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SPR/SPA:

Risk:

T-53-C-a

Halton Region, Hamilton Region

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Burlington City of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

In progress/some progress made

Addressed by policies in the newly approved Burlington Official Plan, 2020. However, the new OP is currently subject to various OLT appeals. On Jan. 4, 2023, the OLT formally confirmed which parts of the Burlington Official Plan, 2020 came into effect on Dec. 22, 2020 and which parts did not. The OLT also confirmed that no parts of the Official Plan (other than policies where appeal rights are limited by the Planning Act) are in effect on lands with site-specific appeals. At this time, above mentioned policies of the 2020 Official Plan are not in effect and are subject to the appeals process. More direction may be forthcoming in 2024.

Halton Hills Town of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

In progress/some progress made

Planning & Eng. are aware of the Policy and will be following the direction even without the Town's OP and ZB being updated. The Town is using a screening form developed by the Region of Halton that applicants are required to fill out for Building Permits. The Town's Pre-consultation form has been amended to include Source Protection questions. Town OP to begin formal review in 2024 and required additions/revisions to SP policies will be made.

Halton, Regional Municipality of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

Implemented

Hamilton City of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

Implemented

The Restricted Land Use Submission form is in place and to be used when a Planning Act application is within a vulnerable area.

Milton Town of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

In progress/some progress made

To be completed as part of the new Official Plan Project. Milton staff will determine options to implement policy direction. We Make Milton - our new Official Plan Project - was launched in summer 2019. It is anticipated that the process will be complete in 2023/24. Work plan includes implementation of SPP. As of 2023, the Town has prepared the 'Growing in Milton' Official Plan paper, which focuses on where to grow - and where not to grow. We have prepared a policy review piece for discussion papers and identified a set of policy requirements coming out of SPPs that need to be implemented.

Oakville Town of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

In progress/some progress made

Pending outcome of conformity exercise and consultation with Regional Planning department and RMO, appropriate actions regarding activities will be taken.

Wellington, County of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

Implemented

Policy Text:

To facilitate the effective implementation of policies for significant drinking water threats and assist in municipal decision-making,

a. the municipal planning authorities are requested to require proponents to disclose whether any of the following activities are expected to occur on the property where they would be significant drinking water threats, proposed storage location, where applicable, as well as the substances utilized or stored and their volume:

i. the establishment, operation or maintenance of a system that collects, stores, transmits, treats, or disposes of sewage
ii. the application or storage of agricultural source material
iii. the application, or handling and storage of commercial fertilizer
iv. the application, or handling and storage of pesticide
v. the application, or handling and storage of road salt
vi. the storage of snow
vii. the handling and storage of fuel
viii. the handling and storage of a dense non-aqueous phase liquid
ix. the handling and storage of an organic solvent
x. the use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area or a farm-animal yard
xi. the establishment and operation of a liquid hydrocarbon pipeline.

Monitoring Text:

T-53-C (d): the municipal planning authority shall report to the Source Protection Authority by February 1 of each year on actions taken to amend municipal documents/processes to require disclosure of threat activities and the number of disclosure reports that were received in the previous year.