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Draft Lakeview Neighbourhood Plan
Notice given by: Councillor Korotash
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PROPOSED MOTION(S):
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That the draft Lakeview Neighbourhood Plan be shared with Council for review prior to it being finalized.
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ADMINISTRATION'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTENT OF THE MOTION
That a draft copy of the Lakeview Neighbourhood Plan be circulated to City Council for review, prior to the Neighbourhood Plan being submitted to the Director, Planning & Development for review and decision.
PURPOSE OF REPORT
The purpose of this report is to present a motion for which Councillor Korotash gave notice on April 11, 2026.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
At its meeting on September 3, 2024, Council approved the St. Albert West Area Structure Plan.
At its meeting on April 19, 2022, Council approved the Neighbourhood Plans Bylaw.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
In April of 2022, Neighbourhood Plans were introduced as part of a new two-tier policy structure.
Under this structure, tier-one is the Area Structure Plan, which provides policies for land use planning over a large tract of land. City Council is the approval authority for Area Structure Plans.
Tier two is the Neighbourhood Plan, which provides technical details and development direction for smaller areas of land within an Area Structure Plan. The Director, Planning & Development, is the approval authority for Neighbourhood Plans.
The Neighbourhood Plan bylaw and two-tier structure was developed in response to feedback from, and engagement with, land development industry through the Urban Development Institute (UDI), which has become the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), and as part of the City's Green Tape 2.0 initiative.
The two-tier plan process was developed to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency for the City in the long term. Through the bylaw, plans and amendments can be approved by the Director, Plan...
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