Severance denied on Lasalle Line
Enniskillen Township Council denied a severance on March 4 on La Salle Line next door to the former Enniskillen Pepper Company property.
The owner of the Lasalle property, Donna McCormick wanted to sever a two acre lot from the 100 acre farm to build a home for her son Greg. Lambton County Planner Jarod Preston recommended the proposal be denied because a residence is currently not on the property at the present time, so the house that her son plans to build will not be a surplus dwelling.
Severing the two acre parcel will also reduce the original farm below 100 acres, which goes against the provincial policy statement, the official plans of Lambton County, Enniskillen Township and the township’s zoning bylaw.
McCormick said there haven’t been any dwellings on the land for 10 years, as this was the time the pig barns were torn down.
Councillor Mary Lynne said the municipality has denied a similar request in the past. When asked if McCormick could build a house on the property without the severance, Preston said a house could be built there, if it complies with the zoning bylaw.
Enniskillen Pepper Company land owner Jack Greydanus asked Greg McCormick if he had a problem with either cucumbers or cannabis being grown in the greenhouse on his property, an issue that has been a contention with the Brand family across the road as well as other neighbours. “I couldn’t care less,” said Greg McCormick.
Another option available to McCormick is to appeal the decision to the Ontario Land. She has 20 days to file the appeal from the date of the decision of March 4.
Blake Ellis, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Independent
