Greenbelt Plan Amendment No. 3

The Amendment

The following is the text which constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Greenbelt Plan:

  1. Section 5.2.1 Decisions on Applications Related to Previous Site-Specific Approvals is amended by adding the following new paragraph after the 1st paragraph of that section:

    “Where lands were added to the Protected Countryside in or after December 2022, and where an official plan was amended prior to the date such lands were added to the Protected Countryside to specifically designate land use(s), this approval may continue to be recognized through the conformity exercise addressed in section 5.3 and any further applications required under the Planning Act or the Condominium Act, 1998 to implement the official plan approval are not required to conform with this Plan.”

  2. Section 5.2.1 Decisions on Applications Related to Previous Site-Specific Approvals is amended by adding the following new paragraph before the final paragraph of that section:

    “Where lands were added to the Protected Countryside in or after December 2022, and where a zoning by-law was amended prior to the date such lands were added to the Protected Countryside to specifically permit land use(s), this approval may continue to be recognized through the conformity exercise addressed in section 5.3 and any further applications required under the Planning Act or the Condominium Act, 1998 to implement the use permitted by the zoning by-law are not required to conform with this Plan.”

  3. Schedule 1, of the Greenbelt Plan is removed and replaced with the attached Map A.
  4. Schedule 2, of the Greenbelt Plan is removed and replaced with the attached Map B.
  5. Schedule 3, of the Greenbelt Plan is removed and replaced with the attached Map C.
  6. Schedule 4, of the Greenbelt Plan is removed and replaced with the attached Map D.
  7. Appendix I of the Greenbelt Plan is removed and replaced with the attached Map E.
  8. Appendix II of the Greenbelt Plan is removed and replaced with the attached Map F.
Map A - Schedule 1: Greenbelt Area

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Map B - Schedule 2: Niagara Peninsula Tender Fruit and Grape Area

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Map C - Schedule 3: Holland Marsh

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Map D - Schedule 4: Natural Heritage System

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Map E - Appendix I: Schematic showing natural system connections among the Protected Countryside, Niagara Escarpment and Oak Ridges Moraine

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Map F - Appendix II: Schematic showing settlement areas within Greenbelt Area

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Order in Council 1745/2022