Council unanimously approved a subdivision application that enables the construction of a golf course in west Rocky View.
The course will be part of the Harmony development, located about five kilometres west of Calgary, bordering the Springbank Airport on the west and north sides.
In total, three parcels with a combined size of 345 acres were given subdivision approval, leaving 546 acres in three parcels, which will remain vacant until the residential and commercial portion of phase one is built.
Harmony Conceptual Scheme was given approval in 2007.
An 18-hole and nine-hole course, along with other course amenities, are planned for the area.
Councillor Kim Magnuson expressed some concern about the developerís plan to use spray irrigation as part of its stormwater management plan.
Magnuson asked staff to provide certainty that soil on the future golf course would be amended to increase moisture capacity.
She also asked staff to provide examples of similar-sized developments in Alberta using equivalent technology.
In a 6-2 vote, Rocky View council approved a 17-acre subdivision with a 20-acre remainder located 11 kilometres north of Cochrane, east of Highway 22.
The existing parcel contains a single-detached home and an accessory dwelling unit, both of which are serviced by separate private wells and private sewers. The new parcel will be similarly serviced.
According to County policies, both of the proposed lots are slightly undersized and the two buildings donít conform to bylaws as they are located too close to Highway 22.
Councillor Lois Habberfield raised some concern about the subdivision and possible costs to the County for road maintenance.
ìWe end up with a road that we have to maintain and we donít get any transportation levies to cover that, I donít see a value to that,î she said.
Paul McLean, the councillor for the area, said the County should come up with some policies about transportation levies for subdivisions under 20 acres, rather than apply them on the fly.
ìLetís sit down... and letís set some unified policies on this so that everyone understands the rules of the game,î he said.
≠ìLetís put the rules the same for everyone.î
Habberfield and Magnuson were opposed to the subdivision, while councillors Earl Solberg, Margaret Bahcheli, Greg Boehlke, Al Sacuta, McLean and Reeve Rolly Ashdown were in favour.
Council unanimously approved a subdivision application to split a five-acre Bearspaw acreage in two.
The acreage, located about four kilometres north of Highway 1A and immediately east of Bearspaw Road, has a single house with an attached garage on it.
The house is serviced by the Rocky View Water Co-op and a private sewage disposal system.
The new 2.8-acre lot will get piped water from the Co-op.
A packaged sewage treatment system and mounded treatment field will provide sewer services.
Stormwater will be managed by a registered 30-metre drainage easement on either side of an intermittent stream, which runs through the northern part of the land on its way to Nose Creek.
A drainage easement will also be registered on the smaller parcel.
Council unanimously approved a 32-acre subdivision located 1.6 kilometres south of Crossfield and immediately west of Highway 2A.
The subdivision, taken off of a 180-acre parent parcel, which contains two gas business operators, facilitates title transfer on the land.
Cross Alta, a gas storage company, operates the northern portion of the parent parcel, while Taqa North processes sour gas on the 157-acre remainder.
The subdivided parcel will continue to be serviced by trucked water and wastewater, while the remainder will still get its water from the Town of Crossfield and treat its sewer onsite.
Council unanimously approved an east-Rocky View subdivision, which will split 4.5 acres off of an 18.8-acre parcel.
The subdivision is located 1.6 kilometres east of Calgary on Range Road 283A and 3.2 kilometres north of Highway 22X.
The existing parcel contains a house, serviced by a private well and private sewage treatment system.
The remainder 14.3-acre parcel will be serviced in the same way.
Both properties will be accessed by an existing mutual approach off Range Road 283A.
A condition of approval is that the owner enter into a restrictive covenant on the remainder lot restricting the building of a house within 30 metres of the Canadian Pacific Railway property, located close to the property.
