The third Chérot redistricting has arrived.
St. Albert city councillors will oversee a public hearing into the latest application to rezone lots of land within the new neighbourhood in the city’s extreme west Dec. 3.
The goal is to enable the creation of new subdivisions.
The last redistricting took place in 2023 when builder Rohit Land St. Albert West Ltd. applied to change a series of lots zoned urban reserve to various developable zones including medium- and high-density residential.
This time around, the application is to rezone three Chérot sites, two narrow strips and a nearby rectangle, all east of Range Road 260 to laned-lot residential, small-lot residential and public park, respectively. The application affects less than two hectares of land.
The Chérot Area Structure Plan (ASP) sets aside about 100 acres for Chérot East, about 77 ac of it developable; 52 per cent of that, or 40 ac, is to be residential.
Chérot, which translates to “darling” or “high value” according to the city, is named for Celestine and Emile Cherot, a French couple who came to Canada in 1911, eventually settled on 45 acres of land between St. Albert and Edmonton and grew market vegetables.
Written submissions on the zoning change must be received by the city at [email protected] by noon on Nov. 27 to be included in the meeting package.
To speak at the meeting on your own behalf, simply sign the sheet at the entrance to the public gallery the day of, or to be kind to administrators, register with [email protected]. To speak as an agent for someone else, register with the city at that same email address by 3:30 p.m. Nov. 29. That conversation will probably cover the need to submit an agent declaration form with the city by 11 a.m. the day of the hearing, also.
Speakers at the hearing will be limited to five minutes for a presentation, not including time for questions from councillors.
