CNLR 927/96 - St. John's Urban Region, Regional Planning Area under the Urban and Rural Planning Act

CONSOLIDATED NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 927/96 St. John's Urban Region, Regional Planning Area under the Urban and Rural Planning Act (O.C. 96-173) Under the authority of section 51 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act and the Subordinate Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act , the Lieutenant-Governor in Council defines the following area as the St. John's Urban Region, Regional Planning Area. PLANNING AREA Beginning at North Head at the northern entrance of St. John's Harbour ; Then in a generally northerly direction following the shoreline of North East Avalon Peninsula to Cape St. Francis; Then in a generally southerly direction following the shoreline of the North East Avalon Peninsula to head of South Arm in Holyrood Bay; Then following the shoreline of Holyrood Bay to Blow Me Down Bluff; Then following the boundary of the Town of Holyrood inclusive to a point and from that point turning south 84° 30' east 3,900 metres, more or less, to the north end of Big Island Pond; Then in a generally easterly direction following the northern shoreline of Big Island Pond, Daltons Pond and the stream connecting these ponds with Mobile Big Pond; Then in a generally easterly direction following the north shore of Mobile Big Pond , Mobile River and Mobile First Pond; Then in a generally easterly direction along the northern bank of Mobile River to a railway trail; Then in a northeasterly direction along the railway trail to a power transmission line; Then in a northerly direction along the power line to the southern bank of Gallows Cove River ; Then in an easterly direction along the southern bank of that river to the Southern Shore Highway ; Then south 50° 00' east a distance of 3,790 metres, more or less, to the easternmost extremity of Witless Point situated on the headlands between Witless Bay and Mobile Bay; Then in a generally northerly direction following the eastern shoreline of the North East Avalon Peninsula to the point of beginning, together with the whole of Bell Island , and all adjacent offshore islands. All bearings being referred to the true meridian. 259/85 Newfoundland Regulation 259/85 is repealed. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer