Schedule C to Ministerial Order No. MSL:007/15 Amendment to Special Areas Land Use Order SPECIAL AREAS - 2, 3 AND 4 LAND USE ORDER March 3, 2015 Ministerial Order No. MSL:007/15 PREPARED BY: SPECIAL AREAS BOARD SPECIAL AREAS ADVISORY COUNCIL SPECIAL AREAS MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION & PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES Schedule C to Ministerial Order No. MSL:007/15 Amendment to Special Areas Land Use Order TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Purpose & Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 4 1. Purpose ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Definitions ...................................................................................................................................... 4 PART II Administrative Agencies .......................................................................................................................... 14 3. Development Authority ................................................................................................................ 14 4. Subdivision and Development Appeal Board .............................................................................. 14 PART III Development Permit Application ............................................................................................................. 15 5. Control of Development .............................................................................................................. 15 6. Development Permit Not Required ............................................................................................. 15 7. Application for a Development Permit ......................................................................................... 16 8. Deciding on Development Permit Applications ........................................................................... 17 9. Development Permits and Notices .............................................................................................. 19 PART IV Appeals .................................................................................................................................................... 21 10. Development Appeal Procedure ............................................................................................. 21 11. Public Hearing for Development Appeals ............................................................................... 21 12. Decision ................................................................................................................................... 22 PART V Enforcement and Administration ............................................................................................................. 23 13. Stop Orders/Orders of Compliance ......................................................................................... 23 14. Enforcement ............................................................................................................................ 23 15. Amendments ........................................................................................................................... 23 16. Existing Land Use Order ......................................................................................................... 24 PART VI Land Use Districts ................................................................................................................................... 25 17. Districts .................................................................................................................................... 25 18. District Boundaries .................................................................................................................. 25 19. A - Agricultural District ............................................................................................................. 26 20. HR - Hamlet Residential District .............................................................................................. 29 21. HC - Hamlet Commercial District ............................................................................................ 31 22. HI - Hamlet Industrial District .................................................................................................. 33 23. HG - Hamlet General District .................................................................................................. 35 24. HWY-C - Highway Commercial District ................................................................................... 36 25. RI - Rural Industrial District ..................................................................................................... 39 26. AVO – Airport Vicinity Overlay ............................................................................................... 42 27. CR - Country Residential District ............................................................................................ 45 28. RSH – Rural Small Holdings District ....................................................................................... 47 Schedule C to Ministerial Order No. MSL:007/15 Amendment to Special Areas Land Use Order PART VII General Land Use Regulations ............................................................................................................... 51 29. Development Near Water ........................................................................................................ 51 30. Non-Conforming Buildings & Uses.......................................................................................... 51 31. Home Occupations .................................................................................................................. 52 32. Relocation of Buildings ............................................................................................................ 52 33. Drainage .................................................................................................................................. 53 34. Agricultural Land ..................................................................................................................... 53 35. Rural Residential Subdivision and Development .................................................................... 53 36. Rural Industrial Subdivision and Development ....................................................................... 54 37. Rural Commercial Subdivision and Development ................................................................... 55 38. Topographic Features ............................................................................................................. 55 39. Signs ....................................................................................................................................... 58 40. Parking .................................................................................................................................... 58 41. Objects Prohibited or Restricted in Yards ............................................................................... 58 42. Site Development .................................................................................................................... 59 43. Manufactured Homes .............................................................................................................. 59 44. Manufactured Home Parks ..................................................................................................... 59 45. Dwelling Units on a Parcel ...................................................................................................... 60 46. Development Adjacent to Rural Roads and Intersections (excluding Hamlets) ..................... 60 47. Sand and Gravel Extraction Development .............................................................................. 63 48. Private Landfill Development (Nuisance Grounds) ................................................................. 64 49. Wind Energy Conversion Systems.......................................................................................... 64 50. Physical Environment .............................................................................................................. 70 51. Industrial Work Camp .............................................................................................................. 71 52. Animal Units ............................................................................................................................ 72 53. Airports and Private Airstrips ................................................................................................... 72 54. Communication Tower ............................................................................................................ 72 55. Renewable Energy System ..................................................................................................... 73 PART VIII Land Use District Maps ............................................................................................................................... 74 Hamlet Land Use District Maps ............................................................................................................... 74 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................... 131 Appendix 1 - Special Areas of Alberta - Backgrounder ........................................................................