Q-2, r. 35 - Protection Policy for Lakeshores, Riverbanks, Littoral Zones and Floodplains

Section 1.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1.1. — To ensure the sustainability of bodies of water and watercourses, and to maintain and improve their quality by ensuring adequate, minimum protection of lakeshores, riverbanks, littoral zones and floodplains;

— To prevent the degradation and erosion of lakeshores, riverbanks, littoral zones and floodplains by encouraging their preservation in their natural state;

— To preserve and maintain the quality and biodiversity of the environment by limiting activities which may give greater accessibility to and permit the development of lakeshores, riverbanks, littoral zones and floodplains;

— In the case of floodplains, to ensure the safety of persons and the protection of property;

— To protect plants and wildlife characteristic of floodplains by taking into account the biological characteristics of that environment, and to ensure the natural streamflow is not impeded;

— To promote the rehabilitation of degraded riparian zones using the most natural techniques possible.

O.C. 468-2005, s. 1.1.