Interactive Land Use Bylaw

Strathcona County - Interactive Land Use Bylaw

Part 7 : Agricultural Zones

7.4  IA – Agri-Business

Purpose

7.4(1)

To provide primarily for agriculture and related uses located along a major thoroughfare, typically in planned areas within the Rural Service Area.

Uses

7.4(2)

Subject to any fundamental use criteria for certain uses set out below, the permitted uses and the discretionary uses for this zone are listed in Table 7.4(A).

Table 7.4(A) Permitted and Discretionary Uses

Permitted uses

Discretionary uses

Agricultural support service

Abattoir

Agriculture general

Aggregate extraction*

Equipment major

Agriculture intensive horticulture

WECS small*

Agriculture minor intensive livestock

 

Auctioneering establishment

 

Business support service

 

Emergency service

 

Food and beverage products

 

Government service

 

Oil recycling depot

 

Outdoor storage

 

Residential security/operator unit

 

WECS large single*

* Refer to Part 6: Specific Use Regulations for additional regulations pertaining to this use.

Subdivision Regulations

7.4(3)

Subdivision must comply with Table 7.4(B).

Table 7.4(B) Subdivision Regulations

Subsection

Regulation

(a)

The minimum lot area shall be 32.0 ha except for parcels that have been severed by natural or manmade features.

(b)

The minimum lot area may be reduced to 8.0 ha for intensive agriculture proposed within a previously unsubdivided quarter section.

(c)

The minimum lot area may be reduced to 4.0 ha for agricultural uses other than intensive agriculture provided it may be demonstrated that such a parcel is of a sufficient size to accommodate the activities of the proposed agricultural operation.

Development Regulations

7.4(4)

Development must comply with Table 7.4(C).

Table 7.4(C) Development Regulations

Subsection

Regulation

Measurement

Height

(a)

Maximum height

16.0 m

Minimum setbacks

(b)

From a lot line abutting a rural road

30.0 m

(c)

From a front lot line

10.0 m

(d)

From a side lot line

5.0 m

(e)

From a rear lot line

10.0 m

 

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