Ridgeview Lumber OPA

The purpose of the proposed County Official Plan Amendment is to facilitate the expansion of storage areas associated with an existing on-farm diversified use (OFDU) being a lumber yard. The effect of the application is to redesignate a portion of the lands from ‘Rural’ and ‘Hazard Lands’ to ‘Rural with Exceptions’ and ‘Hazard Lands’ to permit the OFDU property occupy 2.25% of the subject lands (9,300 m2), whereas the County Official Plan currently permits 2% of total size of the property (or 8,000 m2). The expansion would result in increasing the overall area of the ODFU, inclusive of buildings, laneways, and outdoor storage areas, by 1,300 m2.