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VOLUME 7 I ISSUE 9
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City continues land use bylaw review CHRISTIAN APOSTOLOVSKI STAFF WRITER
.................................. City of Lloydminster council is working to update the draft Land Use Bylaw and council heard the most recent update. The update came during the Aug. 12 Governance and Priorities Committee meeting. City administration presented the new updates to the land use bylaw. Proposed updates to the organization of the land use bylaw include: - Improved page layout, colour coding, digitalized version with bookmarking and linking for easy navigation, - Simplified language for easy interpretation, improved organization of bylaw sections for clarity New graphics were proposed for improved clarity and interpretation. Proposed updates for the land use districts - Simplification of residential districts from 7 to 3 - Reduction of direct control districts from 7 to 2 - Creation of a downtown commercial district, recreation and entertainment district, a business industrial district and a general commercial district The proposed updates for housing are: - Increase of maximum
density in low density (LDR) districts: - 2 units/lot on lots containing a single-detached dwelling + an additional dwelling unit (ADU) or a twounit dwelling. Uses permitted in LDR Districts - 4 units/lot on lots containing a multi-unit dwelling. This use is discretionary in LDR districts - Allowance for development of ADUs on lots containing single- detached or twounit dwellings - ADUs must meet all appropriate regulations (maximum of 1 per site, maximum height of 6 m) - Allowance for development of two-unit and multiunit dwellings (maximum of 4 units) in LDR districts - Must meet all appropriate regulations (maximum density, maximum height, maximum lot coverage) - Multi-unit dwellings must undergo the discretionary process in LDR Districts - Removal of minimum lot width requirement - Allowance for more diversity in housing options Updates to sign provisions include: - Clarified definitions to reduce confusion on sign types - Flexible time frames for portable signs - Updated sign enforcement
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Source File Photo regulations increased clarity on where different sign types are allowed - Inclusion of regulations for portable signs located on public property. General land use provisions include: - Increased maximum lot coverage from 50 to 60 per cent, - Increased power variance from 15 to 25 per cent and more items allowed to be varied - New additions to list of developments not requiring a permit, - Updates to regulations around community support centres, - Updates to shipping container regulations. The land use bylaw is considered a living document which gets reviewed and updated by council every five years. “The land use bylaw needs to get updated so you’re current with the needs in the community,” said Coun. David Lopez. “Reducing the red tape,
having a smaller number of districts, making things easier to find I don’t think those are bad things.” Lopez also raised concern about allowing up to five units in a low-density area as a discretionary item. “Allowing someone to put a four-plex next to someone that has a house that could be trouble and that could reduce the value of the house, we aren’t short on land right now.” Lopez explains, “Under the current system, when lowdensity units want to be built such as duplexes, an application for the low-density unit is made and letters are sent out to nearby residents.” “I think that needs to stay because once you allow it you can’t really stop it, and you could have an area where you have multiple low-density homes in an area where people had bought their houses and had bought in there knowing the fact that it was supposed to be single family.”
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