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A law unto itself : how the Ontario Municipal Board has developed and applied land use planning policy /

Illuminates OMB practices of overturning municipal land-use planning decisions to impose its own policies, which are generally protective of private interests, and of applying provincial planning policies within the context of its own standards.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chipman, John George, 1941-
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2002.
Colección:Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Genesis, Evolution, and Operation of the OMB
  • From Railway Regulator to Jack-of-All-Trades Tribunal
  • The Structure and Operation of the OMB
  • The Planning Appeal Role of the OMB
  • The Emergence of the OMB as a Land Use Planning Tribunal
  • The OMB as a Developer of Planning Policy
  • 2 The Evaluation of Interests
  • The Public Interest
  • The Adverse Impact Test
  • The Balancing of Public and Private Interests
  • The Evaluation of Private Interests
  • Has the OMB Been Captured?
  • 3 Policy Development in a Statutory/Judicial ContextThe Adequacy of Approval Procedures
  • Interference with Council Decisions
  • The Adequacy of Decision Making
  • Interim Control By-laws
  • The Meaning of Minor
  • 4 Policy Development in a Public Policy Vacuum
  • The Principles of Good Planning
  • The Protection of Neighbourhood Character
  • Commercial Competition
  • The Provision of Social Housing
  • Prematurity
  • 5 The Treatment of Provincial Policy
  • Sources of Provincial Policy
  • The Pattern of OMB Involvement
  • The OMB's General Approach
  • Regional Planning PolicyUrban Development and the Protection of Agricultural Lands
  • Statements of Provincial Policy
  • Matters of Provincial Interest
  • Environmental Protection Policies
  • Conclusions
  • 6 A Tribunal Out of Time
  • Theory v. Practice
  • The OMB and the Province
  • The Implications of Applying a Private Law Ideology
  • A Forum for Sober Second Thought
  • APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX OF CASES
  • GENERAL INDEX
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