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A-19.1 - Act respecting land use planning and development

Section 53.13
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53.13. The Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks may, by way of an opinion giving brief reasons and setting out the nature and purpose of the amendments to be made, request the amendment of the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan in force if the Minister is of the opinion that the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan, considering the distinctive features of the locality, fails to provide adequate protection for wetlands and bodies of water.
The third, fourth, sixth and seventh paragraphs of section 53.12 apply to a request made in accordance with the first paragraph, except that, in the case of the by-law provided for in the seventh paragraph of that section, the by-law is made by the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. Sections 48 to 53.4 do not apply with respect to a by-law that makes only the amendments necessary to comply with such a request.
2002, c. 37, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 16; 2017, c. 14, s. 41; 2021, c. 7, s. 5; 2023, c. 12, s. 22.
53.13. The Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks may, by way of an opinion giving brief reasons and setting out the nature and purpose of the amendments to be made, request the amendment of the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan in force if the Minister is of the opinion that the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan, considering the distinctive features of the locality, fails to provide adequate protection for wetlands and bodies of water.
The third and fourth paragraphs of section 53.12 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a request under the first paragraph.
2002, c. 37, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 16; 2017, c. 14, s. 41; 2021, c. 7, s. 5.
53.13. The Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks may, by way of an opinion giving brief reasons and setting out the nature and purpose of the amendments to be made, request the amendment of the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan in force if the Minister is of the opinion that the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan is not consistent with the policy of the Government referred to in section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), does not respect the limits of a floodplain situated within the territory of the responsible body or, considering the distinctive features of the locality, fails to provide adequate protection for wetlands and bodies of water.
The third and fourth paragraphs of section 53.12 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a request under the first paragraph.
2002, c. 37, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 16; 2017, c. 14, s. 41.
53.13. The Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks may, by way of an opinion giving brief reasons and setting out the nature and purpose of the amendments to be made, request the amendment of the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan in force if the Minister is of the opinion that the metropolitan plan or the RCM plan is not consistent with the policy of the Government referred to in section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), does not respect the limits of a floodplain situated within the territory of the responsible body or, considering the distinctive features of the locality, fails to provide adequate protection for lakeshores, riverbanks, littoral zones and floodplains.
The third and fourth paragraphs of section 53.12 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a request under the first paragraph.
2002, c. 37, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 16.
53.13. The Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks may, by way of a notice briefly stating reasons setting forth the nature and purpose of the amendments to be made, request that the development plan in force be amended if the Minister is of the opinion that the development plan is not consistent with the policy of the Government referred to in section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q‐2), does not respect the limits of a floodplain situated within the territory of the regional county municipality or, considering the distinctive features of the locality, fails to provide adequate protection for lakeshores, riverbanks, littoral zones and floodplains.
The third and fourth paragraphs of section 53.12 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a request made in accordance with the first paragraph.
2002, c. 37, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35.
53.13. The Minister of the Environment may, by way of a notice briefly stating reasons setting forth the nature and purpose of the amendments to be made, request that the development plan in force be amended if the Minister is of the opinion that the development plan is not consistent with the policy of the Government referred to in section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), does not respect the limits of a floodplain situated within the territory of the regional county municipality or, considering the distinctive features of the locality, fails to provide adequate protection for lakeshores, riverbanks, littoral zones and floodplains.
The third and fourth paragraphs of section 53.12 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a request made in accordance with the first paragraph.
2002, c. 37, s. 6.
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