{"id":16895,"date":"2016-06-28T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T16:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=16895"},"modified":"2016-06-29T23:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T03:51:15","slug":"discussions-continue-around-what-to-do-with-properties-in-flood-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/discussions-continue-around-what-to-do-with-properties-in-flood-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions continue around what to do with properties in flood zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville Council is expected to kick around the idea of making allowances for those who own properties on flood plains &#8211; at least to enable property owners to enjoy their property on a seasonal basis.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The issue is expected to be discussed further at the Town\u2019s General Committee meeting on Wednesday, June 29. It comes at the heels of an application brought forward to Huntsville\u2019s Committee of Adjustments on June 15, whereby a property owner asked the committee to let him keep his trailer on a higher point on his property, which is located in a flood zone. In the end, committee denied the request but not without some trepidation. See the initial story <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/committee-grapples-with-what-to-do-with-properties-on-flood-plains\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span>. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was much discussion around the table that these properties should be reviewed,\u201d said committee chair and Councillor Bob Stone. He added that as the Town undergoes a review of its Official Plan, consideration ought to be given to such properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the committee really wrestled with the concept that they have this property and they can\u2019t build and your neighbours are upset. They can\u2019t have even an RV,\u201d said Councillor Nancy Alcock, referring to the Town\u2019s current bylaws, which do not allow any type of structure in flood zone areas except for those properties which are grandfathered. \u201cIt just seemed like this could be one of many properties,\u201d she said, adding that the time to review the municipality\u2019s policies is precisely during the OP review.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Jonathan Wiebe took it a step further and said he\u2019d like the issue discussed around the council table at the Town\u2019s General Committee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>I think that it\u2019s important that we all have a chance to discuss it together. There are options that we alluded to during the meeting that may be a good compromise and that would be seasonal occupation of said lands. So I think there\u2019s a bigger discussion still to be had.<cite>Huntsville Councillor Jonathan WieBe<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He will be bringing the issue to General Committee for further discussion in the hopes of coming up with an interim solution. \u201cIt\u2019s a financial hardship when their own property can\u2019t actually be used even when it\u2019s not during flood watch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville Council is expected to kick around the idea of making allowances for those who own properties on flood plains &#8211; at least to enable property owners to enjoy their [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-16895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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