O. Reg. 254/23: PRESCRIBED AREAS - SECTION 41 OF THE ACT

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Planning Act

ONTARIO REGULATION 254/23

PRESCRIBED AREAS — SECTION 41 OF THE ACT

Consolidation Period: From August 9, 2023 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Prescribed areas

1. (1) The following areas are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 41 (1.2) of the Act:

1.  Any area that is within 300 metres of a railway line other than a railway line set out in subsection (2).

2.  Any area that is within 120 metres of,

i.  a wetland,

ii.  the shoreline of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River System,

iii.  an inland lake, or

iv.  a river or stream valley that has depressional features associated with a river or stream, whether or not it contains a watercourse.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), a railway line excludes,

(a)  a railway line to which the Canada Transportation Act (Canada) applies and whose operations have been discontinued under section 146 of that Act;

(b)  an abandoned railway line to which the Canada Transportation Act (Canada) does not apply; and

(c)  a railway line on which the only railway that operates is an urban rail transit system.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any development for which a building permit has been issued on or before August 9, 2023.

2. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).

 

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