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PLANNING DOCUMENTS
Planning and Development Department understands the values of the community and reflects those values into our plans, policies and bylaws for the immediate and future development of our town. Our core mandate is to assist our residents to achieve their development goals and objectives.
Planning and Development Department is available to discuss your development and building plans. Before beginning any project there are several steps you will need to take to make sure your new development is in compliance with local bylaws and regulations.
Development Services is governed by provincial legislation including the Municipal Government Act, Part 17 Planning and Development: https://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/acts/m26.pdf, the Subdivision and Development Regulation https://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_043.pdf, and numerous municipal bylaws, plans and policies.
The Athabasca Watershed Plan is a comprehensive planning process involving governments, non-government organizations, industry, Indigenous communities and the public. Participants identify social, economic and environmental watershed values, as well as the issues affecting them. An integrated watershed management plan (IWMP) is developed and implemented in order to resolve these issues and protect our shared values. Integrated watershed management plans provide advice to governments and agencies that have policy and regulatory decision-making authority for water, land and resource management. This plan is currently in the work and will eventually provide policy direction to municipalities within the watershed catchment area.
An Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) is a high level statutory land-use plan prepared collaboratively between two (or more) municipalities. The following IDP is at the interface between the Town of Mayerthorpe and surrounding Lac Ste. Anne County. IDPs provide land use and development policy direction for lands of mutual importance, agreed to and adopted through matching municipal bylaws of the Town of Mayerthorpe and Lac Ste. Anne County.
A Municipal Development Plan (MDP) is a key policy plan that communicates the long term desired land use in the Town of Mayerthorpe. It is a high-level blueprint that shows how the Town is expected to change over time and the shape it will take in the future. Much like a blueprint that guides the construction of a house, an MDP helps many decision makers collectively build their shared and desired physical setting. The resource that is being managed is the land base that is occupied by all members of the Town. This land base is typically limited and is expected to accommodate many activities and functions.
An Area Structure Plan (ASP) is a key policy plan that proposes a sequence of development for an area within the Town of Mayerthorpe, the future land uses, the density of population, and the general location of transportation and public utilities.
A Land Use Bylaw (LUB) establishes rules and regulations for land development, as well as, the process of making decisions for development permit applications within the Town of Mayerthorpe.
- Land Use Bylaw No. 1066 Consolidated November 23, 2020
- Land Use Bylaw Map Bylaw No. 1066
- Bylaw No 1141 Miscellaneous Rates And Fees Schedule E
Municipal Planning Policies in the Municipal Policy Handbook are intended to:
- promote common understanding of Council's policy objectives
- provide direction to allow Administration to meet council's policy objectives
- facilitate better and more timely decisions
- ensure uniformity in the interpretation and implementation of policy
- encourage coordination and integration of actions and plans within and across functional areas and departments
The following policies are specific to development, subdivision, construction, and associated incentives and rebates:
- Policy X-001 Infrastructure Payment & Security Program
- Policy X-002 Street Addressing
- Policy X-006 Infill Tax Rebates with Map
- Policy I-023 Development Tax Incentives
A Master Drainage Plan quantifies the effectiveness of the existing drainage systems in place, proposes drainage upgrades required to address existing drainage and accommodate additional development, and develops an overall drainage plan to allow development to proceed.
A Site Specific Landfill Risk Assessment of the former "Nuisance Grounds" or landfill site in the Town of Mayerthorpe for Plan 704 ET was conducted to determine if there is any supporting rationale for approval of site development permits within 300 meters of the former landfill.