O. Reg. 179/16: ZONING BY-LAWS, HOLDING BY-LAWS AND INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAWS, Filed June 8, 2016 under Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13

ontario regulation 179/16

made under the

Planning Act

Made: June 6, 2016
Filed: June 8, 2016
Published on e-Laws: June 8, 2016
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 25, 2016

Amending O. Reg. 545/06

(ZONING BY-LAWS, HOLDING BY-LAWS AND INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAWS)

1. (1) Section 4 of Ontario Regulation 545/06 is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

4. In addition to the explanation required by clause 34 (10.10) (a) of the Act, notice of the refusal of an application to amend a zoning by-law under subsection 34 (10.9) of the Act shall include the following:

. . . . .

(2) Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) A notice given under this section shall be given by personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email.

2. (1) Subsection 5 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “(including the person’s or public body’s address) shall be given notice by personal service, ordinary mail or fax” and substituting “(including the person’s or public body’s address, fax number or email address) shall be given notice by personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email”.

(2) Subsection 5 (9) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “personal service, ordinary mail or fax” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email”.

(3) Subsection 5 (10) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “personal service, ordinary mail or fax” and substituting “personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email”.

(4) Subsection 5 (11) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

(11) A notice, other than a notice that is given by posting as described in clause (4) (b) or by publishing in a newspaper as described in subsection (7), shall include the following:

. . . . .

(5) Subsection 5 (11) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4.1 The following statement:

If you wish to be notified of the decision of (name of municipality or planning board) on the proposed zoning by-law (or zoning by-law amendment), you must make a written request to (name and address of municipality or planning board).

(6) Subsection 5 (11) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

7. If applicable, a request that the notice be posted by the owner of any land that contains seven or more residential units in a location that is visible to all of the residents.

(7) Paragraph 4 of subsection 5 (12) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

4. The following statement:

For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, contact (address, email address, website or other location or means by which information may be obtained from the municipality or planning board).

(8) Section 5 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(13) A notice that is given by publishing in a newspaper as described in subsection (7) shall include the following:

1. The date, time and location of the public meeting or open house.

2. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the proposed by-law.

3. A description of the subject land, a key map showing the subject land, or an explanation why no description or key map is provided.

4. Where and when additional information and material about the proposed by-law will be available to the public for inspection.

5. The following statement:

For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, contact (address, email address, website or other location or means by which information may be obtained from the municipality or planning board).

3. (1) Subsections 6 (1) to (6) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(1) This section applies to notice of the passing of a zoning by-law under subsection 34 (18) of the Act.

(2) Notice shall be given by personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email.

(3) Notice shall be given to the regional director of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Municipal Services Office responsible for the region that includes the municipality or planning area where the subject land is located, if the regional director has given the clerk of the municipality or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board a written request to be given notice of the passing of by-laws under section 34 of the Act.

(2) Subsection 6 (7) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “by personal service, ordinary mail or fax” in the portion before paragraph 1.

(3) Subsection 6 (8) of the Regulation is revoked.

(4) Subsection 6 (9) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

(9) In addition to the explanation required by clause 34 (18.1) (a) of the Act, the notice shall include the following:

. . . . .

(5) Subsection 6 (9) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

7. If the notice is given under subsection (3) or (7), a copy of the by-law.

(6) Subsection 6 (10) of the Regulation is revoked.

4. Subsection 7 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

0.1 A certified copy of the notice of refusal under subsection 34 (10.9) of the Act or the notice of the passing of the zoning by-law under subsection 34 (18) of the Act.

5. Subsection 8 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(6) Every person and public body that has given the clerk of the municipality or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board a written request for a notice to which this section applies (including the person’s or public body’s address, fax number or email address) shall be given notice by personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email.

6. (1) Subsection 9 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “personal service, ordinary mail or fax” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email”.

(2) Subsection 9 (7) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “personal service, ordinary mail or fax” and substituting “personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email”.

(3) Subsection 9 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

(8) The notice, other than a notice given by publishing in a newspaper as described in subsection (2), shall include the following:

. . . . .

(4) Section 9 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(9) A notice that is given by publishing in a newspaper as described in subsection (2) shall include the following:

1. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the by-law.

2. A description of the subject land, a key map showing the subject land, or an explanation why no description or key map is provided.

3. A statement that the council or the planning board has authority to extend the period during which the by-law will be in effect to a total period not exceeding two years.

4. The last date for filing a notice of appeal, and a statement that the notice of appeal,

i. must be filed with the clerk of the municipality or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board, as the case may be,

ii. must set out the reasons for the appeal, and

iii. must be accompanied by the fee required by the Municipal Board.

5. The following statement:

For more information about this matter, contact (address, email address, website or other location or means by which information may be obtained from the municipality or planning board).

7. Section 10 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) For greater certainty, despite the amendments made to this Regulation by Ontario Regulation 179/16, this Regulation as it read immediately before those amendments came into force continues to apply in respect of the following:

1. A notice given under section 34, 36 or 38 of the Act, if it was given before the day Ontario Regulation 179/16 came into force.

2. A record compiled under section 34 of the Act, if it was compiled before the day Ontario Regulation 179/16 came into force.

3. An application under section 34 of the Act, if the information and material set out in Schedule 1 were provided before the day Ontario Regulation 179/16 came into force.

8. Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

31.1 A proposed strategy for consulting with the public with respect to the application.

Commencement

9. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2016 and the day it is filed.

 

Made by:
Pris par :

Le ministre des Affaires municipales et du Logement,

Ted McMeekin

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

 

Date made: June 6, 2016
Pris le : 6 juin 2016