The City of Yorkton is moving forward with Our City, Our Future, the official community plan, zoning bylaw and sign bylaw. Part of that movement involves consultations with the community, and the city recently hosted a public open house to get input.
Gord Shaw, Director of Planning and Engineering, says that the recent open house was successful, with 20 people coming through to ask questions about the zoning and sign bylaw and provide input into the city's direction.
The concerns raised involved landscaping of commercial properties, access to properties and concerns about signs and their placement. He says that people want Yorkton to be brought in line with larger jurisdictions as well as having made in Yorkton policies.
The comments and observations from the evening will be considered when looking at the bylaws and official community plan, and Shaw says they will be included where the city can put them into the laws.
While this is likely to be the final open house on the plan, Shaw says that the city is still open to input until the beginning of November. They hope to go back to council on the matter before the end of the year, so there is approval for the community plan, the zoning bylaw, and the sign bylaw by 2014.
