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County to Investigate Picton Terminals
Evidence suggests it is quarrying a parcel of land zoned Rural, in contravention of the Aggregate Resources Act
The MNR granted Picton Terminals repeated exemptions from the requirement for a quarry licence under the Aggregate Resources Act based on information the owners supplied about their activities.
“Once again,” the Chief notes patiently, “we would like to share our concerns.”
The Gazette has learned that the Minister of Municipal Affairs is undertaking a formal consultation with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte over the MZO for Picton Terminals.
Readers write about the Town Hill and Picton Terminals
Picton Terminals receives about seven or eight ships a year, according to logs on its website. It occasionally stores bulk cargo. It has no rail links, and no immediate highway access. Yet the Chamber of Marine Commerce is telling the federal government it is ripe for expansion as a container port.
Readers Write: on Picton Terminals, a Dark Sky Preserve, and National Newspaper Week
Three days after the Crown quashed their case against Picton Terminals, a Freedom of Information request brought what looked like a deception to light
Tenants Yuliia and Sergei Nesterenko and two children face eviction order after complaining
On the other side of Parrish and Heimbecker's eight new 150-foot grain silos on Picton Bay, Doornekamp Construction appears to be expanding its quarrying operations into surrounding lands still zoned agricultural, ahead of any decision on the MZO application being considered by the Minister of Housing.
An MZO, by its very nature, removes municipal jurisdiction. It overrides municipal zoning. If granted, it would establish a Special Economic Zone right on Picton Bay, where the Terminals can do what it likes. Of course, the Terminals has always pretty much done what it likes.
Representatives for Picton residents, ABNA Investments, and the Crown met at Ontario Superior Court March 7 for an initial hearing in Picton Terminals court case
How does Picton Terminals' rock quarrying relate to the question of a variance for P & H? Perhaps just in the fact that none of the destruction was allowed to enter the consideration of the question at hand. It was, as they say, the elephant in the room.
Readers on Picton Terminals, building of grain silos on the port, and strategic voting dreams
A private suit has convinced a Justice of the Peace there is enough evidence to proceed with charges for illegal excavations
Despite its promising title, the open-book exam is the absolute worst kind (except, perhaps, for the “take-home.”) Your answers are better the fuller and longer they are. If you skip a question, or a consultation, beware.
The MZO for Picton Terminals, and Councillors who oppose but are not willing to debate.
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