A large dock on a quiet Ontario lake has raised an uproar among local cottagers who say federal regulations for water airplane landing strips allow builders to ignore local bylaws.
Measuring more than 200 square metres — large enough to house a volleyball court — the dock sits on the shore of Three Mile Lake behind 206 Skyline Dr. in the Township of Armour, Ont., just north of Muskoka.
The cottage association and township council are now pushing Transport Canada to crack down on similar proposals by ensuring mixed-use docks can no longer qualify as federally-regulated aerodromes.Rod Ward, mayor of the Township of Armour, said the township's chief building officer first learned about the dock last December.
Hodgson argued Canadian courts have repeatedly found that provincial laws and municipal bylaws do not apply to the location and establishment of aerodromes. Township of Armour bylaws are designed to protect the region's lakes, Ward said, and those lakes may be put at risk if local rules aren't followed.
In an approval application submitted to the federal government's navigation protection program registry, plans for the dock do not include a roof. In a letter to Township of Armour council, Klassen said his dock was "specifically and purposely" designed to be used as a private water aerodrome.
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