Discretionary Use Proposal

Citylife Investment Corp. has applied for Discretionary Use approval to develop a retail store or shopping centre with a gross leasable floor area of 5000m² or greater at 110 Marquis Dr. W. in the Agriplace neighbourhood.

This site is zoned IL1 - General Light Industrial District under the Zoning Bylaw. The purpose of the IL1 District is to facilitate economic development through a wide variety of light industrial activities and related businesses that do not create land use conflicts or nuisance conditions during the normal course of operations.

A retail store or shopping centre with a gross leasable floor area of 5000m² or greater are considered a Discretionary Use in the IL1 District.

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Questions and comments on this proposal are invited at this time by contacting: 

Tyler Kopp, Planner 

tyler.kopp@saskatoon.ca

306.986.3639

Site Plan

What is a Discretionary Use?

All property in the City of Saskatoon is assigned a zoning designation. Within each zoning designation, specific land uses are either permitted, prohibited, or discretionary. A Discretionary Use is a land use that is generally consistent with the permitted uses in a zoning district. As per Section 4.7.2 of the Zoning Bylaw, a Discretionary Use may be allowed either at the discretion of City Council or City Administration. Either approving authority can approve, approve with conditions, or deny a Discretionary Use application. The approving authority for a retail store or shopping centre with a gross leasable floor area of 5000m² or greater in the IL1 District is City Council.

The Planning and Development Department evaluates Discretionary Use applications on a case-by-case basis considering the site itself, as well as the surrounding context including nearby land uses. A Discretionary Use approval is applied to a specific site, not the applicant. Any change in size or intensity of the use approved would require a new Discretionary Use application.

What is a retail store or shopping centre with a gross leasable floor area of 5000m² or greater?

The Zoning Bylaw defines a retail store as a place where goods, wares, or merchandise are offered for sale or rent, including a pawnshop, and may include the manufacturing of products to be sold on site, provided the gross floor area used for manufacturing does not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the retail store. A "shopping centre" means a building or group of buildings on the same site in which permitted uses are located together for their mutual benefit, including the use of off-street parking and other joint facilities.

Process for Reviewing and Approving a Discretionary Use Application

When a Discretionary Use application is received by the Planning and Development Department, it is circulated to internal Civic Departments to identify conformance or conflict with the Official Community Plan, the Zoning Bylaw, and any other applicable policies and regulations.  Departments that review the application include Planning and Development, Transportation & Construction, Environment & Utilities, Fire & Protective Services, and Building Standards.

Once the application has been reviewed by internal Civic Departments, public consultation on the application is undertaken.  Registered property owners typically within 150 metres of the subject site and the Ward Councillor are notified of the proposed Discretionary Use application as per the City’s Public Notice Policy.  When considered necessary, a public information meeting may be held to provide information to area residents on the Discretionary Use application, answer questions, and receive feedback.

Information collected from the internal review and public consultation processes will be considered by the approving authority.  The application may then be approved, approved with conditions, or denied.