City council has appointed Raquel Wenarchuk as a development officer for the City of Moose Jaw, allowing her to administer and enforce all aspects of the zoning bylaw.
Council unanimously approved the appointment during its Sept. 12 regular meeting, using section 3.5 of the zoning bylaw as its authority to make the appointment.
Section 3.5 of the bylaw says, “Except for Section 11 of this bylaw, which shall be administered by the city’s building official, the development officer shall administer this bylaw.
“The development officer shall be the city engineer, the city planner, the manager of engineering services or any other employee of the city authorized in writing by the council to act as a development officer for the purposes of this bylaw and the act. For the purposes of administering and enforcing Section 11, the building official shall have the same authority under the act as a development officer.”
Wenarchuk began working for the City of Moose Jaw as a planner 1 on Aug. 2, while one of the responsibilities of that role is to act as a development officer for the municipality, a council report said.
As per the zoning bylaw, the development officer must be appointed by council. The appointment will permit Wenarchuk to administer and enforce the zoning bylaw and everything related to it.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Sept. 26.
