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15.34 Despite sections 10.8 and 15.33, City Council
shall permit wayside pits, quarries and portable
asphalt plants for a temporary period for use by
the City, Regional and Provincial governments
in accordance with the Aggregate Resources
Act without requiring either an amendment to
this Plan or an amendment to the zoning
by-law except as follows,
CITY POLICY
Wayside Pits and Quarries
(a) an amendment to the Plan and zoning bylaw
shall be required for wayside pits and
quarries in proximity to a wetland, Area of
Natural and Scientific Interest or
Environmentally Significant Area as
designated on Schedule III, or candidate
Environmentally Significant Area or Area
of Natural and Scientific Interest as may be
identified; and
(b) a zoning by-law amendment shall be
required to permit a wayside pit and quarry
in the urban area and within any Rural
Settlement, as identified by this Plan.
15.35 Should an aggregate extraction site, or wayside
pit or quarry be established in accordance with
sections 15.33 or 15.34, City Council shall
support the rehabilitation requirements of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
as follows,
CITY POLICY
Rehabilitation of Aggregate
Extraction Sites
(a) by requiring, in those instances where
extraction of mineral aggregates has taken
place on Class I, II or III agricultural soils
that are designated Agricultural Areas on
Schedule I, rehabilitation of the site to be
carried out whereby substantially the same
areas and same average soil quality for
agriculture are restored; and
(b) despite (a) above, not requiring complete
agricultural rehabilitation if,
(i) there is a substantial quantity of mineral
aggregates below the water table
warranting extraction; or,
(ii) the depth of planned extracting in a
quarry makes restoration of preextraction
agricultural capability
unfeasible; and
(iii) other alternatives have been considered
by the applicant and found unfeasible;
and
(iv) agricultural rehabilitation in remaining
areas will be maximized.
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