Yorkton City Administration has tabled its preliminary budget for 2023 which could raise taxes to 3.93 per cent $6.50 to $7 more per average property owner.
The property in question is adjacent to the City’s easterly corporate boundary and also adjacent to City-owned lands that lie within the RM of Wallace, explained Michael Eger – Director of Planning, Building & Development with the City. The subject lands are designated for Commercial land use in the District Plan, and zoned High Profile Commercial/Light Industrial (HPC) in the RM’s Zoning Bylaw. In order to accommodate the application, the RM is considering a text amendment to their zoning bylaw which would make a Salvage Yard/Machine wrecker a Discretionary Use in that zone. Under Planning and Development Act, 2007, the RM was required to issue public notice to adjacent landowners. The City received formal notice of the application and the RM’s intent to consider at a Public Hearing, to be held on Feb. 12, noted Eger.