Week 7- Subdivision Process

Question 1

What is the job of the Approving Officer

Answer 1

Statutory decision maker at municipal or provincial level who ensures proposed subdivisions:
- comply with OCP, zoning requirements, LGA, LTA, and other regulations
-accommodate road plans and access for future SD
- consider physical, social, economic constraints

Question 2

What are the steps of the Subdivision Application Process

Answer 2

1. Pre Appliction
2. Submit an Application
3. Application Review
4. Preliminary Layout Approval
5. Servicing Plan (agreement)
6. Final Plan Survey

Question 3

What is Pre Application?

Answer 3

Step 1 of Subdivision Application Process. Before submitting application, complete your development plan by reviewing city development regulations

Question 4

Submit an Application

Answer 4

Step 2 of subdivision app process
You submit your plan and application and pay the application fee

Question 5

Application review

Answer 5

Step 3- your layout is reviewed and servicing requirements are identified

Question 6

Preliminary layout approval

Answer 6

Step 4- if your layout is acceptable, your plan is issued a Preliminary Layout Approval (PLA)

Question 7

Servicing Plan

Answer 7

Step 5- you submit a servicing plan. Your servicing plan is reviewed and if approved, you then execute a servicing agreement

Question 8

Final Plan Survey

Answer 8

Step 6- you complete PLA requirements and submit the final survey plan. The plan is signed by the approving officer

Question 9

What is included in a Works and Services Agreement in Subdivision Process?

Answer 9

• required off-site servicing works (i.e. to urban standards)
  -required rights of ways or statutory Rights of Ways
• sealed engineering design drawings
• implementation (construction period)

Question 10

Latecomer Agreements

Answer 10

• development finance agreements between municipalities and property developers
  -specify offsite services such as roads, water, sewage, or drainage necessary for dev to proceed
  -specify terms by which “front-ending” developer can recover costs for excess capacity, beyond what is required for his/her initial development

Question 11

What is Excess service

Answer 11

Non linear infrastructure of broader area based benefit including traffic signals, water reservoirs, sanitary lift stations, and storm water detention ponds or pump stations

Question 12

What is Extended Service

Answer 12

A highway, water, sanitary, or drainage system that will provide access or service to land other than the land being subdivided or developed. Extended Service is attributable to linear infrastructure such as road works, and water, sewer and drainage mains that are not located within nor fronting the land being subdivided or developed.