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3. . and approved with modifications and referrals to the Municipal Board on March 27, 1973 by the Hon. John White, Treasurer of Ontario and Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs. ' \ The Official Plan while making no specific recommendations about P Neighbourhood Improvement, Residential Rehabilitation, etc., does deal at some length with the communities of Porquis Junction and Monteith. . Specifically the Plan says; Section 2.8.1; < "although the small Communities of Monteith, Porguis Junction and the rural parts Of the Planning Area should not develop into fully serviced urban centres, it is the policy of this Plan to encourage anticipated : rural residential and commercial nonffakm development to locate in these two communities rather than in the remainder of the rural area. Monteith and Porquis Junction are designated as Village Communities on Schedule A". 2.8.2 ~ "The predominant use of land in the two Village Communities . . designated on Schedule A shall be for single family or semiâ€"detached residential dwellings. Institutional uses such as elementary schools, churches, local parks and other similar uses shall also be permitted." . The balance of Section 2.8 deals with other aspects of development in the Village Communities and is not especially relevant to the Neighbourâ€" hood Improvement Program. The designation of the Village communities in the Official Plan. their primary use being single and semi detached residential dwellings and . their concept in the Official Plan as neighbourhoods all appear to qualify them under Section 22, subsection 2 of The Planning Act, as a redevelopment area and thus make them@ligible for the Neighbourhood Improvement Program. > | 2.4 Property Maintenance Bylaw In 1975, the Council of the Town of Iroquois Falls enacted Bylaw 1789â€" o ' 75, a Bylaw to regulate the maintenance and use of property as