Council adopted Land Use Bylaw No. 2296 (LUB) on June 4, 2024. After administering the bylaw for one year, a list of amendments was brought forward, and Amending Bylaw No. 2326 was adopted on July 15, 2025. As standard practice, while applying the Land Use Bylaw, Administration tracks omissions, regulations, and clauses that are difficult to interpret, and identifies matters where additional regulation is desired. The intention is to continually refine and improve the bylaw so that it functions effectively for both the public and staff in delivering planning and development services. The list below provides a high‑level summary of the amendments being proposed in year two.

• Section 3: Definitions have been edited, deleted, and new ones have been added.
• Section 6: Exemptions have been added for uses not requiring a development permit.
• Section 8: Changes have been made to clarify regulation for accessory buildings and new regulations for Supportive Housing.
• Section 9: Amendments have been made to the downtown parking requirements and provide clarity on drive-through queuing. The Central Business District is shown in yellow on Attachment 3.
• Section 10: Adjustments have been made to window signs provisions.
• Section 11: Adjustments have been made to permitted and discretionary uses in select districts.

Details and the rationale for each proposed amendment are outlined in Attachment 2.

During the April 14, 2026 Committee of the Whole Meeting, Committee Members provided feedback on the proposed Land Use Bylaw amendments:

• Supportive Housing clarification of Definitions
  • Committee raised concerns regarding confusion between Land Use Bylaw (LUB) definitions and those used by Provincial and Federal programs. The LUB regulates land use, not users, while senior government programs are user-based. Through discussions with the Executive DIrector of the Homelessness Task Force, Administration identified that ongoing clarification of these differences was required and created unnecessary confusion.
    • To address this, Administration has adjusted the names and definitions of the relevant uses to clearly differentiate municipal land use regulation from provincial and federal program terminology. These revisions improve clarity, reduce the need for repeated explanation, and better align with the intent of the LUB. (See #15 in Attachment 2)
  • SCOPE Centre, 4620 -3 Ave - Under Bylaw 2296, the SCOPE Centre is classified as an Office and Recreation Facility, Indoor. Within the C2 Land Use District, this is a discretionary use. No change in use is proposed; this clarification simply reflects how the use is currently categorized under the bylaw.
  • Parkland Lodge, 4619 - 9 Ave - originally approved under Bylaw 2070 as Senior Citizen Housing, a permitted use in the former CS District. Under Bylaw 2296, the equivalent classification would be Supportive Housing – Minor. The property is now within the PS (Public Service) District, where this use is not listed. As a result, the facility is considered a legal non-conforming use. This amendment clarifies its regulatory status without changing the existing use. We have added the use of Supportive Housing, Minor to the PS District to correct this inconsistency.
• Hedge
  • Concerns were raised regarding height restrictions affecting established hedges in the community. Administration revised the definition of hedge to clarify that a hedge is only regulated as a fence when it is located along a property line. This adjustment protects existing landscaping features while maintaining appropriate sightline and boundary controls.
    (See #7 in Attachment 2)
• Window Sign
  • Committee requested that Administration relax the regulations regarding the number of window signs associated with a development and their size. (See #31, #33 and #34 in Attachment 2)
• A Land Use Districts Map was requested to be included for ease of comparison of the changes, see Attachment 3.

An additional amendment is being proposed for Section 8.1 (Accessory Buildings). Upon further review, Administration determined that size regulations for accessory buildings on urban residential lots were overly restrictive, particularly for larger parcels within established neighbourhoods such as Glenwood.
The revised regulation provides greater flexibility for property owners, better reflects lot size differences within urban residential districts, and modernizes the bylaw while maintaining appropriate development controls.

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