Lakeshore's town council wants the province to revisit its policy on severing farm houses from prime agricultural land.
Currently, a farm owner can't separate a residence from farmland unless the land has been purchased by a new owner or the farmer acquires more farmland and can then deem it a surplus structure.
Ward 5 councillor Dan Diemer brought the issue to council earlier this month and council agreed to take it to the province.
"The problem that's going on now is a retiring farmer can't sever his own house off and sell the farm, but the purchaser who buys that farm has every right to sever that off as a surplus dwelling and then sell it," says Diemer.
He feels the policy isn't fair as it stands.
Diemer says it leaves the farm owner little power when deciding to retire on their own property.
"The original farmer, the owner of that farm could have been owned by generations, should be the one who has the right to sever that off," says Diemer.
Council approved wording for a bylaw and plans to approach other town councils for support before bringing it to the province.