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   "summary": "Core enacting section of the City's comprehensive Zoning By-law under Planning Act s.34, regulating use of land and the character/location/use of buildings and structures citywide to implement the Official Plan; the full by-law is split into 39 zone-specific sections and map schedules.",
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