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Greenbelt Protection Act, 2004
Loi de 2004 sur la protection de la ceinture de verdure

ONTARIO REGULATION 293/04

No Amendments

EXEMPTIONS

Note: This Regulation became spent on March 9, 2005.

This Regulation is made in English only.

Temporary use

1. An application made under subsection 39 (1) of the Planning Act to approve a temporary use, including a garden suite, is exempt from sections 4, 5 and 7 of the Act. O. Reg. 293/04, s. 1.

Certain commercial industrial uses

2. An application made under subsection 34 (1) of the Planning Act to approve the use of any land, building or structure to permit commercial or industrial uses is exempt from sections 4, 5 and 7 of the Act if the proposed use conforms with applicable official plan policies and,

(a) the proposed use is similar to those uses which are lawfully in existence or permitted by the applicable zoning by-law on the subject land; or

(b) the proposed use is permitted by the applicable official plan designation on the subject land. O. Reg. 293/04, s. 2.

Similar uses

3. If an application in respect of the same land has been made under section 22 in conjunction with an application under subsection 34 (1) of the Planning Act to approve the use of any land, building or structure to permit commercial or industrial uses, the application is exempt from sections 4, 5 and 7 of the Act if,

(a) the proposed use is similar to those uses which are lawfully in existence or permitted by the applicable zoning by-law or permitted by the applicable official plan designation on the subject land; and

(b) the proposed use conforms with all other applicable official plan policies in respect of the proposed use. O. Reg. 293/04, s. 3.

Exempt land

4. The following land is exempt from sections 4, 5 and 7 of the Act:

Land in the City of St. Catharines being that parcel of land described as 45 metres in width adjoining the lands identified as part of Lot 23 in Concession VIII, Property Identifier Number 46166-0011 (LT) and further described in Instrument Number RO 87366, except Part 1, on Reference Plan 30R-6348 deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Niagara North (No. 30). O. Reg. 293/04, s. 4.