Weyburn city council passed all three readings for a rezoning bylaw on Monday evening, to allow a parcel of Highway Commercial land to house a dog boarding kennel and training facility.
The request to rezone the property, located at 325 Queen Street, came from Cindy Ann Boehm, who is proposing to establish her business, Doggy Day Care and Training Facility at this location just off First Avenue NW.
She had tried earlier in the year locating the facility near a residential area on the South Hill, but was turned down by the city for that location.
The land on Queen Street had to be rezoned as under the Highway Commercial designation, this proposed use was neither a permitted or discretionary use.
The parcel had been zoned Highway Commercial as it is located near Highways 13 and 39, and the location was suited for serving the traveling public or uses requiring a high level of accessibility. The land had formerly been in the RM of Weyburn, and had been annexed to the City and zoned Highway Commercial.
This subdivision has sites which range from light industrial to highway commercial, and many lots in the subdivision are not serviced and have been vacant for a number of years.
The land was rezoned to a contract zone, which will be in place until Dec. 31, 2021, when the agreement will be reviewed. If the Doggy Day Care facility ceases operation, the zoning of the site will revert back to Highway Commercial.
• In other council business, the City of Weyburn will retain the services of Gord Krismer and Associates to serve as Weyburn’s Board of Revision for 2019. This board will hear any appeals of property assessments which may be made.
Property owners who wish to appeal the assessment of their property can send their appeals to this board, and they will be informed if the appeal is in good standing and whether it will be processed.
Once that occurs, a meeting is set up with the property owner, the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA), which assesses all property values, and the board of revision to hear the reasons for the appeal. The board then decides how to process the appeal based on the facts presented to them.
The board is comprised of chair Clint Krismer, vice-chair Gord Krismer, Jeff Hutton, Kirby Bodnard, Charmaine Luscombe, Brenda Lauf, Cameron Duncan, David Lang and new member Gail Wartman, with secretary Aileen Swenson.
• An application for a new home occupation was approved for Lynette Richards, to operate a bookkeeping and personal income tax service from her residence on Tom Hart Drive.
Notices were mailed out to residents in the neighbourhood within a 75-metre radius of the applicant’s home, and no concerns or objections were received by the City.
The home business was approved under conditions, including that parking be off the street in the driveway, no advertising can occur in any media, a business licence is required, and the home occupation is subject to a review to ensure compliance.
