Residents invited to learn about new Minimum Planning Requirements
The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to learn more about new Minimum Planning Requirements that will affect policies and regulations regarding housing in our region.
Minimum Planning Requirements are provincial regulations that the municipality’s land use plans and strategies must meet as required by the province. In August 2024, the province announced 12 new Minimum Planning Requirements to prioritize increasing housing supply.
To comply with the new regulations, the municipality is making changes to the Regional Plan, as well as Community Plans and land use by-laws.
Check out the new requirements and submit your feedback in our online public engagement by Monday, February 24 here: https://www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/minimum-planning
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For routine municipal matters such as reporting potholes, snow clearing, requesting traffic calming assessments, garbage collection and much more, please call 311 or email at contactus@311.halifax.ca. Please feel free to copy me on your email if this is not a routine matter.
When you call 311, your request is logged and tracked to ensure follow up and action by the appropriate department. Please be sure to advise the agent if you would like to receive a follow up from sta regarding your service request.
For more information about how to get in touch, please visit our website: halifax.ca/311
Snow Clearing
During snow events, all our equipment and operators work as quickly as possible to clear roads and sidewalks as efficiently as possible. If the service standard has expired for your street to be cleared, please contact 311 and they can dispatch a plow. Service standard timelines can be found here: halifax.ca/snow and click the Snow Clearing Service Standard link.
Before the service standard has expired, please be patient and give our crews time – we are working as quickly as we can. You can find out what classification your street is by searching on our interactive map on halifax.ca/snow under Winter Street Information.
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If you would like to meet with me, I can meet in person at City Hall, the Keshen Goodman Library or another location that is convenient for you. We can also have a Teams or Zoom video call if that is more convenient. The best way to contact me is by email at janet.steele@ halifax.ca or by calling or texting my cell phone at 902-471-3123.
