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2017, c.19
- Community Planning Act
Detailled Table of Contents
Current to 13 December 2023
Community Planning Act
1
DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND PURPOSE
1
Definitions and interpretation
2
Purposes of Act
2
PLANNING ADMINISTRATION AND AUTHORITIES
3
Establishment of advisory committees
4
Duties and powers of advisory committee
5
Membership of advisory committee
6
Terms of office
7
Administration of advisory committee
8
Expenses of advisory committee
9
Provincial Planning Director
10
Local government planning director
11
Design review committee by-law
12
Content of design review committee by-law
3
PLANNING DOCUMENTS
A
Statement of Public Interest
13
Establishing statement of public interest
14
Activities of the Province to be consistent with statement of public interest
15
Plans, by-laws and regulations to be consistent with statement of public interest
16
Enforcement
17
Review
B
Regional Planning and Development
18
Regional land use plans
18.1
Preparation and content of regional land use plan
19
Province to consider regional land use plan
20
Effect of regional land use plan
C
Municipal Plans
21
Adoption and approval of municipal plan
22
Province to consider municipal plan
23
Failure to adopt municipal plan
24
Preparation and content of municipal plan
25
Public notice of municipal plan
26
Validity and coming into force of municipal plan
27
Effect of municipal plan
28
Conflict between municipal plan and zoning or subdivision by-law
29
Secondary municipal plan
30
Effect of secondary municipal plan
31
Conflict between secondary municipal plan and a municipal plan
32
Review
32.1
Non-application of Division to villages
D
Rural Plans for Villages
33
Adoption and approval of rural plans for villages
33.1
Province to consider rural plan
34
Failure to adopt rural plan for a village
35
Preparation and content of rural plan for a village
36
Secondary rural plan
37
Effect of secondary rural plan
38
Conflict between secondary rural plan and a rural plan
39
Public notice of rural plan
40
Validity and coming into force of rural plan for a village
41
Effect of rural plan for a village
42
Conflict between rural plan for a village and a subdivision by-law
43
Review
E
Rural Plans for Rural Communities
44
Adoption and approval of rural plans for rural communities
44.1
Failure to adopt rural plan for a rural community
44.2
Province to consider rural plan
45
Validity and coming into force of rural plan for a rural community
46
Secondary rural plan
47
Conflict between secondary rural plan and a rural plan
48
Effect of secondary rural plan
49
Effect of rural plan for a rural community
50
Review
F
Rural Plans for Rural Districts
51
Ministerial regulations respecting rural plans for rural districts
51.1
Province to consider rural plan
52
Content of regulation
52.1
Review
4
LAND USE CONTROLS AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS
A
Zoning By-laws
53
Making of zoning by-law
54
Validity and coming into force of zoning by-law
55
Variances from zoning by-law
56
Notice of variance
57
Payments by developer
58
Integrated development zone
59
Re-zoning and amendments
60
Non-conforming use
61
Standards to be met re non-conforming use
61.1
Province to consider zoning by-law
B
Building By-laws
Repealed: 2020, c.8, s.28
62
Building standards and permits
C
Deferred Widening By-laws
63
Altering of streets and establishing building lines
64
Validity and coming into force of deferred widening by-law
65
Amendment and filing
66
Acquisition of land
67
Valid for five years
D
Controlled Access Street By-laws
68
Access to streets
69
Validity and coming into force of controlled access street by-law
E
Flood Risk Area By-laws
70
Definition of “development”
71
Designation of flood risk area
72
Making and enforcement of flood risk area by-law
73
Permits re flood risk area by-law
F
Subdivision By-laws
74
Making of subdivision by-law
75
Content of subdivision by-law
76
Land for public purposes
77
Exemptions and variances
78
Approval of variances
79
Subdivision plan
80
Exemptions for certain parcels or conveyances
81
Tentative subdivision plan
82
Expiry of tentative subdivision plan
83
Lay-out of streets and lots
84
Application for approval of subdivision plan
85
Approval of subdivision plan
86
Filing of subdivision plan
87
Subdivision plan for roads and streets
88
Approval of subdivision plan for streets and land for public purposes
89
Amendments to subdivision plan
90
Subdivision plan by local government
G
Development Charge By-laws
91
Making of development charge by-law
92
Development charge agreement
93
Validity and coming into force of development charge by-law
94
Effect of development charge agreement
H
Incentive or Bonus Zoning Agreement By-laws
95
Definition of “incentive or bonus zoning agreement”
96
Incentive or bonus zoning agreements
97
Validity and coming into force of incentive or bonus zoning agreement by-law
98
Prohibition on breach of agreement
I
Local Government Agreement By-laws
99
Local government agreements
100
Comply with notice provisions
J
Development Scheme By-laws
101
Development scheme
102
Preparation and content of development scheme
103
Comply with notice provisions
104
Conflict
K
Acquisition of Land
105
Acquisition of land by local government
106
Acquisition of land by Minister
107
Compensation
L
Prohibition re Development
108
Approval for a development
5
MAKING, AMENDMENT, REPEALAND REVIEW OF BY-LAWS
109
Procedure for making by-laws
110
Request for views of advisory committee
111
Public notice of by-law
112
Approval by Minister
113
Approval of an amendment to zoning by-law
114
Construction freeze
115
Review of planning documents
116
Consultations by council
117
Amendment or repeal of by-laws
118
No injurious affection
119
Severability of by-law
6
APPEALS TO THE ASSESSMENT ANDPLANNING APPEAL BOARD
120
Jurisdiction of Board
121
Orders and decisions
122
Publication of decision
123
Power of inspection
7
REGULATIONS
124
Regulations – general
125
Regulations re planning and development
8
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
126
Administration
126.1
Review of this Act
127
Fees
128
Approvals for pipeline construction
129
Development on Crown land
130
Proof of a by-law
131
Agreement with developer
9
ENFORCEMENT
132
Powers of Minister
133
Inspection of property
134
Violation of Act
135
Application for an order of the Court
136
Powers of the Court
137
Prohibition
138
Offences and penalties
139
Proceedings
140
Ministerial enforcement of rural plans
10
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, REPEAL AND COMMENCEMENT
141
Definition of “former Act”
142
Municipal development plan under former Act
143
Resolutions under former Act
144
By-laws under former Act
145
Permits, approvals and orders continue
146
Agreements and contracts continue
147
Applications before Act in force
148
Appeals before the Board
149
Terms of office of members appointed to planning advisory committees continue
150
Payments under section 45 of former Act
151
Provincial Planning Director continues
152
Municipal planning directors, municipal planning officers, rural community planning directors and rural community planning officers continue
153
Repeal of the Community Planning Act
154
Regulations under the Community Planning Act
155
Commencement
SCHEDULE A