Lethbridge County pass subdivision application for property near Hwy 3

Posted on June 18, 2026 by Sunny South News

By Heather Cameron
Sunny South News

During the County of Lethbridge Council meeting on May 7, Steve Harty, Senior Planner with Oldman River Regional Services Commission, explained Subdivision Application #2025-0-098 -Tokariuk – Portion of SW1/4 36-9-21-W4M when Administration brought the application before Council for consideration.

Harty explained to Council and Administration that the application in question is for the subdivision of a parcel of 3.02 acres from a subdivided title of 79.34 acres within a ¼-section that was previously subdivided for country residential use. 

The parcel, Harty explained, is located four and a half miles north of Highway 3 and two and a half miles northeast of the City of Lethbridge. 

The quarter section, Harty explained, was subdivided before into two approximately equal 80-acre titles, and this separate additional subdivision may be allowed for the situation of a’ Legacy Yard Site,’ as the parcel is for a multi-generational farm family and has been in place over 80 years. 

According to the description of the actual property, Harty explained, the yard is located along the west municipal road allowance between the road and several shop buildings and some permanent grains bins on the east side while the shop buildings and grains bins will be excluded from the subdivision. 

The yard portion proposed to be subdivided, the application explains, contains an older dwelling, shed, greenhouse, barn, dugout, shelterbelt, and a couple grains bins. 

“The applicant desires to renovate or build a new residence on the parcel within the next 10 years,” said Harty.

The dwelling, Harty stated, is serviced by a water cistern fed from the rural water co-op while sewage is treated by an individual septic field that is situated to the east of the house and would be omitted from the subdivision. The applicants, Harty stated, are proposing to install a new septic system to the south of the existing dwelling when a new house is built in the future, and if the property is subdivided, the current septic system would no longer be on the same title as the dwelling it is associated with and the situation would need to be addressed through a condition on the subdivision approval to comply with provincial regulations.

“The proposal does meet the subdivision criteria and policies of the Land Use Bylaw,” said Harty. “The application was also circulated to the required external agencies, and no concerns were expressed regarding the application.”

The recommendation Harty gave is that Council approve the application presented with the condition that the reserve payment is made to the county, taxes are paid up to date, development agreement entered into if the County requires that they’ll have to submit their final plan, the soils analysis on the part being subdivided out for that septic to be relocated so it is wholly on the parcel in question, and a little more detail with that relocation or establishing of the new septic on the lot with the dwelling, and then conditions regarding the easements.

Councillor Sayers then made the motion that Subdivision Application #2025-0-098 be approved subject to the aforementioned conditions. The recommendation was voted on and approved.