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Bill 110, No More Highways in the Greenbelt Act, 2023

Schreiner, Mike

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to provide that

the Greenbelt Plan is deemed to prohibit, in all of the Greenbelt Area, the

erection, location and use of buildings or structures for the purposes of any

new controlled-access highways. A consequential amendment is made to

section 9

of the Act.

Section 16 of the Act is amended to restrict the Minister from

making an order under either that

section or

section 47 of the Planning Act that would have the effect of contravening

the prohibition on controlled-access highways.

Bill 110 2023

Act to amend the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to provide for a prohibition on

controlled-access highways in the Greenbelt Area and make related amendments

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 6 of the Greenbelt Act, 2005 is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Prohibition

re controlled-access highways

(3) The

Greenbelt Plan is deemed to prohibit, in all of the Greenbelt Area, the

erection, location and use of buildings or structures for the purposes of a controlled-access

highway, with the exception of any controlled-access highways already in use on

the day the No More Highways in the Greenbelt Act, 2023

receives Royal Assent.

Subsection 9 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “any of the areas

designated as Protected Countryside in the Greenbelt Plan” in the portion

before clause (

a) and substituting “the Greenbelt Area”.

Section 16 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Prohibition

on controlled access highways

(4) Despite

subsections (1) to (3) and

section 47 of the Planning Act ,

the Minister may not make an order under subsection (1) of this

section or

under

section 47 of the Planning Act that would

have the effect of contravening the prohibition set out in subsection 6 (3) of

this Act.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the No More Highways in the

Greenbelt Act, 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 17, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 17, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 17, 2023

Carried