Huron County councillors have asked planning staff to take a look at the minimum lot sizes allowed in the county.
Manager of Planning Sandra Weber explains consideration for smaller lot sizes has been requested by county council and various organizations like the Mennonite and Amish communities to help young farmers get started or more intensive market gardening.
Weber says typically farm sizes in Huron County are about 100 acres to leave flexibility for different types of crops. What has been requested is lot sizes between 20 and 50 acres.
That would contravene both the Huron County official plan and the Provincial Policy Statement.
Council has asked staff to bring back a report outlining terms of reference so they could study the issue further.
Weber says allowing smaller lot sizes would require a change to the county's planning documents and that would be a public process that would require comments from a variety of agencies as well as the province.
