Public Hearing for Proposed Bylaw 2129-26 Land Use Bylaw Text Amendment (Data Centres)

BEING a bylaw of the County of Newell in the Province of Alberta, to amend Bylaw No. 2016-21, being the Land Use Bylaw;

WHEREAS the Council of the County of Newell wishes to amend Section 4: Specific Uses and Activities, with the addition Data Processing Centre and Small-Scale Energy-Integrated Data Centres in accordance with Schedule ‘A’ attached.

AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Newell wishes to amend Section 5: Land Use Districts, with the additions to A-GEN Agriculture, General District, B-HAM, Business, Hamlet District, B-RUR, Business, Rural District and I-GEN, Industrial, General District in accordance with Schedule ‘A’.

AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Newell wishes to amend Section 6: Glossary, with the addition of definitions for Data Processing Centre and Small-Scale Energy-Integrated Data Centre in accordance with Schedule ‘A’.

AND WHEREAS the municipality must prepare an amending bylaw and provide for its consideration at a public hearing.

NOW THEREFORE, under the authority and subject to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, Statutes of Alberta, Chapter M-26, 2000, as amended, the Council of the County of Newell in the Province of Alberta duly assembled does hereby enact the following:

1. The sections of Land Use Bylaw 2016-21 be amended as indicated in Schedule ‘A’.

3. Bylaw No. 2016-21 is hereby amended and consolidated.

4. This bylaw shall come into effect upon third and final reading hereof.

THE PURPOSE of proposed Bylaw No. 2129-26 is to update the Land Use Bylaw 2016-21 to include Data Processing Centres and Small-Scale Energy-Integrated Data Centres.

A copy of the proposed bylaw may be inspected at the County of Newell office during normal business hours, or any time on the County website > https://countyofnewell.ab.ca/public-hearings