ontario regulation 189/01

made under the

municipal act

Made: February 7, 2001
Filed: May 31, 2001
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 16, 2001

Amending O. Reg. 46/94

(Municipal and School Capital Facilities —
Agreements and Tax Exemptions)

1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 46/94 is amended by adding the following definitions:

“housing project” means a project or part of a project designed to provide or facilitate the provision of residential accommodation, with or without any public space, recreational facilities and commercial space or buildings appropriate thereto;

“housing unit” includes a unit in a housing project owned or rented by an occupant;

2. Section 2 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

18. Municipal housing project facilities.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

6.1 (1) The council of a municipality may enter into an agreement respecting municipal capital facilities described in paragraph 18 of section 2 only if,

(a) before the by-law authorizing the agreement is enacted, the municipality has enacted a municipal housing facility by-law that complies with subsection (2);

(b) the municipality has determined that all the housing units to be provided as part of the municipal capital facilities fall within the definition of “affordable housing” contained in the municipal housing facility by-law; and

(c) the municipality is a delivery agent under the Ontario Works Act, 1997 authorized to operate and manage housing under the Social Housing Reform Act, 2000.

(2) A municipal housing facility by-law shall contain at least the following:

1. A definition of “affordable housing”.

2. Policies regarding public eligibility for the housing units to be provided as part of the municipal capital facilities.

3. A summary of the provisions that agreements respecting municipal capital facilities described in paragraph 18 of section 2 are required to contain.