The City of North Battleford council has approved zoning bylaw changes to allow accessory dwelling units at the airport as a discretionary use when council members met Monday.
Also adopted at Monday’s meeting was a City policy regarding such developments, based on recommendations submitted by Director of Utilities Stewart Schafer as well as the airport manager. The zoning changes are in response to an application by local businessman Scott Campbell to build accommodations at his hangar at the airport.
Another zoning bylaw called for the addition of crematoriums as a commercial and industrial use in the C3 zone, and carwashes as a commercial use in the C4. Those changes got through first reading Monday night and now a notice period will begin.
The City’s building permit statistics for June were released and numbers for the month were down considerably from a year ago.
Eleven permits were issued in June for a permit value of $953,500, compared to 17 permits for $11,757,100 that month a year earlier.
The overall numbers for 2018 are not as dire, however. A total of 58 permits have been issued through June for $14,597,350, which is down only slightly compared to 65 permits for $15,875,925 for the same period in 2017.
The Community Safety Officer report was also presented by Supervisor Ross MacAngus. One highlight from his report is that the CSOs have been asked by the RCMP to “take over the pawn shops.”
That means the CSOs will be handling the list of reported stolen goods provided by the RCMP, and will be establishing contact with the pawn shops to make sure those items aren’t being sold. MacAngus called this a positive move on the RCMP’s part.
The second highlight from his report is that CSOs were gearing up for the parking enforcement changes.
The City will be providing water to the new Saskatchewan Hospital with a six-inch magmeter. The six-inch rates are not included in the current water and sewer bylaws, so council has approved new rates which will be included in the bylaws. Those bylaws will come back at a later date for approval.
The next council meeting is Aug. 20.
