The Urban Planning Advisory Committee consist of borough residents, some of them with training or expertise in urban planning, urban development, architecture, heritage or simply a good knowledge of the borough. Elected borough official take part in the work carried out by this committee, which are made up of seven official members, including the Chair, and the replacement members.

Public consultations in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce are required under the Land Use Planning and Development Act and are held in person at the borough council chamber.

Functions of the Urban Planning Advisory Committee

The Urban Planning Advisory Committee studies all applications for minor exemptions, comprehensive development programs or any urban planning and architectural integration programs. It then makes recommendations to the Borough Council, which then chooses whether or not to act on them.

However, certain meetings at which draft regulations or requests for preliminary opinions are presented to the committee are held in camera, and documents relating to such matters are not made public. The following documents are reviewed in private:

• Application for a preliminary opinion;
• Any draft by-law aimed at adopting, amending or repealing the règlement de zonage, règlement de lotissement, or the règlement sur les plans d’implantation et d’intégration architecturale and the Master Plan;
• Any draft by-law aimed at the construction or occupation of buildings geared to persons in need of assistance under the terms of section 89, paragraph 4 of the Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities.