It was sitting on the Mayor's desk last night waiting for his signature.
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I see campers permanently parked on private land with signs of occupancy such as firepits, firewood, picnic tables, storage sheds, large propane tanks, biffs, electrical service, various vehicles.
Are these folks paying any taxes beyond bare land?
The municipality has one of these going through the legal system now, for that reason I can not speak to the issue. But we all no how fast the legal system moves
Dean, I'm disappointed by your reply to Anonymous. I can accept that you should not comment on the specific case that is in the courts, but you can surely comment on the general issue of how certain Grouped Country Residential land owners are using their properties as campgrounds. As stated in the Land Use Bylaw, the purpose of GCR is "To provide for a high-quality of clustered residential development in designated areas where no conflict with adjacent urban and non-urban uses can be anticipated." Furthermore, permitted uses for GCR are "accessory buildings not over 13.9 m^2," "garages accessory to a single-family dwelling," and "single-family dwellings." Setting up campground with biffys, crappy old trailers, generators etc. is totally at odds with the "purpose" and "permitted uses" for GCR, and would not be tolerated, and is not tolerated on any R-zoned properties. So, the question I have for you and the rest of Council, is why does the Municipality look the other way as far as GCR is concerned? This lack of action on the part of the Municipality not only contributes to the grubby appearance of the Municipality, but we are also foregoing significant tax revenue. It is a disservice to those who have invested significantly in their GCR properties, by building homes that are consistent with the Land Use Bylaw. This needs to change, and soon. Why would anyone want to buy a GCR property, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home, pay upwards of $5k per year in taxes, while their neighbour is allowed to park an old trailer and use their property as a campground? We are driving investment from the Pass by adhering to this "mountain freedom" thing. It's not freedom, it's neglect by the administration that is creating chaos.
In general terms I agree with you, back to the legal I can not talk to the specfics. The whole issue of cleaning up the community I believe I have made it very clear on where I stand as far as this issue. I do not believe that the Municipality should just be focused on the urban areas. Mountain Freedom does not give you the "Freedom" to be a slob. I hope that makes my position clear on this issue.
Responding to Anonymous' comments, it is my understanding and view that all or most of the Country Residential acreages are quite well hidden from any public or neighbours view and unless you actually go onto the property, you can't see what is actually on the properties, therefore no adjacent property is devalued and will these people with the land that have trailers on them, going to permanently stay that way OR are they evenutally going to build in their own time on their own budget and their own schedule? No building committments on most of these properties doesn't mean people will NEVER build and p.s. they DO pay taxes and donate to Blairmores' ecomony probably more than the towns own residents ....Get a life and find something important to complain about.
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I see campers permanently parked on private land with signs of occupancy such as firepits, firewood, picnic tables, storage sheds, large propane tanks, biffs, electrical service, various vehicles.
Are these folks paying any taxes beyond bare land?
The municipality has one of these going through the legal system now, for that reason I can not speak to the issue.
But we all no how fast the legal system moves
Dean, I'm disappointed by your reply to Anonymous. I can accept that you should not comment on the specific case that is in the courts, but you can surely comment on the general issue of how certain Grouped Country Residential land owners are using their properties as campgrounds. As stated in the Land Use Bylaw, the purpose of GCR is "To provide for a high-quality of clustered residential development in designated areas where no conflict with adjacent urban and non-urban uses can be anticipated." Furthermore, permitted uses for GCR are "accessory buildings not over 13.9 m^2," "garages accessory to a single-family dwelling," and "single-family dwellings." Setting up campground with biffys, crappy old trailers, generators etc. is totally at odds with the "purpose" and "permitted uses" for GCR, and would not be tolerated, and is not tolerated on any R-zoned properties. So, the question I have for you and the rest of Council, is why does the Municipality look the other way as far as GCR is concerned? This lack of action on the part of the Municipality not only contributes to the grubby appearance of the Municipality, but we are also foregoing significant tax revenue. It is a disservice to those who have invested significantly in their GCR properties, by building homes that are consistent with the Land Use Bylaw. This needs to change, and soon. Why would anyone want to buy a GCR property, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home, pay upwards of $5k per year in taxes, while their neighbour is allowed to park an old trailer and use their property as a campground? We are driving investment from the Pass by adhering to this "mountain freedom" thing. It's not freedom, it's neglect by the administration that is creating chaos.
In general terms I agree with you, back to the legal I can not talk to the specfics.
The whole issue of cleaning up the community I believe I have made it very clear on where I stand as far as this issue.
I do not believe that the Municipality should just be focused on the urban areas.
Mountain Freedom does not give you the "Freedom" to be a slob.
I hope that makes my position clear on this issue.
Responding to Anonymous' comments, it is my understanding and view that all or most of the Country Residential acreages are quite well hidden from any public or neighbours view and unless you actually go onto the property, you can't see what is actually on the properties, therefore no adjacent property is devalued and will these people with the land that have trailers on them, going to permanently stay that way OR are they evenutally going to build in their own time on their own budget and their own schedule? No building committments on most of these properties doesn't mean people will NEVER build and p.s. they DO pay taxes and donate to Blairmores' ecomony probably more than the towns own residents ....Get a life and find something important to complain about.
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