot afford. As well, the placement of new single family homes on residential lots should either allow for the accommodation of an ancillary building in the future or the town should explore the idea of requiring an ancillary housing unit (coach house, laneway house, etc.) when developing a single family lot. As part of this package of regulation on low-density development, the town should also consider imposing a maximum unit size for single family dwellings. • Prepare a minor technical amendment to the LUB for Council approval to prevent the building of single family homes across lot lines. • Prepare and present to Council options for LUB amendment requiring placement to allow for future ancillary buildings, or requiring ancillary dwellings at the time of single home development. • Prepare and present to Council options for LUB amendment imposing a maximum size for single family dwellings. Governance and Finance Committee Report: Proposed Bylaw 455 – Item #: 7.2 Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw – A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development Page 4 of 5 038

Outcome: Residential lots are protected for residential development, and scarce land is used wisely.

4.3.2.1 Review height restrictions The balance between housing needs and aesthetics is important. Each time the Banff National Park Management Plan and Land Use Bylaw come up for review, the community needs to consider whether the height restrictions are appropriate, or whether they should be changed to allow for more residential development. • Review height restrictions when BMP and LUB are reviewed to ensure an appropriate balance between aesthetics and housing needs

Outcome: Appropriate height restrictions that meet the varied needs of the community and the park.

ATTACHMENTS Attachment 1 – Description of Proposed Amendments Attachment 2 – Text for Discussion – Draft Proposed Bylaw 455

Circulation date: 2021 February 02

Submitted By: On Original Eric Bjorge, Development Planner

Reviewed By: On Original Kelly Gibson, Town Manager

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Proposed Regulatory Description of Current Proposed Amendment Alternatives Change Situation Description (Bylaw 455 Reference) 1. Revised entrance Triplex and Fouplex Revise the entry • Leave as is requirements for duplex, Housing are required to requirements for triplex • Move separate entry triplex and fourplex provide independent and fourplex housing in requirements from housing entry to the exterior of the definitions to allow Definitions to General each dwelling unit. for shared entry, delete Regulations to allow for Being part of the section 10.5 which variances definition means it includes entry design • Revise Triplex and cannot be varied. This restrictions for Duplex Fourplex but keep results in valuable floor Housing, which are Duplex entry restrictions area being used to already addressed in the • Delete Duplex entry provide entrances and definition. restrictions only reduces flexibility (2.2.1, 2.1.2) especially on smaller sites; Restrictions on Duplex Dwellings prevent duplexes from being constructed to accommodate future Accessory Dwellings 2. Increase flexibility for Parking within required Add discretionary • Continue to prohibit off-street parking stall side yards and front language to allow parking in side and front locations for all yards are prohibited increased flexibility for yards housing types unless its on a driveway parking stall location • Continue to require leading to a garage; on within side and front maximum 3.6 metre at sites with 4 or fewer yards with appropriate least 2.0 within a dwellings, a maximum landscape screening; property line on all 3.6m driveway must be allow for driveways to residential sites with 4 or maintained 2.0m within start flaring at the fewer dwellings a property before the property line on sites driveway can flare out with boulevards deeper into the property. than 2.0 metres (2.1.3, 2.1.4) 3. Accessory Dwellings a. Increase maximum a. Accessory a. Allow up to 18% site • Continue to prohibit Site Coverage for Development (sheds, coverage for new parking in side and front Accessory Development garages, etc.) may cover accessory buildings yards containing Accessory up to 12% of total site which contain an • Continue to require Dwellings area (and must still be accessory dwelling. This maximum 3.6 metre at within the overall would allow for a least 2.0 within a maximum site coverage standard sized lot to property line on all for the lot). construct the maximum residential sites with 4 or sized Accessory fewer dwelling Dwelling 84m2 (2.1.5)

Page 1 of 3 040 Item #: 7.2 Attachment 1 b. Clarify the permitted b. Current wording b. Adjust wording to • Keep maximum location of could be interpreted to clarify that an accessory accessory development Development which mean that accessory dwelling can be at grade site coverage at 12%. contains Accessory dwellings cannot be in the same accessory •Increase to maximum Dwellings located at grade in an building as a garage. accessory development accessory building with (2.1.6) site coverage to 24% a garage, c. Revised parking c. Apartment dwelling c. Revised standard of •Restrict the location of standard for Accessory rate is utilized, based on one stall per accessory accessory dwellings on a Dwellings the number of dwelling to allow more site bedrooms, 0.75 for opportunity for two •Keep the current studio, 1 for one bed, bedroom Accessory bedroom-based parking 1.5 for two bed. The Dwelling. The census rate Land Use Bylaw requires average car ownership •Require cash-in-lieu that 1.5 is rounded up to for Accessory Dwellings payment for 0.3 parking 2. is 1.3 vehicles. (2.1.7, stall remainder 2.1.8) •Eliminate parking requirements for accessory dwellings 4. Revise Environmental Current wording Require Environmental • Eliminate this Site Assessment requires ESA Phase II Site Assessment Phase I requirement and defer standard for housing in with a Development prior to the issuance of a to the Parks Canada IA the Commercial Service Permit Application - the Development Permit. process district industry standard and Further review of • Keep as is best practice is to start housing standards •Contemplate further with an ESA Phase I, within the CS District changes to housing and progress to Phase II would occur with an regulations in this if recommended by the Area Redevelopment district Phase I. Plan contemplated for 2022; a challenge in this district is the cost of constructing rail crossings to facilitate pedestrian connectivity (2.1.9)

5. Clarify wording for Several Land Use Clarify that the • Eliminate minimum lot minimum lot size of Districts contain minimum lot size size restrictions for all condominium minimum lot size for applies to bare land and condominium developments condominium not building development developments which are condominiums (2.1.10, • Clarify the wording to in excess of district 2.1.11, 2.1.12) apply to both bare land standards and prevent and building the creation of building condominiums condominiums. These were likely included to limit bare land condominiums but not worded as such.

Page 2 of 3 041 Item #: 7.2 Attachment 1 6. Revise parking design 50% of parking is Delete this requirement • Keep as is standard for the RCN – required to be enclosed to better accommodate • Contemplate further Cougar North District within a building. This infill and redevelopment changes to encourage is unusual, as surface (2.1.13) intensification in this parking is common in district the district and most sites do not currently meet this standard. 7. Maximum building Many districts limit Remove references to • Leave as is height is measured in building height by both storeys in the District • Make maximum #of metres rather than maximum height in Development Standards storeys the standard storeys in residential metres and maximum for residential districts • Give the Development districts number storeys only, leaving the Authority Discretion (whichever is more measurement in metres whether to apply storeys restrictive). This limits as the maximum height or metres in a particular design flexibility of standard (2.1.13-17)) circumstance developments 8. Revise building and This section contains Remove the 3.6 and 9m • Leave standards as is premises separation rules dictating the separation between • Only clarify wording requirements for separation of habitable habitable rooms (2.1.15), (“abutting”) adjacent residential rooms which are and default to Alberta • Explore a different buildings restrictive, unclear, and Building Code, and standard for separation addressed through the minimum setbacks from from residential Alberta Building Code property lines buildings and therefore not required 9. Clarify communal Current wording is Clarify that community •Require individual and Amenity Area unclear regarding amenity areas are separate amenity areas requirements communal amenity areas acceptable, in line with for all dwellings the definition of amenity •Explore other options area (2.1.16) to revise amenity area standards

Page 3 of 3 042 Item #: 7.2 Attachment 2 TOWN OF BANFF

BYLAW #455

Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw 455

A Bylaw to Encourage Housing Development

The Council of the Town of Banff, in the Province of Alberta, duly assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

1.0 CITATION 1.1 This bylaw may be cited as the Land Use Bylaw Amending Bylaw 455.

2.0 PROVISIONS

2.1 Town of Banff Land Use Bylaw, as amended is hereby further amended by: 2.1.1 amending Section 2.3.4 by deleting the following words in strikeout and inserting the following words in underline:

Housing, Fourplex means a building containing four dwelling units, each having a separate entrance at or near grade., which is accessed either individually or through a common area.

Housing, Triplex means a building containing three dwelling units, each having a separate entrance at or near grade., which is accessed either individually or through a common area.

2.1.2 Deleting the following Section 10.5 in its entirety and renumbering thereafter accordingly:

10.5.0 Duplex Housing

10.5.1 No duplex dwelling shall be allowed which:

a. provides more than two points of entry for each dwelling. In all cases, only 1 entry per façade will be allowed, excluding sliding glass patio doors and garage entrances;

b. has the connecting stairway accessing onto an entrance hall; or

c. provides independent access to the basement area from outside the building except where a development permit has been issued for an accessory dwelling.

Page 1 of 5 043 Item #: 7.2 Attachment 2 2.1.3 Amending Section 8.16.24 by deleting the words in strikeout and adding the words and/or sections in underline

Except as otherwise provided for in this Bylaw, no parking stalls shall may be located within a required front yard or side yard abutting a public roadway other than a lane except only if located on a driveway leading to a garage; or in residential districts at the discretion of the Development Approving Authority when adequate landscape screening is provided.

2.1.4 Amending Section 8.16.27 by deleting the words in strikeout and adding the words and/or sections in underline

A driveway shall not be wider than:

a. 3.6 m for the first 2.0 m inside a property line abutting a public roadway other than a lane where the driveway serves four or fewer dwelling units, except where the distance between the back of sidewalk, or back of curb where no sidewalk exists, is at least 2.0m in depth, then the driveway shall be no wider than 3.6m at a property line, at the discretion of the Development Approving Authority when adequate landscape screening is provided.

2.1.5 Amending Section 8.9.4 Accessory Dwellings by deleting the words in strikeout and adding the words and/or sections in underline:

8.9.4 Except as may be otherwise provided in the district regulations, accessory developments in residential districts are subject to the following:

c. The combined site coverage of all accessory developments shall not exceed 12% except where an accessory development contains an Accessory Dwelling the site coverage shall not exceed 18%

2.1.6 Amending Section 8.10.4 by deleting the words in strikeout

An accessory dwelling shall be located only within the principal dwelling, on a second storey integral to a detached garage, or as an accessory building, provided the entire development conforms to all of the other regulations and guidelines of this Bylaw.

2.1.7 Inserting the following new Section 8.16.1.d:

8.16.1.d. Accessory Dwellings i. 1 parking stall

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044 Item #: 7.2 Attachment 2 2.1.8 Amending Section 8.10.6 Accessory Dwellings by deleting the words in strikeout and adding the words and/or sections in underline and renumbering accordingly

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with section 8.16.1. Development regulations, including off-street parking, will be applied as if the accessory dwelling were an apartment.

2.1.9 Amending Section 12.5.8.l CS: Commercial District Other Regulations by deleting the words in strikeout and adding the words and/or sections in underline

l. All development permit applications for “apartment housing” shall be accompanied by require a “Phase II Environmental Site Assessment” based on CSA Standard Z769 or other standard approved by the Town of Banff prior to the issuance of a Development Permit.

2.1.10 Amending Section 12.25.5.d, RNC North Central District Subdivision Regulations by adding the words in underline

d. Notwithstanding (b), bare land condominium subdivisions will be considered for existing lots with a minimum of 60 m lot depth.

2.1.11 Amending Section 12.28.5.d and 12.28.5.e , RSA Spray Avenue District Subdivision Regulations by adding the words in underline:

d. Notwithstanding (b), bare land condominium subdivisions will be considered for existing lots with a minimum lot depth of 60 m incorporating private roads or shared driveways.

e. For bare land condominium developments pursuant to s.12.28.5(d), the minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall be 650 m2 excluding land required for common access ways.

2.1.12 Amending Section 12.30.5.d, RTM Tunnel Mountain District Subdivision Regulations by adding the words in underline:

d. Notwithstanding (b), bare land condominium subdivision will be considered for existing lots with a minimum depth of 60 m.

2.1.13 Amending Section 12.15. RCN: Cougar North District by deleting 12.15.7.e in its entirety:

c. A minimum of 50% of required parking shall be provided either within principal or accessory buildings or underground.

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2.1.14 Deleting the words “or 2 ½ storeys” from the following sections: - 12.12.6.d, 12.13.6.f, 12.14.6.e, 12.15.6.d, 12.16.6.e, 12.17.6.d, 12.18.6.d, 12.19.6.d, 12.20.6.d, 12.22.7.e, 12.23.6.d, 12.24.6.d, 12.25.6.d, 12.26.6.d, 12.28.6.d, 12.29.6.d, 12.30.6.d, 12.32.6.d.

2.1.15 Deleting the words “or 2 storeys” from the following section: - 12.27.6.d

2.1.16 Deleting the words “or 3 storeys” from the following sections: - 12.11.6.d, 12.14.6.d, 12.16.6.d, 12.17.6.d, 12.20.6.d, 12.21.6.d, 12.24.6.d, 12.31.6.d, 12.33.6.d.

2.1.17 Deleting the words “or 3 ½ storeys” from the following section: - 12.12.6.d

2.1.18 Amending section 8.21 Building and Premises Separation by deleting the following sections

8.21.1 A minimum distance of 3.6 m shall separate habitable residential buildings that abut on the side, or, between the windows of habitable rooms.

8.21.2 In the case where two buildings abut, there shall be a minimum 9.0 m separation between windows of habitable rooms, when one or both of those rooms is the principal living room, and the window is the main or largest window or glazed area of that living room.

2.1.19 Amending section 8.20 “Amenity Area” by deleting the words in strikeout and adding the words and/or sections in underline:

8.20.1 Where required in a district, a residential development shall include amenity areas in accordance with the district regulations, and as follows: a. Amenity areas may be provided for individual dwellings or communally Each amenity area shall be designed for the occupants of a specific dwelling, and shall be provided immediately adjacent to, and with direct or indirect access from, the dwellings it is they are to serve; b. Amenity areas shall be screened to maintain privacy from adjacent dwellings sites and public roadways and from adjacent dwellings when amenity areas for individual dwellings;

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3.0 SEVERABILITY

3.1 If any clause in this bylaw is found to be invalid, it shall be severed from the remainder of the bylaw and shall not invalidate the whole bylaw.

4.0 ENACTMENT 4.1 This bylaw comes into force after the date of final passing, upon approval and execution by the Superintendent, Banff National Park, for the Minister of the Environment.

4.2 The Town Manager is authorized to consolidate Town of Banff Land Use Bylaw.

READ A FIRST TIME this ______day of ______2021.

Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act (Alberta), a PUBLIC HEARING was held this ______day of ______2021.

READ A SECOND TIME this ______day of ______2021.

READ A THIRD TIME this ______day of ______2021.

SIGNED AND PASSED this ______day of ______, 2021.

______Karen Sorensen Mayor

______Kelly Gibson Town Manager

APPROVED by the Minister of the Environment, by his delegate this ___ day of ______, 2021:

______Minister of the Environment/Delegate Page 5 of 5

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“Old Banff Cemetery”

Are your Ancestors in the Old Banff Cemetery? In 1890 Adelia Woodworth was the first person laid to rest in the Old Banff Cemetery, which was 131 years ago. Our ancestors came to the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, they carved out a living, raised their families and built the Town of Banff into what it is today. Over those years, Lichen, Moss, Bacteria, and air pollutants have built up on the grave stones making some of them unreadable. Without proper preservation our heritage will disappear and a wealth of History will be lost for future generations. A group of Banff Citizens are planning to undertake the Cleaning and Preservation of the Grave Monuments and markers in our Cemetery. We would like to invite you and your family to participate in this endeavor. The expense to participate will be the cost of a few Natural Bristle brushes, some plastic scrapers, some good “Old Fashioned Elbow Grease”, and an hour or so of your time. We are using a “Do No Harm” practice that follows guide lines set out by Historical Societies around the world to preserve and clean markers in Cemeteries. A product called D2 Biologic Solution will be available, free of charge for your use. It will remove the debris built up on the stones and not harm in any way the integrity of the markers or the surrounding flora. It is safe for animals. When a Burial Plot is purchased is becomes the property of your family, municipalities will maintain the grounds, but not trespass on your private property. Through the Executors of the Estate family grave plots are handed down to the next generations to care for and maintain. It is your private property. If you are not able to personally participate, we will need a Letter of Permission from you stating their names and that you will allow us and Volunteers to clean your Ancestors Grave markers. You can search your family: Town of Banff website https://maps.banff.ca/oldbanffcemetery/ Please send your Letter of permission to ([email protected]) More information will be forthcoming as we get closer to the summer months. If you would like to participate as a family or to volunteer and become involved in this project in any way, please contact us. Paulette Zarkos