Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal 1 Stone Road West
Guelph, (Ontario) N1G 4Y2 Tel: (519) 826-3433, Fax: (519) 826-4232 Email: AFRAAT@ontario.ca
Tribunal d’appel de l’agriculture, de l’alimentation et des affaires rurales 1 Stone Road West
Guelph (Ontario) N1G 4Y2 Tél.: (519) 826-3433, Téléc.: (519) 826-4232 Email: AFRAAT@ontario.ca
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS APPEAL TRIBUNAL
APPEAL:
Bolton Drain Township of Euphemia
Bolton Drain (RE) 1997 ONAFRAAT 47
STATUTE:
Drainage Act
HEARING:
October 20, 1997
DATE OF DECISION:
October 31, 1997
1997-47
NEUTRAL CITATION:
1997 ONAFRAAT 47
Bolton Drain Township of Euphemia
IN THE MATTER OF THE DRAINAGE ACT R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER D.17, AS AMENDED.
AND IN THE MATTER OF:
An application under Section 76 of the Drainage Act by the Corporation of the Township of Euphemia for permission to appoint an engineer to procure a report to vary the assessment for the BOLTON DRAIN
Before:
Vernon Spencer, Chair, Andrew Osyany, Vice-Chair; Herbert Todgham, Vice-Chair
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL
This application was filed by the Township of Euphemia by letter dated October 20, 1997 and considered by the Ontario Drainage Tribunal (the Tribunal) on October 31, 1997. The Township of Mosa confirmed by letter dated October 27, 1997 that the Township had no objections to the Tribunal granting the application.
Section 76 of the Act is as follows:
- (1) The Council of any local municipality liable for contribution to a drainage works in connection with which conditions have changed or circumstances have arisen such as to justify a variation of the assessment for maintenance and repair of the drainage works may make an application to the Tribunal, of which notice has been given to the head of every other municipality affected by the drainage works, for permission to procure a report of an engineer to vary the assessment, and, in the event of such permission being given, such council may appoint an engineer for such purpose and may adopt the report but, if all the lands and roads assessed or intended to be assessed lie within the limits of one local municipality the council of that municipality may procure and adopt such report without such permission.
After consideration of the submissions made, the Tribunal decided to grant the Corporation of the Township of Euphemia permission of the Tribunal to appoint an engineer under Section 76 of the Drainage Act to procure a report to vary the assessment on the Bolton Drain.
It is ordered that there be no order as to costs and all parties are responsible for their own costs.
Attention is drawn to Section 73 of the Act.
Dated at Guelph, Ontario this 31st day of October, 1997.