Final stages of a growth plan for south shores of Buffalo Lake will be presented and discussed at a public hearing this Saturday in Erskine School.
Property owners will be invited to express views on the Buffalo Lake South Shore Inter-municipal Development Plan during the hearing at Erskine School at 10 a.m.
“The plan proposes a small-lot area adjacent to the lakeshore and lots would be limited to one-quarter acre,” said Johan van der Bank, director of planning and development for the County of Stettler.
This IDP is part of the Buffalo Lake Inter-municipal Development Plan that was adopted in 2010 by the County of Stettler, Summer Village of Rochon Sands and the Summer Village of White Sands to guide future growth within the Buffalo Lake South Shore growth node plan that is drawing to conclusion.
With the potential to develop 2,377 new residential lots on the south, he said that figure could be very high considering than an annual average of 12 lots have been developed in the last 35 years.
“We are wrapping it up now,” van der Bank said.
Initiated in February 2012, the plan covers aspects such as the natural environment, future development (land uses, development density, lot sizes), servicing (roads, water supply and sewage disposal), and public access to the lake.
All development must have communal water and sewer systems, van der Bank said.
After the hearing, the planning committee will review public comments and the document and present it to the councils in June for second and final reading with the amendments.
For further information, contact van der Bank by phone at 403-742-4441.