Spring Creek Mountain Village Area Redevelopment Plan

What is Happening

The Town of Canmore has received an application to amend the Spring Creek Village Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) and the Town of Canmore’s Land Use Bylaw, as follows:

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

1. Changing the north-west ARP boundary to include two additional lots for low density residential development (Lots 5 and 6, Block 83, Plan 1095F) 
2. Updating the maps and figures to reflect the ARP boundary change
3. Increasing the number of visitor accommodation units permitted in the Village from 200 to 250
4. Increasing the total floor area for local commercial permitted in the Village from 2500 m2 to       3500 m2
5. Changing the creek setback requirements for the parcels just north-west of the Malcolm Hotel

The red-lined copy of the ARP is available for review  pdf here (9.45 MB) .

PROPOSED MAPPING AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE BYLAW 

1. SCMV-C - Spring Creek Mountain Village Visitor Accommodation Direct Control District
2. SCMV-CR - Spring Creek Mountain Village Comprehensive Residential Direct Control District 
3. PD - Public Use District
4. MHP – Manufactured Home Park Family Residential District
5. R1 – Residential Detached District

The zoning maps are available for review pdf here (399 KB) .

PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE BYLAW 

1. Increasing the number of visitor accommodation units permitted in the Village from 200 to 250
2. Increasing the total floor area for local commercial permitted in the Village from 2500 m2 to 3500 m2
3. Increasing the number of tourist home units permitted in the Village from 300 to 325
4. Changing the specific parking requirements for new development in the Village to align more closely with the Town’s area-wide parking requirements
5. Changing the creek setback requirements for the parcels just north-west of the Malcolm Hotel
6. Changing the boundaries between the R1 District and the SCMV-C District (north-west of the Malcolm Hotel)
7. Resizing the boundaries of a PD District to reflect the size of a future Municipal Reserve Parcel
8. Expanding the boundaries of the SCMV-CR District to include the area south of the Village (zoned MHP) and referred to as Stage 4
9. Updating the figures and residential unit estimates to reflect Stage 4 development
10. Removing the limitation of the number of storeys in each height zone

The red-lined copies of the proposed changes to the Land Use Bylaw are available for review below:
pdf SCMV C DC District RED LINE (283 KB)

pdf SCMV CR DC District RED LINE (1.74 MB) pdf
(283 KB)

pdf SECTION 1 LUB RED LINE 2022 06 14 (96 KB)

Other Documents

pdf SCMV Traffic Impact Assessment Update (427 KB)

Next Steps - Updated June 28, 2022

• The proposed amendments will be presented to Council for consideration of first reading on July 5, 2022. 
• If Council chooses to give first reading to the bylaws, it signals that they would like to formally hear from the public on the application and a public hearing would be scheduled.
• At the public hearing, members of the public would have an opportunity to provide their feedback directly to Council on the proposed bylaws.
• Council would then consider second and third reading of the bylaws.
• If Council defeats the bylaws at any point in this process, then the existing rules remain in place.

Questions

Please fill out the Contact Planning Form and a member of the Planning & Development team will respond to you.