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Tregothic Marsh Body Land Use Regulations

made under clause 14(e) of the

Agricultural Marshland Conservation Act

S.N.S. 2000, c. 22

N.S. Reg. 266/2022 (effective December 7, 2022)



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Title

Uses and activities

Appendix “A”



 


Title

1        These regulations may be cited as the Tregothic Marsh Body Land Use Regulations.


Uses and activities

2        (1)    No person shall construct works or use or develop lands within, on, or affecting the Tregothic Marshland sections in any way that is not conducive to and in conformity with sound agricultural purposes and practices.

 

          (2)    For the purposes of subsection (1), uses and activities deemed to be conducive to and in conformity with sound agricultural purposes and practices include all of the following:

 

                   (a)      the tilling of soil;

 

                   (b)     the planting and harvesting of crops;

 

                   (c)      the growing of grains and forage crops for livestock feed;

 

                   (d)     the growing of grass and legume crops;

 

                   (e)      the growing of food crops for human consumption;

 

                   (f)      pest and weed control that will not negatively impact the water and drainage system on the marshland;

 

                   (g)     pre-existing exemptions, non-conforming uses, only where they presently exist

 

                              (i)      Sewage Lagoon,

 

                              (ii)     Areas of Exemption as noted in Appendix A (Tregothic Marshland Map).

 

          (3)    For the purposes of subsection (1), non-permitted works, uses or developments include all of the following:

 

                   (a)      land-fill sites or dumps of any kind;

 

                   (b)     residential or commercial structures;

 

                   (c)      drilled wells;

 

                   (d)     new ponds for non-agricultural uses;

 

                   (e)      hunting without permission.


Appendix “A”

Graphic showing map of Tregothic Marsh Body