As amended by Bylaws 1/2005; 2/2005; 19/2011, 18/2012 &10/2015 INTERMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Sturgeon County and City of St. Albert prepared by: in association with: Sturgeon County Bylaw # 906/01 City of St. Albert Bylaw # 7/2001 As Approved May 30 and 31, 2001 1220/10 BYLAW BY REPEALED 1220/10 BYLAW BY REPEALED CITY OF ST. ALBERT BYLAW 7/2001 Being a bylaw to adopt an Intermunicipal Development Plan between Sturgeon County and the City of St. Albert (Consolidated by Bylaw 10/2015) The Council of the City of St. Albert, duly assembled, hereby ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. This Bylaw may be cited as the “Sturgeon County and City of St. Albert Intermunicipal Development Plan Bylaw”. 2. The document entitled “Intermunicipal Development Plan – Sturgeon County and City of St. Albert”, attached hereto as Schedule “A” to this Bylaw, is hereby adopted as the Sturgeon County and City of St. Albert Intermunicipal Development Plan. 3. The policies contained within this Bylaw shall come into force upon third reading by both Sturgeon County Council and the City of St. Albert Council. BYLAW 7/2001 Page 1 INTERMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW 1ST READING 2ND READING 3RD READING NUMBER NUMBER 7/2001 Mar 26 May 31 May 31 1 1/2005 Jan 10 Jan 10 Jan 10 2 2/2005 Jan 10 Jan 10 Jan 10 3 13/2010 Did not proceed 4 19/2011 April 26 July 11 July 11 5 18/2012 September 24 January January 21/13 21/13 6 10/2015 January 12 April 7 April 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sturgeon County Council City of St. Albert Council Reeve Frank Schoenberger Mayor Paul Chalifoux Deputy Reeve Gilbert Soetaert Alderman Bob Russell Councillor Helmut Hinteregger Alderman Carol Watamaniuk Councillor Graeme MacKay Alderman Jim Starko Councillor Jerry Kaup Alderman Kent Davidson Councillor Vic Pasay Alderman Margaret Plain Councillor Ron Kohle Alderman Penny Reeves Project Steering Committee Sturgeon County City of St. Albert Reeve Frank Schoenberger Mayor Paul Chalifoux Councillor Jerry Kaup Alderman Kent Davidson Larry Kirkpatrick, County Commissioner Glen Davies, City Manager Technical Advisory Committee Sturgeon County City of St. Albert Dave Dmytryshyn Dwayne Kalynchuk, General Manager Director of Public Services Planning & Engineering Alan Grayston Curtis Cundy Manager of Planning and Development Director of Planning and Development Technical Advisors Larry Gayle David Yue Director of Engineering Services Director of Public Works / Assistant City Engineer City of St. Albert City of St. Albert Sturgeon County & City of St. Albert Intermunicipal Development Plan Project Consultants Armin A. Preiksaitis & Associates Ltd. Armin A. Preiksaitis, Project Manager Geoff Reid, Planner Jeanne Calder, Planning Assistant Gillian Henry, Office Technician Stantec Dean Cooper, Transportation Planning Engineer Todd Wyman, Environmental Engineer Gibbs & Brown Landscape Architects Ltd. Robert Gibbs, Principal Christine Pitchford, Environmental Planner Sturgeon County & City of St. Albert Intermunicipal Development Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................1 1.1 Purpose and Background ................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Goals of the IDP .................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Enactment ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Duration ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Plan Area ............................................................................................................................ 2 1.6 Enabling Legislation ............................................................................................................ 2 1.7 Guiding Principles ............................................................................................................... 5 1.8 Planning and Community Consultation Process ................................................................. 6 1.9 Definitions ........................................................................................................................... 7 1.10 Plan Organization ................................................................................................................ 9 2.0 POLICY FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Economic Development .................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Environmental Management ............................................................................................. 12 2.3 General Land Uses ........................................................................................................... 15 2.4 Agriculture ......................................................................................................................... 17 2.5 Residential ........................................................................................................................ 18 2.6 Commercial ....................................................................................................................... 19 2.7 Industrial/Business Park Development ............................................................................. 20 2.8 Public and Institutional Uses ............................................................................................. 21 2.9 Parks, Leisure, Open Space and Trails ............................................................................ 21 2.10 Transportation ................................................................................................................... 25 2.11 Servicing, Infrastructure and Utilities ................................................................................ 28 2.12 Community and Emergency Services ............................................................................... 33 3.0 POLICY AREAS ........................................................................................................... 35 3.1 A. Highway 2 Commercial Corridor ............................................................................... 35 3.2 B. East Side Residential ................................................................................................ 35 3.3 C. Sturgeon Valley ASP Area ........................................................................................ 36 3.4 D. West of Highway 2 Corridor Mixed Use .................................................................... 36 3.5 E. Mixed Use West ........................................................................................................ 36 3.6 F. West of Carrot Creek ................................................................................................. 38 3.7 G. Carrot Creek and Sturgeon River Greenways ........................................................... 38 3.8 H. Rural Industrial – St. Albert Airport ............................................................................. 39 3.9 I. Special Planning Area – Mixed Use Residential/Owner-Operator Business…………39 3.10 U. Future Industrial and Employment Lands……………………………………………….. 40 4.0 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................... 41 4.1 Intermunicipal Development Plan Committee ................................................................... 41 4.2 Requirements for Area Structure Plans ............................................................................ 42 4.3 Plan Administration, Review, Amendment and Repeal .................................................... 43 4.4 Circulation and Referral Process ...................................................................................... 44 4.5 Intermunicipal Dispute Resolution .................................................................................... 45 4.6 Urban Growth Boundaries ................................................................................................ 47 4.7 Generalized Urban Development Process for Lands Annexed to the City of St. Albert ... 50 5.0 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 53 Sturgeon County & City of St. Albert Intermunicipal Development Plan SCHEDULE “A” TO BYLAW 7/2001 (i) LIST OF MAPS Map 1 – Regional Setting ................................................................................................................................. 3 Map 2 – Plan Area ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Map 3 – Natural Features ............................................................................................................................... 13 Map 4 – Proposed Future Land Use Concept ................................................................................................ 16 Map 5 – Proposed Future Parks, Trails & Open Space Network ................................................................... 24 Map 6 – Proposed Future Transportation Network ......................................................................................... 27 Map 7 – Proposed Future Water Transmission System ................................................................................