The purpose of this Bylaw is to regulate and control or to prohibit the use and development of land and buildings within The City to achieve the orderly, economical and beneficial development use of land and patterns of human settlement for the overall greater public interest and for that purpose, amongst other things:

(a) to divide The City into districts,
(b) to prescribe for each district the one or more uses of land and buildings that: 
      (i) are permitted, with or without conditions, 
      (ii) may be allowed as discretionary uses, with or without conditions,
(c) to establish the office of one or more development officers,
(d) to establish a method of making decisions on applications for development permits and issuing development permits,
(e) to provide the manner in which notice of the issuance of a development permit is to be given.

For more information about The City's Land Use Bylaw please contact the Inspections & Licensing department at 403.342-8190.