Alberta’s Industrial Heartland ASP has been prepared in accordance with the Municipal Government Act (Statutes of Alberta, 1994, Chapter M-26.1). The Act enables municipalities to prepare and adopt area structure plans to provide a framework for future subdivision and development of an area. Sections 633, 636, 638, and 692 of the Act relate specifically to area structure plans requirements. Section 633(1) states that an area structure plan must describe:
the sequence of development proposed for the area,
the land uses proposed for the area, either generally or with respect to specific parts of the area,
the density of population proposed for the area either generally or with respect to specific parts of the area, and
the general location of major transportation routes and public utilities, and may contain any other matters the council considers necessary.