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Land-use planning and municipal regulations
Opinions of participants
The project’s compliance with the development plan and municipal regulations was an
aspect which was widely discussed. Several participants singled out a confusion
regarding the development plan of the City of Levis, regarding the current vocation of
the area targeted by the project. According to one participant, the designation of lands
in this territory is a complex and controversial matter as “we are faced with an
industrial-portuary usage which […] carries an important psychological charge,
somewhat akin to activities which are said to be delicate such as hog farms, electrical
lines, and airports, which generate a certain amount of questions” (Mr. Claude Lavoie,
DT17, p. 60).
The Conseil des monuments et sites du Québec was of the opinion that “the port and
related infrastructures are set out in the territory in a way that is not very consistent
with ancient occupation aspects, disregarding the ground divisions of ancient lands”
(DM394, p. 13). For a large proportion of participants, Ville-Guay, the eastern sector
of the city of Lévis, was described as a rural and residential district. In the opinion of
many participants, this project is not consistent with the area’s current usages. As
such, several wanted to see this area confirmed as residential and agricultural rather
than as an area which is suitable for industrial-portuary facilities 1 . Underscoring the
incompatibility between the proposed project and this area, one participant added:
[…] the Rabaska project proponent proposes to implement a heavy industry in an
area where usages that are authorized and up to date (dwellings, schools,
businesses) are incompatible with those required for his project. Close to one
hundred families reside within a 1-km radius of the planned facilities.
(Ms. Danièle Desjardins, DM646, p. 2)
Some participants objected to the industrial-portuary vocation of the area in question,
underscoring the gap between the City of Lévis development plan, which hasn’t been
reviewed for many years, and the real situation of this area. One participant was of the
opinion that the chosen site must not become “an area with an industrial-portuary
vocation as, in reality, this site is strictly residential and agricultural, thanks to the
1987 development plan, of which one part for heavy industry was reviewed but not
adopted in 2001” (Mr. Jean-Claude Gosselin, DM63, p. 4). According to some
participants, the industrial-portuary designation of this area is in fact obsolete, and it
should have been modified previously, as the area has developed more into a
residential neighbourhood (Mr. Jacques Levasseur, DM460, p. 4).
1. Ms. Annie Lebel and Mr. Hubert Pelletier-Gilbert, DM160, p. 4; Ms. Thérèse Carrier and Mr. Claude Labrecque,
DM40, p. 2; Ms. Suzanne Rochon, DM536, p. 4; Municipality of Beaumont, DM619, p. 25; Mr. Jean-Claude
Bouchard, DM408, p. 8; Démocratie Lévis, DM371, p 5; Mr. Rosaire St-Pierre, DM412, p. 5; Ms. Denise Martel,
DM205, p. 3.
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