Discretionary Use Proposal

Emmanuel Baptist Church has submitted a Discretionary Use application requesting approval to develop a Private School at 1636 Acadia Drive in the Wildwood neighbourhood. This site is zoned R1A - One Unit Residential District under Bylaw No. 8770, 2009 The City of Saskatoon Zoning Bylaw (Zoning Bylaw). The purpose of the R1A District is to provide for residential development in the form of one-unit dwellings as well as related community uses.

The Zoning Bylaw defines defines a Private School as "a facility which meets Provincial requirements for elementary, secondary, post-secondary or other forms of education or training, and which does not secure the majority of its funding from taxation or any governmental agency, and may include vocational and commercial schools, music or dance schools and other similar schools."

Subject to Discretionary Use approval, 1636 Acadia Drive will be permitted to operate as a Private School for up to 105 students at any one time and will occupy 5 classrooms within a portion of the existing building.

The existing building is currently occupied by a Place of Worship which is not proposed to change as part of this application.

The Place of Worship and the proposed Private School will require a total of 72 parking spaces. As identified on the Site Plan, 78 parking spaces have been provided.

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Provide Feedback

Questions and comments on this proposal are invited at this time by contacting: 

Tyler Kopp, Planner 

tyler.kopp@saskatoon.ca

306.986.3639

Site Plan:

What is a Discretionary Use?

All property in the City of Saskatoon is assigned a zoning designation. Within each zoning designation, specific land uses are either permitted, prohibited, or discretionary. A Discretionary Use is a land use that is generally consistent with the permitted uses in a zoning district. As per Section 4.7.2 of the Zoning Bylaw, a Discretionary Use may be allowed either at the discretion of City Council or City Administration. Either approving authority can approve, approve with conditions, or deny a Discretionary Use application. The approving authority for a Private School in the R1A District is City Council.

The Planning and Development Department evaluates Discretionary Use applications on a case-by-case basis considering the site itself, as well as the surrounding context including nearby land uses. A Discretionary Use approval is applied to a specific site, not the applicant. Any change in size or intensity of the use approved would require a new Discretionary Use application.

What is a Private School?

The Zoning Bylaw defines a Private School as "a facility which meets Provincial requirements for elementary, secondary, post-secondary or other forms of education or training, and which does not secure the majority of its funding from taxation or any governmental agency, and may include vocational and commercial schools, music or dance schools and other similar schools."

Process

When a Discretionary Use application is received by the Planning and Development Department, it is circulated to internal Civic Departments to identify conformance or conflict with the Official Community Plan, the Zoning Bylaw, and any other applicable policies and regulations.  Departments that review the application include Planning and Development, Transportation & Construction, Environment & Utilities, Fire & Protective Services, and Building Standards.

Once the application has been reviewed by internal Civic Departments, public consultation on the application is undertaken.  Registered property owners typically within 75 to 150 metres of the subject site and the Ward Councillor are notified of the proposed Discretionary Use application as per the City’s Public Notice Policy.  When considered necessary, a public information meeting may be held to provide information to area residents on the Discretionary Use application, answer questions, and receive feedback.

Information collected from the internal review and public consultation processes will be considered by City Administration or City Council.  The application may then be approved, approved with conditions, or denied.