Fonds ccg-2059 - City of Calgary. Planning and Building Department fonds

The fonds consists of correspondence and building permit registers of the Planning and Building Department. Series I: General Correspondence, 1952-1981, predominant 1960-1981. To provide information and advice to City Council, the Board of Commissioners and other civic bodies regarding matters of planning, development and construction. To prepare policy proposals on planning, development and construction. To enforce provincial and municipal legislation related to planning, development and construction. Series II: Director's office correspondence, 1974-1982. To supervise the operation of the Planning and Building Department. Series III: General Managers Files, 1970-1981. To supervise the land development process and to implement Council's policies related to planning. Series IV: Building regulations correspondence, 1964-1981. To manage the activities of the Building Regulations Division. Series V: Buildings Permit Registers, 1945-1970. To register the building permit applications. Series VI: Zoning Correspondence, 1942-1964, predominant 1958-1961. To document the applications for amendments to the zoning by-laws of Calgary, Forest Lawn, Montgomery. Bowness and Midnapore. To document the activities of the Zoning By-law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Planning Department. Series VII: Urban Renewal Files, 1966-1975. To manage the urban renewal program. Series VIII: City and community planning files, 1964-1985. To provide research and advice on planning matters. Series X: Land use and miscellaneous maps, 1934-1978, predominant 1972-1978. To describe actual, proposed or allowed land use. Series XI: Artificial series, 1945-1981, predominant 1972-1981. No specific function is described in this series as it has been artificially assembled by the archivist.