Planning and Development Act

Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act

• Approved by the Ontario Legislature in June 1973
• Legal basis for Commission operations and Niagara Escarpment Plan
• Inaugural meeting held on November 6, 1973
• Commission directed to prepare Niagara Escarpment Plan
• Plan approved by Cabinet in June of 1985, June of 1994 and June of 2005.

Purpose of the Act

• "To provide for the maintenance of the Niagara Escarpment and land in its vicinity substantially as a continuous natural environment and to ensure only such development occurs as is compatible with that natural environment" (Section 2)

Provisions of the Act

• Appointment of members and staff
• Objectives for the Niagara Escarpment Plan
• Procedures for Plan preparation, Plan reviews, hearings, amendments and conformity
• Regulations for establishing development permit requirements and exemptions
• Procedures for development control appeals, hearings and contraventions

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