{"id":159100,"date":"2024-08-12T07:43:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=159100"},"modified":"2024-08-13T11:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:11:56","slug":"motion-to-put-a-moratorium-on-road-license-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/motion-to-put-a-moratorium-on-road-license-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Motion to put a moratorium on road license agreements on council agenda tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Tuesday&#8217;s August 13 Lake of Bays Council meeting, Councillor Nancy Tapley is expected to propose a motion to place a moratorium on the Township&#8217;s controversial road allowance license agreement. This agreement is required by property owners who traverse an unopened road allowance to access their property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community members have criticized the required agreement, saying it places an unfair burden on those who already pay property taxes. The agreement requires residents to provide a survey, $5 million or more in liability insurance, and, in some cases, improvements to the unopened road allowance to enable emergency vehicles to get through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel that this road agreement was rushed through quickly before the council really had time to talk about it,&#8221; said Councillor Nancy Tapley, who said she has heard from community members about the issue. &#8220;Just hit pause and allow time to take a longer look at it.&#8221; She said the agreement works for some places, and if they&#8217;ve started the process, then they should complete it, particularly those acting as a road association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But I don&#8217;t like forcing it down people&#8217;s throats,&#8221; she said, adding that at least in the last 100 years, the municipality has not had any lawsuits pertaining to the use of public road allowances. She said, in her opinion, the bylaw was rushed without engaging residents first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion on the agenda reads as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>WHEREAS<\/strong>&nbsp;Council directs staff to continue processing Road Licensing Agreements currently in progress and amend the agreement to remove the requirement of liability insurance and annual fees,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AND WHEREAS<\/strong>&nbsp;Road License Agreements that have been executed before August 13, 2024, are to remain in effect with the removal of the requirement of liability insurance and annual fees,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BE IT RESOLVED THA<\/strong>T the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Lake of Bays approves a moratorium on the Road Licensing Agreement Program effective immediately until August 2025, excluding the provisions noted above and all new developments throughout the Township.&#8221; The meeting begins at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lake-of-bays-residents-up-in-arms-over-required-road-agreements\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lake of Bays residents up in arms over required access agreements<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lake-of-bays-adds-information-about-road-license-agreements-on-its-website\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lake of Bays adds information about road license agreements on its website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED At Tuesday&#8217;s August 13 Lake of Bays Council meeting, Councillor Nancy Tapley is expected to propose a motion to place a moratorium on the Township&#8217;s controversial road allowance license [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":159104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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