Bill 144 explained in plain English
Planning Amendment Act (Extension of Timelines), 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Planning Amendment Act (Extension of Timelines), 2013, extends certain deadlines within the Planning Act for decisions and appeals related to land use planning.
This bill, the Planning Amendment Act (Extension of Timelines), 2013, amends the Planning Act to extend certain time limits for decisions and appeals related to land use planning in Ontario. Specifically, it increases the time for an approval authority to make a decision on a plan from 180 days to 365 days, the time for a council to make a decision on a by-law amendment from 120 days to 365 days, and the time for a committee of adjustment to hold a hearing on an application from 30 days to 90 days. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Planning Act to extend specific timeframes for decisions and appeals related to land use planning.
- Increases the time an approval authority has to make a decision on a plan.
- Increases the time a council has to make a decision on a by-law amendment.
- Increases the time a committee of adjustment has to hold a hearing for an application.
- Municipal councils
- Approval authorities
- Committees of adjustment
- Applicants for planning decisions and amendments
- The Ontario Municipal Board
- The right to appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board is affected by the extended timelines.
- The obligation for approval authorities to make decisions within a set timeframe is extended.
- The obligation for councils to make decisions on by-law amendments within a set timeframe is extended.
- The obligation for committees of adjustment to hold hearings within a set timeframe is extended.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify any transition rules for applications already in progress before the Act came into force.
Changes the time limits for certain planning processes.
Source: Sections 1, 2, and 3
Extends the time for an approval authority to give notice of a decision on a plan from 180 days to 365 days, affecting the timeline for appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board.
Source: Section 1
Extends the time for a council to make a decision on an application for a by-law amendment from 120 days to 365 days, affecting the timeline for appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board.
Source: Section 2
Extends the time for a committee of adjustment to hold a hearing after receiving an application from 30 days to 90 days.
Source: Section 3
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