Rocky View County (RVC) is not backing down from its decision to require the Trading Post in Bragg Creek to have to apply for a development permit before rebuilding can begin.
The county said the reason the permit is required is to better prevent a repeat of the damage done this past June due to flooding and to protect the Trading Post’s neighbouring properties.
“During the flood, the Trading Post building and the land it sits on were severely compromised,” said RVC’s general manager of development services Chris O’Hara. “RVC is committed to assisting the Trading Post’s owners rebuild, but we need to make sure that we won’t see the exact same damage again. We also need to protect the property downstream. Changing a building or the land it sits on can transfer the flood risk to a neighbour’s property, and that’s simply not acceptable.”
O’Hara said that the development permit is a legal requirement for any building that has seen damage to its foundation, exterior walls, or other building structure, and if none of this type of damage has been incurred, no permit would be required.
The development permit process can take six to eight weeks, depending on the complexity of the project.
