Operating Agreement

The municipality is responsible for the construction of public facilities, such as sewers, roads and lighting. It is also responsible for preparing the land for construction and/or residential purposes. When building a new neighborhood, for example, the municipality must incur costs for these facilities. These are recovered from the operators of the land.

Cost sharing can be arranged before the exploitation plan is adopted. This can be done in an anterior exploitation agreement. If the parties cannot reach an agreement, the municipality must include an exploitation plan in the zoning plan, in which the division of costs is still regulated.

The municipality can also enter into an exploitation agreement after drawing up an exploitation plan. There is then a posterior exploitation agreement. In that case the municipality is bound by the exploitation plan when making agreements.

The procedure varies from project to project. For information on Requirements and procedure, contact the municipality. To do so, call 14 0181

What you should include in your request depends very much on the nature of the agreement you want. If you already have a building plan, at least include it.