In accordance with Section 59(1) of the Clean Water Act, 2006, the following land uses identified within the City of Guelph Official Plan are hereby designated as land uses to which the restricted land uses provisions of the Clean Water Act, 2006 apply where activities are or would be a significant drinking water threat:

All land uses, except solely residential uses, in all areas where the establishment, operation and maintenance of a waste disposal site within the meaning of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All agricultural land uses in all areas where the application of Agricultural Source Material to land and the storage of Agricultural Source Material is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All land uses, except solely residential, in all areas where the application, handling and storage of commercial fertilizer is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All land uses, except solely residential uses, in all areas where the application of pesticide to land and the handling and storage of pesticides is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All land uses, except solely residential uses, in all areas where the storage of snow is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All land uses in all areas where handling and storage of fuel is or would be a significant drinking water threat.

All land uses, except solely residential uses, in all areas where the handling and storage of dense non-aqueous phase liquids is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All land uses, except solely residential uses, in all areas where the activity of handling and storage of an organic solvent is or would be a significant drinking water threat;

All agricultural land uses in all areas where the use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area, or a farm-animal yard is or would be a significant drinking water threat; and

All land uses in all areas where the application of Non-Agricultural Source Material to land and the storage of Non-Agricultural Source Material is or would be a significant drinking water threat.

Despite the above policy, a Risk Management Official may issue written direction specifying the situations under which a planning authority or building official may be permitted to make the determination that a site specific land use is not designated for the purposes of section 59. Where such direction has been issued, a site specific land use that is the subject of an application for approval under the Planning Act or for a permit under the Building Code Act is not designated for the purposes of Section 59, provided that the planning authority or building official, as applicable, is satisfied that:
a. The application complies with the written direction issued by the Risk Management Official; and
b. The applicant has demonstrated that a significant drinking water threat activity designated for the purposes of section 57 or 58 will not be engaged in, or will not be affected by the application.

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