ECA Review - 2024-03-14

ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB March 14'24 5
STETTLER COUNTY COUNCIL
County approves farm residence subdivision
Stu Salkeld
Local Journalism Initiative reporter
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Development Plan (MDP).
“The proposed parcel contains
an existing open
During his presentation
Teal noted the intention of
this subdivision is to separate
discharge system,” stated
the farmstead as a first
the PCPS report. “The parcel out.
parcel size and shape allow He noted the application is
for sufficient space to meet quite straightforward, the
the setback and separation only sticking point being
distances of the Private access: the existing access
Sewage Disposal Systems wouldn’t be part of the
Regulation (Alberta
newly created nine acre
Regulation 229/1997) and the parcel. Teal stated the applicants,
Alberta Private Sewage
who currently own all
Systems Standard of the property involved, wish
Practice.”
to continue using the access
The County of Stettler Municipal
Planning Commission (MPC)
approved the subdivision of a residence
from the remainder of the
quarter’s farmland. The resolution
was passed at the Feb. 28 regular MPC
board meeting.
The MPC is comprised of members
of county council and is chaired by
Coun. James Nibourg.
Board members heard a presentation
from Manager of Planning and
Development Craig Teal regarding
Gary and Jeanette Konschuh’s application
to have a roughly nine acre
parcel subdivided from the remainder
of NW 5-40-17 W4M with the intention
of creating a new parcel.
“The subject property is located
13.31 km northwest of the Hamlet of
Gadsby,” stated the application prepared
by Parkland Community
Planning Services (PCPS). “The terrain
of the property can be described
as flat cropland with some treed areas.
“The proposed 9.01 acre parcel contains
an existing dwelling with an
attached garage, a shed shop and grain
bins. An open discharge system exists
on the proposed parcel. The remainder
of the NW 5 is used as cropland. There
are no abandoned wells on the subject
property.”
It was noted in the report the land in
question isn’t part of any intermunicipal
development plan (IDP) and the
application meets all requirements of
the County of Stettler’s Land Use
Bylaw (LUB) and Municipal
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as-is and in the future if one
of the parcels is sold, a new
access may be developed. It
was noted there appears to
be enough room to build a
new access.
Teal suggested an access
easement be included on the
property.
As the subdivision application
was discussed, board
member Nibourg noted the
quarter section was
described as about 159 acres,
rather than the standard
160. Nibourg asked where
the other acre went.
Teal responded many
quarter sections don’t
exactly add up to 160, noting
in this case a road allowance
was likely the culprit.
Reeve Larry Clarke asked
about grain bins lined up
along the proposed eastern
boundary of the new parcel,
with the overhead map
showing the bins sitting virtually
on the property line;
he asked whether this
wasn’t considered an important
detail as the grain bins
can be fairly easily moved.
County of Stettler planning
staff responded that as
ancillary buildings, they
only have to meet a setback
of three feet, which they do.
Board members unanimously
approved the
subdivision application as it
was presented.
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