Sylvan Lake

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GENERAL BUSINESS

• 2025-06-04 Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes be approved as presented.
• 2025-06-10 Regular Meeting of Council Meeting Minutes be approved as presented.
• Council approves Request for Approved Leave of Absence by Councillor Rilling for the Committee of the Whole Meeting on June 4, 2025, for the purpose of Medical Reasons or Family Care

DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL

• Council approves Development Permit Application DP #201-2025 to operate a licensed commercial patio located at 2, 1 Sylvan Drive with a relaxation to allowing the patio within a yard abutting residential uses as requested in AIR-1193, subject to the list of conditions:

• • The applicant is responsible for ensuring the patio is built in accordance with the approved plans
  • The applicant is responsible for ensuring the development complies with all Federal, Provincial, and Municipal statutes and regulations
  • All construction materials, supplies, and equipment are to be stored on the property and not on the public road
  • The development shall comply with Land Use Bylaw 1695/2015 including but not limited to the regulations for commercial patios
  • All outdoor lighting and speakers shall be directed inwards, away from adjoining properties and streets
  • Sidewalks or walkways for the passage of pedestrians around the patio must be maintained in an unobstructed manner ensuring accessibility for all
  • The applicant shall ensure that reflective hazard markers are installed at the corners of the patio enclosure and along the north side to ensure visibility and advise motorists of the obstruction
  • The patio shall be located so it does not obstruct driving lanes or maneuvering space required to accommodate remaining parking stalls in the lot
  • The applicant shall ensure when the patio is removed they repair or reinstate, or pay for repair or reinstatement, to the original condition, the parking lot and sidewalk area which is damaged, destroyed or otherwise harmed by the development of the patio on site
  • The patio shall be allowed May 1 and must be removed by September 30 annually
  • This permit expires on September 30, 2026

• Council approves Development Permit 192-2025, for a detached dwelling located at 4201 Memorial Trail as described in AIR-1195 subject to the following conditions:

• • Prior to issuance of a valid development permit:
    • The landowner shall be required to enter into a deferred service agreement to be registered on the title of the property
    • The applicant shall obtain a grading plan approval from the Town
    • The applicant shall obtain an approved demolition permit from the Town
  • The existing most easterly access to the property located along Memorial Trail, including the culvert, must be removed and the ditch restored to allow proper drainage at the landowners expense and to the satisfaction of the Town
  • The applicant obtain a Roadside Development Permit with Alberta Transportation and provide a copy of the approval to the Town.
  • Once the intersection improvement at Ryders Ridge Boulevard and Memorial Trail are complete the existing westerly access to the property located along Memorial Trail, including the culvert, must be removed and the ditch restored to allow proper drainage at the landowners expense and  to the satisfaction of the Town.  A new site access shall be provided on the east side of the property as shown on the site plan.
  • The existing dwelling shall be removed within 12 months of final inspection of the detached dwelling approved under this development permit.
  • The applicant shall ensure:
    • Compliance with all Federal, Provincial and Municipal statutes, regulations and Codes; and
    • Compliance with the Town of Sylvan Lake Land Use Bylaw 1695/2015
  • All construction materials, supplies and equipment are to be stored on the property and not on the public roadway
  • The applicant ensuring the continuous clean up of construction debris tracked onto the public roadway where access is provided to the property
  • All development is located outside active utility Right of Ways and easements
  • The location of the proposed building shall be in accordance with the attached site plan. Any changes shall require a separate development permit application
  • The development shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plans

PROCEDURE BYLAW

• Council approves Second and Third Reading to amending Bylaw 1929-2025, being an amendment to Procedure Bylaw 1886-2023 and that administration bring back some options in relation to the delegation from the developer at 60 West, related to the construction of 60th Street improvements

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

• Council directs administration to prepare an information report outlining the cost and staffing implications of lighting up the Winter Village earlier in the season, along with any potential economic development benefits that could be expected as a result