NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD ON OCTOBER 17, 2023 FOR:
Bylaw 1/2023 Land Use Bylaw Amendment – Part 6 (General Regulations) & Schedule G (Designated Flood Line)• Bylaw 18/2023 Ville Giroux MDP Amendment Bylaw 19/2023 Ville Giroux Area Structure Plan Amendment • Bylaw 20/2023 Ville Giroux Land Use Bylaw Amendments
To be conducted as a hybrid in the Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street and virtual via Zoom during the Regular Meeting of Council scheduled for 2:00 pm on October 17, 2023
In accordance with Section 692 of the Municipal Government Act Public Hearings will be held for Bylaw 1/2023, which was adjourned on August 15, 2023 to October 17, 2023, and Bylaw 18/2023, Bylaw 19/2023 and Bylaw 20/2023.
Bylaw 1/2023, if passed, would amend the Land Use Bylaw 9/2005 Part 6 (General Regulations), and Schedule G (Designated Flood Line Map). The amendments include greater clarity around density requirements, development regulations related
to the Designated Flood Line, and an update of Schedule G (Designated Flood Line Map).
Bylaw 18/2023 if passed will amend the Municipal Development Plan: Flourish, to allow for increased residential density at 200 Giroux Road.
Bylaw 19/2023 if passed will amend the Ville Giroux Area Structure Plan to amend land use designations and text amendments to address the changes in land uses, and increased densities.
Bylaw 20/2023 if passed will amend the Land Use Bylaw 9/2005 by amending Schedule A to redistrict lands, amending text in Section 8.34 High Density Residential, and the addition of a height schedule for 200 Giroux Road.
Details of Bylaw 1/2023 may be obtained by emailing [email protected].
Details of Bylaws 18/2023, 19/2023 and 20/2023 may be obtained by emailing [email protected]. A copy of the proposed bylaws may also be accessed on the City of St. Albert website, Public Hearings Events page stalbert.ca/events/calendar/public-hearings at the link to the October 17, 2023 Public Hearing.
Speaking to City Council at the Public Hearing
Unless otherwise indicated in the advertising and notification for the Public Hearings, individuals or Groups wishing to address Council on their own behalf at a Public Hearing(s) from a remote location by electronic means of communication must register with Legislative Services at [email protected] by 11:00 AM on the day of the Public Hearing(s) if the Public Hearing(s) are being conducted either electronically or as a hybrid meeting with option of participating electronically.
Where the Public Hearing(s) offers the option to address Council in person, individuals and Groups wishing to address Council on their own behalf in person at the Public Hearing(s) may register with Legislative Services at [email protected] up to one hour prior to the commencement of the Public Hearing(s) and additionally a sign-in sheet will be available at the entrance to Council Chambers for individuals and Groups who have not previously registered but wish to address Council on their own behalf in person at the Public Hearing(s).
Individuals wishing to address Council in the capacity of Agent for one or more other persons at a Public Hearing(s), whether by electronic means of communication or in person where that format is available, must:
a) register with Legislative Services at hearings@ stalbert.ca by 3:30 p.m. on the Friday preceding the Public Hearing(s), or by 3:30 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the Public Hearing(s) if the Friday preceding the Public Hearing is a statutory holiday, declaring their intention to act as an Agent at the Public Hearing(s); and
b) submit a separate, completed, and signed Agent Declaration form, which may be obtained from Legislative Services at [email protected] for each affected party that they will be representing. An Agent Declaration form must be signed and dated by BOTH the individual being represented AND the representing Agent and must be submitted to Legislative Services at [email protected] no later than 11:00 a.m. on October 17, 2023.
NOTE: Members of the public may speak for up
to five minutes. This does not include the time to respond to questions from Members.
Written Submissions
Whether or not an individual is making a verbal presentation at a Public Hearing(s), the following rules govern how written submissions to Council must be made with respect to the Public Hearing(s):
a) written submissions must be emailed to Legislative Services at [email protected] not later than 12:00 noon on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Written submissions received by this deadline will be included in the meeting Agenda Package that is distributed to Council members and posted on the City’s public website. It is open to members of the public who have missed the written submission deadline to register to speak at the Public Hearing(s);
b) written submissions received either by administration or Councillors after the deadline noted above will not be considered by Council at the Public Hearing(s); and the person making the submission.
For further information regarding the Public Hearings, please see Schedule E, of Procedure Bylaw 24/2022 on the City of St. Albert website stalbert.ca, at the link to Bylaws.
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
If you submit comments on Bylaws 1/2023,
18/2023, 19/2023 and/or 20/2023 either orally or in writing, the information you provide may be recorded in the minutes of the Public Hearings, or otherwise be made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
NOTE – a previous version of this ad erroneously referred to a petition. A petition does not apply
to the process with respect to Bylaws 1/2023, 18/2023, 19/2023, and 20/2023.
DATES OF GAZETTE PUBLICATION: September 28 and October 5, 2023
