Proposed guidelines set for Muirfield

Sharon McLeay
Times Contributor

 

Wheatland County planning department was doing some housekeeping at the Sept. 8 council meeting, asking council to rescind and replace bylaws that no longer applied to some properties within the county.
One of the requests had to do with the Muirfield Direct Control area, which had a first reading for Bylaw 2015-39, a request to rescind Bylaw 2015-30, as well as making textual amendments to Bylaw 2005-03 for the Lakes of Muirfield.
When bylaw 2015-30 was accepted, there were no direct control mechanisms designated for a variety of residential, commercial and recreation uses within the Lakes of Muirfield development. It basically only covered the golf course and single-family dwellings.
On review, planners felt there needed to be guidelines for some of the discretionary use categories. The bylaw required amendments to include structures currently in place within the development.
“This turned into a bigger beast than we thought it would be,” said Gerry Melenka, Wheatland County Community Planner. “We made some changes.”
The nine-page document of proposed changes for Muirfield can be viewed on the County of Wheatland website, under the Sept. 8 agenda, listed after the Bylaw 2015-39 request.
“This document corrects the earlier bylaw and includes all kinds of building designations, yet deals with the intent of the ASP,” said Melenka.
He said that architectural guidelines were used to develop the direct control guidelines and that servicing regulations were sent to legal council, who tightly crafted the content.
First reading was passed for Bylaw 2015-39 and a public hearing will be set in the future.
Other bylaws given first reading for repeal were 2015-40 through 2015-44.