Caledon and other Ontario municipalities getting new powers to tackle illegal truck yards and unauthorized land use

Caledon and other Ontario municipalities getting new powers to tackle illegal truck yards and unauthorized land use

The new administrative monetary penalty system proposed by the province would allow Ontario municipalities to bypass court backlogs and slap daily fines directly onto property tax rolls.

Ontario Cracking Down on Illegal Truck Yards

Proposed changes would allow municipalities to impose fines for misuse of landsThe Ontario government will soon propose amendments to the Planning Act that would help prevent illegal land uses, including for trucks and the operation of commercial trucking activities on land not zoned for industrial use. The amendments would enable municipalities to impose administrative monetary penalties for illegal land uses, including illegal truck yards that…