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Boyd v Yellowknife (City)

Court Supreme Court
Date 1992-06-08
Other citations 11 M.P.L.R. (2d) 318 (N.W.T. C.A.) – 11 M.P.L.R. (2d) 318 at 320 (N.W.T. S.C.) – affirmed (1992)
File numbers CV 03703
Judge(s) Richard
Location Yellowknife
Cases and statutes considered Statutes considered:
City of Yellowknife, Zoning Bylaw, s. 6 ( 8 )
Planning Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. P-7
Decision information:

Abstract: Application to quash a portion of the City's zoning By-Law which requires a six-month waiting period between the date of the City's refusal to issue a development permit and the date of consideration of any similar application for the same parcel of land. Argued that the Act does not empower council to prohibit the development officer from accepting for consideration an application.
Decision: Application dismissed. No merit to quashing the by-law.
Subjects: Municipal law
Keywords: By-law - quash - ultra vires - fettering of discretion

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