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📣There are some upcoming by-law changes happening to waterfront properties. By knowing these upcoming changes, they can help speed up your project. One change that is happening is: boathouses are being limited to width on the property. ➡️The setback from the water is changing from 15m to 30m. With the following exceptions listed below: • Where a permitted building is to be erected or enlarged on a lot abutting a waterbody where there is an existing building on either side of the lot, such building may encroach into the minimum water setback provided such building is not erected or enlarged closer to the shore lot line than the established building line. • Where a building is erected in accordance with an established building line and the setback is between 15.0 m and 30.0 m from the high-water mark, a 15.0 m shoreline naturalization buffer shall be provided in accordance with Section 4.32. • In no case shall a new building be erected closer than 15.0 m from the high-water mark on a lot. • The above provisions shall not apply to lots with a lot depth greater than 55.0 m.