Business View Civil and Municipal | September 2022

85 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 CYPRESS COUNTY , ALBERTA reduction, Cypress County reduced the number of districts in the land use bylaw. Aaserud expands, “It was becoming very cumbersome. When a developer came to town to look at lands for spec housing, for example, the development that he or she may wish to proceed with would be only discretionary and would have to go to the municipal planning commission for approval. Now there are not as many districts, and the development officer has the authority to approve them as a permitted use. So, if you’re coming to town to look at land, you know what your proposed development is going to be and you can buy those lands with certainty.” On the housing side, developer Wilde between staff and council. It was a great three days of team effort and building a vision for the county.” The resulting vision states, “Cypress County offers a highly desirable rural experience with diverse industrial and agricultural industries. Cypress County is fiscally strong and growing, with supportive communities and families to bring the municipality through the next decade and beyond.” Land use bylaw changes in 2022 have contributed to current growth in the region. As Hamilton notes, “We’ve really got things streamlined and working a lot more efficiently for developers to come in and do what they need to do to get things on the go in this county.” Following the province’s lead in red tape