A-19.1 - Act respecting land use planning and development

Section 117.15 Disposition versions

2023-06-01

117.15. Land or a servitude transferred pursuant to a provision enacted under section 117.1 may be used only for the establishment or enlargement of a park or playground or for the preservation of a natural area for as long as it belongs to the municipality.

Every amount paid pursuant to such a provision and every amount received by the municipality in return for a transfer of land or a servitude under the first paragraph shall form part of a special fund.

The fund may be used only to acquire or develop land or servitudes to be used for parks, playgrounds or public water access points, to acquire land or servitudes to be used for natural areas, or to acquire plants and plant them on the immovables the municipality owns or on the site of a servitude it holds. It may also be used for the payment of the expenditures of a regional county municipality that are related to a regional park. For the purposes of this paragraph, the development of land or of the site of a servitude includes the construction on it of a building or of another infrastructure or other equipment the use of which is inherent in the use or maintenance of a park, playground, public water access point or natural area.

Despite the first and third paragraphs, a municipality may, to comply with its obligations under sections 272.10 and 272.12 of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3),

(1)  transfer any land referred to in the first paragraph to a school service centre; and

(2)  use the amounts paid into the special fund provided for in the second paragraph to acquire an immovable with a view to transferring it to a school service centre or to pay the amount owing to the school service centre that has acquired an immovable in its place.

1993, c. 3, s. 57; 2000, c. 56, s. 98; 2020, c. 1, s. 166; 2021, c. 7, s. 12; 2023, c. 12, s. 69.

2021-03-25

117.15. Land transferred pursuant to a provision enacted under section 117.1 may be used only for the establishment or enlargement of a park or playground or for the preservation of a natural area for as long as it belongs to the municipality.

Every amount paid pursuant to such a provision and every amount received by the municipality in return for a transfer of land under the first paragraph shall form part of a special fund.

The fund may be used only to purchase or develop land to be used for parks, playgrounds or public water access points, to purchase land to be used for natural areas or to purchase plants and to plant them on property of the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, the development of land includes the construction thereon of a building the use of which is inherent in the use or maintenance of a park, playground, public water access point or natural area.

Despite the first and third paragraphs, a municipality may, to comply with its obligations under sections 272.10 and 272.12 of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3),

(1)  transfer any land referred to in the first paragraph to a school service centre; and

(2)  use the amounts paid into the special fund provided for in the second paragraph to acquire an immovable with a view to transferring it to a school service centre or to pay the amount owing to the school service centre that has acquired an immovable in its place.

1993, c. 3, s. 57; 2000, c. 56, s. 98; 2020, c. 1, s. 166; 2021, c. 7, s. 12.

2020-11-05

117.15. Land transferred pursuant to a provision enacted under section 117.1 may be used only for the establishment or enlargement of a park or playground or for the preservation of a natural area for as long as it belongs to the municipality.

Every amount paid pursuant to such a provision and every amount received by the municipality in return for a transfer of land under the first paragraph shall form part of a special fund.

The fund may be used only to purchase or develop land to be used for parks or playgrounds, to purchase land to be used for natural areas or to purchase plants and to plant them on property of the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, the development of land includes the construction thereon of a building the use of which is inherent in the use or maintenance of a park, playground or natural area.

Despite the first and third paragraphs, a municipality may, to comply with its obligations under sections 272.10 and 272.12 of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3),

(1)  transfer any land referred to in the first paragraph to a school service centre; and

(2)  use the amounts paid into the special fund provided for in the second paragraph to acquire an immovable with a view to transferring it to a school service centre or to pay the amount owing to the school service centre that has acquired an immovable in its place.

1993, c. 3, s. 57; 2000, c. 56, s. 98; 2020, c. 1, s. 166.

2020-07-01

117.15. Land transferred pursuant to a provision enacted under section 117.1 may be used only for the establishment or enlargement of a park or playground or for the preservation of a natural area for as long as it belongs to the municipality.

Every amount paid pursuant to such a provision and every amount received by the municipality in return for a transfer of land under the first paragraph shall form part of a special fund.

The fund may be used only to purchase or develop land to be used for parks or playgrounds, to purchase land to be used for natural areas or to purchase plants and to plant them on property of the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, the development of land includes the construction thereon of a building the use of which is inherent in the use or maintenance of a park, playground or natural area.

Despite the first and third paragraphs, a municipality may, to comply with its obligations under sections 272.10 and 272.12 of the Education Act (chapter I-13.3),

(1)  transfer any land referred to in the first paragraph to a school service centre; and

(2)  use the amounts paid into the special fund provided for in the second paragraph to acquire an immovable with a view to transferring it to a school service centre or to pay the amount owing to the school service centre that has acquired an immovable in its place.

1993, c. 3, s. 57; 2000, c. 56, s. 98; 2020, c. 1, s. 166.

See 2020, c. 1, s. 334

2002-01-01

117.15. Land transferred pursuant to a provision enacted under section 117.1 may be used only for the establishment or enlargement of a park or playground or for the preservation of a natural area for as long as it belongs to the municipality.

Every amount paid pursuant to such a provision and every amount received by the municipality in return for a transfer of land under the first paragraph shall form part of a special fund.

The fund may be used only to purchase or develop land to be used for parks or playgrounds, to purchase land to be used for natural areas or to purchase plants and to plant them on property of the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, the development of land includes the construction thereon of a building the use of which is inherent in the use or maintenance of a park, playground or natural area.

1993, c. 3, s. 57; 2000, c. 56, s. 98.

1993-05-01

117.15. Land transferred pursuant to a provision enacted under section 117.1 may be used only for the establishment or enlargement of a park or playground or for the preservation of a natural area for as long as it belongs to the municipality.

Every amount paid pursuant to such a provision and every amount received by the municipality in return for a transfer of land under the first paragraph shall form part of a special fund.

The fund may be used only to purchase or develop land to be used for parks or playgrounds, to purchase land to be used for natural areas or to purchase plants and to plant them on property of the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, the development of land includes the construction thereon of a building the use of which is inherent in the use or maintenance of a park, playground or natural area.

The Communauté urbaine de Montréal and every municipality whose territory is comprised in the Community’s territory may make an agreement under which the municipality transfers to the Community, for the purposes of the exercise by the Community of its jurisdiction over regional parks, part of the land or fund referred to in this section.

1993, c. 3, s. 57.