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This document outlines a course on municipal planning and surveying. It discusses the course objectives, topics, reference materials, assignments, and evaluation. The course aims to help students understand municipal planning processes and their effects on geomatics engineering.

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Municipal Planning and Surveying Course Outline

This document outlines a course on municipal planning and surveying. It discusses the course objectives, topics, reference materials, assignments, and evaluation. The course aims to help students understand municipal planning processes and their effects on geomatics engineering.

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Association of Ontario Land Surveyors

MUNICIPAL PLANNING and SURVEYING

Instructor: M. A. Chapman

Objective

The objective of the course is to become aware of the structure of government in Ontario as it relates to
planning; to understand the planning processes, as regulated by the “Planning Act”; to become familiar
with some principles of planning, and; to evaluate the effect of the current planning processes on the
geomatics engineering industry and on the individual.

The course is presented in terms of PowerPoint presentations and assignments. Within the presentations,
municipal / land development and land-use planning requirements and issues will be introduced. The
assignments are designed to expose the student to concepts and applications of specific techniques which
will be encountered in professional practice.

Topics:

The following topics that will be addressed in the Course:

1. Introduction to Land Development.


2. The purpose of planning, the role of the Planning Act, the planning process and its applications.
3. History of urbanization and planning in Ontario. Government structure as it relates to the Planning
Act.
4. The Planning Act: evolution, organization and contents including the role of public.
5. Zoning By-laws.
6. Official Plans, Neighborhoods and Secondary Plans.
7. Committee of Adjustment/Land Division Committee, and the Consent.
8. The subdivision approval process – Draft Plans.
9. Role of the Ontario Municipal Board.
10. Effective design for land development.
11. Environmental Protection
12. Transportation Planning
13. Stormwater Management
14. Role of the engineering community

Reference Material:

A set of PowerPoint presentations are available for the course overview. The following publications may
be used for this course. They are all available at the Queen’s Bookstore, 880 Bay Street, north of College
Street) or at the Web Site (www.mah.gov.on.ca). The reference books for the Course are listed below in
italics. Other government publications or reference books may be required.

 The Planning Act R.S.O. 1990 Chapter p.13, 1996


 Provincial Policy Statement, Revised 2005, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

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 Provincial Policy Statement, Revised 2005, Support Materials, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs
and Housing.
 Citizens’ Guides to Land-use Planning 1-10, 2008, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and
Housing.
 Bill 26: The Strong Communities (Planning Amendment) Act 2004
 Building Better Communities: Highlights of “What is New” in the Planning Act, Ontario Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing.
 Ontario Municipal Board / Planning Reform, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
 Bill 51: Planning and Conservation Land Statute Law Amendment Act, 2006.
 Info-Sheet: Strong Communities (Planning Amendment) Act, 2004 (Bill 26), Ontario Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing.
 Protecting Greenbelt: Greenbelt Planning Reform/ Protection Act 2005.
 Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 and Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan 2002.
 Niagara Escarpment Plan, 2008.
 Parkway West Plan consolidated June 2008.
 Breaking Ground: An illustration of alternative development standards in Ontario’s new
Communities, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 1997.
 Land Development for Civil Engineers, T.R. Dion, Second Edition, John Wiley& Sons Inc., New York,
N.Y., 2002
 Stormwater Management, Martin Wanielista and Yousef A. Yousef, Wiley, 1993.
 Transportation Planning and Engineering, Hobbs, F. 1995

Problem Sets

Seven assignments represent the material that will be used for the course evaluation. All problem sets
have to be submitted. The grade contribution of each assignment will be indicated in the assignment files.

Course Evaluation

Grades will be based on course assignments with the maximum marks indicated on each assignment. A
minimum grade total of 65% is required to successfully complete the course. Please submit the course
assignments within a three month period or as arranged with the facilitator.

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