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REGIONAL COUNTY MUNICIPALITY OF PONTIAC REVISED LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN SECOND PART THE COMPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT MRC of Pontiac - Revised Land Development Plan By-Law Number 65-99 The Complementary Document INTRODUCTION The second part of the Revised Land Development Plan includes provisions that all local municipalities will have to abide when revising their planning program and by-laws. Most of these provisions translate into rules some of the aims, objectives or development policies identified in the first part of the Revised Land Development Plan. On any subject, a local municipality may be more restrictive than what is required in the Complementary Document, but never less so. II MRC of Pontiac - Revised Land Development Plan By-Law Number 65-99 The Complementary Document TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1. DEFINITIONS ...............................................................................................2 2. SUBDIVISION 2.1 Obligation to obtain a subdivision permit........................................................10 2.2 Minimal area and dimension of lots to be developed..................................10 3. CONSTRUCTION 3.1 Obligation to obtain a building permit.........................................................12 3.2 General conditions relating to the issue of a building permit........................12 4. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES 4.1 Separating distances relating to breeding operations..................................13 4.1.1 Parameter A, which is the number of animal units...........................15 4.1.2 Parameter B, which is the basic distance..........................................16 4.1.3 Parameter C, which is the load of odours.........................................17 4.1.4 Parameter D, which is the type of manure.......................................18 4.1.5 Parameter E, which is the type of project........................................19 4.1.6 Parameter F, which is the attenuation factor......................................20 4.1.7 Parameter G, which is the usage factor...........................................21 4.2 Acquired rights............................................................................................21 4.3 Separating distances relating to storage premises for farm manure located at more than 150 metres from a breeding farm..................21 4.4 Separating distances relating to the spreading of farm fertilizers................23 4.5 Reciprocity principle and distance standards...............................................24 III MRC of Pontiac - Revised Land Development Plan By-Law Number 65-99 The Complementary Document 5. PROVISIONS CONCERNING ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE EDGE OF LAKES AND WATERCOURSES 5.1 Obligation to obtain an authorization......................................................…24 5.2 Measures relating to banks..................................................................…..25 5.3 Measures relating to the littoral.............................................................….28 5.4 Regulated lakes and watercourses....................................................…....29 6. PROVISIONS CONCERNING STRUCTURES ALONG HIGHWAYS 6.1 Special provisions concerning the higher network roads.......................…29 6.2 Special provisions concerning the setback of structures along public roadways and along the Pontiac Trail Regional Park........…30 7. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE MUNICIPAL WATER INTAKES 7.1 Immediate and near protection perimeter............................................……31 7.2 Distance perimeter................................................................................…..31 8. PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE PRESERVATION AND FELLING OF TREES IN THE FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL, AGRO-FORESTRY AND RECREATIONAL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS 8.1 Provisions concerning the felling of trees on private land….................….32 8.2 Obtaining of a certificate of authorization relating to the felling…………..32 of trees 8.3 Intolerant stands: coniferous stands (except white pine, hemlock and cedar), intolerant hardwood stands (poplar stands and white birch stands), mixed stands with coniferous dominance and mixed stands with intolerant hardwood dominance...................................................33 8.4 Tolerant stands: white pine stands, hemlock stands, cedar stands, tolerant hardwood stands and mixed stands with tolerant hardwood dominance.......................................................................................................35 IV MRC of Pontiac - Revised Land Development Plan By-Law Number 65-99 The Complementary Document 8.5 Provisions applicable to all types of stands.....................................................37 8.5.1 Establishment of roads, piling and bucking areas..............................37 8.5.2 Tops of hills, slopes of more than 30 % and very humid or very dry sites...................................................................................37 8.5.3 Wooded strips along public traffic lanes, corridors, sites and territories of aesthetic interest, drinking water supply sources, sludge disposal sites and waste disposal sites...................39 8.5.4 Special provisions concerning the protection of lakes and watercourses...............................................................................39 8.6 Provisions concerning the preservation of the forest cover along public traffic lanes.................................................................................41 8.7 Provisions concerning the preservation of the forest cover along drinking water supply sources, sludge disposal sites and waste disposal sites.................................................................................41 8.8 Special provisions concerning piling and bucking areas................................41 8.9 Special provisions on building plots................................................................42 8.10 Exceptions and exemptions............................................................................42 8.11 General provisions concerning the transportation of wood.............................44 9. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE CORRIDORS, SITES AND TERRITORIES OF AESTHETIC INTEREST 9.1 Provisions concerning the activities and uses forbidden along corridors, sites and territories of aesthetic interest...............................44 9.2 Provisions concerning the preservation of the forest cover along corridors, sites and territories of aesthetic interest...............................45 9.2.1 On public land.....................................................................................45 9.2.2 On private land....................................................................................45 9.2.3 Special provision concerning piling and bucking areas.....................45 9.2.4 Provisions concerning sites and territories of aesthetic interest located on public land.........................................................................46 9.3 Provisions concerning activities and uses authorized on sites and territories of aesthetic interest.................................................................46 V MRC of Pontiac - Revised Land Development Plan By-Law Number 65-99 The Complementary Document 10. PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE SITES OF ECOLOGICAL INTEREST 10.1 Provisions concerning deeryards……….............................................…...46 10.2 Special provisions concerning heronries…..........................................…..46 10.3 Special provisions concerning the Bristol marshes..............................…..47 11. PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE SITES WITH CONSTRAINTS TO LAND OCCUPATION 11.1 Special provisions concerning the sites with constraints of natural source...................................................................................…..47 11.1.2 Special conditions relating to the issue of a building permit in the landslide zone.....................................................…48 11.2 Special provisions concerning the sites with constraints of anthropic source.......................................................…………………….49 12. PROVISIONS CONCERNING LAKES DUMONT AND ST. PATRICK 12.1 Special provisions concerning the dimension and minimal area of lots....................................................................................................…..51 12.2 Special provisions concerning construction...........................................…51 13. PROVISIONS CONCERNING CONSTRUCTION ON ISLANDS 13.1 On public land.......................................................................................….52 13.2 On private land.....................................................................................…..53 14. PROVISIONS CONCERNING MOBILE HOMES AND TRAILER CARAVANS 14.1 Mobile homes.......................................................................................…..53 14.2 Trailer caravans....................................................................................…..53 VI MRC of Pontiac - Revised Land Development Plan By-Law Number 65-99 The Complementary Document 1. DEFINITIONS Accessory building: Building separated from the main building or use located on the same plot or the same lot and designed to improve the usefulness, convenience and enjoyment of the main building or use. Annex: Accessory structure or building attached to the main building and built on the same site as the latter ; it aims at improving its usefulness, convenience and enjoyment. Basal area: Forest cover unit currently used in forestry during