1. Milton failed to notify…

1. Milton failed to notify me of the draft Official Plan being available for comment and failed to notify me of the recommended amendment being brought before Council for a decision. This was despite me being on the Interested Parties list and despite my delegation at the Public Meeting on December 9, 2024.
2. Schedule 6 inappropriately identifies certain lands on No. 2 Side Road as "Enhancement Areas, Linkages, Buffers" when they are actively farmed land within an identified prime ag area.
3. 2.4.2.8 says protect ag operation from incompatible land uses that would limit productivity and efficiency, which is contrary to certain NHS policies.
4. 2.4.4 Provides the basis for why prime ag lands shouldn’t be encumbered and taken out of production.
5. 2.4.4.2 Protect prime ag lands for long-term ag uses, which is contrary to certain NHS policies.
6. 2.5.1.5 Protect and enhance linkages (contrary to protection of prime ag lands).
7. 2.5.1.15 identifies “Enhancement areas to key features” and “Linkages” as being components of the natural heritage systems, however neither are described whatsoever. They seem to compete with prime ag. It is often not apparent why lands are identified on the land use map as one of these NHS components. Technically, any landscape could be a linkage or an enhancement area. More detail is required.
8. 5.1.2.1 p and q seem contrary to the identification of enhancement areas and linkages on actively farmed prime ag lands.
9. 5.2.1.2 identification of lands within the NHS doesn’t necessitate that lands will be purchased by a public authority. How else would lands be developed as a linkage or enhancement area if that's how they are identified within the NHS?
10. Possible unacceptable triggers for Environmental Impact Assessments within 5.2.3 for improving land or constructing farm buildings due to identification of enhancement areas and linkages.
11. 5.2.3.8 is concerning because, were the subject lands to be developed in the future, identification of the lands as enhancement area and linkage area means that lands could be acquired by the Town in the future, reducing future development potential of the lands.
12. 5.2.3.12 requires that studies be completed to refine the NHS, which is problematic for the landowner where lands have erroneously been identified as enhancement area and linkage area. Undue hardship to landowner. 5.2.3.13 provides little comfort to the landowner regarding refinement of the NHS in such as circumstance.
13. 5.2.4.1 It is not appropriate to zone actively farmed prime ag lands as local NHS in the zoning by-law. Lands should be zoned agricultural.
14. 5.2.6.1 is problematic if the lands were to be able to be developed in the future because anything identified as enhancement area or linkage can’t be considered as lands eligible to be parkland dedication, even though they are developable lands. Table lands outside of a key feature should be eligible for parkland dedication.