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Tri-CouncilRegional Growth Plan
For Sawridge First Nation | MD of Lesser Slave River | Town of Slave Lake
Map AtlasEIDOS Consultants Incorporated
Suggested Citation:EIDOS Consultants Incorporated. 2015. Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan- for Sawridge First Nation, MD of Lesser Slave River and Town of Slave Lake- Map Atlas. Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No 124. Slave Lake, Alberta
January, 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 MAP ATLAS ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.1 Geographic Information System and Mapping ................................ 1 1.1.2 Data Sources ................................................................................................... 1 1.1.3 Metadata .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1.4 Common Project Display Projection ...................................................... 1 1.1.5 Mapping Limitations and Interpretation ............................................. 2
2 MAPS ................................................................................................................................... 2
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2—a Legend For Terrain Units, Maps 3.3 to 3.10 ....................................... 4
Table 2—b Regional General Land Use Districts and Equivalent Districts
for Town and Municipal District ............................................................. 7
LIST OF MAPS
Map 1.1 Study Area Map 2.1 Regional Context Map 3.1 Environmental Context Map 3.2 Orthophoto Map 3.3 Terrain Assessment – Assineau Map 3.4 Terrain Assessment – Canyon Creek Map 3.5 Terrain Assessment – Wagner Map 3.6 Terrain Assessment – Slave Lake North Map 3.7 Terrain Assessment – Slave Lake South Map 3.8 Terrain Assessment – Lesser Slave River Map 3.9 Terrain Assessment – Mitsue Map 3.10 Terrain Assessment – Marten River Map 4.1 Land Use- Existing Map 4.2 Municipal Infrastructure- East Map 4.3 Municipal Infrastructure- West Map 4.4 Regional Land Use Plan- East Map 4.5 Regional Land Use Plan- West
Map 4.6 Intermunicipal Development Plan
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TRI-COUNCIL REGIONAL GROWTH PLAN DOCUMENTS
This Report is one of a set of three documents prepared for the Tri-Council
Regional Growth Plan, including:
Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan –Policies and Agreements
Policies and two agreements for an integrated regional growth plan.
Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Background Report
Background research and findings as well as study definition and
governance context. This document contains a project description with key
descriptions, assumptions and acronyms and glossary definitions that are
used throughout the three documents.
Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Map Atlas
Map compilation for the Regional Growth Plan.
A summary of cross references between documents is provided in the
following table:
Table ES – a Document Cross References
Agreement and Policies Background Report Map Atlas
Agreements Policies
Regional Growth Plan Agreement
1 Introduction: Why Collaborate, Principles Vision, Goals and Guiding Principles
1 Introduction: Study Definition, Tri Council Regional Governance Context
Map 1.1 Study Area
2 Inter-Jurisdictional Collaboration: Background, Goals, Policies and Objectives
1 Introduction: 1.3 Tri-Council Governance Context
3 Environmental Stewardship:
Goals, Policies and Objectives
3 Environmental Management: Context, Environmental Knowledge and Mapping, Regional Land Stewardship Planning, Environmental Risk Mitigation
Map 3.1 Environmental Context Map 3.2 Orthophoto Maps 3.3 to 3.10 Terrain Assessment –
various sheets With extended legend in the Atlas text.
4 Social Responsibility: Goals, Policies and Objectives
2.1 Population Growth 2.3 Housing 4.3 Educational, Community and Protective Services
5 Economic Prosperity: Goals, Policies and Objectives
2 Economic Development and Housing: 2.1 Population Growth 2.2 Economic Development
2.1 Regional Context
6 Managing Growth Goals, Policies and Objectives
4 Managing Growth: 4.1 Planning Influences 4.2 Infrastructure and Transportation Systems 4.4 Crown Land Ownership 4.6 Land Supply and Demand, 4.7 Development Opportunity Assessments. 4.8 Regional Land Use Plan 4.9 Tri Council Referral Boundaries
Map 4.1 Land Use- Existing Map 4.2 and 4.3 Municipal Infrastructure –
West & East Map 4.4 and 4.5 Regional Land Use Plan
West & East
Intermunicipal Development Plan
7 Intermunicipal Planning Land use relations between the Town and M.D.
Map 4.6 Intermunicipal Development Plan
Regional Growth Plan Agreement
8 Implementation Action Plan, Plan Evaluation and Renewal
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1 MAP ATLAS
1.1 Introduction A set of maps are presented in this large format document so
that map information can be viewed at a legible scale in a
convenient format. The atlas is companion document to the
report entitled “Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan- Background
Report”. Individual maps are keyed to the text of the
Background Report which provides the context and some
descriptions related to the map compositions.
Both the Town and MD 124 currently have deployed
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for various purposes
including municipal property assessments; permit tracking,
infrastructure management and planning. An objective of the
Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan (RGP) was to enhance these
data sets with new regional GIS data to facilitate ongoing
planning.
1.1.1 Geographic Information System and Mapping
The set of maps are for the most part generated from GIS
“shapefiles” (common data format) which relies on software
which processes and displays geospatial data. A variety of
software has been used to generate, store, manage and display
the spatial data contained in the map set including:
ESRI ArcGIS (v10.2): delivery format
Manifold (v8.2) – data base construction GIS routines
and geoprocessing.
PostgreSQL (v9.2): server-based GIS database for
efficient storage and GIS SQL server for large regional
scaled GIS data sets for multiple vendor clients.
SAGA (v2.1): geoprocessing of LIDAR imagery for this
project to produce map components including
hillshades (rendered topographic model), colorized
physiographic hillshade models and contours.
Adobe Creative Cloud (v6) including Illustrator,
Photoshop, and InDesign: used for the cartographic
image assembly and printing.
All of the products produced by the above software are fully
licensed to EIDOS Consultants Incorporated.
1.1.2 Data Sources
The Map Atlas draws on data from a number of sources:
Town of Slave Lake: data (shapefiles) supplied with
permission from their GIS consultant, Associated
Engineering Alberta Ltd, Edmonton
MD 124 Lesser Slave River: data (shapefiles) supplied
with permission from their GIS consultants Zap
Consulting, High Prairie and, Associated Engineering
Alberta Ltd, Edmonton.
Open Source Public Data: shapefiles with open source
licences for a variety of information such as
environmental data, parks and protected areas, generally
published by government agencies,
Government of Alberta (GoA) base features, LIDAR,
orthophotos, etc which have been made available to the
project under a single use licence managed by the
Municipal Affairs, Regional Recovery Coordination
Group.
Some displayed data has been generated by the Consultant
from supplied data sources including hillshade background
display (Map 1.1) contour data or our sub consultants such as
the Terrain analysis maps. All data generated by the Consultant
becomes the property of Tri-Council.
1.1.3 Metadata
GIS files and database sets are accompanied by Metadata.
Metadata provides a description about the spatial data,
contained in a shape file or geodatabase including data
sources, techniques of data creation, database conventions and
geographic projection (source and display). New spatial data
produced in the study will be accompanied by metadata, but in
some cases limited by source data that came to the project
without Metadata,
1.1.4 Common Project Display Projection
Maps are displayed in a variety of geographic projections which
warp the earth’s curvature to create a flat representation on a
map sheet. The source data has been received in a variety of
projections commonly in use in Alberta including: Geographic
(Lat/Log) 10TM- Resource (115o), 10TM- Forestry (115o), UTM
zone 11(117o), UTM zone 12 (113o), and 3TM (114o). The RGP
project has adopted 3TM (114o).display projection for the
following reasons:
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Projection of choice for one of the two jurisdictions with
GIS systems.
Typical projection for an urbanized area (e.g. Calgary
Edmonton, Cold Lake).
The fifth meridian (114oW) occurs within the RGP study
area producing reasonably rectilinear (N-S and E-W)
displays of the Alberta Township Survey (ATS) grid.
The RGP Study Area generally fits the 3 degree window
of the 3TM 114o projection (i.e. generally fits between
1.5o to the east or west of 114o)
Should the data be needed in another projection, most GIS
software can be reprojected “on the fly”. In addition, most of
the source data sets have been left in their original projection
and only the display reprojected.
1.1.5 Mapping Limitations and Interpretation
The Regional Growth Plan and the related maps are intended
as a high level planning and policy guide. The maps are not
intended to be utilized as the basis of individual development
initiatives. Further detailed site investigations are require before
proceeding with individual developments. More specific
investigations are required related to:
Survey: topographic contours have been derived from
aerial LIDAR and have not been field validated. They are
intended to show terrain patterns and gradients rather
than absolute elevations. For that reason, contour labels
have not been shown.
Flood Plain Risk Mapping: of the many tributaries and
rivers within the RGP study area, only the Sawridge
Creek has a mapped flood risk study. Flooding in the
vicinity of all the other water courses or depressional
areas has an unquantified risk. Flood plain risk mapping
must precede all developments in the vicinity of
unmapped water courses in the RGP Study Area.
Geotechnical Investigations: the soil and terrain
limitations mapping was done by interpretation of
imagery and topographic contour information, with
limited ground truthing. Geotechnical site investigations
are needed to determine site and soil conditions prior
to local scale planning and site development. Ice flow
and thrust risk assessments would need to be further
assessed in areas identified with this type of risk.
2 MAPS
The following provide some explanations and descriptions of
map content to assist the reader in interpreting the displayed
information.
Map 1.1 Study Area
The RGP study area (bounded in a heavy red line) is
approximately 50km (E/W) by 40km (N/S). The RGP general
bounds have been set to include:
East: Assineau to MD124 Boundary
West: Mitue Industrial Area plus a buffer
South: southern limit of highway 2 south of Mitsue
North: Marten Beach and the Highway 88 and 750
Gateway Intersection
The RGP study area is discontinuous and irregular in shape. The
reason for this is the extraordinary amount of data associated
with the orthophotos and LIDAR needed to generate the
Terrain Analysis Maps. Non essential (not likely to be
developed) areas have been eliminated wherever possible.
The study area is displayed over a colorized physiographic map
generated from LIDAR imagery. The background displays
elevations in colour gradients from low elevations, starting at
blue to high elevations depicted in red brown (a 600 meter
difference in elevation).
Other information presented in the study area includes:
Sawridge First Nation boundaries
MD 124 Lesser Slave River boundary
Town of Slave Lake boundary
Area Structure Plan boundaries
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Prior Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP 2000)
boundary
Map 2.1 Regional Context
The intent of Map 2.1 is to provide a map to support the
description of economic context in the Background Report. The
sphere of economic influence of the Tri-Council extends well
beyond the RGP Study area. This larger scale map depicts the
major administrative and economic features of a region
centered on the MD’s of Lesser Slave River, Big Lakes Northern
Sunrise and Opportunity. Key economic features are:
InSitu Oilsands Projects and Oil Sands Leases
Forest Management Agreement Areas
Major Industrial Plants
and related major infrastructure including:
Pipelines
Railways
Paved and gravel roadways.
Power lines
Map 3.1 Environmental Context
Environmental Management and sustainable development are
an important aspect of the RGP and this plan describes the
environmental context and the key environmental features
within and surrounding the RGP study area. The feature of
international significance is Lesser Slave Lake. This map is
scaled to include the entire Lesser Slave Watershed boundary.
Environmental features displayed include:
Parks and Protected Areas
Environmentally Significant Areas
Natural Sub Regions of Alberta
Critical Habitat Areas
Watershed Boundaries.
A description of the features directly affecting the RGP study
area is summarized in Section 3 of the Background Report.
Map 3.2 OrthoPhoto
A series of orthophoto tiles have been assembled to provide a
pictorial representation of the land cover for the RGP study
area. The orthophotos have been enhanced by digitally adding
a hillshade representation to accentuate relief. The orthophoto
series captures the burn scars following the May 2011 wildfires.
Map 3.3 – 3.10 Terrain Analysis – Various Sheets
3.3 Assineau
3.4 Canyon Creek
3.5 Wagner
3.6 Slave Lake North
3.7 Slave Lake South
3.8 Lesser Slave River
3.9 Mitsue
3.10 Marten River
This series of maps provides an assessment of terrain
conditions which can be interpreted for both development and
conservation values. The mapping assembles a number of
features including:
Orthophoto background
Contours (1m Interval)
Environmental features from Map 3.1
Man made development constraints (setbacks for
railways, wastewater treatment facilities, landfills,
pipelines and well heads)
Terrain analysis (undertaken by Pedocan Land
Evaluation).
The soil and terrain mapping was done by interpretation of
imagery and topographic contour information, with limited
ground truthing. Geotechnical and more detailed site
investigations are needed to determine more specific site and
soil conditions prior to local scale planning and site
development.
An extended legend for the 15 types of terrain units
encountered are presented in Table 2—a.
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Table 2—a Legend For Terrain Units, Maps 3.3 to 3.10
Terrain Unit
Brief Description Description Limitations Biodiversity Potential / Comments
Br Beach ridges Beach ridges on shore of Lesser Slave Lake Beach ridges, potential for ice thrusting.
Risk of ice thrusting and damage to structures. Within the expected zone of consideration for environmental reserve to protect lake quality and lake access for recreation. Coarse sandy soils are unstable and erodible if vegetation is removed.
Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat.
Terrain Unit
Brief Description Description Limitations Biodiversity Potential / Comments
Br Beach ridges Beach ridges on shore of Lesser Slave Lake Beach ridges, potential for ice thrusting.
Risk of ice thrusting and damage to structures. Within the expected zone of consideration for environmental reserve to protect lake quality and lake access for recreation. Coarse sandy soils are unstable and erodible if vegetation is removed.
Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat.
Brs Beach ridge and wetland swale
Beach ridge and wetland swale complex adjacent to the lake. Sand ridges and wetland swales.
Severe limitations to development due to wetness and sand. Water table is likely connected to the lake level.
High biodiversity values for plants and birds. Good candidate landscapes for ER protection.
Cs Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels
Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels, evidence of mass wasting.
Risk of unstable soils. High water erosion risk. Complex surface topography.
High diversity of ecosite types and plant species.
E Escarpment Very steep, eroded slopes along edges of upper plateaux and along edges of glacial meltwater channels (creek banks, channel sides.)
Erodible and unstable due to slope; often seepage zones along the toe slope. Scenic view points along the top of the escarpments.
Potential for rare plant species
Gs Glacio-fluvial deposits Sand and gravelly sand, potential for aggregate extraction.
Potential aggregate sources.
La Lacustrine plain (arable) Lacustrine clay blanket on the Assineau River Fan. Incised stream channels. Agricultural land use capability, gentle slopes.
Floodway and Flood Fringe are not mapped to our knowledge. Well-drained soils have agricultural land use capability and part of the fan is currently farmed. The toe of the fan is probably within the flood fringe of Lesser Slave Lake. The La land is suitable for housing – at cost of loss of agricultural land.
Low biodiversity on broken/farmed land.
Ls Lacustrine plain (sandy) Sandy soils. Possible high water table. Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species.
Mb Moraine benchland Moraine upland with benched (terraced) slopes.
Topography provides opportunity for scenic views. Soils on level areas may have wetness limitations due to seepage and ponded water.
High diversity of ecosite types and plant species.
Mm Moraine with moderate slopes
Moderate slopes (usually less than 10%), inclusions of wet soils in concave positions.
Sloping or rolling topography. Mostly well drained soils but will have some wet areas. Few limitations to development subject to geotechnical investigation.
Potential for rare plant species
Ms Moraine with steep slopes
Moraine, steep slopes (10 to 30%), includes dissected and hummocky and simple slopes; wet seepage soils in lower slope positions.
Slopes of 10 to 15% or greater, may be simple slopes or hummocky or ridged /dissected. Often complex drainage with enclosed depressions. Large footprint developments (industrial yards or small lot residential) will require extensive grading and water diversion. Low density / large lot country residential can often be “fit to the landscape” to limit grading and water diversions (see Canyon Creek South as an example of how this was done). The topography can be used for natural property boundaries to separate and screen the properties and provide view opportunities. Relief and diversity of the landform pattern provides scenic values. Need Geotechnical investigations
Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.
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Terrain Unit
Brief Description Description Limitations Biodiversity Potential / Comments
Pt Plateau Plateau with gentle slopes; elevations near 750m; delimited by escarpments and steep slopes.
Steep access slopes with high erosion risk. Often gravelly, cobbly soils. Potential aggregate sources. Wet, peaty soils on level areas. Scenic viewpoints.
Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.
Sc Stream channel Stream channels and floodplains (natural and man-made) with flooding hazard.
Floodway and flood fringe mapped by ESRD for Sawridge Creek but not for other streams.
Natural landscapes have rich biodiversity with riparian and upland habitats that qualify for Significant Natural Areas classification and warrant protection (Sawridge Creek upstream of the town is example.)
Wp Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics
Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics; includes bogs and fens and peaty Gleysols; water table at or near surface.
Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy regarding protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations Wp soils have a peat layer of variable thickness in addition to the wetness limitations.
Peaty soils have value for hydrology and potential for rare species.
Ws Wet soils Wet soils (Gleysols and thin peat Organic soils) with seepage and high water table; usually gentle slopes or nearly level.
Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy re protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations.
Wetland types have value for hydrology and potential for rare species. High biodiversity value due to mix of wetland and upland ecosites.
Wsi Wet soils subject to inundation
Wet soils. Inundation when Lesser Slave Lake is high.
Wet Soils. Inundation. Require flood are mapping.
Diversity of riparian plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat
Brs Beach ridge and wetland swale
Beach ridge and wetland swale complex adjacent to the lake. Sand ridges and wetland swales.
Severe limitations to development due to wetness and sand. Water table is likely connected to the lake level.
High biodiversity values for plants and birds. Good candidate landscapes for ER protection.
Cs Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels
Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels, evidence of mass wasting.
Risk of unstable soils. High water erosion risk. Complex surface topography.
High diversity of ecosite types and plant species.
E Escarpment Very steep, eroded slopes along edges of upper plateaux and along edges of glacial meltwater channels (creek banks, channel sides.)
Erodible and unstable due to slope; often seepage zones along the toe slope. Scenic view points along the top of the escarpments.
Potential for rare plant species
Gs Glacio-fluvial deposits Sand and gravelly sand, potential for aggregate extraction.
Potential aggregate sources.
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Terrain Unit
Brief Description Description Limitations Biodiversity Potential / Comments
La Lacustrine plain (arable) Lacustrine clay blanket on the Assineau River Fan. Incised stream channels. Agricultural land use capability, gentle slopes.
Floodway and Flood Fringe are not mapped to our knowledge. Well-drained soils have agricultural land use capability and part of the fan is currently farmed. The toe of the fan is probably within the flood fringe of Lesser Slave Lake. The La land is suitable for housing – at cost of loss of agricultural land.
Low biodiversity on broken/farmed land.
Ls Lacustrine plain (sandy) Sandy soils. Possible high water table. Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species.
Mb Moraine benchland Moraine upland with benched (terraced) slopes.
Topography provides opportunity for scenic views. Soils on level areas may have wetness limitations due to seepage and ponded water.
High diversity of ecosite types and plant species.
Mm Moraine with moderate slopes
Moderate slopes (usually less than 10%), inclusions of wet soils in concave positions.
Sloping or rolling topography. Mostly well drained soils but will have some wet areas. Few limitations to development subject to geotechnical investigation.
Potential for rare plant species
Ms Moraine with steep slopes
Moraine, steep slopes (10 to 30%), includes dissected and hummocky and simple slopes; wet seepage soils in lower slope positions.
Slopes of 10 to 15% or greater, may be simple slopes or hummocky or ridged /dissected. Often complex drainage with enclosed depressions. Large footprint developments (industrial yards or small lot residential) will require extensive grading and water diversion. Low density / large lot country residential can often be “fit to the landscape” to limit grading and water diversions (see Canyon Creek South as an example of how this was done). The topography can be used for natural property boundaries to separate and screen the properties and provide view opportunities. Relief and diversity of the landform pattern provides scenic values. Need Geotechnical investigations
Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.
Pt Plateau Plateau with gentle slopes; elevations near 750m; delimited by escarpments and steep slopes.
Steep access slopes with high erosion risk. Often gravelly, cobbly soils. Potential aggregate sources. Wet, peaty soils on level areas. Scenic viewpoints.
Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.
Sc Stream channel Stream channels and floodplains (natural and man-made) with flooding hazard.
Floodway and flood fringe mapped by ESRD for Sawridge Creek but not for other streams.
Natural landscapes have rich biodiversity with riparian and upland habitats that qualify for Significant Natural Areas classification and warrant protection (Sawridge Creek upstream of the town is example.)
Wp Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics
Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics; includes bogs and fens and peaty Gleysols; water table at or near surface.
Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy regarding protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations Wp soils have a peat layer of variable thickness in addition to the wetness limitations.
Peaty soils have value for hydrology and potential for rare species.
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Terrain Unit
Brief Description Description Limitations Biodiversity Potential / Comments
Ws Wet soils Wet soils (Gleysols and thin peat Organic soils) with seepage and high water table; usually gentle slopes or nearly level.
Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy re protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations.
Wetland types have value for hydrology and potential for rare species. High biodiversity value due to mix of wetland and upland ecosites.
Wsi Wet soils subject to inundation
Wet soils. Inundation when Lesser Slave Lake is high.
Wet Soils. Inundation. Require flood are mapping.
Diversity of riparian plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat
Map 4.1 Land Use - Existing
This map illustrates a generalized land use districts for the M.D.
Further descriptions of Regional Land Use are provided in the
RGP Background Report.
Maps 4.2 and 4.3 Municipal Infrastructure, East and West
Maps 4.2 and 4.3 illustrate the existing regional water and
waste water service areas plus system features including
treatment plants, reservoirs and intake facilities. Future planned
extensions to the water system are depicted including a Tri-
Council regional water line initiative. Further descriptions of the
regional water system are provided in the RGP Background
Report.
Maps 4.4 and 4.5 Regional Land Use Plan, East and West
The regional land use plan is derived from a supply demand
assessment of land uses. The map shows priority development
areas and long term land reserves for future development.
Table 2—b shows the coorelation between Regional Growth
Plan generalized land uses and current Town and M.D. land use
dictricts
Maps 4.6 Intermunicipal Development Plan
This plan enlarges the Regional Land Use Plan to better display
lands within the IDP Plan Area. Table 2—b shows the
coorelation between Regional Growth Plan generalized land
uses and current Town and M.D. land use dictricts
Table 2—b Regional General Land Use Districts and Equivalent Districts for Town and Municipal District
Regional Land Use Plan General Land Use Districts
Town of Slave Lake Equivalent Districts
MD of Lesser Slave River Equivalent Districts
General Comments
Rural Residential CRl - Country Residential One District CR2 - Country Residential Two District CR3 - Country Residential Three District CR4 - Country Residential Four District PF - Poplar Land Floodplain District HR - Hamlet Residential District
Some portions of Sawridge IR 150H are designated as rural residential due to land characteristics supporting country residential uses.
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Regional Land Use Plan General Land Use Districts
Town of Slave Lake Equivalent Districts
MD of Lesser Slave River Equivalent Districts
General Comments
Urban Residential R1 Standard Detached Residential R1A Low Density Residential R1C Estate Residential R1D Detached Dwelling /Mobile Home R2 Medium Density Residential R2A Zero Lot Line R3 High Density Residential R3A High Density Apartment District RMHS Mobile Home Subdivision RMHP Residential Mobile Home Park RPSL Residential Planned Small Lot
UR - Urban Reserve District Future Urban Residential will also include related uses such as neighborhood commercial, schools and parks, and environmental reserves.
Commercial C3 Highway Commercial C4 Neighbourhood Commercial C5 Commercial Shopping Centre C1 Central Commercial C1A Mixed Commercial/Residential C2 Secondary Commercial
RC - Rural Commercial District HC – Highway Commercial District
Heavy Industrial M - Industrial District- Mitsue Area
Light Industrial M1 Light Industrial M2 General Industrial M3 Airport Industrial M3A Special Airport Industrial M4 Small Holdings Industrial Bl Business Industrial
M - Industrial District – in vicinity of Town of Slave Lake
Country Residential / Light Industrial
The M.D. intends to develop a land use district as a large (`10 ac), unserviced lot, with country residential frontage and discretionary non-frontage light industrial.
Institutional I Institutional
Recreation Parks and Tourism
RR1 Recreation Facility and Resort? P Community
CSP - Community Services & Parks District RF - Recreation Facility & Resort District CM - Lesser Slave River Marina District
Combined parks and school sites are included in this category, otherwise schools are classified under Institutional
Environmentally Sensitive Areas
E Environment HWY88 & Floodplain
Direct Control CDC Council Direct Control UE Urban Expansion
DC - Direct Control District
Urban Service / Utility Major infrastructure sites, e.g. lagoons, waste management sites
Agriculture A - Agricultural District
Rural R- Rural District
Core First Nation Core area as identified in community development plan
Rural First Nation Rural reserves with low density development
Railway Line
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