Abolition of the Ontario Municipal Board Act, 2001 Colle, Mike — Bill 161 (37th Parliament, 3rd Session)

Bill 161, 37-3

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Bill 161, Abolition of the Ontario Municipal Board Act, 2001

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Bill 161 2001

An Act to restore

local control over planning by

involving citizens and ensuring

decisions are made by

democratically elected officials

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Duty to strengthen planning

(1) The Government of Ontario

has the duty to strengthen planning in the Province.

Local control over planning decisions

(2) In exercising its duty, the Province shall ensure that

ratepayers, tenants and citizens regain local control over planning decisions

that affect their neighbourhood, town or city.

Implementation

(3) In performing its duty under subsection (1), the Province

shall consider abolishing the Ontario Municipal Board in order to,

(

a) prevent developers from driving planning decisions, including

decisions concerning the demolition of rental housing, the conversion of

rental housing to condominiums, the abrogation of official plans and land use

re-zonings that are opposed by elected municipal governments;

(

b) halt a planning process that is driven by developers, that ignores

local residents and their elected representatives and that is destructive to

neighbourhoods and to the general environment; and

(

c) prevent unelected, appointed and unaccountable individuals from making

planning decisions, which process is contrary to democratic principles.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Abolition of

the Ontario Municipal Board Act, 2001 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill provides that the Government of Ontario has a duty to strengthen

planning in the Province and should exercise that duty by ensuring that there

is local control over planning decisions and by considering abolishing the

Ontario Municipal Board.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 12, 2001

First Reading

Carried

December 5, 2001

Ordered carried over from previous session

December 5, 2001

Carried over to next session

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 12, 2001

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 161, 37-3
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s3 bill 161 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	1ae73d941189f9c83594980e3f8d10f789ebe3ea

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