Whitchurch-StouffvillePlanning ApplicationsMinor Variance & Consent
Committee of Adjustment Terms of Reference
Published by Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
This is the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s document, as published on its website on 16 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Study
- Published by
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Also called
- Terms of reference
- For
- any
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 3
- Agencies
- Committee of Adjustment · The Regional Municipality of York · Local Planning Appeal Tribunal
- Instruments
- Planning Act · By-law 2024-117-RE
Overview
The Committee of Adjustment Terms of Reference, printed as Appendix D of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville's By-law 2024-117-RE and linked from the Town's Committee of Adjustment page. Its three pages set out the committee's authority under sections 44, 45, 53 and 54 of the Planning Act, its mandate over minor variances, legal non-conforming uses and consents, the four tests it considers for a variance, its seven-member composition and qualifications, the $80 meeting remuneration, its monthly meeting format, and appeals to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.
What it covers
- Appendix D Committee of Adjustment Terms of Reference
- 1. ENABLING LEGISLATION/AUTHORIZING BY-LAW
- 2. MANDATE
- 3. COMPOSITION & TERMS OF APPOINTMENTS
- 3.1 Composition
- 3.2 Qualifications
- 3.3 Term of Office
- 3.4 Staff Support
- 4. REMUNERATION
- 5. MEETING FORMAT
- 5.1 Meeting Format
- 5.2 Appeals
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