Bill 48 explained in plain English
Restoring Planning Powers to Municipalities Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 48 restores municipal planning authority over renewable energy projects by removing previous exemptions from the Planning Act.
This bill, titled the Restoring Planning Powers to Municipalities Act, 2014, changes the Planning Act. It removes exemptions for renewable energy projects from municipal planning rules. This means that renewable energy projects will be subject to the same planning requirements as other developments.
- Amends the Planning Act to repeal specific definitions related to renewable energy.
- Repeals clauses within the Planning Act that previously exempted renewable energy projects.
- Repeals a section of the Planning Act that appears to have related to renewable energy projects.
- Restores the application of the Planning Act, including municipal planning rules, to renewable energy projects.
- Municipalities
- Developers of renewable energy projects
- The public
- Municipalities will have planning authority over renewable energy projects.
- Renewable energy projects will be subject to provincial policy statements, provincial plans, official plans, demolition control by-laws, zoning by-laws, and development permit regulations and by-laws.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact nature of the planning requirements that will now apply to renewable energy projects beyond stating they are no longer exempt.
Repeals definitions of "renewable energy generation facility", "renewable energy project", "renewable energy testing facility", "renewable energy testing project", and "renewable energy undertaking" from subsection 1(1).
Source: Section 1
Repeals clause 50 (3) (d.1).
Source: Section 2 (1)
Repeals clause 50 (5) (c.1).
Source: Section 2 (2)
Repeals section 62.0.2.
Source: Section 3
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