City Planner Ryan Mackrell speaks to council Monday about preparations for a proposed subdivision for the Discovery Co-op property, off 100 Street at Territorial Drive. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Angela Brown

In the chambers

Council gives nod for proposed subdivision for restaurant development

Mar 11, 2020 | 2:56 PM

While the details are still in the wraps, it appears Discovery Co-op is looking at leasing part of its property off 100 Street at Territorial Drive for a new restaurant development.

North Battleford council approved administration’s recommendation at its meeting Monday to authorize the city’s certificate of approval for the easement and servicing agreements and subdivision of part of the property owned by the Co-op at this location.

“We have an in-house planning department with in-house engineering and planning services,” Mayor Ryan Bater said following the meeting. “We are very well equipped to work with property developers on new opportunities, and we make these items a priority. When they come to council we know they have been thoroughly vetted with our planning department. We have a lot of confidence in their abilities.”

City Planner Ryan Mackrell discussed preparations for the proposed subdivision.

He indicated in his written report the company submitted a development and building permit application which proposed subdividing the property with plans to lease a portion of it for a restaurant development.

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Mackrell said the application required a servicing agreement and an easement agreement.

The property for the new development will need to connect to the Co-op’s existing water and sewer servicing infrastructure. The city required the easement agreement in place to be able to enter the property when required, if it needs to access the service line for any reason in the event of service-line breaks, disconnects or replacement work of any kind.

Discovery Co-op proposed a new left turn lane for northbound traffic be established for vehicles to access to the property.

While there already is a left turn lane into the property on 100 Street near the A&W exit, the new second left-turn lane would be farther south, at the south corner of the Co-op property.

Mackrell said the second left turn lane is being considered for safety reasons.

“You have two lanes if you are going northbound, and if you were to turn into this new development at the intersection, you are going to make that turn in a through-lane,” Mackrell said. “Without the [new] turn lane, we fear people are going to do that turn anyways. If you put the left turn bay in it will stop the queuing of traffic in the lane, and it will just create that safer movement that people are probably going to do anyways. So having the developer pay for it and having the [traffic analysis impact] study done shows that it doesn’t worsen traffic in the area or anything like that. We feel it’s appropriate.”

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