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Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

T-37-C-a

Halton Region, Hamilton Region

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

Halton Hills Town of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

No response required/not applicable

IN 2023, Halton Region, through Report PW-38-23, did identify 83 properties (largely salt or snow storage related) with drinking water threats to be addressed by way of Risk Management Plans. The report did not identify any in the Halton-Hamilton SP Region.

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

Language included in the Rural Official Plan under Chapter D – Rural Systems, Designations and Resources and Zoning By-Law

Milton Town of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Land Use Planning Approaches

Future

In progress/some progress made

Milton has initiated its new Official Plan project which will implement this policy. Following completion of the new OP project, the local zoning by-law will also be updated to conform. Milton's new Official Plan project has been initiated and will address this requirement. Once the new Official Plan is prepared, the local ZBL will also be amended to conform. 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, we are preparing our 'Growing in Milton' Official Plan paper, which focuses on where to grow - and where not to grow. We are preparing a policy review piece for discussion papers and identifying a set of policy requirements coming out of SPPs that need to be implemented. The region has also released a policy directions report and we will implement directions as required.

Policy Text:

Where the future storage of snow would be a significant drinking water threat
a. in a wellhead protection area and issue contributing area, the Region of Halton, the Towns of Milton and Halton Hills and the City of Hamilton shall prohibit through Planning Act tools snow storage facilities that are at or above grade at greater than one hectare in size or, below grade, at or greater than 0.01 hectare in size.

Monitoring Text:

T-37-C (b): The Region of Halton, the Towns of Milton and Halton Hills and the City of Hamilton shall provide copies of their planning documents to the Source Protection Authority when they have been amended to conform with the policy to prohibit snow storage facilities of these sizes.