RESULTS OF THE JUNE 16, 2023 REGISTER

Arundel, June 21, 2023 – Regarding the referendum approval process for by-laws numbers 290.1 to 290.49 prohibiting the PRE uses throughout the territory of the Municipality of Arundel (except in the Pa-10 zone), adopted on May 16, 2023, here are the results of the register held on June 16.

As certified by the Director General/Treasurer at the regular council meeting of June 20, 2023, the number of signatures required to hold a referendum vote was reached in the following 10 zones:

Af-38, Af-39, Af-39-1, Af-40, Ag-30, Ag-31, Ag-35, Pa-32, Vi-33 and Vi-34

By-laws for other zones are deemed approved.

As for the by-laws covering these 10 zones, a referendum vote may be held in the coming months TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT PRE SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED (OR PROHIBITED) IN THE SECTORS RELATED TO THESE ZONES. Council may also decide to abandon these by-laws and thus not hold a referendum. Council will make its decision in July 2023.

Principal Residence Establishments (PRE)

Arundel, June 6, 2023 – At the municipal council meeting held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the Municipality of the Township of Arundel continued the by-law process aimed at PROHIBITING the use of Principal Residence Establishments (PRE), in 49 zones of its territory. The next step concerns the register of qualified voters. This will take place on Friday, June 16, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the Town Hall, located at 2, rue du Village in Arundel.

If I wish to have the Principal Residence Establishment (PRE) use authorized in my principal residence, I will sign the register.

Persons eligible to vote must sign the register, in person, if they wish this type of short-term rental to be offered in their principal residence, in those in their sector or in a contiguous sector, if the case may be.

If I do not wish to have the Principal Residence Establishment (PRE) use authorized in my principal residence: I will not sign the register.

Persons eligible to vote who do not wish this type of short-term rental to be offered in their principal residence, or in those in their sector or in a contiguous sector, if the case may be, must not sign the register.

Thereafter, if the Municipality of the Township of Arundel does not wish to hold a referendum vote, it may choose to withdraw the by-laws that concern the zone where the required number of signatures has been received. In such a case, residents of these zones will be able to offer this type of short-term rental in their principal residence.

You can consult the public notices   https://arundel.ca/en/publications/avis-publics/    and the by-laws  https://arundel.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ANNEXES-290.1-et-ss_Seance-16-mai_VF.pdf  for each zone on the Municipalité du Canton d’Arundel website.

Am I concerned?

You can consult this map of zones and the one attached to each public notice. It let’s residents know if their address is affected.

You can also consult the MRC des Laurentides geomatics at the following address : http://cartographie.mrclaurentides.qc.ca/sigimweb/#Arundel

For more information on this process, please consult this bilingual Powerpoint

• All fires are prohibited on the territory of the Municipality during the dry period following the spring snowmelt (March 1st to May 31st) (article 12, Burning By-law (no 244) 

For any fire or burning, you must comply with the requirements of the Municipality of Arundel’s Burning By-law (no 244).

Some of these requirements are as follows (excerpts):

SECTION 12 – FIRE HAZARD RATING (free translation)

The person responsible for the fire must verify at all times, before proceeding with the burning, that the fire danger is low (white) or moderate (green) or high (yellow), and this, with the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU).

If the fire danger indicated by SOPFEU is extreme (red), all fires are prohibited on the territory of the Municipality.

Furthermore, the permit may be suspended or revoked at any time by the representative of the Municipality or by the representative of the Fire Department duly authorized to do so in one of the following cases:

• Where a ban on open air fires has been issued by the Quebec Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources;
• When an open air fire ban has been issued by the SOPFEU (Société de protection des forêts contre le feu);
• When one of the conditions stated in this by-law is not respected;
• During the dry period following the spring snowmelt (March 1st to May 31st);
• When the Municipality or the Fire Department decrees by public notice a ban on burning on its territory.

ARTICLE 11- WINDS

It is forbidden to make a fire outside on days when the wind speed and gusts exceeds twenty (20) km/hour.

The SOPFEU fire danger rating is a minimal guideline to follow! The appropriate behaviour to adopt for each level of fire danger is laid out below.

• LOW (blue): This is a good time to burn waste and make campfires.
• MODERATE (green): Make only small fires.
• HIGH (yellow): Do not light fires or burn waste if wind speed exceeds 20 km/h. (If wind or gusts over 20km/h: Prohibited at all times (article 11, by-law (no 244).
• VERY HIGH (orange): Fires should only be made in fire places equipped with standard spark arrestors, whose openings are no wider than 1 centimetre.
• EXTREME (red): All fires are prohibited on the territory of the Municipality (Article 12, paragraph 2, by-law (no 244).

https://sopfeu.qc.ca/en/prevenir/can-i-make-a-campfire-or-burn-waste-today/

https://sopfeu.qc.ca/

Arundel acts to retain bilingual status

Update – December 12, 2022 – Bilingual Status | The Municipality of Arundel is proud to announce that it has received confirmation from the Office québécois de la langue française that its bilingual status is maintained.