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6 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, July 5, 2021 • /lastmountaintimes • @lmtimes RM OF LUMSDEN NO. 189 PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the RM of Lumsden No. 189 intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 07-2012, known as the Zoning Bylaw. INTENT The proposed bylaw (Bylaw No. 2021-21) provides textual amendments to Zoning Bylaw 07-2012 to add a definition and regulations for ‘residential homestay’ and ‘short term accommodation’ within the RM of Lumsden No. 189. REASON The intention of the proposed textual amendments is to provide a definition and regulations for residential homestays and short term accommodations used on sites such as AirBnB and VRBO within the agriculture and residential zoning districts. PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the bylaw at the Lumsden Municipal Office, located at #300 James Street North, in the Town of Lumsden, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM (open through the noon hour) from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies of the proposed bylaw are available at the Lumsden Municipal Office for a cost of $1.00 and are on the RM of Lumsden No.189 website; . PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM via electronic means (Zoom), to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the municipal office prior to the hearing. Please contact the Lumsden Municipal Office for an electronic invitation to the meeting. Issued at the Town of Lumsden this 2nd day of July 2021. Jessica Russell, Junior Planner Town of Strasbourg NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office(s) of: Councillor: Town of Strasbourg Number to be Elected: 1 will be received by the undersigned on the 28th day of July, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Town Office - #1-200 Mountain Street, and during regular business hours from July 5th to July 28th, 2021, at the Town Office - #1-200 Mountain Street. Nomination forms may be obtained at the following locations: Town Office - #1-200 Mountain Street -orwww.townofstrasbourg.ca Dated this 5th day of July, 2021. Jennifer Josephson, Returning Officer Town of Strasbourg Full-Time Public Works Operator Working under the Town Foreman, this position involves all aspects of public works including: landscape maintenance, snow clearing, installing and repairing services, water and wastewater treatment, street repairs, equipment maintenance and much more. For the complete job description, benefits, and qualification requirements, please visit www.townofstrasbourg.ca. To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume outlining your experience and education to: Town of Strasbourg c/o Jenn Josephson, Administrator #1-200 Mountain Street, Strasbourg Email: strasbourg@sasktel.net *Please note: not all who apply will be contacted for interviews. Closing date: Monday, July 12, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. Yo , Classified ads are free to place until further notice. (first 30 words (thats plenty)) Tell us what you’ve got ADS@LMTIMES.CA RM of McKillop Planning and Economic Development Meeting Service Fees for Rowan’s Ridge, Uhl’s Bay, Flavel and Belmont Beach & Campgrounds in the Sights of RM Council Committee/Rezoning Issue/Trailer Permits The RM of McKillop Planning and Economic Development Committee met on June 23rd. Present at the meeting was Committee Chair Marilyn Labatte, Reeve Bob Schmidt, Councillor Craig Romanyk, Councillor Garry Dixon, CAO Brandi Morisette, Development Officer Liana Campbell and Administrative Assistant Camille Box. The CAO presented a draft zoning bylaw amendment to council, which the committee recommended be moved forward to council. Camille Box said the amendment was for trailers and accessory buildings, and there were other items that had yet to be dealt with, such as Seacans. Review of OCP and Zoning Bylaw On the agenda were the review of the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw for conflicts, errors and omissions. The committee noted there were numerous issues in the documents. They discussed striking a subcommittee to go through the plan and bylaw to identify the issues. Reeve Schmidt noted development issues would arise the longer council did not address the issues. Chair Labatte brought it to the committee’s attention that a subcommittee had already been set. However, she recommended the committee take the matter up, using the morning of the next meeting date to address the issues. The committee decided to meet on July 6th at 9 am. CAO Morisette recommended they meet only as council and staff, and the findings then go to the public committee meeting. Review of When Trailer Bylaw Permits are Required Reeve Schmidt noted that last year the RM heard several responses from lot owners that had been identified as requiring a permit for their trailers. He said they have had responses such as - the trailer is taxed - the trailer was being stored - and the trailer was on a special lot at Uhl’s Bay where permits are not required. Schmidt wanted to know how the RM is handling these responses as he noted he had looked into the taxation issue and said the property owner was not being taxed on the trailer. He also questioned the response that a person was storing their trailer because the bylaw said it was allowed for short-term off-season storage and questioned that offseason would be stored for the winter, to which Councillor Romanyk agreed. Camille Box said the bylaw officer went out and documented every lot without a dwelling that had a trailer on it. Box said they had received more trailer permits this year than in the previous year. 24 permits in 2020, and this year the RM has 34. Councillor Romanyk asked what the next steps are as he drives around and looks for the trailer permits, which he isn’t seeing displayed well or at all. Romanyk recommended the bylaw officer put a warning on those trailers. Box said the Bylaw officer reported 33 trailers, and the RM has 34 permits taken out, with only two that are not in compliance. She noted they do not require permits for trailers on lots with dwellings and that sometimes trailers are brought in for a short period which the RM doesn’t have time to address. She noted there had been a lot of compliance. Schmidt noted he had seen 15 trailers at Uhl’s Bay and 15 at MacPheat Park. Box noted that Uhl’s Bay has a provision where they can have some of those trailers. Schmidt noted there are eight lots at Uhl’s Bay that are not being taxed and not paying a permit fee, asking, “What are they paying to contribute their fair share to the RM?” Schmidt suggested the eight lots that have a provision in place be subject to a special services fee for them as they only pay the tax on the land. He suggested they were paying only 100$ when the RM was going after everyone else in the RM. Romanyk, Dixon and Morisette informed Schmidt it was $525, not $100. Morisette said after she came to the RM, council passed a resolution to leave the eight lots as they were where the trailers had been granted approval by the former Administrator to be there. She said the RM had not done anything to have those trailers permitted because they were approved. Schmidt responded that they could have their trailer, but they have to pay something to be there. Morissette responded that they pay $525 in taxes and a $250 garbage fee. Councillor Dixon noted that one of the lots has two trailers on it, and one should have a permit. Box said that they have a letter from the RM that allows them to do that and that one has a permit which the RM has required. Dixon said the council could discuss that on July 6th and that they need to look at the issue around zoning on July 6th, in particular Uhl’s Bay. Reeve Schmidt disagreed with the allowance of not requiring the eight lots in Uhl’s Bay not to pay the permit fee. Development Officer Liana Campbell posed a question to the committee asking that despite the previous agreements, didn’t the new council have the authority to make changes. Which the committee responded they did. Schmidt said that he felt it should be fair and equitable across the RM. CAO Morisette agreed that the eight lots should be subject to taking out a trailer permit, but she said in the RM’s trailer bylaw, it notes “temporary”, not permanent. And that these trailers were allowed to be there permanently, not temporarily. Schmidt said he agreed with Morisette and suggested council explore other options as they haven’t decided what to do with Belmont, Flavel Beach, and all of the individual lots at campgrounds. Which he said they should all be paying as services are being paid by the RM. Labatte said they would discuss this at the July 6th meeting. Flavel and Belmont Beach Not on the Agenda CAO Morissette apologized that she had missed adding the discussion for the assessments for 5 Flavel properties and 23 at Belmont Beach to the agenda and asked council to make a resolution from the committee to add it to the agenda, which they did. The CAO said they received an email from SAMA about how the RM would assess Flavel and Belmont Beach leasehold properties. She said the other option would be to apply a service fee through a bylaw on the properties. The CAO recommended they discuss fair taxation of all properties because leaseholds are only being taxed on improvements. She said the email talked about assessing part of a parcel. She said it would mean an assessment would delay the RM’s assessment roll a further 60 days from the date the assessments were mailed. She said the current assessment closes July 17th, and notices need to be out by August 31st. The delay would push them to mid-September which she didn’t want to do. She recommended that council pass a special service fee this year and then review it for next year. Schmidt said the services cover road maintenance, dust control, cutting of grass and fire service. Schmidt said they needed a strategy for future service fees for the campgrounds as well. Romanyk asked how the RM could apply $525 through the bylaws directly to the development.
lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, July 5, 2021 • /lastmountaintimes • @lmtimes 7 Village of Bulyea PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Village of Bulyea intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. #11/15, known as the Official Community Plan Bylaw. INTENT Appendix “A” – Village of Bulyea Future Land Use Map is amended by redesignating Lots 6-10, Block 3, Plan E2775 from the land use designation of Core Commercial to Residential. AFFECTED LAND The affected land is legally described as Lots 6-10, Block 3, Plan E2775, as shown in the attached lines on the following map: RM of McKillop planning and economic dev. meeting June 23, 2021 Schmidt responded that they would set up a fee structure. The committee didn’t like the idea of an assessment for this year. Romanyk said the development could just put the fee onto the lease agreement passing the fee onto their tenants. Councillor Romanyk asked if the RM could look at a service fee for all of the trailers at Rowan’s Ridge, which the Reeve and the CAO said they could. Romanyk said this is the next step and that the RM should be looking at this. Reeve Schmidt agreed, saying rather than raising taxpayers’ taxes, they need to look at other opportunities around them. The committee recommended that the council implement service fees for leasehold properties and campgrounds. The CAO will be writing a bylaw and service fees to bring to the next meeting of council. Civic Addressing Camille Box received training on the Civic Addressing Registry. Box has received the RM’s community profile, noting they are using ISC and aerial photographs to locate all human activity sites. She said the current aerial photographs are ten years old, and there has been a lot of lakeshore development since that time. Box noted the RM’s Hamlets need significant updating, and it will be a big project. Reeve Schmidt noted the importance of ensuring civic addressing is up to date due to safety issues. He said if the fire department is attending a fire and can’t visually see the fire and can’t find their address would be problematic. Proposed Agricultural Subdivision Council discussed an issue around a proposed agricultural subdivision that had to be sent back to the applicant after Community Planning noted issues with the property’s current zoning. Reeve Bob Schmidt provided history on the matter. He said that every ag parcel in the RM was initially zoned as “AR” – Agricultural Resource District. When the new zoning bylaw and Official Community Plan were put in place, the AR was converted to two zoning districts- making them AR1- a complete quarter section and AR2. Schmidt noted that not every quarter in the RM is a whole quarter section, and because of this, all of the smaller parcels became not compliant. In the case of the applicant, their parcel is 100 acres in size, and would not be considered an AR1 parcel. Schmidt said that Community Planning recognized this, and the applicant will have to rezone her entire property as AR2 before a subdivision can occur. Schmidt added this determination needs to take place as a first step. CAO Morissette added that it could be difficult because the maps are difficult to decipher due to the way it is colour-coded on the maps. Morissette also said that when the RM approved the bylaw, people who should have been AR2 had the choice to remain AR1 or AR2. Garry Dixon noted that the reason it can be zoned AR1 is that the quarter is cut off naturally by the lake. He added that quarters that are cut off by a highway, rail line, or the lake allowed those properties to remain as AR1. Dixon, Schmidt and Morisette noted the rezoning to AR2 is a simple process. Morisette said the RM would enter into a servicing agreement with the applicant, and there would be a determination of what cash in lieu of municipal reserve would be required. Schmidt noted that the applicant was upset after seeing the estimated costs by the professional was $6,000. Schmidt said he thought this cost was ridiculous, which was why the council would be talking about hiring a new professional to complete the work. Councillor Dixon didn’t understand why municipal reserve would be required when the parcel would be subdivided into another AG zone. Reeve Schmidt reminded him the parcel had already been subdivided once decades ago. Review of Current Development Setback Issues The Reeve said there were two issues around setbacks when two modular homes were installed, one at South Colesdale and one at North Colesdale. The Reeve said he wanted to bring it up as he wanted to know if there are others with setback issues and how to identify those through Real Property Reports which he said would address all of the issues. Intermunicipal Agreements Discussion Chair Labatte asked the committee if they should look at putting agreements in place in case they decide to work with other municipalities in the future. Agreements would be for insurance and equipment usage. Reeve Schmidt said the Province is pushing for more inter-municipal cooperation. Schmidt said there was discussion around getting together to meet with other RM’s, Towns and Villages, with the RM of 219 calling the initial meeting. Councillor Dixon brought up issues around development along the lake and other areas across the lake. Councillor Romanyk suggested the RM do some work to deal with their goals. Reeve Schmidt said there had been a discussion on working together to hire a planning development specialist. Planning and Development Support After council suggested the RM look elsewhere for Planning and Development Support, CAO Morisette said she reached out to another individual with an extensive background who provides support for RM’s in the area. Councillor Romanyk said he thought the council should look at working with the individual seriously as it would save the RM a lot of money rather than using Urban Systems. The committee made a recommendation to council that the RM uses the services of Tim Cheesman. Jennifer Argue, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Note: These reports are abridged for content REASON To accommodate future residential development. PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the bylaw at the municipal office at 121 Ashley Street on Tuesdays 9 am – 3 pm and Thursdays 9 am – 12 pm. Copies are available at cost. PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on July 14, 2021 at 7:00 at the Bulyea Hall located at 204 Ashley Street, to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the municipal office before the hearing. Town of Regina Beach PUBLIC WORKS & UTILITIES OPERATOR If you are a team player with a positive attitude and good communication skills, the Town of Regina Beach is looking for you! We are accepting resumes for the position of Public Works & Utilities Operator to work on a full-time permanent basis and full time seasonal basis with the possibility of further employment. Under the direction of the Working Foreman the Public Works & Utilities Operator will be part of the Town of Regina Beach’s Public Works and Utilities Department team. As part of the PWUD team, you will perform all of the duties of the department. A priority will be given to those with certification from the OCB of Saskatchewan in water and/or wastewater treatment and distribution. Wage will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Excellent benefits and pension package Deadline for applications: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Please direct your letter of application accompanied by a resume to: Dave Wilfong, Manager Public Works & Utilities Town of Regina Beach Box 10 Regina Beach, SK, S0G 4C0 Fax: 306 729-3411 Email: rbpwud@reginabeach.ca https://reginabeach.ca/jobs Issued at the Village of Bulyea this June 16, 2021 Sherry Beatty-Henfrey, Administrator LIQUOR PERMIT Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997, Notice is hereby given that Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Special Use - Theatre Concert Premises permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre at 133 Donovel Cres Regina Beach SK. Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice. Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address, and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds, and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing. Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 REGINA SK S4P 3M3 Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
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