Town planning regulations

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The urban plan is the planning document which establishes the guidelines for the spatial and physical organization of a municipality while presenting an overall vision of the development of its territory. Usefulness The urban plan is the municipality’s most important official document in the planning of the development of its territory. It contains the town planning policies adopted by the municipal council which will guide its decision-making in the future. It is a management tool that allows the municipal council:

  • ensure consistency between intervention choices in sectoral issues (e.g. housing, commerce, transport, environmental protection, recreation, municipal facilities) while taking into account development potential and constraints the natural and built environment as well as the concerns and expectations expressed by citizens and organizations during the public consultation;
  • define intervention policies for the installation of equipment or infrastructure while considering the needs and financial situation of the municipality (e.g. parks and green spaces, recreational and cultural facilities, road infrastructure , bicycle networks, parking lots, water supply);
  • coordinate the interventions and investments of the various municipal services (eg, road works, residential development sequences, revitalization program and renovation grants, acquisition of buildings, waste management). This results in programming of prime importance for the preparation of the three-year fixed assets program (PTI) and for the annual budget;
  • to assert its vision of the desired development to investors, various development agents, public or private, and to make the population aware of the challenges of development;
  • to complete, by specifying it, the planning of the territory contained in the regional planning and development plan;
  • to make known the intentions underlying the control that it may wish to establish within urban planning regulations (eg, zoning, subdivision, siting and architectural integration, regulation of non-conforming uses, nuisances, specific projects).

Draft by-law number 534-2019 amending the Planning by-law number 435-2011

By-law number 435-2011 on the urban plan (date of entry into force: October 15, 2012)

Concordance by-law number 458-2013 amending Urban planning by-law number 435-2011 in order to ensure consistency with the revised land use planning and development plan of the Rocher-Percé MRC, as amended by by-law number 282 -2013 (effective date: November 28, 2013)

Concordance by-law number 488-2015 amending Urban planning by- law number 435-2011 in order to ensure consistency with the revised land use planning and development plan of the Rocher-Percé MRC, as amended by by-law number 287 -2014 (effective date: May 14, 2015)

By-law number 534-2019 amending Town planning by- law number 435-2011 in order to ensure consistency with the revised land use planning and development plan of the Rocher-Percé MRC, as amended by by-law numbers 290-2015 and 308-2018

This by-law aims at the harmonious development of the city’s territory while ensuring that the land is divided up in a rational manner. Each construction or main use must occupy a separate lot, in order to ensure the good administration of the city with regard to zoning by-laws and construction for taxation purposes.

Subdivision by-law number 425-2011 (date of entry into force: October 15, 2012)
By-law number 460-2013 amending Subdivision By-law number 425-2011 in order to modify the eligibility date for rights to the cadastre

With the aim of ordering the framework in which the activities of the population who live or frequent the municipality take place, the zoning by-law prescribes the measures that promote the desirable development of establishments and the various interventions by determining the principles of their location and the conditions of their establishment.

By-law number 574-2021 amending Zoning By-law number 436 2011 in order to allow use class A1 – Agriculture without livestock within zone 086-Rec

By-law number 553-2020 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to prohibit the use of “bed and breakfast with a maximum number of 5 rooms”, of use class C6 – Tourist accommodation, in zone 213- Ha

By-law number 545-2020 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to create a new agro-forestry zone 002.2-Af within part of zone 002-Af.

Reminder of the importance of the role of municipalities in ensuring the safety of residential swimming pools

By-law number 547-2020 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to allow the use of “fire stations”, of the use class P5 – Public safety equipment, as a specific use specifically authorized in the zone 030-Ha

By-law number 535-2019 amending the Zoning by- law number 436-2011 in order to modify certain provisions and to ensure consistency with the Town planning plan of the City, as modified by the By-law number 534-2019, as well as in Revised land use planning and development plan for the Rocher-Percé RCM, as modified by by-laws numbers 290-2015, 296-2016 and 308-2018

By-law number 536-2019 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to reduce the minimum distance between sites for tents and trailers and any public road within zone 262-Rec

By-law number 528-2018 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to allow the use of “fish smokehouse or other small-scale fish processing industry”, of use class I1 – Small-scale business, as a use specifically authorized in zone 102 ‑ Ha.

By-law number 518-2018 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to modify certain provisions to ensure the supervision and conformity of the development of private properties contiguous to the project for the protection and rehabilitation of the coast of Anse du Sud in Percé .

By-law number 520-2018 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to enlarge zone 91-Af within part of zone 90.1-I, to modify the front setback in zone 82-M and to ban the extractive industry in the 38-Af zone

By-law number 522-2018 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to create a new agro-forestry zone 203.1-Af within part of zone 203-Cn

By-law number 523-2018 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to authorize the P3 Education class of uses in zone 085-P

By-law number 510-2017 amending the Rules of zoning number 436-2011 in order to allow the uses of “vehicle maintenance and repair service”, “vehicle washing and cleaning service” and “retail sale of parts and accessories for vehicles, including on-site installation” at the ‘inside zone 093-M. (effective date: April 13, 2017)

By-law number 511-2017 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to enlarge zone 062-Af, to allow the “sugar shack” use as a use specifically authorized in zone 062-Af and to prohibit “composting place” use in zone 062-Af.

By-law number 497-2016 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to allow “artisanal business” use within zones 65-A, 91-Af and 105-M and to increase the maximum area of this use

By-law number 505-2016 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to allow “restaurant” and “inn” uses within zone 085-P.

By-law number 489-2015 amending the Zoning by-law number 436-2011 in order to modify certain provisions and to ensure consistency with the Urban plan of the City of Percé, as modified by by-law number 488-2015, as well as in Revised land use planning and development plan for the Rocher Percé RCM, as modified by by-law number 287-2014 (date of entry into force: May 14, 2015)

By-law 459-2013 amending Zoning By-law number 436-2011 in order to modify certain provisions and in order to ensure consistency with the Urban Plan of the City of Percé, as modified by by-law number 458-2013 (date of entry into force: November 28, 2013)

Zoning by-law number 436-2011 (date of entry into force: October 15, 2012)

Appendix K – Riparian protection strips by sector according to a study carried out by the firm Ouranos:

This regulation aims at the harmonious development of the territory of the city and specifies certain construction standards applicable in the city.

Construction by-law number 426-2011 (date of entry into force: October 14, 2011)

The Regulation respecting the issuance of planning permits and certificates allows municipalities to establish the administrative procedures governing them and authorizing the carrying out of projects covered by the planning regulations.

Usefulness

It is to ensure compliance with their urban planning by-laws (eg zoning, construction, subdivision) that municipalities require obtaining a permit or certificate for any project covered by these by-laws. The issuance of permits and certificates is the basic means of verifying what is being done in terms of land use planning in the municipality.

Thus, a person who intends to construct or use land or a building in the municipality should inquire with the person responsible for issuing permits and certificates of the obligations to be met. She will therefore know what the regulations require.

By-law number 437-2011 on permits and certificates (date of entry into force: October 15, 2012) Fee schedule

This by-law constitutes an exceptional procedure by virtue of which the city council can authorize the carrying out of planned work or the regularization of work in progress or completed, which does not meet all the provisions of the urban planning by-laws. It provides the regulations with a certain flexibility of application insofar as this is a so-called “minor” exemption.

By-law 491-2015 amending the By-law on minor exemptions number 427-2011 in order to increase the amount of fees payable for an application.
By-law number 427-2011 on minor exemptions (date of entry into force: February 8, 2012)

In order to ensure the quality of new settlements and their architectural integration while taking into account the particularities of the surrounding environment, the City has adopted a by-law respecting SPAIP for certain territories and certain categories of projects. Requests subject to these PIIAs must be subject to a qualitative assessment by the Planning Advisory Committee (CCU) before being authorized by the municipal council.

The issuance of permits and certificates subject to the approval of plans relating to siting and architectural integration are as follows:

  • On the site of a tourist accommodation establishment;
  • In the area of rue du Phare in Cap d’Espoir;
  • During the construction or expansion of an additional shed for residential use, when the shed has an area greater than 100 square meters;
  • When adding a complementary use to a residential use;
  • During the construction of a main building throughout the territory.

By-law number 262-98 on site planning and architectural integration programs (date: August 26, 1998)

By-law number 280-2000 amending By-law number 262-98 on site planning and architectural integration in order to allow the construction of new sheds or the expansion of existing sheds and to control their architecture (date of entry in force: June 14, 2000)

By-law number 380-2008 amending By-law number 262-98 on site planning and architectural integration in order to control the architecture during the construction of a main building throughout the territory (date of entry into force: October 8, 2008)

Agreements relating to municipal work allow municipalities to carry out and finance work relating to municipal infrastructures and equipment or to have them carried out or financed by a promoter.

By-law number 352-2007 concerning municipal works agreements (date of entry into force: February 14, 2007)

The town planning advisory committee (CCU)

The council of a municipality may constitute, by by-law, an advisory committee to carry out studies and submit recommendations to it in matters of town planning, zoning, subdivision and construction.

The mandate of a CCU can relate to the development or modification of the urban plan and regulations, such as the opening of streets, the opinions that the municipality must give to the Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec. , etc. In addition, when the municipality wants to adopt by-laws on minor exemptions, on comprehensive development plans (PAE), on site planning and architectural integration plans (PIIA), on conditional uses and on specific construction, modification or occupancy projects of a building, it must have a CCU, and the latter must send the council an opinion on each of the requests that are presented with regard to these by-laws. Finally, the CCU must also formulate opinions on each request submitted in the context of the application of a regulation on heritage sites and religious historic monuments. The CCU is made up of at least one member of the council and a variable number of people chosen from among the residents of the municipality, appointed by resolution. In a way, it constitutes a working group set up by the municipal council in order to enlighten and facilitate its decisions in terms of town planning.

By-law number 445-2012 on the constitution of the town planning advisory committee of the City of Percé

The nuisance regulations aim to ensure the peace, order and general well-being of citizens.
By-law 461-2013 relating to nuisances.