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Documents
Respecting Lands Located at 79 and 85 Lovers Lane (Ancaster).
Respecting Lands Located at 314 Wilson Street East.
Respecting Lands Located at 1552 Concession 2 Road West, Flamborough. ZAR-20-040
Respecting Lands Located at 173 Highway 52, 1348 Concession 2 West and 1372 Concession 2 West, Hamilton. RHOPA-21-017/ ZAR-21-040
ZAC-22-056
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 Respecting Lands Located at 111 and 115 Fiddler’s Green Road, Ancaster. ZAC-22-058
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 with Respect to Lands Located at 198 Lover’s Lane, Ancaster. ZAC-22-042
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 with Respect to Lands Located at 382 Southcote Road, Ancaster. ZAR-23-003, UHOPA-23-003
23-196-OLT Schedule A Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment No. 194
23-197-OLT Schedule B To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 Respecting Lands 442, 450, 454 and 462 Wilson Street East
The Tribunal Orders that: a. The Applicant's Official Plan Amendment appeal is allowed in part and the Urban Hamilton Official Plan of the City of Hamilton is hereby amended as set out in Schedule A to this Order. B. The Applicant's Zoning By-law Amendment appeal is allowed in part and the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law No. 05-200 is hereby amended as set out in Schedule B to this Order.
OLT-22-004156
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200, Respecting Lands Located at 392, 398, 400, 402, 406 and 412 Wilson Street East and 15 Lorne Avenue, Ancaster
The Tribunal Orders that a. the Applicant's Official Plan Amendment appeal is dismissed; b. The Applicant's Zoning By-law Amendment appeal is allowed in part and the City of Hamilton's Zoning By-law No. 05-200 is hereby amended as set out in Schedule "A" to this Order.
Respecting Lands Located at 470 Parkside Drive and 12, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89 Blue Sky Trail.
Respecting Lands Located at 20 Reid Avenue North, 11-17 and 41 Reid Avenue South, 22-116 Land Street, and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 Hayes Avenue, Hamilton. ZAC-18-010/25T-201802
To Amend Zoning By-law 90-145-Z (Flamborough), and to Amend By-law 03-332, respecting lands described as being within Part of Lots 12 and 13, Concession 3, (East Flamborough), in the former Town of Flamborough, now in the City of Hamilton.
Decision Order No.: 0717
As amended by By-law 18-003, respecting lands located at 20 Reid Avenue North, 11-17 and 41 Reid Avenue South, 22-116 Lang Street and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 Hayes Avenue, Hamilton. ZAH-19-049
Respecting Lands Located at 3087 Highway No. 56.
Repealed by By-law No. 06-083 April 12, 2006
As amended by By-law 04-279; Respecting Lands Located in Part of Lot 12, Concession 3 (northwest corner of Carla Avenue and Green Road).
Decision Order No. 2327
The Board orders that By-law No. 16-265 of the City of Hamilton save and except for the following properties of said by-law being the appealed portions shall be deemed to have come into force on the October 12, 2016:
a. 50 Dundurn Street, Hamilton
b. 435-447 Main Street East, Hamilton
c. 1124 Main Street East, Hamilton
OMB Case No. PL161168
OLT-05 Exhibit B
a) The appeals filed on behalf of CTREL and Choice in OLT Case No. OLT-21-001799 (formerly PL171450) are allowed, in part, in accordance with subsection 34(26) of the Planning Act:
- Zoning By-Law No. 17-240 (By-law 17-240) is amended in accordance with the Zoning By-Law Amendment set out in Exhibit B to the affidavit of Shannon McKie, sworn January 31, 2022, and found in Exhibit X at Tab X.
- The amendments to By-law 17-240 shall come into force across the entire City of Hamilton, with the exception of the following specific properties which remain under appeal pursuant to and as described in the Tribunal’s order in this matter dated June 25, 2021:
- 64 Main Street East;
- 3011 Homestead Drive;
- 237 Upper Centennial Parkway;
- 201 Wilson Street East; and
- 82-112 King Street East and 73-87 Main Street East.
b) That the parts of By-law 17-240 that are not amended and were not previously deemed in force by the Tribunal’s order dated November 16, 2018, as indicated in Exhibit B to the affidavit of Shannon McKie, sworn January 31, 2022, and found in Exhibit X at Tab X, are deemed to come into force across the entire City of Hamilton on the day By-law 17-240 was passed, being November 8, 2017, pursuant to subsection 34(30) of the Planning Act, except for those properties which remain under appeal pursuant to the Tribunal’s order in this matter dated June 25, 2021 as described above.
OLT Case Nos. OLT-21-001799
Legacy Case Nos. PL171450
LT File Nos. OLT-21-001799
Legacy File Nos. PL171450, PL171451
To Create New Industrial Zones for the City of Hamilton.
Respecting a Pilot Project for Entertainment on Outdoor Commercial Patios generally located in the areas of Downtown Hamilton, and for certain lands Zoned Open Space (P4) Zone and Settlement Commercial (S2) Zone in the Rural Area