Municipal Plan & Development Regulations
Municipal planning and development is under the authority of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000. The Municipal Plan outlines the goals, objectives, and policies for use and development and the Development Regulations identify the specific land use zones and requirements for use of land. The Town’s Municipal Plan and Development Regulations came into legal effect on July 20, 2012 and remain in legal effect until a new Municipal Plan and Development Regulations are registered by the Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs.
Any lands within and adjacent to identified flood risk areas is subject to restrictions imposed by provincial policies of the Department of Environment and Conservation and Municipal and Provincial Affairs. Flood Risk mapping has been prepared for both Steadywater Brook and the Upper Gullies River. The Town’s Municipal Plan designations and zoning, along with flood risk areas can be viewed on the Town’s interactive mapping tool.
Provincial law provides Council with the authority to change the Municipal Plan and Development Regulations in response to development proposals and issues that were not foreseen when the documents were initially drafted. The Municipal Plan and Development Regulations must be read with any amendments that have been registered by the Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs.
The Town is reviewing its Municipal Plan and Development Regulations. Learn more by visiting: cbs2030.com
Municipal Plan & Development Regulations
The Municipal Plan and Development Regulations apply within the Municipal Planning Area as defined and ordered by the Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs. In 2021, the Minister changed the Municipal Planning Area to add the waters and islands of Long Pond and Long Pond gut. The provincial Interim Development Regulations, 2003 apply to the area added to the Town’s Municipal Planning Area in 2021. The Municipal Plan identifies areas of potential geological hazards that were derived from the 2011 provincial government report, “Vulnerability to Geological Hazards in the Town of Conception Bay South”.
