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Quiz: Land Use Planning Reform

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A Development Permit System combines the zoning, site plan, and minor variance processes into one application and approval process.

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A Development Permit System combines the zoning, site plan, and minor variance processes into one application and approval process. Through area-wide studies and community consultation, new development standards and performance criteria are prepared and tailored to specific areas of the municipality and solidified through a new bylaw (a development permit bylaw).

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