For years, the reasoning was simple. <\/p>\n\n
You would analyze a lot, verify its zoning. If the project did not comply with urban planning regulations, the conclusion was clear: the lot lost much of its potential. <\/p>\n\n
Bill 22 changes this logic. <\/p>\n\n
Not because it allows construction anywhere, but because it now gives municipalities permanent authority to authorize, under certain conditions, residential projects that deviate from their urban planning regulations. <\/p>\n\n
In other words: the value of a lot no longer depends solely on what the regulation states. It also depends on a municipality’s willingness to support a project. <\/p>\n\n
Here is a concrete example: <\/p>\n\n
Imagine two neighboring lots. Both currently allow 24 units. A developer estimates that a 36-unit project would be necessary to make the operation profitable. <\/p>\n\n
Before Bill 22, many investors would have dismissed the lot outright. <\/p>\n\n
Today, the question becomes: is this municipality seeking to densify this area? Has it identified a need for affordable or family housing? If so, this lot has far greater potential than current zoning suggests. <\/p>\n\n
Two municipalities with similar zoning can now make very different decisions regarding the same project. <\/p>\n\n
This authority is not new in principle. PPCMOI and zoning amendment applications have existed for a long time and already allow deviations from regulations. <\/p>\n\n
What changes with Bill 22 is the mechanism. A PPCMOI or zoning amendment involves a more cumbersome, more structured process, often longer and politically more exposed for a municipality that must justify a specific deviation. The authority granted by Bill 22 is more flexible: it allows a municipality to act within a framework it has defined in advance, without going through this process for each project. <\/p>\n\n
Result: what sometimes took months of negotiation can now fit into a faster and more predictable process, provided the project aligns with municipal priorities. <\/p>\n\n
The real question has changed <\/strong><\/p>\n\n Yesterday: “Does my project comply?” <\/p>\n\n Today: “Does my project align with the Municipality’s priorities and directions so that it will use the powers granted by Bill 22?” <\/p>\n\n What this changes for developers <\/strong><\/p>\n\n The best opportunity may no longer be the perfectly compliant lot. It may be the one everyone dismissed, because it precisely meets a municipality’s priorities. <\/p>\n\n This potential does not materialize automatically: conditions vary depending on the municipality’s size and vacancy rate, and the Bill provides for several exclusions. But it fundamentally changes how a lot is evaluated. <\/p>\n\n APUR’s perspective<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n At APUR, we do not only look at what a regulation allows today. We also analyze what could become possible, taking into account the legal framework, municipal directions, and local political reality. <\/p>\n\n Before purchasing a lot, the best decision does not always rest on current zoning, but on its true development potential. <\/p>\n\n Have you already dismissed a lot for this reason? It may be worth revisiting. <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For years, the reasoning was simple. You would analyze a lot, verify its zoning. If the project did not comply with urban planning regulations, the conclusion was clear: the lot lost much of its potential. Bill 22 changes this logic. Not because it allows construction anywhere, but because it now gives municipalities permanent authority to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1,48,27],"tags":[50,51,52,49],"class_list":["post-3544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation","category-non-classe","category-real-estate-developement","category-urban-planning","tag-developer","tag-land","tag-real-estate","tag-urban-planning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3545,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544\/revisions\/3545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}