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Updated land-use bylaw adopted for Falher
Rick Froese
Smoky River Express
An updated land-use bylaw for the Town of Falher has been adopted following a public hearing last week.
At its regular meeting Nov. 1, Town of Falher council gave second and final readings to Land-Use Bylaw 04-06, updating the previous bylaw that was adopted in 1993.
“We didn’t receive any submissions,” stated town administrator Gerard Nicolet.
“We had revised the proposed bylaw to address concerns of some residents.”
Creating new designations for community zones, commercial transition and industrial zoning designations are the three major changes.
“We want to keep industrial activity away from residential,” says Nicolet.
“It acts as a buffer between Falher Alfalfa and neighbouring residential areas,” adds Mayor Margaret Tardif.
“Its’ a happy medium for everyone involved,” noted Nathan Petherick, planner with Mackenzie Municipal Services Agency which led the review.
Several minor changes from the original proposed bylaw addressed concerns expressed from the public information open house Sept. 9, says Nicolet.
Some of those changes include adding a railway spur line in a minor industrial zone and in a secondary commercial zone, adding existing single-family dwelling as a discretionary use, explains Nicolet.
The major change to the proposed bylaw introduces the commercial transition district which will abut residential zones in the northwest corner of Main Street and Central Avenue and one block on the south side of First Avenue South east of Main Street.
“These commercial transition districts are proposed to give residents in residential areas consideration for privacy and the enjoyment of their property,” says Nicolet.
Permitted used proposed include accessory buildings and uses, a boarding house, and parks and playgrounds.
Discretionary uses include child care facility, retail store, gas bar, barber shop, coffee shop, book store, pet shop, tailor shops, laundromat, office, public use, public utility, signs, semi-detached dwelling, duplex, and single-detached dwelling.
Buildings would be restricted to a maximum 50 feet high with setbacks of 10 feet.
Secondly, council created two zones for industrial, all in the area north of the railway tracks.
Light industrial provides for development of light industrial use compatible with surrounding commercial uses.
Heavy industrial would enable development for large-scale industry, primarily for extracting and processing, he explains.
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