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Decisions of development officer
Permitted uses - for information only
| 25/121 | Plan 200AJ Block 19 Lots 1-3 (453 – 6th Street, Suffield) Use approved: Construct a 352 sq. ft. shop. Site coverage 19.8%. Date issued: August 19, 2025. |
| 25/116 | Plan 0912547 Block 1 Lot 2 (4502 Twp Rd 130) Use approved: Construct a 1,680 sq. ft. dwelling. Date issued: August 12, 2025. |
| 25/117 | Plan 0610622 Block 3 Lot 6 (29, 11418 Eagle Butte Rd.) Use approved: Construct a 512 sq. ft. inground swimming pool. Date issued: August 5, 2025. |
Note: No appeal is available for the issuance of a development permit for a permitted use unless the provisions of the land use bylaws have been relaxed, varied, or misinterpreted.
Discretionary uses
| 25/124 | Plan 6085DD Block 3 Lot 11-12 (10 – 1st Street East, Schuler) Use approved: Keeping of chickens and the placement of a 10’ x 16’ shed – Site coverage 33%, with conditions. Date issued: August 26, 2025. |
| 25/98 | Plan 3644B Block 7 Lots 16-17 (401 – 2nd Ave. Walsh) Use approved: Change in use of an existing building to residential, including a setback relaxation of 9 feet from the flanking side yard property line and 19 feet from the front property line – Site coverage 33%., with conditions. Date issued: August 19, 2025. |
| 25/101 | Plan 0213579 Block 1 Lot 3 (6, 12303 Hwy 41) Use approved: Construct a 40’ x 50’ shop for personal use, with a size relaxation of 400 sq. ft., with conditions. Date issued: August 19, 2025. |
| 25/112 | Plan 0613189 Block 1 Lot 4 (1, 12402 Rge Rd 65) Use approved: To operate a Home Based Business – Southern Bale Hauling, with conditions. Date issued: August 19, 2025. |
| 25/114 | SE 19-13-6-W4 (13302 Rge Rd 65) Use approved: Operate Cypress County Fire Services and Public Works Operations within the existing buildings, with conditions. Date issued: August 19, 2025. |
| 25/94 | Plan 1211275 Block 1 Lot 1 (9330 Old TC Hwy) Use approved: Expansion of an existing storage yard, with conditions. Date issued: August 12, 2025. |
| 25/120 | NW 5-10-4-W4 (10027 Rge Rd 45) Use approved: Erect a Power Performance Test Tower to support the Wild Rose 2 Wind Project, with conditions. Dated issued: August 5, 2025. |
Development Permit does not take effect until twenty-one (21) days from the date of this notice. Any person affected by a development permit for a discretionary use may appeal the decision in writing stating reasons for the appeal. The appeal shall be delivered either personally or by mail to the Cypress County office, no later than 21 days following the date of this notice to Secretary of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board. There is a $300 fee for the first appeal received on an application.
Sale of county land
Notice is hereby given that under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, Cypress County will offer for sale, by public auction, at the Cypress County municipal office Council Chambers, Dunmore, Alberta on Tuesday, March 25, 2024 at 10 a.m. the following lands (see table below).
Each parcel will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations and conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The land is being offered for sale on an ‘as is, where is’ basis and Cypress County makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development conditions, absence, or presence of environmental contamination, or the developability of the subject land for any intended use by the Purchaser.
Cypress County may, after the public auction, become the owner of any parcel of land that is not sold at the public auction.
Terms: Cash, Bank Draft, Certified Cheque. Payment in full must be received within 21 days following the date of the auction.
Redemption may be affected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time prior to the sale.
Dated at Dunmore, Alberta, March 4, 2025
Steve Toews, Designated Officer
Notice of public hearings
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendment
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County council held a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw as shown here: Land Use Bylaw 2025/17.
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendment
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County council held a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw as shown in the Land Use Bylaw 2025/18.
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Public hearing - Amendment to Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County Council held a Public Hearing with respect to the passing of the following Bylaw as described below.
Bylaw 2025/13 Amendment to the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)
Cypress County Bylaw 2025/13 proposes to amend the newly adopted Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan Bylaw 2025/01. The IDP is a statutory plan jointly developed by the Councils of Cypress County, the Town of Redcliff, and the City of Medicine Hat. The purpose of the IDP is to provide for land use planning cooperation between the three municipalities, addressing several key planning issues such as identifying areas appropriate for specific types of development and land uses, examining future growth potential, protecting the natural environment, and creating policies to address subdivision and development matters. Bylaw 2025/13 accommodates revisions particular to the Rural Development Area (east) policy area of the IDP:
• Amending Section 2.5 Overall Land Use Areas by adjusting the Land Use Area Summary
• Amending Section 4.12 Rural Development Area by removing reference to Highway 41
• Amending Maps A – H (inclusive) to reduce the boundary of the Rural Development Area (east)
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The amendment was approved.
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendment
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County council held a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw: Land Use Bylaw 2025/12.
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Notice of applications
Notice of application for letter of concurrence of an installation of a telecommunications tower
Notice is hereby given that: Altalink Management Ltd.
Has made application to Cypress County, Dunmore for a Letter of Concurrence for the Construction of a Proposed Telecommunications Tower to be approximately 35 meters in height, to support the proposed Jurassic Solar Project Connection.
Location: Northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 20, Range 10, West of the 4th Meridian.
Any protest against the granting of the above mentioned Letter of Concurrence must be must be forwarded to Cypress County, 816 2nd Ave, Dunmore AB T1B 0K3, within thirty days from the date of this notice.
Dated: January 28, 2025