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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COUNTY OF NEWELL
IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
PROPOSED BYLAW 2108-25
11:30 a.m. October 30, 2025
County of Newell Council Chambers
BEING a bylaw of the County of Newell in the Province of Alberta, to amend Bylaw No. 2016-21, being the Land Use
Bylaw;
WHEREAS the Council of the County of Newell wishes to amend Section 2: Development Process, with additions to Table
2 – Development Not Requiring a Permit in accordance with Schedule ‘A’ attached.
AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Newell wishes to amend Section 4: Specific Uses and Activities, with the
additions to 4.21 Solar Panels (Freestanding) in accordance with Schedule ‘A’ attached.
AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Newell wishes to amend Section 5: Land Use Districts, in accordance with
Schedule ‘A’ attached.
AND WHEREAS the municipality must prepare an amending bylaw and provide for its consideration at a public hearing.
NOW THEREFORE, under the authority and subject to the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, Statutes of
Alberta, Chapter M-26, 2000, as amended, the Council of the County of Newell in the Province of Alberta duly
assembled does hereby enact the following:
1. The sections of Land Use Bylaw 2016-21 be amended as indicated in Schedule ‘A’.
3. Bylaw No. 2016-21 is hereby amended and consolidated.
4. This bylaw shall come into effect upon third and final reading hereof.
THE PURPOSE of proposed Bylaw No. 2108-25 is to amend Land Use Bylaw 2016-21 to update policy for Solar
(Freestanding). This bylaw also updates the setbacks to subdivision roads in all Land Use Districts.
THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing to contemplate the proposed Bylaw No. 2108-25 will be held in the
County of Newell Council Chambers at 11:30 a.m. on the 30th day of October 2025.
A copy of the proposed bylaw may be inspected at the County of Newell office during normal business hours.
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a presentation regarding the proposed bylaw should contact
the Chief Administrative Officer no later than 4:00 p.m. on the 24th day of October 2025. Both written and/or verbal
presentations may be given at the public hearing.
DATED at the County of Newell in the Province of Alberta this 3rd day of October 2025.
Emma Sinclair
Planning and Development Administrative Assistant
County of Newell
Box 130
Brooks, Alberta T1R 1B2