Provincial Policy Statement - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Provincial Policy Statement - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Provincial Policy Statement - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT provision of the infrastructure and public service facilities required to meet current and projected needs. 1.1.3.9 A planning authority may identify a settlement area or allow the expansion of a settlement area boundary only at the time of a comprehensive review and only where it has been demonstrated that: a) sufficient opportunities for growth are not available through intensification, redevelopment and designated growth areas to accommodate the projected needs over the identified planning horizon; b) the infrastructure and public service facilities which are planned or available are suitable for the development over the long term and protect public health and safety; c) in prime agricultural areas: 1. the lands do not comprise specialty crop areas; 2. there are no reasonable alternatives which avoid prime agricultural areas; and 3. there are no reasonable alternatives on lower priority agricultural lands in prime agricultural areas; and d) impacts from new or expanding settlement areas on agricultural operations which are adjacent or close to the settlement area are mitigated to the extent feasible. In determining the most appropriate direction for expansions to the boundaries of settlement areas or the identification of a settlement area by a planning authority, a planning authority shall apply the policies of Section 2: Wise Use and Management of Resources and Section 3: Protecting Public Health and Safety. 1.1.4 Rural Areas in Municipalities 1.1.4.1 In rural areas located in municipalities: a) permitted uses and activities shall relate to the management or use of resources, resource-based recreational activities, limited residential development and other rural land uses; b) development shall be appropriate to the infrastructure which is planned or available, and avoid the need for the unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion of this infrastructure; c) new land uses, including the creation of lots, and new or expanding livestock facilities, shall comply with the minimum distance separation formulae; d) development that is compatible with the rural landscape and can be sustained by rural service levels should be promoted; e) locally-important agricultural and resource areas should be designated and protected by directing non-related development to areas where it will not constrain these uses; f) opportunities should be retained to locate new or expanding land uses that require separation from other uses; and 6
PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT g) recreational, tourism and other economic opportunities should be promoted. 1.1.5 Rural Areas in Territory Without Municipal Organization 1.1.5.1 In rural areas located in territory without municipal organization, the focus of development activity shall be activities and land uses related to the management or use of resources and resource-based recreational activities. 1.1.5.2 The establishment of new permanent townsites shall not be permitted. 1.1.5.3 In areas adjacent to and surrounding municipalities, only development that is related to the management or use of resources and resource-based recreational activity shall be permitted unless: a) the area forms part of a planning area; and b) it has been determined, as part of a comprehensive review, that the impacts of growth will not place an undue strain on the public service facilities and infrastructure provided by adjacent municipalities, regions and/or the Province. 1.2 COORDINATION 1.2.1 A coordinated, integrated and comprehensive approach should be used when dealing with planning matters within municipalities, or which cross lower, single and/or uppertier municipal boundaries, including: a) managing and/or promoting growth and development; b) managing natural heritage, water, agricultural, mineral, and cultural heritage and archaeological resources; c) infrastructure, public service facilities and waste management systems; d) ecosystem, shoreline and watershed related issues; e) natural and human-made hazards; and f) population, housing and employment projections, based on regional market areas. 1.2.2 Where planning is conducted by an upper-tier municipality, the upper-tier municipality in consultation with lower-tier municipalities shall: a) identify, coordinate and allocate population, housing and employment projections for lower-tier municipalities. Allocations and projections by uppertier municipalities shall be based on and reflect provincial plans where these exist; b) identify areas where growth will be directed, including the identification of nodes and the corridors linking these nodes; 7
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PROVINCIAL POLICY STATEMENT<br />
g) recreational, tourism <strong>and</strong> other economic opportunities should be promoted.<br />
1.1.5 Rural Areas in Territory Without <strong>Municipal</strong> Organization<br />
1.1.5.1 In rural areas located in territory without municipal organization, the focus <strong>of</strong><br />
development activity shall be activities <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> uses related to the management or use<br />
<strong>of</strong> resources <strong>and</strong> resource-based recreational activities.<br />
1.1.5.2 The establishment <strong>of</strong> new permanent townsites shall not be permitted.<br />
1.1.5.3 In areas adjacent to <strong>and</strong> surrounding municipalities, only development that is related to<br />
the management or use <strong>of</strong> resources <strong>and</strong> resource-based recreational activity shall be<br />
permitted unless:<br />
a) the area forms part <strong>of</strong> a planning area; <strong>and</strong><br />
b) it has been determined, as part <strong>of</strong> a comprehensive review, that the impacts <strong>of</strong><br />
growth will not place an undue strain on the public service facilities <strong>and</strong><br />
infrastructure provided by adjacent municipalities, regions <strong>and</strong>/or the Province.<br />
1.2 COORDINATION<br />
1.2.1 A coordinated, integrated <strong>and</strong> comprehensive approach should be used when dealing<br />
with planning matters within municipalities, or which cross lower, single <strong>and</strong>/or uppertier<br />
municipal boundaries, including:<br />
a) managing <strong>and</strong>/or promoting growth <strong>and</strong> development;<br />
b) managing natural heritage, water, agricultural, mineral, <strong>and</strong> cultural heritage <strong>and</strong><br />
archaeological resources;<br />
c) infrastructure, public service facilities <strong>and</strong> waste management systems;<br />
d) ecosystem, shoreline <strong>and</strong> watershed related issues;<br />
e) natural <strong>and</strong> human-made hazards; <strong>and</strong><br />
f) population, housing <strong>and</strong> employment projections, based on regional market<br />
areas.<br />
1.2.2 Where planning is conducted by an upper-tier municipality, the upper-tier municipality<br />
in consultation with lower-tier municipalities shall:<br />
a) identify, coordinate <strong>and</strong> allocate population, housing <strong>and</strong> employment<br />
projections for lower-tier municipalities. Allocations <strong>and</strong> projections by uppertier<br />
municipalities shall be based on <strong>and</strong> reflect provincial plans where these<br />
exist;<br />
b) identify areas where growth will be directed, including the identification <strong>of</strong><br />
nodes <strong>and</strong> the corridors linking these nodes;<br />
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