In Merulla v. Ville de Pointe-Claire, 2023 QCCA 954, concerning the validity of the City of Pointe-Claire’s zoning by-law, the Quebec Court of Appeal confirmed last month that a municipality’s zoning by-law does not have to comply with its urb...
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On March 7, the City of Gatineau won its appeal in the case of Ville de Gatineau v. Stinson, 2023 QCCA 306. This decision overturned the Superior Court’s decision that repealed a resolution authorizing a minor exemption and ordered the destruction o...
Read MoreLast fall, in Ouellette v. Mascouche (City of) (2022 QCCS 4190), the Superior Court, rendered by the Honourable Charles Bienvenu, j.s.c., ruled on the unreasonableness of the City of Mascouche’s By-law 1153 on the use of weapons (hereinafter the ...
Read MoreThis month, the Superior Court rendered the decision SBFD inc. v. Ville de Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 2023 QCCS 107, written by the Honourable France Bergeron, j.c.s, regarding a disguised expropriation in the City of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (herein...
Read MoreThe municipal council of the City of Laval adopted on April 22nd, 2021 a draft by-law of the urbanism code (hereinafter “CDU”) following the entry into force of its revised land use and planning development plan to comply with government guidelines, t...
Read MoreThe city of Montreal’s By-Law for a Diverse Metropolis, most commonly referred to as the “20/20/20” By-Law, was adopted on January 26th, 2021. The By-law governing the issuance of building permits for buildings with five or more dwelling...
Read MoreOn April 23, the Montreal Agglomeration Council adopted a new resolution designating 81 lots over which the City of Montreal can exercise a pre-emptive right for social housing (Resolution designating 81 lots). A plan showing the approximate location of t...
Read MoreOn April 29th, 2020, the state of health emergency in Quebec was renewed a sixth time until May 6th, 2020, under Decree 483-2020. As a reminder, since March 15th, 2020, the state of health emergency has the effect of interrupting all deadlines in civil pr...
Read MoreOn March 26, the Montreal Agglomeration Council adopted draft by-laws allowing the City of Montreal to make a pre-emptive right on certain buildings located on the territory of the agglomeration for the construction of social housing. During this meeting,...
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