Bylaw 149-2023 applies to every cadastral operation in Ormstown. It sets minimum lot sizes, standards for new streets, and a contribution of 10% of the land or its value for parks. The copy the town has posted is an administrative consolidation without official value, with no adoption or in-force date. A first draft amendment, 149.1-2026, would add seven exemptions to the parks contribution.
Article 1.2 says the bylaw gives the municipality the legal means to regulate cadastral operations on its territory. It replaces Bylaw 23-2006 (art. 1.4).
The town's copy is an administrative consolidation (codification administrative) that says it “has no official value”. Its update date and table of amendments are blank, and it prints no notice of motion, adoption or in-force date; article 6.1 says it comes into force “in accordance with the law”.
Under the fee schedule, Bylaw 39-2026 (in force June 1, 2026), the permit costs $100 plus $50 per lot added (item 60).
For serviced lots, minimums are set zone by zone in the zoning bylaw's grids (art. 3.16). Under the permits bylaw, a lot is serviced when water and sanitary sewer are in the street along it, or a bylaw ordering their installation is in force, and partially serviced when only one is.
| Lot | Area | Width | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unserviced, outside a riparian corridor | 2,800 m² | 45 m | see note |
| Partially serviced, outside a riparian corridor | 1,400 m² | 22.8 m | see note |
| Unserviced, on the shore | 3,700 m² | 45 m | 60 m avg. |
| Partially serviced, on the shore | 1,875 m² | 30 m | 60 m avg. |
| Serviced, on the shore | blank | blank | 45 m avg. |
| Unserviced, within 100 m of a designated watercourse | 3,700 m² | 45 m | 30 m |
| Partially serviced, within 100 m of a designated watercourse | 1,875 m² | 25 m | 30 m |
Source: Tables 3.2 and 3.3 (art. 3.17). For the lots in Table 3.2, article 3.17 says no minimum depth is required; the table's depth column refers to the zoning grids. Article 1.13 says that where the text and a table differ, the text prevails. For a serviced lot on the shore or within 100 m of a watercourse, article 3.16 sets an average depth of at least 45 m. The designated watercourses, listed in the permits bylaw, are the Châteauguay, JW Martin, Outardes, Outardes Est, Scully Dubeau, Grande décharge, Haws, Black Brook and Mitchell.
The owner must give the town, free of charge, land council considers suitable for a park, playground or natural space, or pay money instead, or a mix (art. 4.1).
Exempt operations (art. 4.2):
First draft bylaw 149.1-2026 would add paragraphs k) to q) to article 4.2, exempting: non-profits (OBNL or OSBL) offering free services to Ormstown residents and registered with the Registraire des entreprises du Québec for two years; transfers of ownership for public purposes; operations by the municipality; a transitional lot to be transferred to an adjoining property; operations resulting from a judgment or a boundary determination (bornage); establishing or expanding a preschool, primary or secondary school, a vocational training centre or an adult education centre; and licensed daycares and early childhood centres (CPE).
Its preamble says notice of motion was given on July 6, 2026. Council Watch reported that notice (July 6) and the first draft carried on August 3, 2026. On the posted copy, the later steps on the cover are blank, including the public consultation, the second draft, adoption and entry into force.
No new street may be opened in zones A and AD (art. 3.2). A cul-de-sac may run at most 150 m to a turning circle with an outer radius of at least 20 m, or 250 m if a drivable pedestrian and emergency path at least 5 m wide links it to a neighbouring street (art. 3.8).
Minimum sizes do not apply to lots registered before the bylaw took effect (art. 5.1); the posted copy does not print that date (art. 6.1). A nonconforming lot has acquired rights if it met the rules in force when it was filed with the cadastre or when a complete permit application was filed. The owner must prove them (art. 5.2). Land that was not a separate lot on April 11, 1983 can still be subdivided in the cases in article 5.3. In the agricultural zone, a lot with acquired rights cannot be refused for width if a lane at least 5 m wide links it to a public road or a conforming private street (art. 5.6).
A cadastral operation needs a permit, on a land surveyor\'s plan (art. 2.3, 2.6). Tables 3.2 and 3.3 set minimum lot sizes by water and sewer service and by distance to water (art. 3.17). Unless article 4.2 applies, the owner gives 10% of the site\'s area or value, in land or money, as council chooses (art. 4.1, 4.3).