Agricultural Law Netletter - July 21, 2018

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court, has dismissed an application for judicial review of a municipal bylaw which exempted "vehicles supporting agricultural business" from a rush hour ban for heavy trucks on a ferry. The Court held that municipal councillors were entitled to rely on a legal opinion provided by municipal staff to the effect that a failure to exempt farm vehicles might violate the Ontario Farming and Food Production Protection Act, 1998, which provides that no "municipal bylaw applies to restrict a normal farm practice carried on as part of an agricultural operation". (Sorensen v The County of Frontenac, CALN/2018-018, [2018] O.J. No. 3357, Ontario Superior Court of Justice)