In an impressive show of solidarity, Huntsville councillors who sit at the District table managed to convince the majority of their District colleagues to approve an amendment to Huntsville’s Official Plan.

Councillors were able to muster the majority required to obtain approval for allowing much smaller rural residential lots in Huntsville, despite two levels of municipal planning staff expressing concerns.

Huntsville Official Plan Amendment 6, pushed by Huntsville council, changes the minimum required size of a rural residential lot from 2 hectares (4.94 acres) to 0.4 hectares (0.988 acres). It also changes the required frontage on a year-round maintained road from 134 metres to 60 metres. The amendment was passed by Huntsville council in April, despite Huntsville planning staff recomm

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