A long time coming

Times Contributor

 

Subdivision is a long drawn out process. The Schatokoskis have been waiting six years for their three-acre county residential re-designation on land just outside of Ardenode. 

The property came before council again on July 16, as the original bylaw had expired and council had to renew it prior to giving the proposal second and third reading. Bylaws are only in place for two years.

“I am a little frustrated with the process. The rules keep changing. The bills come in from the county and I keep paying them. It takes a lot of patience and I am not a patient man,” said Van Schatokoski, an elderly gentleman. “I was thinking that my grandchildren might have to carry this on. It just seems like it is one thing after another.”

As all the conditions were met and there were no registered objections, council quickly passed the second and third reading, which will give Schatokoski a letter of approval, so that he can register the new land title.

 

Compassionate concession

Wheatland Council passed a motion July 16, to allow flood victims the ability to stay in recreational vehicles parked on consenting landowners’ property within the county, for a term of not more than one year.

“We normally don’t allow people to live in recreational vehicles parked on landowners’ properties,” said Reeve Glenn Koester.

Council is allowing the action to accommodate those friends and family who are having a hard time locating alternate housing. A written request must be made to the county, including the names of the persons occupying the recreational unit, where the unit is located and a dated signature indicating acknowledgment that the situation is an interim measure, for no longer than one year, while they look for alternate accommodation.