The Wood Bull Guides

(1) An official plan shall contain,

(2) An official plan may contain,

(a) a description of the measures and procedures proposed to attain the objectives of the plan;

(b) a description of the measures and procedures for informing and obtaining the views of the public in respect of planning matters not mentioned in clause (1) (b); and

(c) such other matters as may be prescribed.  2015, c. 26, s. 17.

(3) An official plan shall contain policies that authorize the use of additional residential units by authorizing,

(a) the use of two residential units in a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse; and

(b) the use of a residential unit in a building or structure ancillary to a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 12, s. 2 (1).

(4) An official plan of a municipality that is prescribed for the purpose of this subsection shall contain policies that authorize inclusionary zoning by,

(a) authorizing the inclusion of affordable housing units within buildings or projects containing other residential units; and

(b) providing for the affordable housing units to be maintained as affordable housing units over time.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (2)

(5) An official plan of a municipality that is not prescribed for the purpose of subsection (4) may contain the policies described in subsection (4) in respect of,

(a) a protected major transit station area identified in accordance with subsection (15) or (16), as the case may be; or

(b) an area in respect of which a development permit system is adopted or established in response to an order under subsection 70.2.2(1). 2019, c. 9, Sched. 12, s. 2 (2).

(5.1) The policies described in subsection (4) may be adopted in respect of an area described in clause (5) (a) or (b) as part of an official plan or an amendment to an official plan that includes policies,

(a) that identify an area as the protected major transit station area described in clause (5) (a); or

(b) that must be contained in an official plan before the development permit system described in clause (5) (b) may be adopted or established. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 12, s. 2 (2).

(6) The policies described in subsection (4) shall include goals and objectives and a description of the measures and procedures proposed to attain those goals and objectives.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (2).

(7) The policies described in subsection (4) shall include the prescribed provisions and provisions about the prescribed matters.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (2)

(8) Each subsection of this section shall be read as not limiting what an official plan is required to or may contain under any of the other subsections.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (2).

(9) Before adopting the parts of an official plan which contain policies described in subsection (4), the council of the municipality shall ensure that an assessment report has been prepared.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (3).

(10) Within five years after the parts of its official plan which contain policies described in subsection (4) come into effect, the council of the municipality shall ensure that an updated assessment report is prepared for the purpose of determining whether any of those parts of the official plan should be amended.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (3).

(11) As long as its official plan contains policies described in subsection (4), the council of the municipality shall ensure that an updated assessment report is prepared within five years after the date of the most recent updated assessment report, for the purpose of determining whether any of the parts of the official plan which contain policies described in subsection (4) should be amended.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (3).

(12) The council of the municipality shall ensure that the initial assessment report and every updated assessment report includes the information and documents specified in the regulations and complies with the requirements specified in the regulations.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (3)

(13) The council of the municipality shall ensure that the initial assessment report is made available to the public before the parts of the official plan which contain policies described in subsection (4) are adopted and that every updated assessment report is made available to the public before any amendments to the parts of the official plan which contain policies described in subsection (4) are adopted.  2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 1 (3).

(14) An official plan shall contain policies that identify goals, objectives and actions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to provide for adaptation to a changing climate, including through increasing resiliency.  2017, c. 23, Sched. 3, s. 5 (2).

(15) The official plan of a single-tier municipality may include policies that identify the area surrounding and including an existing or planned higher order transit station or stop as a protected major transit station area and that delineate the area’s boundaries, and if the official plan includes such policies it must also contain policies that,

(a) identify the minimum number of residents and jobs, collectively, per hectare that are planned to be accommodated within the area;

(b) identify the authorized uses of land in the major transit station area and of buildings or structures on lands in the area; and

(c) identify the minimum densities that are authorized with respect to buildings and structures on lands in the area.  2017, c. 23, Sched. 3, s. 5 (2).

(16) The official plan of an upper-tier municipality may include policies that identify the area surrounding and including an existing or planned higher order transit station or stop as a protected major transit station area and that delineate the area’s boundaries, and if the official plan includes such policies it must also contain policies that,

(a) identify the minimum number of residents and jobs, collectively, per hectare that are planned to be accommodated within the area; and

(b) require official plans of the relevant lower-tier municipality or municipalities to include policies that,

(i) identify the authorized uses of land in the area and of buildings or structures on lands in the area; and

(ii) identify the minimum densities that are authorized with respect to buildings and structures on lands in the area.  2017, c. 23, Sched. 3, s. 5 (2).

(17) If an official plan of a lower-tier municipality that is required to include the policies described in subclauses (16) (b) (i) and (ii) is not amended to include those policies as required by subsection 27 (1) within one year from the day the policies identifying the relevant protected major transit station area in accordance with subsection (16) of this section come into effect, subsection 27 (2) does not apply and instead the council of the upper-tier municipality shall amend the official plan of the lower-tier municipality in the like manner and subject to the same requirements and procedures as the council that failed to make the amendment within the one-year period as required.  2017, c. 23, Sched. 3, s. 5 (2).

(19) An authorization under subsection 17 (10) does not apply to an amendment to an official plan of a lower-tier municipality that,

(a) adds all of the policies described in subclauses (16) (b) (i) and (ii) to the plan with respect to a protected major transit station area identified in accordance with subsection (16); or

(b) amends or revokes any of the policies described in subclauses (16) (b) (i) and (ii) with respect to a protected major transit station area identified in accordance with subsection (16).  2017, c. 23, Sched. 3, s. 5 (2).