On November 6, 2019, the Government of Ontario
introduced Bill 138, the Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019,
in the Legislative Assembly. The Bill contains further amendments
to the Planning Act and the Development Charges
Act, 1997, including modifications of some of the changes
that the Legislature recently passed in Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choice Act,
2019.
The Bill 138 amendments are essentially refinements to the Bill
108 amendments (see our previous discussion
here), which have been passed but are not yet all in force. We
discuss two key proposed amendments from Bill 138 below.
Community Benefits Charge By-Laws: Providing for Appeals
The most significant proposed changes relate to section 37 of
the Planning Act. Among other things, these changes would
rectify the absence in Bill 108 of a provision for appealing a
community benefits charge by-law (“CBC By-law”).
