Tie Codes

Recently a developer blamed the Town for something beyond our control: Tie Codes. Tie Codes are used to link property together that may be separated. Their use has changed over time and today they are most commonly used to link land that are separated by a road or access line. As an example: if you owned a quarter section of land and the province decided that they needed to run a road through the quarter then Tie Codes would be used to keep together the relevant land you would still own.

Here is how it would work:

1. the quarter would be split in three. the quarter section, the roadway, and the rest of the quarter
2. each bit would have a title
3. the two pieces of the former quarter would be kept together through the use of the Tie Codes.

The Tie Codes that the Province found and had eluded both the Town's lawyers and the developers lawyers. The Tie Codes date back to somewhere between the 1930s and 1950s connecting three disparate properties including the land where the old ball diamonds used to be off of West Road, the current land being developed east of Thompson Dr. and land just north of Motherwell Reservoir.