P-41.1, r. 1 - Preservation of Agricultural Land and Agricultural Activities Regulation

Section 2 Disposition versions

2016-06-23

2. The following documents must accompany any application made under section 58 of the Act:

(1)  a dated and signed scale plan, indicating the scale used, the cardinal points, the number of the lots concerned, their area and the measurements of the sides of each of the sites in question, the distances from the lot lines and public road, the location and use of the buildings erected on the lots in question, their area and their location on each of the lots belonging to the owner of the lots in question that are contiguous or deemed to be contiguous by effect of the Act to each of the lots in question;

(2)  in addition to the information required in the plan to be provided under paragraph 1, where the application is for a use for a purpose other than agricultural for the purposes of exploiting resources and making embankments, the plan must indicate the location and area of the access road, work areas and extraction areas or embankment areas, the redeveloped areas covered with topsoil and intact areas in the case of an application for the continuation of the work;

(3)  where the application pertains to the use for a purpose other than agricultural for the purposes of exploiting resources and making embankments, a rehabilitation plan or program prepared by an agrologist and, depending on the nature of the proposed work, a description of the project indicating the agronomical problems to be solved or the objective pursued, a topographical plan produced by an agrologist, a land surveyor, an engineer or any other professional having the required qualifications, including the level of the natural land and the final profile, the level of the adjacent pieces of land over a 20-m strip around the boundaries of the site concerned, the position of the groundwater body and the date of observation, as well as a stratigraphy showing the result of the soil surveys, and a description of the layer of topsoil in place, accompanied by a soil analysis by an accredited laboratory;

(4)  where the application is for the continuation of resource exploitation work or for the enlargement of a site that has already been granted authorization by the commission, a document showing the volumes of topsoil heaped with the calculation method, the thickness of topsoil put back into place on the restored areas with the sampling plan, an expert’s report by an agrologist stating that the conditions of the previous authorization have been complied with, if it was a requirement for the previous decision;

(5)  where the application is for the implementation and operation of commercial and municipal wells, a map showing the location of the various sites of research for a site with less impact on agricultural activities, as well as a hydrogeological report stating the effect of the catchment on the use of agricultural land and livestock comprised in the area of influence;

(6)  where the application is for the cutting of maple trees in a sugar bush, a forest prescription signed by a forest engineer, specifying the number of initial cuts per hectare and the number of residual cuts, in the case of partial cutting, and a forest diagnosis indicating the number of cuts per hectare and an evaluation of the impact of the cutting on the adjacent sugar maple stands signed by a forest engineer, in the case of total cutting;

(7)  a copy of the land title for each of the lots concerned, bearing the date and publication number in the land register;

(8)  a cheque or postal money order made out to the Minister of Finance in the amount provided for in section 1 of the Regulation respecting the tariff of duties, fees and costs made under the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities (chapter P-41.1, r. 6).

O.C. 1163-84, s. 2; Decision 2000-03-03, s. 2; Decision 2016-05-05, s. 1.

2012-09-01

2. The following documents must accompany any application made under section 58 of the Act:

(1)  a dated and signed scale plan, indicating the scale used, the cardinal points, the number of the lot referred to in the application, the area and measurement of each side of the sites in question, the area and the location of each lot belonging to the owner of the lots in question that is contiguous or deemed contiguous under the Act to each of the lots in question, the location of the buildings erected on the lots in question and the use of the lots contiguous to those lots;

(2)  a copy of the land title of each of the lots referred to in the application; and

(3)  a cheque payable to the Minister of Finance for the amount stipulated in section 1 of the Regulation respecting the tariff of duties, fees and costs made under the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities (chapter P-41.1, r. 6).

O.C. 1163-84, s. 2; Decision 2000-03-03, s. 2.