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S-5
Crowe Valley, Ganaraska Region, Kawartha-Haliburton, Lower Trent, Otonabee-Peterborough
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Implementing Body
Legal Effect
Policy Tool
Threat Type
Status
Comment
Alnwick/Haldimand Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Asphodel-Norwood Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
S-5(1) Official Plan amended in 2016 to reflect this. AN will be part of new County OP, which was approved by Council in 2022 and awaiting approval from MMAH. By-Law will be updated as required once OP approved. By-Law 2015-74 reflects requirement to connect to municipal sewage system when feasible.
Brighton Municipality of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Cavan Monaghan Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
S-5(1)OP policies in place.
Cramahe Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
In progress/some progress made
Douro-Dummer Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
No response required/not applicable
S-5(1) There are no sanitary sewers in the municipality.
Durham, Regional Municipality of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
In progress/some progress made
Amendments to the Durham Region OP to implement the policy have been initiated and will be completed as part of the municipal comprehensive review.
Trent Lakes Municipality of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
No response required/not applicable
As there is no municipal sewage collection system in the Municipality of Trent Lakes, this policy is not applicable.
Haliburton, County of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Completed 2017
Hamilton Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Policy and procedures are in place to consider future septic systems.
Hastings, County of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
No response required/not applicable
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Peterborough Public Health works with the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen in the event that there is a new or replacement onsite sewage system required in the source water protection area to determine the feasibility of connection to the municipal sewage collection system.
Highlands East Municipality of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented: Policy outcome(s) evaluated - No further action(s) required
Kawartha Lakes City of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Marmora and Lake Municipality of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Hastings County Official Plan, 4.2.1.19 - does not allow consent for new lots in IPZ-1 where a septic is proposed and municipal services are available.
Minden Hills Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
In progress/some progress made
Otonabee-South Monaghan Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
By-Law requiring connections to municipal sanitary services - no by-law in place as there are no municipal sanitary services in the municipality. Sanitary servicing for Burnham Meadow is connected to City of Peterborough through agreement.
Peterborough City of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
S-5(1) By-Law number 15-165 took effect December 7, 2015. Policy also included in the new Official Plan. Where connection to a municipal sewage collection system is feasible given financial and technical constraints, new development will be serviced by a municipal sewage collection system; and b) Where connection to a municipal sewage collection system is not feasible, new development will be serviced by a sewage system constructed to standards of the Ontario Building Code to ensure that the activity is not a significant drinking water threat. Comment from PPH: Ongoing collaboration between PPH and the City of Peterborough when an onsite sewage system requires replacement to determine the feasibility of connection to the municipal sewage collection system.
Peterborough, County of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Current OP includes requirements to connect to municipal sewage collection system if feasible for existing and future systems.
Quinte West City of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Scugog Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
No response required/not applicable
Upper tier responsibility - DR Health
Selwyn Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
S-5(1) By Law 2015-079 passed. This bylaw indicates where connection to a municipal sewage collection system is feasible given financial and technical constraints, new development will be serviced by a municipal sewage collection system; and where connection to a municipal sewage collection system is not feasible, new development will be serviced by an onsite sewage system constructed to standards of the Ontario Building Code to ensure that the activity is not a significant drinking water threat. PPH has collaborated with the Township of Selwyn regarding the feasibility of connection of the one private sewage system in the vulnerable area to the municipal sewage system. Connection has not been possible in the past. Some changes to the municipal sewage system were completed in 2023 as part of a construction project in this area. The feasibility of connection for this property will be evaluated in 2024 given these changes.
Stirling-Rawdon Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Trent Hills Municipality of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented: Policy outcome(s) evaluated - No further action(s) required
Uxbridge Township of - (Municipality)
Conform with
Land Use Planning Approaches
Future
Implemented
Policy Text:
Applicable Activities: Sewage systems as defined in section 1 of O. Reg. 350/06 (Building Code) made under the Building Code Act, 1992 that would be future significant drinking water threats.
S-5(1): Require a policy to support the following:
a) Where connection to a municipal sewage collection system is feasible given financial and technical constraints, new development will be serviced by a municipal sewage collection system; and
b) Where connection to a municipal sewage collection system is not feasible, new development will be serviced by a sewage system constructed to standards of the Ontario Building Code to ensure that the activity is not a significant drinking water threat.
S-5(2): The following content is recommended to be included in the report required by Policy G-10(2):
a) A summary of any approvals of septic systems in areas where they would be significant threats. Where the approval authority is not the municipality, the report will be copied to the applicable municipality.
Monitoring Text:
G-10(2): Report by February 1 each year to the applicable source protection authority on how the requirements of the policy were achieved. Where the approval authority is not the lower or single tier municipality, the report will be copied to all applicable municipalities and applicable Source Protection Authorities.
Monitoring policy for GANARASKA Source Protection Area G-10(2):
Report by February 1 each year to the Ganaraska Region Source Protection
Authority on how the requirements of the policy were achieved during the
preceding calendar year. Where the approval authority is not the lower or
single tier municipality, the report will be copied to the relevant municipality
and the Source Protection Authority.
S-5(2): The following content is recommended to be included in the report required by Policy G-10(2):
a) A summary of any approvals of septic systems in areas where they would be significant threats. Where the approval authority is not the municipality, the report will be copied to the applicable municipality.
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