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YESAB is required to seek representation from the Peel Watershed Planning Commission to determine whether projects are in conformity with the approved plan.
Yukon Land Use Planning Council has recommended that the Peel Watershed Planning Commission be re-established.
Once the Peel Watershed planning process was completed, the Peel Watershed Planning Commission was decommissioned.
The Plan currently states that “…the Commission itself does not have to perform the conformity checks at the request of YESAB (12.17.1).”
However, this statement contradicts UFA S.12.17 and YESAA S.44. A planning commission is the only body with authority to make representations on project conformity with plans and to consider whether variances should be considered. Therefore, a commission’s existence is a constitutional and statutory requirement.
Specific Plan Adjustments
Section 6.1.3 Plan Conformity
Page(s): 127
Details:
Change the following wording:
“However, the Commission itself does not have to perform the conformity checks at the request of YESAB (12.17.1).”
To the following:
“Per YESAA Section 44, YESAB is required to seek representation from the Peel Watershed Planning Commission to determine whether projects are in conformity with the approved plan. Further to this, the Commission may grant a variance from the regional plan.”
Document Status: Unchanged
Notes: