Q-2, r. 0.1 - Regulation respecting activities in wetlands, bodies of water and sensitive areas

Section 38.10 Disposition versions

2022-03-01

38.10. The following are prohibited when carried out in a low-velocity flood zone:

(1)  the construction of a main residential building on land that has been backfilled without having obtained the required authorizations or has become vacant following a flood;

(2)  work carried out to establish, modify or extend a pipe in a waterworks system, sewer system or storm water management system except

(a)  when the system is intended to serve

i.  an infrastructure or a building constructed before 23 June 2021 in a low-velocity zone;

ii.  any other infrastructure or building whose construction is not prohibited in a low-velocity zone and provided that the conditions set out it section 38.11 are met, if applicable;

(b)  when the system is intended to serve an infrastructure, a building or a sector situated outside the low-velocity zone;

(c)  when the work relates to a public road.

For the purposes of first paragraph,

(1)  “construction” does not include dismantling;

(2)  land is vacant when more than one year elapses from the dismantling of a main residential building located on the land, without reconstruction work having begun.

O.C. 1596-2021, s. 49.