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Greenbelt Act, 2005

ONTARIO REGULATION 59/05

Designation of Greenbelt Area

Historical version for the period May 18, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 140/17.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Designation

1. (1) For the purpose of section 2 of the Act, the following areas of land are designated as the Greenbelt Area:

1. The Oak Ridges Moraine Area composed of the area of land designated under subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 1/02 (Designation of Oak Ridges Moraine Area) made under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001.

Note: On July 1, 2017, paragraph 1 of subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (1))

1. The Oak Ridges Moraine Area composed of the area of land designated under subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 1/02 (Designation of Oak Ridges Moraine Area) made under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001, but not the area of land designated as Part 1 on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the 2017 Oak Ridges Moraine Area Removal” dated May 4, 2017 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.

2. The Niagara Escarpment Plan area shown on Niagara Escarpment Plan maps 1 to 9, signed and dated by Mark Frawley, Director, Niagara Escarpment Commission on February 22, 2005 and filed in the offices of the Niagara Escarpment Commission, 232 Guelph Street, Georgetown, Ontario, and those lands added to the Niagara Escarpment Plan under subsection 19 (1) of the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act.

Note: On July 1, 2017, paragraph 2 of subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (1))

2. The Niagara Escarpment Plan Area shown on Niagara Escarpment Plan Maps 1 to 9, which are all dated April 12, 2017 and filed on that date in the offices of the Niagara Escarpment Commission.

3. The area of land designated as Parts 1 to 36, both inclusive, on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the Protected Countryside” dated February 23, 2005 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Note: On July 1, 2017, paragraph 3 of subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (1))

3. The area of land designated as Parts 1 to 36, both inclusive, on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the Protected Countryside” dated February 23, 2005 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the area of land designated as Parts 1 to 5, both inclusive, on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the 2017 Protected Countryside Additions” dated May 4, 2017 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, but not the area of land designated as Parts 1 to 34, both inclusive, on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the 2017 Protected Countryside Removals” dated May 4, 2017 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.

4. The area of land designated as Part 1 on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the Glenorchy Addition”, dated January 4, 2013 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources.  O. Reg. 59/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 6/13, s. 1 (1).

Note: On July 1, 2017, subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: (See: O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (2))

5. The area of land designated as Parts 1 to 34, both inclusive, on a plan entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the 2017 Urban River Valley Area Additions” dated May 4, 2017 and filed on that date with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, including the area of land designated as Part 4 on that plan even though that area of land is a portion of the area of land designated as Part 1 on the plan referred to in paragraph 3 entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the 2017 Protected Countryside Removals”.

(2) Copies of the plans referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection (1) are available for public inspection at the following locations:

1. The offices of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing at 777 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario.

2. The offices of the Niagara Escarpment Commission located at 232 Guelph Street, Georgetown, Ontario.

3. The offices of the Ministry of Natural Resources at 300 Water Street, Peterborough, Ontario.  O. Reg. 59/05, s. 1 (2);  O. Reg. 6/13, s. 1 (2).

Note: On July 1, 2017, subsection 1 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (3))

(2) Copies of the following plans are available for public inspection at the offices of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and on a website of the Government of Ontario:

1. The plan referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) entitled “Plan of the Boundary of the 2017 Oak Ridges Moraine Area Removal”.

2. All of the plans referred to in paragraphs 3 to 5 of subsection (1). O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (3).

(3) The Niagara Escarpment Plan Maps 1 to 9, referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (1), are available for public inspection at the offices of the Niagara Escarpment Commission. O. Reg. 140/17, s. 1 (3).

2. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 59/05, s. 2.