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Development Application Guidelines: Minimum Distance Separation Calculation

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Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines for a Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) Calculation, the setback tool between livestock facilities, manure storage or anaerobic digesters and surrounding land uses, in a February 19, 2026 edition and an October 2022 edition issued as Appendix "B20" to Report PED22112(d). It explains the MDS I and MDS II formulae, the planning applications and building permits where municipalities review MDS setbacks, the planners, technicians and engineers who prepare calculations, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' Publication 853.

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