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Decisions of development officer
Permitted uses - for information only
25/136 | SE 22-9-3-W4 (2, 9305 Hwy 41) Use approved: Construct a 315 sq. ft. covered deck attached to the existing 2nd residence, with a 260 sq. ft. garage addition. Date issued: September 23, 2025. |
25/127 | SE 5-12-5-W4 (5408 Twp Rd 120) Use approved: Construct a 1,800 sq. ft. residence, with an attached garage. Date issued: September 16, 2025. |
25/131 | Plan 8010792 Block 1 Lot 6 (20, 12021 Rge Rd 40) Use approved: Construct a 2,400 sq. ft. garage, including an existing 8’ x 30’ shelter, 16’ x 24’ barn and a 16’ x 24’ barn. Date issued: September 16, 2025. |
25/133 | Plan 1910248 Block 1 Lot 34 (214 Eagle Ridge Dr. Dunmore) Use approved: Construct a 3,102 sq. ft. dwelling with attached garage, covered verandah, covered deck and driveway. Site coverage 29.66%. Date issued: September 16, 2025. |
25/135 | Plan 9810717 Block 1 Lot 13 (36, 6213 Twp Rd 122) Use approved: Construct a 16’ x 20’ gazebo. Date issued: September 16, 2025. |
Note: No appeal is available for the issuance of a development permit for a permitted use unless the provisions of the land use bylaws have been relaxed, varied, or misinterpreted.
Discretionary uses
25/140 | Plan 351V Block 12 Lots 12-19 (153 – 10th Street, Dunmore) Use approved: Move on a 364 sq. ft. storage garage, with conditions. Date issued: September 30, 2025. |
25/134 | Plan 1711948 Block 1 Lot 1 (12324 Rge Rd 51A) Use approved: Move on previously owned mobile home, existing 8’ x 40’ storage container, an existing 12’ x 24’ storage building and an existing 12’ x 39’ storage building, with conditions. Date issued: September 23, 2025. |
25/137 | SE 6-13-7-W4 (2, 13008 Rge Rd 75) Use approved: Move on newly constructed RTM home, with conditions. Date issued: September 23, 2025. |
25/139 | Plan 1511146 Block 1 Lot 1 (7303 Twp Rd 120) Use approved: Move on newly constructed RTM home, with conditions. Date issued: September 23, 2025. |
25/125 | Plan 8011462 Block 1 Lot 2 (6, 11428 Josephburg Trail) Use approved: Construct a 36’ x 40’ shop for personal use, with a setback relaxation of 4.5m (15 feet) from the side property line and a size relaxation of 524 sq. ft. for maximum floor area of all accessory buildings, with conditions. Date issued: September 16, 2025. |
25/122 | Plan 0711630 Block 7 Lot 19 (308 Edgewater Place, Desert Blume) Use approved: Construct a 392 sq. ft. deck addition to the existing residence, with conditions. Date issued: September 9, 2025. |
Development Permit does not take effect until twenty-one (21) days from the date of this notice. Any person affected by a development permit for a discretionary use may appeal the decision in writing stating reasons for the appeal. The appeal shall be delivered either personally or by mail to the Cypress County office, no later than 21 days following the date of this notice to Secretary of the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board. There is a $300 fee for the first appeal received on an application.
Sale of county land
Notice is hereby given that under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, Cypress County will offer for sale, by public auction, at the Cypress County municipal office Council Chambers, Dunmore, Alberta on Tuesday, March 25, 2024 at 10 a.m. the following lands (see table below).
Each parcel will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations and conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The land is being offered for sale on an ‘as is, where is’ basis and Cypress County makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development conditions, absence, or presence of environmental contamination, or the developability of the subject land for any intended use by the Purchaser.
Cypress County may, after the public auction, become the owner of any parcel of land that is not sold at the public auction.
Terms: Cash, Bank Draft, Certified Cheque. Payment in full must be received within 21 days following the date of the auction.
Redemption may be affected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time prior to the sale.
Dated at Dunmore, Alberta, March 4, 2025
Steve Toews, Designated Officer
Notice of public hearings
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendment
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County council held a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw as shown here: Land Use Bylaw 2025/17.
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendment
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County council held a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw as shown in the Land Use Bylaw 2025/18.
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Public hearing - Amendment to Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County Council held a Public Hearing with respect to the passing of the following Bylaw as described below.
Bylaw 2025/13 Amendment to the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)
Cypress County Bylaw 2025/13 proposes to amend the newly adopted Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan Bylaw 2025/01. The IDP is a statutory plan jointly developed by the Councils of Cypress County, the Town of Redcliff, and the City of Medicine Hat. The purpose of the IDP is to provide for land use planning cooperation between the three municipalities, addressing several key planning issues such as identifying areas appropriate for specific types of development and land uses, examining future growth potential, protecting the natural environment, and creating policies to address subdivision and development matters. Bylaw 2025/13 accommodates revisions particular to the Rural Development Area (east) policy area of the IDP:
• Amending Section 2.5 Overall Land Use Areas by adjusting the Land Use Area Summary
• Amending Section 4.12 Rural Development Area by removing reference to Highway 41
• Amending Maps A – H (inclusive) to reduce the boundary of the Rural Development Area (east)
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The amendment was approved.
Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendment
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, and amendments thereto, the Cypress County council held a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw: Land Use Bylaw 2025/12.
A public hearing on the matter was held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The bylaw was approved.
Notice of applications
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE FOR THE TEMPORARY OCCUPATION OR USE OF A ROAD ALLOWANCE
Notice is hereby given that Kevin Friemark of Cypress County has made application to Cypress County, Dunmore for a licence to temporarily occupy or use the following road allowance(s):
All that portion of statutory road allowance adjoining the north boundary of Section twenty (20); and the north boundary of the northeast quarter of Section 19; all in Township eleven (11) Range three (3) west of the 4th Meridian.
Any protest against the granting of the above mentioned licence must be must be forwarded to Cypress County, 816 2nd Ave, Dunmore AB T1B 0K3, within thirty days from the date of this notice.
Dated at Dunmore, Alberta
Name: Kevin Friemark
Date: Sept. 23, 2025