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Community Improvement Plans and Downtowns

Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) are essential tools for municipalities to promote mainstreet improvements and rejuvenate areas facing decline. They facilitate financial incentive programs, including grants and loans, to support property owners and tenants. Governed by Section 106 of the Municipal Act, CIPs establish a framework for strategic planning, allowing municipalities to rehabilitate lands and buildings while ensuring public interests are prioritized. Collaborations with community groups and businesses are crucial for stimulating revitalization efforts. This introduction explores the legislative foundation and intent behind CIPs.

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Community Improvement Plans and Downtowns

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  1. Community Improvement Plans and Downtowns

  2. Community Improvement Plans • Community Improvement Plans are the policy expression of a community’s plans to facilitate mainstreet improvements. • CIPs are the mechanism by which a municipality can establish financial incentive programs.

  3. Section 106 of Municipal Act, 2001 restricts financial subsidies to businesses. Why? Earlier conflicts among municipalities Excessive relief extended to certain companies Municipal spending is for public purposes Section 28 of the Planning Act provides an exemption from the above prohibition by way of a CIP Provide financial assistance to owners and tenants in public interest Financing - Subsidies

  4. Financial Incentive Programs • Loans • Grants - Property Tax Based Programs - To off-set municipal fees/charges • Development Charge Assistance • The total of the grants and loans may not exceed the cost of rehabilitating the lands and buildings

  5. A CIP is a municipal planning tool: to let municipalities facilitate and encourage community change in a coordinated manner to focus the public on municipal priorities and initiatives to create partnerships with the private sector and community groups to stimulate improvement activities through assistance programs Community Improvement Plan-An Introduction

  6. Section 28 of the Planning Act Allows for strategic policy planning on a site-specific or area-wide basis to: Specify municipal actions to be undertaken to rehabilitate lands and buildings Requirement that municipal Official Plan contain provisions relating to community improvement (see s. 17) of Planning Act Once in effect, CIPs have the same status as Official Plans or Official Plan Amendments Community Improvement Plan-Legislative Basis

  7. Intent of CIP • The intent of CIPs are for their use in areas that may be experiencing deterioration or decline • CIP could allow for the opportunity for infill development. • Most common CIPs provide for façade improvement or streetscape improvement to main streets.

  8. Intent of CIP • CIP – Partnerships with other community groups • Business Improvement Area (BIA) • Public

  9. Contact Us: • Alison Fath-York Senior Municipal Financial Advisor Municipal Services Office – East 1-800-267-9438 x-15 • Joe Gallivan Municipal Planning Advisor Municipal Services Office – East 1-800-267-9438 x-16

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