09-28-2016, 11:40 AM
(09-27-2016, 09:31 PM)darts Wrote:(09-27-2016, 12:16 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: I expect they would still have to give up a sizeable portion to floodplain control. The piddly little creek behind the lot next to Swiss Chalet and Milestones on Hespeler Road has blocked development for the same reason: they'd have to give up so much land for flood protection that development isn't worth the expense.
Is that why that hasn't been developed? What flood protection is needed? like a storm water mgmt pond to make up for a possible buildings footprint? Seems so weird since it is so insignificant.
I suspect that the flood management rules have probably gotten more strict since the rest of the properties on the creek have been developed.
It could be a "tragedy of the commons" type of thing. All those developments in the area with poor storm-water management increase pressure on the creek to handle larger peak volumes of runoff. The creek needs to handle more, so the flood protection controls required around the creek are strengthened. Thus, the lone undeveloped parcel is stuck with extra flood protection requirements to make up for dozens of properties that did nothing.