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Originally Posted by IanWatson
It's only for amendments to the plan (MPS). In theory your Municipal Planning Strategy is for the long term, and Council is in no way obliged to consider changing it. Council may decide that conditions have changed significantly since the plan was implemented, and therefore there is some merit to considering the application. The initiation report examines whether there's any merit.
Contrast that to a Land Use Bylaw amendment or development agreement request. Council is obligated by the Municipal Government Act/Halifax Charter to consider your application for one of these, so there's no need for an initiation report. You pay your fees, you get considered.
It's not just in Halifax, but elsewhere in NS too.
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Okay but the point still stands that in most other jurisdictions (even for a plan amendment) you pay the fee and it goes forward to council and then they can decided if there is a public hearing (or not by defeating the recommendation at 1st reading).
That's how we do it here in Calgary and it just seems to save a lot of time and discussion...