Section 37 Planning Act

Section 37 of the planning act is a key planning tool available to the city to help ensure that new developments include vital investments to enhance community benefits.

Section 37 planning act. Community benefits as a condition of the approval of rezonings for increases in height and or density above existing planning permissions. Section 37 allows the city to negotiate contributions towards community benefits for developments that seek to increase a site s permitted density by 25 or more. Section 37 of the planning act also referred to as density bonusing allows municipalities to secure facilities matters or services i e.

The city of toron to has used section 37 provisions for community benefit contributions more extensively than any other municipality in ontario since its introduc. Essentially section 37 of the planning act is the one that allows for what other cities call community benefits agreements if the owner of a property wants to build something that does not. To make provision about and about matters ancillary to the authorisation of projects for the.

Jake tobin garrett explains the basics here but 1. Section 37 is a frequently used but often misunderstood bit in ontario s planning act. 14 8 1 sections 2 and 3 subsections 4 1 and 5 1 and 6 2 8 1 and sections 16 16 1 17 20 21 22 23 and 26 subsection 51 37 and sections 62 1 65 66 68 and 69 apply to a municipal planning area or a municipal planning authority as appropriate and the municipal planning area and municipal planning authority shall be deemed to be a municipality or a council of a municipality respectively for those purposes.

Y frameworkthe polic regarding the application of section 37 in the city of. Section 37 of the planning act permits the city to authorize increases in permitted height and or density through the zoning bylaw in return for community benefits provided that there are related official plan policies in place section 5 1 1 of the official plan as well as certain area specific policies. 37 agreements regulating development or use of land.

Building the section also provides for section 37 benefits to be secured through agreements that are registered on title. Section 37 of the planning act authorizes munic ipalities to grant increases in height and density of development in exchange for the provision of facilities services or matters. Things have changed a bit since then and 2.

An act to establish the infrastructure planning commission and make provision about its functions. 1 a local planning authority may with the approval of the minister enter into an agreement with any person interested in land in their area.