Municipal Planning & Development Tools - Community Improvement Planning Handbook
This handbook is intended to
inform and assist municipalities and
others interested in community
improvement planning under
section 28 of the Planning Act.
- Brownfields
Brownfields redevelopment is a
critical part of building strong,
healthy communities. Redeveloping
unused, former industrial or
commercial sites will help revitalize
neighbourhoods, create jobs and
housing, and boost development in
areas with existing transit,
infrastructure and community
facilities.
- Municipal Quality of Life for Economic Prosperity
This handbook provides
information to help municipalities
make the connection between
quality-of-life and economic
prosperity.
- Municipal Tools and Financial Resources
- Changes to Ontario Planning Act for Persons with Disabilities
Several changes to the Planning
Act come
into effect September 30, 2002 to
support
the Ontarians with Disabilities Act,
which
the Ontario Government passed
last year.
The purpose of the Ontarians with
Disabilities Act is to improve access
and
opportunities for persons with
disabilities.
As a result of the passage of this
Act,
complementary amendments were
made
to several other statutes.
- Citizens Guides to Land-use Planning
A series of Citizens' Guides has
been prepared to help you
understand how the land use
planning process works in Ontario.
- Municipal Plan Review and One Window Provincial Planning Service
(September 1999) - This handbook
gives
an overview of municipal plan
review and
the one window provincial planning
service. The purpose of the
handbook is
to provide a general understanding
of the
various planning approval
processes,
outline the roles and
responsibilities of
the municipality and the province,
and to
identify strategies to assist
municipalities
in the delivery of municipal plan
review.
- Planning Act Approval Authority in Ontario
An overview of where planning
approval authority rests with
respect to the approval of official
plans and amendments,
subdivisions, condominiums,
consents, power of sales and
validations, either by being directly
assigned in the Planning Act or
prescribed or delegated by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs
pursuant to the Planning Act for
municipalities, planning boards and
municipal planning authorities in
Ontario. The chart includes all 445
municipalities in the province as
well as a list of planning boards
and municipal planning authorities.
- A Kid’s Guide to Building Great Communities: A Manual for Planners and Educators
Document ( ) from the Ontario
Professional Planners Institute
(OPPI)
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