Notices

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Permitted uses - for information only

25/07Plan 1512703 Block 2 Lot 1 (12216 Rge Rd 65) Use approved: Construct a 3,421 sq. ft. dwelling with a 1,660 sq. ft. attached garage. Date issued: February 18, 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

25/01NE 4-11-3-W4 Use approved: Existing meteorological tower, with conditions. Date issued: February 18, 2025.
25/02NE 35-9-3-W4 Use approved: Existing meteorological tower, with conditions. Date issued: February 18, 2025.
25/03Plan 1612191 Block 12 Lot 21 (38 Dunes Link, Desert Blume) Use approved: Construct a 1,815 sq. ft. bungalow with 936 sq. ft. attached garage. Site coverage 53.5%, with conditions. Date issued: February 18, 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.

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 Wednesday, March 26, 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 13, 2024

Steve Toews, Designated Officer

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 will hold a public hearing with respect to the passing of the following bylaw: Bylaw 2025/03 – PN NW 1-12-5-W4, FROM Agricultural District 1 TO Hamlet Industrial District.

A public hearing on the matter will be held at the Council Chamber of the Cypress County administration office in Dunmore at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. 

Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan joint public hearing set for Feb. 12

Please be advised that the Councils of Cypress County, the Town of Redcliff and the City of Medicine Hat have each passed first reading and will be holding a JOINT PUBLIC HEARING commencing 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Eresman Theatre at Medicine Hat College (299 College Dr. SE Medicine Hat) for the following bylaws:

• Town of Redcliff Bylaw #1980/2025 - being the adoption of the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)

• Cypress County Bylaw # 2025/01 - being the adoption of the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)

• City of Medicine Hat Bylaw # 4846 - being the adoption of the Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)

The proposed IDP is a statutory plan jointly developed by the Councils of the three municipalities. The purpose of the IDP is to provide for land use planning cooperation between the municipalities. The IDP addresses several key planning issues on lands in proximity to municipal boundaries such as identifying areas that are 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. The IDP boundary is shown in the attached map. The IDP also provides policy direction that requires consistency with, and changes to the Town, County and City Municipal Development Plans.

Public hearing submissions

Each council in session will consider any oral or written submission from interested persons or groups wishing to speak for or against the proposed bylaws noted above. Unless otherwise allowed by the chair, oral submissions will be limited to 5 minutes. 

Written submissions had to be received no later than 12 p.m., on Feb. 5, 2025 by the City of Medicine Hat.

Click here to view the agenda including written submissions.

To view proposed bylaws

Copies of the relevant bylaws may be reviewed at each municipality’s office during regular business hours or viewed on each municipality’s website. Complete information regarding this project can be found at: shapeyourcity.medicinehat.ca/intermunicipal-development-plan-2

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: Bylaw 2025/02 – PN SW 22-12-6-W4, FROM Agricultural District 1 TO Country Residential Limited.

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, Feb. 4, 2025. The bylaw was approved.

Public hearing - Land Use Bylaw amendments

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 amendment 2024/23.

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, Jan. 14, 2025. The bylaw was approved.

Notice of application for letter of concurrence of an installation of a telecommunications tower

Notice is hereby given that: Altalink Management Ltd.

Has made application to Cypress County, Dunmore for a Letter of Concurrence for the Construction of a Proposed Telecommunications Tower to be approximately 35 meters in height, to support the proposed Jurassic Solar Project Connection.

Location: Northwest quarter of Section 18, Township 20, Range 10, West of the 4th Meridian.

Any protest against the granting of the above mentioned Letter of Concurrence 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: January 28, 2025