Table of Contents
Section 1: General 1
1.1.0 Title 1
1.2.0 Purpose 1
1.3.0 Enabling Legislation 1
1.4.0 Districts 1
1.5.0 Uses And Regulations 1
1.6.0 Compliance With Other Legislation 1
1.7.0 Non-Conforming Uses 2
1.8.0 Minister’s Standing 3
1.9.0 Development Applications Process 3
1.10.0 Development Fees 3
Section 2: Interpretive Clauses 5
2.1.0 Rules Of Interpretation 5
2.2.0 District Boundaries 5
2.3.0 Definitions 6
Section 3: Duties and Responsibilities 35
3.1.0 Development Officer 35
3.2.0 Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) 36
3.3.0 Development Appeal Board (DAB) 37
Section 4: Development Permits 41
4.1.0 Development Permit Required 41
4.2.0 Development Permit Exemptions 41
4.3.0 Development Permit Applications 42
4.4.0 Notice of Development Permit Application 48
4.5.0 Decisions On Permitted Uses 48
4.6.0 Decisions On Discretionary Uses 49
4.7.0 Variances 50
4.8.0 Conditions Of Development Permits 50
4.9.0 Notification Of Decision 52
4.10.0 Effective Date Of A Development Permit 52
4.11.0 Expiry Of A Development Permit 53
4.12.0 Temporary Development Permits 53
4.13.0 Revocation or Suspension Of A Development Permit 54
4.14.0 Resubmission Interval 54
4.15.0 Development Permit Appeals 55
Section 5: Subdivision of Land 57
5.1.0 Approval Requirements 57
5.2.0 Application 57
5.3.0 Decision 58
5.4.0 Conditions Of Subdivision Approval 60
5.5.0 Applicant’s Obligations 61
5.6.0 Subdivision Appeals 62
Section 6: Enforcement of the Bylaw 65
6.1.0 Enforcement Officers 65
6.2.0 Offences 65
6.3.0 Penalties 65
6.4.0 Offence Tickets 65
6.5.0 Stop Orders And Injunctions 66
Section 7: Amendments to the Bylaw 67
Section 8: General Development Regulations 69
8.1.0 Environmental Assessment 69
8.2.0 Design Standards 69
8.3.0 Environmental Design Standards 69
8.4.0 Tree Removal and Protection 71
8.5.0 Yards on Corner, Double Fronting, And Through Sites 71
8.6.0 Projections Into or Under Yards 71
8.7.0 Canopies and Awnings 73
8.8.0 Fences 73
8.9.0 Accessory Buildings 74
8.10.0 Accessory Dwelling Housing 75
8.11.0 Objects and Uses Prohibited or Restricted 76
8.12.0 Building Height 77
8.13.0 Hardsurfacing Of Parking And Loading Areas 78
8.14.0 Access 78
8.15.0 Relocation Of Structures 78
8.16.0 Off-Street Parking 78
8.17.0 Off-Street Loading 84
8.18.0 Off-Street Garbage And Recycling 84
8.19.0 Required Housing 85
8.20.0 Amenity Area 87
8.21.0 Building Separation 88
8.22.0 Outdoor Lighting 88
Section 9: Commercial Growth Management Allocation Regulations 91
9.1.0 Annual Commercial Use Development Allotment
9.2.0 Types of Commercial Use Development Applications
9.3.0 Number of Commercial Use Development Allotment Applications
9.4.0 Transferability
9.5.0 Existing Commercial Gross Floor Area (GFA) Transferability
9.6.0 Commercial Use Development Allotment Exceptions
9.7.0 Annual Submission Date
9.8.0 Banking and Expiration of Commercial Use Development Allotments
9.9.0 Commercial Use Development Allotment Review and Allocation Procedure
9.10.0 Appeals from Decisions of the Development Officer
Section 10: Specific Use Regulations 99
10.1.0 Home Occupations 99
10.2.0 Vehicular Oriented Uses 100
10.3.0 Bed And Breakfast Homes 101
10.4.0 Bed And Breakfast Inns 103
10.5.0 Storefront Cannabis Retail 104
Section 11: Signs 105
11.0.0 Signs 105
11.1.0 Approval Required 105
11.2.0 Exemptions From Development Permits 105
11.3.0 Prohibitions 107
11.4.0 Design Standards 108
11.5.0 Coordination 108
11.6.0 Location 109
11.7.0 Abandoned And Unlawful Signs 109
11.8.0 General Sign Regulations 110
Section 12: District Development Regulations 115
Commercial Districts
12.1.0 CA: Commercial Accommodation District 117
12.2.0 CB: Banff Springs Hotel District 121
12.3.0 CD: Downtown District 125
12.4.0 CR: Railway Lands District 129
12.5.0 CS: Commercial Service District 133
12.6.0 CT: Tunnel Mountain District 137
Public / Institutional Districts
12.7.0 PB: Banff Centre District 141
12.8.0 PE: Environmental Protection District 145
12.9.0 PP: Parkland District 147
12.10.0 PS: Public Service District 151
Residential Districts
12.11.0 RBA: Banff Avenue District 155
12.12.0 RBS: Banff Springs District 159
12.13.0 RCA: Cave Avenue District 163
12.14.0 RCM: Central Muskrat District 167
12.15.0 RCN: Cougar North District 171
12.16.0 RCR: Cougar/Rabbit District 175
12.17.0 RGA: Glen Avenue District 179
12.18.0 RMR: Marmot/Rundle District 183
12.19.0 RMS I: Middle Springs I District 187
12.20.0 RMS II(B): Middle Springs II(B) District 191
12.21.0 RMS II(C): Middle Springs II(C) District 195
12.22.0 RMS II(D): Middle Springs II(D) District 199
12.23.0 RMS II(E): Middle Springs II(E) District 205
12.24.0 RMS II(F): Middle Springs II(F) District 209
12.25.0 RNC: North Central District 213
12.26.0 RRA: Rainbow Avenue District 217
12.27.0 RRF: River Front District 221
12.28.0 RSA: Spray Avenue District 225
12.29.0 RSC: Squirrel/Cougar District 229
12.30.0 RTM: Tunnel Mountain District 233
12.31.0 RTR: Tatanga Ridge District 237
12.32.0 RVV: Valley View District 241
12.33.0 RWB: West Birch District 245
12.34.0 RR: Residential Reserve District 249
Schedules
Schedule ’A’ - Land Use Map
Schedule ’B’ - Design Guidelines
Schedule ’C’ - Interpretive Diagrams
Schedule ’E’ - Application Notification Sign Requirements
Schedule ’F’ - Wildfire Risk Zones Map
Schedule ’G’ - Development Fees
Schedule ’H’ - Properties Qualifying for Distance to Core Reduction
Schedule ’I’ - Properties Qualifying for Transit Proximity Reduction