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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Bylaw 7/2025 - Land Use Bylaw Text Amendment to Midtown (MID) District (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Readings)
Presented by: Suzanne Ruegg, Planner, Planning & Development Department
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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1. That the Public Hearing on Bylaw 7/2025 be closed.
2. The Bylaw 7/2025, being amendment 4 to the Land Use Bylaw, be read a first time.
3. That Bylaw 7/2025, being amendment 4 to the Land Use Bylaw 18/2024, to enact textual changes to the Midtown District, be defeated.
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SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to bring forward a bylaw to enact the textual amendments to Midtown (MID) District of the Land Use Bylaw 18/2024, as directed by Council on March 4, 2025.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
On March 4, 2025, Council passed the following motions:
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That Administration prepare for Council's consideration the following amendments to the Land Use Bylaw 18/2024:
* An amendment to the table in section (26) of the Midtown District to conform equitably to the parking minimums adopted for other land use districts. Specifically, that minimum parking requirements of 1.5 stalls per dwelling unit (townhouse-complex), and 1.0 stall per dwelling unit for any unit less than 5.18 M in width be adopted.
* An amendment to the Midtown District to include the same Site Density Bonus section included in the HDR District.
* An amendment to the table of Permitted and Discretionary Uses within the Midtown District to conform with the Midtown ASP thereby allowing the inclusion of Stacked Townhomes as a discretionary use in Midtown District's Area C.
* That administration schedule the public hearing required of a motion to amend the Land Use Bylaw for the April 1, 2025 St. Albert City Council meeting.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
As part of the Land Use Bylaw update that was undertaken in 2023 and 2024, consultations with both the publi...
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