Means a building or structure, normally incidental, subordinate and located on the same lot as the principal building, but does not include a building or structure used for human habitation.

Means the use of a building or land which is normally incidental to and subordinate to the principal use of the site on which it is located

All forms of farming except for Confined Feeding Operations.

Refers to the use of lands, buildings or structures for the raising of non-domestic animals and/or the growing of plants for food or other production.

Refers to a geographic area where air pollutants from sources “upstream” or within the area flow and are present in the air

Refers to “…a work of man that (i) is primarily of value for its prehistoric, cultural or scientific significance, and (ii) is or was buried or partially buried in land in Alberta or submerged beneath the surface of any watercourse or permanent body of water in Alberta.” As recognized by Alberta Community Development.

Refers to a plan adopted by Council as an area structure plan bylaw pursuant to the Municipal Government Act that provides a framework of future subdivisions and development of an area.

Means a privately owner-occupied house where four or fewer guest rooms are rented for periods of fourteen (14) days or less with one meal provided on a daily basis to registered guests where such meals are prepared in a residential kitchen.

Means an area of land belonging to industry and within their fenceline that is a separation distance.

Refers to joint generation of electricity and thermal energy (usually steam). A steam turbine may be bedded to produce more energy from high-pressure steam recovered for the hot flue gases from first stage gas turbine.

Refers to development that includes those activities that are principally for either the sale of goods or the provision of services, or both.

Refers to two or more neighbourhoods which share infrastructure and a broader range or magnitude of facilities including those typical of neighbourhoods as well as churches, emergency services, libraries, business ventures, expanded commercial opportunities, drop-in centers, seniors' facilities and/or a variety of schools.

Means a facility, which is capable of confining a specified minimum number of livestock for growing or finishing for market at a housing density of more than one livestock manure unit per 2,000 ft.².   

Refers to a continuous strip of land connecting two geographically separate points and containing two or more facilities for the conveyance of people, energy, information or materials. Such a definition covers railways, highways, pipelines, communication, transmission and water collection facilities.

Refers to the number of dwelling units or the square metres of floor space in commercial and industrial buildings per acres (or hectare).

Means that person(s) designated and known to be the Development Authority to exercise the duties and powers and perform the functions prescribed in this Land Use Bylaw pursuant to By-law 801/95.

Means a certificate or document permitting a specified development and includes, where applicable a plan or drawing, or a set of plans or drawings, specifications or other documents.

Means the use of land or a building provided for in the municipal Land Use Bylaw for which a development permit may be issued upon an application having been made and subject to enabling conditions for each discretionary use being satisfied.

Means a single detached dwelling or mobile home on a non-permanent foundation, which is to be occupied by person(s), who are employed full time (for at least six months of each year) in an agricultural or intensive agricultural operation and the residence is located on the farmstead site occupied by the principal residence.

Means a single detached dwelling that is supported on a permanent foundation or base extending below the frost level, which is to be used as a residence for a household.

Means a development consisting of a dwelling containing only one dwelling unit, which is separate from any other dwelling unit or building and is supported on a permanent foundation or full basement.  It has a minimum square footage of 95 m2 (1000 sq ft) and meets the requirements for a residence as specified within the Alberta Safety Codes.

Means a community of manufacturing and service businesses seeking enhanced environmental and economic performance through collaboration in managing environmental and resources issues including energy, water and materials. By working together, the community of businesses seeks a collective benefit which is greater than the sum of the individual benefits each company would realize if it optimized its individual performance only (source: Lowe, Moran and Holmes, 1996).

Means public protection of persons and property from injury, harm, or damage, together with the incidental storage of emergency development, which is necessary for the local distribution of utility services.  Typical uses include gas equipment and vehicle storage, police stations, fire stations and ancillary training facilities.

Refers to an undisturbed or relatively undisturbed site that because of its natural features, has value to society and ecosystems worth protecting, but is susceptible to further disturbance.

Means livestock grazing or a system of tillage, which depends upon large areas of land for the raising of crops or animals.  Extensive agricultural uses include buildings and other structures incidental to farming as well as farm related uses.

Means a dwelling, which is used in connection with the raising or production of crops, livestock or poultry and is situated in connection with such farming operations.  A farmstead may include a single detached dwelling, modular home or a mobile home.

Refers to material converted to principal product(s), by-products and/or waste. Does not include energy inputs to processor plant.

An idealized end towards which planned action is directed, and which provides an indication of what is to be achieved

Means the development used primarily for the raising, storage and sale of produce, bedding, household, ornamental plants and related materials such as tools, soils and fertilizers.

Means a large scale manufacturing or processing facility requiring a license, permit or authorization granted by the Natural Resources Conservation Board, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board.  Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, these uses would generally be related to the oil and gas industry and would include for example: upgraders, plants for the manufacture of petroleum products, fertilizers, chemicals and the processing of natural gas and its derivatives.  A heavy industrial use may require large amounts of land, energy, water and other natural resources in its operation.  It may also have impacts that extend beyond the boundaries of the site, such as high volumes of heavy vehicle movement; potential for pollution of air, soil or water, or nuisance as a result of noise, smoke, odour, dust, fumes, glare or humidity; or hazard arising from fire explosion, radiation or contamination.

Means a large scale manufacturing or processing facility not requiring a license, permit or authorization granted by the Natural Resources Conservation Board, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board and where development approval rests with the municipal Approving Authority.  Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, these uses would generally be related to the oil and gas industry and would include for example: upgraders, plants for the manufacture of petroleum products, fertilizers, chemicals and the processing of natural gas and its derivatives.  A heavy industrial use may require large amounts of land, energy, water and other natural resources in its operation.  It may also have impacts that extend beyond the boundaries of the site, such as high volumes of heavy vehicle movement; potential for pollution of air, soil or water, or nuisance as a result of noise, smoke, odour, dust, fumes, glare or humidity; or hazard arising from fire explosion, radiation or contamination.

Means a work of nature or of man that is primarily of value for its paleotological, archaeological, prehistoric, historic, cultural, natural, scientific or aesthetic interest. As defined by Alberta Community Development.

Refers to the services and facilities in which the municipality has capital investment and maintenance responsibilities, including roadways, sidewalks, bridges, street lights and traffic signals, transit buses, solid waste management systems, potable water distribution system, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, sports fields, playgrounds, arenas, pools, police and emergency response stations, vehicle and equipment, civic buildings, parks, boulevard trees and computer and telecommunications equipment.

Means a commercial agricultural operation other than a confined feeding operation, which, due to the nature of the operation require smaller tracts of land.  Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, this shall include: nurseries, greenhouses, market gardens, tree farms and specialty crops.

Means to preserving, enhancing or incorporation of vegetative and other materials in a development and includes combining new or existing vegetative materials with architectural elements, existing site features or other development features including fences, walls or decorative walks.

Refers to the bylaw that divides the municipality into land use districts and establishes procedures for processing and deciding upon development applications. It sets out rules that affect how each parcel of land can be used and developed and includes a zoning map.

Means an area designated for a particular type of use as designated in the Land Use Bylaw.

Refers to industrial uses that conduct their operations such that no nuisance factor is created or apparent outside an enclosed building that would make the use compatible with adjacent non-industrial uses.

Means a physical way of pedestrian related connection of one building or activity center with another, by means of walkway, pedway or sidewalk.

Means those activities that are permitted in the buffer zones surrounding heavy industrial plant sites. They minimize the exposure of dense human populations to potential upset events (i.e., release of chemicals, explosions) associated with petrochemical and other manufacturing/processing plants by restricting permanent human habitation.

Major Industrial Accident Council of Canada (1987-1999) was a voluntary organization with the primary objective of minimizing the risk from major accidents involving hazardous substances.  Standards, guidelines and interactive forums were developed.

Means a prefabricated, factory built modular unit, which is transported to a site to be placed and/or assembled.  A modular home has neither a chassis, running gear nor its own wheels.  Modular homes must be built to CSA A277 standards.

Refers to a plan adopted by Council as a municipal development plan pursuant to the Municipal Government Act.

Means Sturgeon County.

Means remnant or self-sustaining areas with native vegetation, water, or natural features.

Means land areas set aside for outdoor recreation, or education, or to protect sensitive natural features and or areas of cultural or scenic value. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, this would include for example: parks, environmentally sensitive areas, wilderness areas, natural areas, ecological reserves and archaeological sites.

Means a lawful use of land or a building, that on the date the Land Use Bylaw or any subsequent amendment becomes effective, will not or, in the case of the use of a building under construction, would not, comply with the Land Use Bylaw.

Means the North Saskatchewan River Valley, its banks and the banks of its tributary systems.

Directional statements that are usually phrased in measurable terms for given time frames.

Means “...a work of nature consisting of or containing evidence of extinct multicellular beings and includes those works or classes of works of nature designated by the regulations as paleontological resources.” As defined by Alberta Community Development.

Means recreation activities that require limited physical exertion on behalf of the participant. Examples of passive recreation activities include bird watching, walking or photography.

Refers to the minimum separation distance to be maintained between specified incompatible land uses.

A statement identifying a specific course of action for achieving objectives.

Means development of a public character including natural open space, improved parkland and active and passive recreational areas, and any facilities or buildings associated with recreation, serving the needs of a municipality, area or region.  Recreation does not include large-scale commercial entertainment facilities such as drive-in movies, motor raceways, shooting ranges, or similar uses that may be incompatible with surrounding recreational uses, or may be difficult to integrate with the natural environment.

Refers to development that includes all manner of dwellings intended for habitation by person and their associated ancillary uses.

Means a measure of the likelihood and severity of an adverse effect to health, property or the environment.  Risk is often estimated by the mathematical expectation of the consequences of an adverse event occurring, i.e. the product of expected frequency x consequence.

Means to provide for agricultural and rural-related services, storage, repair, processing and minor manufacturing uses on isolated sites outside established business industrial parks, requiring minimal servicing, to serve primarily rural residents.

Means a fence, earth berm, or hedge used to visually and/or physically separate areas.

Means an area of land established around an industrial activity to separate other adjacent land uses, particularly residential areas, from the potential effects of an industrial accident.  These distances should be determined based on risk.

Means the distance that a development must be set back from a property line or any other features of a site.

Means one or more lots or parcels for which an application for a development permit is being made, and may include streets, lanes, walkways and any other surface upon which development is proposed.

Means a commercial growing of sod through seeding and stripping of topsoil to selling of the final product.

Means a processing facility for a heavy industrial operation that includes storage tanks, processing equipment, processing ponds, waste or product storage, loading areas, staging areas, and power sub-stations (where specific to the industrial facility).  A specified heavy industrial facility does not include a pipeline, power line or railroad right of way; aesthetic landscaping; parking lots; administration buildings; maintenance buildings and public utilities (including power sub-stations that serve the area).

Means a Municipal Development Plan, Area Structure Plan, Area Redevelopment Plan or Inter-Municipal Development Plan adopted by Municipal Council pursuant to the Municipal Government Act.

Means surface run-off that is the result of precipitation.

Means a subdivision and development appeal board appointed pursuant to the Act.

Means the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (definition by the World Commission on Environment and Development).

Refers to a linear recreation corridor and associated facilities that are marked, mapped and maintained and allows for travel by people in one or a combination of non-motorized and motorized modes.

Means a land area where compatible land uses buffer heavy industrial development from other land uses such as residential, institutional and agricultural.

Refers to areas in the landscape where water is the primary factor controlling the environment and associated plant and animal life. Wetlands are transitional habitats between upland and aquatic environments where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is permanently or temporarily inundated by water.

An independently administered fund with money from industry, municipalities and the province, where homeowners within the Alberta Industrial Heartland area can apply to have their home purchased at fair market value if they feel industry is affecting their property.