P-41.1 - Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities

Article 79.2.3.1 Versions de la disposition

2025-03-25

79.2.3.1. Where a livestock facility can only be enlarged by encroaching upon the space that must be left open under separation distance requirements or by derogating from a standard originating from the exercise of a power provided for in subparagraphs 3, 4.1 or 5 of the second paragraph of section 113 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1) or in subparagraph c of subparagraph 18 of the second paragraph of that section, the enlargement of the facility is allowed notwithstanding those requirements and standards so long as

1°  the enlargement is necessary in order to comply with a code of practice or a standard of a certification aimed at ensuring the welfare of animals;

2°  there is no increase in the number of livestock units; and

3°  the enlargement is not erected on the side of the building used for a purpose other than an agricultural purpose whose siting would entail the greatest restriction on the potential for expanding the agricultural activities of that breeding unit if the separation distance requirements were taken into account.

2021, c. 35, s. 84; 2025, c. 5, s. 65.

2021-12-09

79.2.3.1. Where a livestock facility can only be enlarged by encroaching upon the space that must be left open under separation distance requirements, the enlargement of the facility is allowed notwithstanding the separation distance requirements so long as

1°  the enlargement is necessary in order to comply with a code of practice or a standard of a certification aimed at ensuring the welfare of animals;

2°  there is no increase in the number of livestock units; and

3°  the enlargement is not erected on the side of the building used for a purpose other than an agricultural purpose whose siting would entail the greatest restriction on the potential for expanding the agricultural activities of that breeding unit if the separation distance requirements were taken into account.

2021, c. 35, s. 84.