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Planning and building permit applications require screening due to the risk a proposed or existing activity may have on drinking water in vulnerable areas. If a property is not within a vulnerable area or if the activity does not trigger a Prohibition or Risk Management Plan policy, the application will proceed as normal. Find out if your property is within a vulnerable area here. To find out which source protection plan applies to you click here.
If a property is located within a vulnerable area, applicants will be asked to fill out a short Source Water Protection Screening Application Form. The application will then be screened by municipal staff ,and possibly the Risk Management Official, to assess if the proposed activities pose a risk to drinking water quality or quantity before an application can be approved.
If you are making a second or third application for the same project and activities have not changed, then an Addendum to the Drinking Water Source Protection Screening Form can be filled out rather than the Drinking Water Source Protection Screening Form. For example, you filled out the Drinking Water Source Protection Screening Form for a severance application and you are now applying for a building permit.
If activities have changed then a new Drinking Water Source Protection Screening Form must be filled out.
If the application is sent to the Risk Management Official, the application can proceed in four different ways through the process:
View our Planning and Development Application Fact Sheet for more details
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