Overview
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (MODL) has been actively working on a land use planning project over the past several years. Launched in 2020, this multi-year campaign aims to create strategic planning documents such as the Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) to help guide development, support community needs, and meet the provincial requirement for comprehensive land use planning. Previously known as MODL2040, this project is now called the Municipal-Wide Land Use Planning Project.
Provincial Requirements
The Province of Nova Scotia has mandated that every municipality create municipal-wide land use plans to ensure consistent planning standards province-wide. Every municipality in Nova Scotia is required to meet this minimum land use planning requirement by developing planning documents and adopting zoning that follow provincial guidelines, known as Statements of Provincial Interest. The Statements of Provincial Interest include important topics such as agriculture, drinking water, flood risk, infrastructure, and housing.
Through the Municipal-Wide Land Use Planning Project, MODL will meet the province’s minimum planning requirements by developing comprehensive land use planning documents. These documents will include policies and regulations that will apply to the entire municipality along with municipal-wide zoning.
To find out more about the project and to stay up to date on the upcoming public engagement events, please visit: https://engage.modl.ca/modl2040.