The first, according to planner Andrea Bryden, creates a 2-acre parcel with a 2-acre remainder north of Calgary and Highway 566, on the west side of Sunset Ridge Drive.
Area Coun. Daniel Henn moved to remove a condition requiring the applicant to submit a site-specific stormwater management plan because of the property's location at the top of a hill. Due to the topography of the land, Henn said he didn’t see the necessity of the assessment.
According to Gurbir Nijjar, supervisor of planning, the requirement was driven by RVC’s servicing standards, based on the size of the parcel and the density of the surrounding area.
Couns. Kevin Hanson, Samanntha Wright and Crystal Kissel opposed the amendment, which was carried 5-3. Coun. Kim McKylor was absent from the meeting.
“Being at the high point of a hill is all the more reason to do a stormwater plan, because what goes off has to be what was there pre-development, and if you’re at the top of the hill, it’s going to go down,” Hanson said.
Hanson was also the sole vote against collecting the Transportation Off-Site Levy from only the new parcel and not both parcels – having voted similarly in the past, he said he wanted to remain consistent.
The second application, planner Oksana Newmen said, was a First Parcel Out that created a 70-acre lot with a 90-acre remainder south of Cochrane, north of Highway 8 and east of Highway 22.
Council voted 7-1 to approve the application, with Kissel opposed.
