During the regular meeting on Oct. 23, Moose Jaw City Council approved an application from Brandt Industries to re-designate the east half of a city Utility Parcel so the company can consolidate all the land their Lancaster Road trailer manufacturing facility sits on as one parcel.
"This is an application to subdivide out the utility parcel that intersects between the parcels that Brandt owns on Lancaster," explained Michelle Sanson, the city's director of planning and development. "We have made a decision to sell that land and put an easement on it, and they can access their land from the north and the south parcels that they do own, so we don't see any issues with it."
The land in question, Utility Parcel U4, is a narrow strip bisecting the land that Brandt owns on Lancaster, which is Lots 19 to 28. Brandt's trailer facility is on the north half of that land, zoned M4, while the south half is currently vacant, zoned C2.
The City received Brandt's application in late 2022 and has spent the intervening time negotiating an easement agreement allowing city services the necessary access to utilities on the small parcel.
"This has come back to us after some work between Brandt and our staff, so I think we had decided previously that this was a good thing to do, and Brandt has been an excellent organization to work with," Moose Jaw Mayor Clive Tolley said before formally advancing the motion to approve.
Councillor Jamie Logan wanted to know what utilities were currently in the easement. Sanson explained that a deep water utility ran through the parcel and that city services is fully satisfied they will have adequate access to the utility for any necessary future purposes.
Council passed the motion unanimously.
The next regular meeting of city council is Tuesday, Nov. 14.
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