Appeal of municipal drainage report dismissed; appellants' unauthorized private drainage works not adopted.
The Appellants appealed a municipal drainage report (the Spriet Report) under s. 48(1) of the Drainage Act, seeking to have it set aside and replaced with their own private drainage works.
The Tribunal found that the Appellants' private works were undertaken without authorization and did not provide a benefit commensurate with the estimated costs to the watershed.
The Tribunal preferred the evidence of the municipality's drainage engineer over the Appellants' civil engineer, concluding that the Spriet Report provided a sufficient outlet and met design standards.
The appeal was dismissed and the Spriet Report was adopted.
Albert and Yoka Hoogendoorn v. Municipality of Thames Centre, 2016 ONAFRAAT 10
