Land Use Bylaw - Red Deer, Canada's Economic Capital

Red Deer County Land Use Bylaw
The City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaw

Red Deer County Land Use Bylaw

The purposes of this Bylaw is to facilitate the orderly, economic and beneficial use and development of land and buildings within the County, including:

1) The division of the County into land use districts;

2) The establishment and prescription for each land use district, the uses for which land and buildings may be used and regulated;

3) The establishment of agencies, offices and administrative procedures for reviewing and making decisions on applications for development permits and subdivision approvals including the issuance of development permits and subdivision approvals and subdivision agreements;

4) The establishment of a Municipal Planning Commission and subdivision and Development Appeal Board and the designation of their respective roles and functions;

5) The prescription of the procedure to notify owners of land likely to be affected by the issuance of a development permit;

6) The establishment of the office of one or more Development Officers; and

7) The establishment of methods for making decisions on applications for development permits and subdivision approvals.

For more information about the County's Land Use Bylaw please contact the Planning and Development Services department at 350.2150.

LAND USE BYLAW 2000/10

The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate and control or to prohibit the use and development of land and buildings within The City to achieve the orderly, economical and beneficial development use of land and patterns of human settlement for the overall greater public interest and for that purpose, amongst other things:

(a) to divide The City into districts,

(b) to prescribe for each district the one or more uses of land and buildings that:

(i) are permitted, with or without conditions,

(ii) may be allowed as discretionary uses, with or without conditions,

(c) to establish the office of one or more development officers,

(d) to establish a method of making decisions on applications for development permits and issuing development permits,

(e) to provide the manner in which notice of the issuance of a development permit is to be given.

For more information about The City's Land Use Bylaw please contact the Inspections & Licensing department at 342.8190.