Implement planning act lapsing provisions and tools
General Committee makes recommendations; City Council makes the final decision.
Every councillor who voted both times voted the same way.
Councillor Votes
Full Resolution Text
That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report IPGL25-017, dated April 22, 2025, as amended, as follows: a) That Council provide direction regarding Recommendation 2 should there be a desire to amend City policies and/or by-laws as they relate to development applications under the Planning Act; b) That Council direct staff to implement lapsing provisions in accordance with Provincial legislation and as described in Report IPGPL25-017 to address Recommendation 3 and to continue to monitor the impact and bring forward other tools as deemed appropriate; e) That Staff be directed to develop a tree compensation policy/by-law for lands subject to Planning Act applications; f) That Recommendation 9 regarding engineering design review and inspection fees be referred to the 2026 budget process as described in Report IPGPL25-017, and that Staff develop a procedure for Development Security Collection and Releases Procedures; g) That Council consider Recommendation 10 addressed and implemented accordingly; h) That staff be directed to provide options and any necessary implementing by- laws to establish Community Improvement Plan incentives for the City’s Strategic Growth Areas as part of the City’s Strategic Growth Areas secondary plan and Community Planning Permit system initiative in the second quarter of 2026; i) That staff be directed to provide options and any necessary implementing by- laws to establish Community Improvement Plan incentives for multi-unit housing as described in Report IPGPL25-017 in the third quarter of 2026; and j) That the City’s Director, Planning, Development and Urban Design, and Manager, Development Planning, each be delegated the authority to determine the additional required information and material for each application on a case- by-case basis for the purposes of the complete application requirements contemplated by section 7.21.2 of the City’s Official Plan.