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Decisions of development officer
Permitted uses - for information only
| 25/13 | SW 24-12-7-W4 (To be determined) Use approved: Construct a 2,052 sq. ft. dwelling with a 2,100 sq. ft. attached garage. Date issued: March 25, 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
| 25/17 | NE 22-11-5-W4 (11327 Rge Rd 52) Use approved: Construct a 40’ x 60’ shop for personal use. Date issued: March 18, 2025. |
| 25/16 | SW 28-11-5-W4 (5320 Twp Rd 114) Use approved: Move on a previously owned 40’ x 60’ shop for personal use, with conditions. Date issued: March 11, 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 - Removal of Municipal Reserve (MR) Designation
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 will hold a public hearing concerning the proposed proposed removal of Municipal Reserve Designation – Plan 881 1312 Block 30 Lot 1MR (152 Ronald Avenue, Suffield). Cypress County is proposing to remove the MR Designation from a parcel of land in the Hamlet of Suffield. The Land Use District is not proposed to be changed and will continue to be zoned Public Services District under the Land Use Bylaw.
A public hearing on the matter will be held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Any persons wishing to be heard may make oral or written representation to the council at that time. Oral submissions may be limited to five minutes in length whether a written presentation is submitted. Written submissions should be submitted to the county’s administration office by March 26, 2025.
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: Bylaw 2025/03 – PN NW 1-12-5-W4, FROM Agricultural District 1 TO Hamlet Industrial District.
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 Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan joint public hearing Feb. 12
The Councils of Cypress County, the Town of Redcliff and the City of Medicine Hat held a JOINT PUBLIC HEARING commencing Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Eresman Theatre at Medicine Hat College (299 College Dr. SE Medicine Hat) for the following bylaws:
• Town of Redcliff Bylaw #1980/2025 - being the adoption of the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)
• City of Medicine Hat Bylaw # 4846 - being the adoption of the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)
Complete information regarding this project can be found at: shapeyourcity.medicinehat.ca/intermunicipal-development-plan-2
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: Bylaw 2025/02 – PN SW 22-12-6-W4, FROM Agricultural District 1 TO Country Residential Limited.
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, Feb. 4, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendments
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 amendment 2024/23.
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, Jan. 14, 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