Municipality ordered to apply for environmental permits without delay after failing to proceed with drainage works.
The appellants appealed under section 58(5) of the Drainage Act, alleging that the respondent municipality failed to proceed with reasonable dispatch with the construction of the Zettler Municipal Drain after passing the provisional by-law.
The Tribunal found that the municipality's engineer had submitted the report and the municipality had tendered the project prematurely, before obtaining necessary environmental permits from the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
The Tribunal ordered the municipality to apply for the required permits without delay and to amend the engineer's report if required by the conservation authority.
Sluys Family Farm Inc. v. Municipality of Brockton, 2024 ONAFRAAT 19
