A-19.1 - Act respecting land use planning and development

Section 83 Disposition versions

2024-02-21

83. The planning program determines sustainable land use planning and development for the territory of the municipality in harmony with the RCM plan. It defines policy directions and contains objectives, targets and any other measure intended to ensure or facilitate its implementation.

In particular, the planning program must

(1)  describe the organization of the territory;

(2)  determine land uses and, within any urbanization perimeter, minimum land occupation densities;

(3)  plan the consolidation of any part of the territory to be consolidated on a priority basis;

(4)  plan the organization of transportation, in particular the various modes of transportation, in a manner that is integrated with land use planning in the territory;

(5)  describe anticipated needs with respect to housing, including social or affordable housing, and set out measures for meeting those needs;

(6)  plan where local services and equipment are to be located and provide measures to facilitate their accessibility;

(7)  define the infrastructure and equipment projects that are useful or necessary for pursuing the defined policy directions and objectives and for achieving the defined targets;

(8)  set out measures to ensure the protection and availability of water resources;

(9)  determine any part of the territory or any immovable that is of historical, cultural, aesthetic or ecological interest, and set out measures to ensure its protection or enhancement; and

(10)  identify any part of the municipal territory that is sparsely vegetated, very impervious or subject to the urban heat island phenomenon, and describe any measure to mitigate the harmful or undesirable effects of those characteristics.

1979, c. 51, s. 83; 1993, c. 3, s. 43; 2021, c. 7, s. 8; 2023, c. 12, s. 44; 2024, c. 2, s. 25.

2023-06-01

83. The planning program determines sustainable land use planning and development for the territory of the municipality in harmony with the RCM plan. It defines policy directions and contains objectives, targets and any other measure intended to ensure or facilitate its implementation.

In particular, the planning program must

(1)  describe the organization of the territory;

(2)  determine land uses and, within any urbanization perimeter, minimum land occupation densities;

(3)  plan the consolidation of any part of the territory to be consolidated on a priority basis;

(4)  plan the organization of transportation, in particular the various modes of transportation, in a manner that is integrated with land use planning in the territory;

(5)  describe anticipated housing needs and set out measures for meeting those needs;

(6)  plan where local services and equipment are to be located and provide measures to facilitate their accessibility;

(7)  define the infrastructure and equipment projects that are useful or necessary for pursuing the defined policy directions and objectives and for achieving the defined targets;

(8)  set out measures to ensure the protection and availability of water resources;

(9)  determine any part of the territory or any immovable that is of historical, cultural, aesthetic or ecological interest, and set out measures to ensure its protection or enhancement; and

(10)  identify any part of the municipal territory that is sparsely vegetated, very impervious or subject to the urban heat island phenomenon, and describe any measure to mitigate the harmful or undesirable effects of those characteristics.

1979, c. 51, s. 83; 1993, c. 3, s. 43; 2021, c. 7, s. 8; 2023, c. 12, s. 44.

2021-03-25

83. A planning program must include

(1)  the general aims of land development policy in the territory of the municipality;

(2)  the general policies on land uses and land occupation densities;

(3)  the planned layout and the type of the principal thoroughfares and transport systems;

(4)  the identification of any part of the municipal territory that is sparsely vegetated, very impervious or subject to the urban heat island phenomenon, and the description of any measure to mitigate the harmful or undesirable effects of those characteristics.

1979, c. 51, s. 83; 1993, c. 3, s. 43; 2021, c. 7, s. 8.

1993-05-01

83. A planning program must include

(1)  the general aims of land development policy in the territory of the municipality;

(2)  the general policies on land uses and land occupation densities;

(3)  the planned layout and the type of the principal thoroughfares and transport systems.

1979, c. 51, s. 83; 1993, c. 3, s. 43.

1980-04-15

83. A planning programme must include

(1)  the general aims of land development policy in the territory of the municipality;

(2)  the general policies on land uses and land occupation densities.

1979, c. 51, s. 83.