TOWN OF LACOMBE
BYLAW 267.1

WHEREAS notice of intention of Council to pass this Bylaw has been published in the Lacombe Globe on April 9, 2002 and April 16, 2002; and

WHEREAS a Public Hearing was held on Monday, April 22, 2002 to allow the general public to provide input into the proposed amendments to the Plan;

NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Town of Lacombe, in the Province of Alberta, under the authority and pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, enacts as follows:

1. Delete 3.1.1 and substitute with the following:

Figure 2 provides an overview of planning constraints and opportunities in the plan area, however policies regarding the conservation of the natural features as depicted in Figure 2 are subject to the policies outlined in 4.2 Landscape Conservation and shown on Figure 4.

2. To the end of clause 3.1.2 add the following words:

Figure 4 represents the lands inventoried as part of the Natural Spaces Management Plan, a plan that emphasizes the integration and preservation of the natural ecosystems identified in that plan, and are incorporated into the policies and land use settlement patterns of the North Area Structure Plan.

4. Amend 4.2.1 by inserting the following after the sentence that reads as follows:

"This is especially applicable to the areas depicted as open space in Figure 3 and conservation features in Figure 4" 

with the following:

In this plan "Conservation Features" shall mean the lands inventoried, evaluated, and categorized by the Natural Spaces Management Plan and identified on Figure 4 and that consist of the following classifications: 

a)  "Rank 2 lands" are defined as natural sites that have the potential to remain sustainable within the urban environment and are significant to the community because of their size or features and are considered to have:

(i) low to moderate species and habitat diversity consisting of common species but low to moderate probability of rare species within the habitat, and

(ii) low to moderate connectivity to ecosystems across the landscape and function as a linkage between other significant natural areas the site, and

(iii) some ecosystem fragmentation and low to moderate potential for natural sustainability, and

(iv) can withstand various degrees of human use and disturbance.

b)  "Rank 3 lands" are defined as natural sites that are undisturbed or relatively undisturbed sites with natural features being of value to society and have ecosystems worth protecting as these areas have a high potential to remain sustainable within the urban environment and are significant to the community because of their size or features and are considered to have:

(i) high species and habitat diversity consisting of common species but a high probability of rare species within the habitat, and

(ii) high connectivity to ecosystems across the landscape and the habitat provides for all or significant components of life cycle stages and functions as a major destination linkage between other significant natural areas, and

(iii) no ecosystem fragmentation and high potential for natural sustainability, and

(iv) due to the environmentally sensitive features are susceptible to further disturbance.

c)  Any words or expressions used in the above descriptions to have the meanings assigned to   them as listed in Table 2.1 of the Natural Spaces Management Plan. 

d)   Any proposal for the subdivision and/or development of Rank 2 or Rank 3 land should seek to implement the vision and recommendations found in Appendix A of the Natural Spaces Management Plan.

 e)   Land identified as Rank 3 within the plan area consists of Elizabeth Lake, Lake Anne (Mud Lake), Barnett Lake and an unnamed water body just west of 58^th Street and northwest of Rosedale Valley.  These complex and significant ecosystems are identified in Figures H, I and J of the Natural Spaces Management Plan, and the subdivision and/or development of lands shall be subject to the recommendations contained in Appendix A – Ecological & Development Profile Sheets.

 

5. To the end of clause 5.1.3 add the following words:

as shown on Figure 4.

6. Amend 5.5.3 by inserting the following after the sentence that reads as follows:

   "A development outline plan shall provide for a range of housing types, parcel sizes and densities" 

   with the following:

   and shall be required to allocate the lands identified and labeled on Figure 4 as "Conservation Features" as open space or by a combination of land dedication and conservation easement and/or restrictive covenant or by any other means acceptable to Council.

7. Amend 5.6.1 by deleting it and replacing it with the following: 

   The Town shall seek to conserve the lands and sensitive features, identified as "Conservation Features" on Figure 4, in part through their recognition in development outline plans. All development outline plans that contain Rank 2 and 3 lands will be required to conserve and dedicate these lands as open space and shall follow the ecological and developmental management practices for the lands identified in Appendix A of the Natural Spaces Management Plan.

        a. a minimum 15 m wide environmental reserve strip around the shoreline of Cranna,
            Mud, Elizabeth and Barett Lakes,

   b.  a minimum of 6 m wide environmental reserve strip around the shoreline of Henner’s Pond and the dedication of a 6 m wide municipal reserve strip contiguous to the environmental reserve strip to accommodate trail development at the time of residential development, and

   c.  as environmental reserve any lands subject to flooding, and

   d.  as environmental reserve any steep shorelands and escarpments, especially adjacent to Cranna, Mud, Elizabeth and Barnett Lakes and the escarpment lands around Henner’s Pond and north of Fairway Heights, that the Town considers unstable.

    

8. Amend clause 5.6.7 (a) by deleting the words: 
   
   "as generally guided by the Cranna, Mud and Elizabeth Lakes Concept Plan" 
   

9. Amend clause 5.6.8 (a) by deleting the words: 
   
   "as generally guided by the Cranna, Mud and Elizabeth Lakes Concept Plan" 
   

10. Throughout the Plan, substitute the words "Lake Anne" in place of the words "Mud Lake". 

11. Substitute revised Figures 3 and 4, which are attached and labeled Attachment 'A' and 'B' respectively and shall form part of this Bylaw.

12. Delete clause 2.1.3.

13. This Bylaw shall come into effect upon final passage thereof.

INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING this 25th day of March, 2002.