What are reserves?

In certain situations, pursuant to the Municipal Government Act and Municipal Development Plan, the County will require the owner of the land being subdivided to provide up to 10 percent of the developable land for municipal and/or school reserve. The owner may be required to dedicate land, pay cash in-lieu-of land dedication or a dedication may be deferred to a later time, or some combination of all three. In the case of a deferred reserve caveat, it is most often registered on the title of the remainder parcel or remnant created by the plan of subdivision.

Environmental Reserve or Environmental Reserve Easement ("ER/ERE") may be provided for land that is unsuitable for development. It may include hazard lands, a swamp, gully, ravine, coulee or natural drainage course, land that is subject to flooding or possibly unstable, a strip of land (not less than 6m in width) abutting the bed and shore of any lake, river, stream, or other body of water for the purpose of preventing pollution or providing public access to and beside the bed and shore. 

All municipal/school reserve land, ER/ERE land, and land needed for a road or public utilities is provided without compensation.