Municipality ordered to proceed with church's petition for drainage after failing to reach mutual agreement.
The appellant church appealed the municipality's decision not to accept its petition for drainage under section 5 of the Drainage Act.
The church had experienced severe flooding and initially sought a mutual agreement drain, which the municipality agreed to in principle but refused to fund.
The church subsequently filed a petition for drainage under section 4 of the Act, which the municipality rejected.
The Tribunal found that the municipality was within its right to reject the petition, but the church was also within its right to appeal.
The Tribunal ordered the municipality to proceed with the petition, finding that the failure to reach a mutual agreement did not preclude the consideration of a petition.
Crossroads Alliance Church v. Council of the Township of Zorra, 2005 ONAFRAAT 11