Council strengthens bylaw around supervised consumption site
Medicine Hat, AB — City Council has approved an amendment to the Land Use Bylaw to establish a regulatory framework for supervised consumption sites.
The amendment includes the addition of a supervised consumption site definition, redefining it as a discretionary use in the mixed used downtown district.
The change allows for more regulatory control and public transparency when a supervised consumption site is in the works.
By making the site a discretionary use, a development permit will be required for approval. Requiring a Development permit would allow adjacent property owners, or the applicant, the right to appeal a decision by the development authority within 21 days of the date of decision.