Ontario moves to ban 'ugly' floating homes making waves in cottage country

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Ontario moves to ban 'ugly' floating homes making waves in cottage country
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But a manufacturer of these floating homes insists these structures qualify as boats and can\u0027t be banned

Ontario’s ministry of natural resources and forestry received nearly 700 comments when it sought feedback from the public regarding the proposed changes to the Public Lands Act earlier this year.

Effective July 1, a “floating accommodation” in Ontario refers to a “floating building structure or thing, or a combination of floating buildings, structures or things” — Nimens’ prototype consists of four shipping containers in total, two for a garage and workshop — that is primarily designed for residential purposes and requires towing to move Article content

Cottage associations are lobbying Transport Canada to stop allowing floating homes to be deemed “vessels.” “We’re talking about setback from the waterfront” and leaving a canopy of trees so that the buildings aren’t the dominant things one sees in the landscape, Kelley said.Article contentFloating homes designated as vessels are making waves in cottage country.One’s view of the water “may or may not be blocked by these ugly sea cans,” Mike Burkett, mayor of the Township of Severn, told National Post in May.

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