Air Park dumps 500,000 cubic metres of land fill and told not to do that anymore; David Packer dumps six truckloads and pay a $3000 fine

By Staff

November 20, 2014

BURLINGTON, ON

David Packer pled guilty to charges under the Conservation Authorities Act in relation to undertaking unauthorized development within areas regulated by Conservation Halton. Guilty pleas were entered at the Burlington Provincial Offences Courthouse on August 12, 2014.

On February 22, 2013 Conservation Halton staff confirmed that fill material was being dumped and graded at 1400 Snake Road. David Packer had arranged for the disposal of fill material into the Burlington property. The development activities were undertaken without written permission from Conservation Halton, which is required as the development activities took place within a valley that is regulated by the Conservation Authorities Act.

Trucks dumping landfill at the Air Park site on Appleby Line.

David Packer pled guilty to six charges and was fined a total of $3,000 plus the victim surcharge. In addition to the fine Packer voluntarily removed the fill material at his own expense.

Conservation Halton administers Ontario Regulation 162/06 which regulates development activities within and adjacent to natural hazard areas such as watercourses, creeks or streams, wetlands, the Lake Ontario shoreline and valley slopes.

Hazardous lands are defined as areas that could be unsafe for development because of naturally occurring processes associated with flooding, erosion, dynamic beaches, or unstable soils or bedrock. By regulating development in these hazard areas, Conservation Authorities ensure that people and property are kept safe and the tax payer is not burdened with the cost of replacing and/or relocating development from these areas when natural disasters occur.

There are residents on Appleby Line who will shake their heads in dis-belief when they read the above. Where, they will ask, has the Conservation Authority been the past three years while the Air Park owners were dumping tonnes of land fill on their 200 acre property?