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LPAT Exhibit E-1 - Respecting Lands Located at 6984, 9694, 9714 and 9730 Twenty Road West. ZAC-15-023. UHOPA-15-12. 25T-201505
The Tribunal orders as follows:
That the proposed amendments to the City of Hamilton Urban Official Plan are hereby approved as set out in Exhibit D attached to the affidavit of Diana Morris sworn on May 20, 2020, and included in Exhibit 1 filed with the Tribunal. The Tribunal further Orders that the proposed amendments to Zoning By-law No. 464 and the City of Hamilton Zoning By-law 05-200 are hereby approved as set out in Exhibit E attached to the affidavit of Diana Morris sworn on May 20, 2020 and included in Exhibit 1 filed with the Tribunal.
LPAT Case No. PL171243
LPAT File Nos. PL171243, PL171244, PL171245
- Hamilton: J, JJ, K, KK, L-i, M-11, M-12, M-13, M-14, M-15;
- Dundas: I.L, I.G, I.LS;
- Flamborough: M1, M2, M3, EI;
- Stoney Creek: MS, MP, MT, MG, MSP, MBP, ME, MR;
- Glanbrook: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8;
- Ancaster: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6,
Save and excepting those lands indicated on Schedule “A” to By-law 06-028, known as the West Hamilton Innovation District, and save and excepting those lands indicated on Schedule “A” to By-law 04-054, known as the Barton Street and Tiffany Street Industrial Area, and save and excepting those lands more particularly referenced herein.
Repealed by By-law No. 09-197 September 16, 2009
- 21-106-LPAT-02 Attachment 1 - To Adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 151 to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan
- 21-106-LPAT-03 Attachment 2 - To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200, Respecting Lands Located at 899 Nebo Road (Glanbrook)
The Board orders that the appeal by Nebo Group (2006), now the Lockwood Auto Group, of a proposed official Plan amendment with the approval authority file number ROPA-12-001 is dismissed. The Board’s order allowing in part the appeals by Nebo Group (2006), now the Lockwood Auto Group Inc.:
- of its proposed amendment to the City of Hamilton Urban Official Plan, as further modified by Attachment 1 to this decision, and
- of its proposed amendment to the City of Hamilton By-law No. 05-200, as further amended by Attachment 2 to this decision,
is withheld until the Board is advised in writing that the matters set out in paragraph 5 of the Minutes of Settlement, filed as Exhibit 2 in these proceedings, have been met.
- LPAT Case No. PL130701, PL141020
- LPAT File Nos. PL130701, PL130702, PL141020
Respecting Creative Industries in the Industrial and Institutional Zones.
LPAT-04
Attachment 1The Tribunal Orders that the appeal against By-law No. 17-240 of the City of Hamilton is allowed in part, and By-law No. 17-240 is amended as set out in Attachment 1 to this order. In all other respects, the Tribunal orders that the appeal is dismissed.
LPAT Exhibit B - To Create New Commercial and Mixed Use and Utility Zones for the City of Hamilton.
The Tribunal Orders as follows:
Zoning By-law 17-240 (the “By-law”) is deemed to have come into force on the day the By-law was passed, being November 8, 2017, in accordance with subsection 34(31) of the Planning Act, with the exceptions as shown in Exhibit “B” to the affidavit of Joanne Hickey-Evans, sworn October 26, 2018 and found in Exhibit 5B at Tab B.
LPAT Case No. PL171450
LPAT File No. PL171451
The Tribunal Orders as follows:
1. The appeal filed on behalf of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust and Loblaw Properties Ltd. ("Choice") in OLT Case No. OLT-22-002489 (formerly Case No. PL161168) is allowed, in part, in accordance with s. 34(26) of the Planning Act:
a. City of Hamilton Zoning By-Law No. 16-265 is amended in accordance with the Zoning By-Law Amendment attached as Exhibit "C" to the affidavit of Shannon McKie, sworn May 4, 2022, and attached as Attachment 1 to this Decision.
b. The amendments to Zoning By-law No. 16-265 shall come into force as of the date of this Order for those properties indicated in Exhibit "C" to the affidavit of Shannon McKie, sworn May 4, 2022, and attached as Attachment 1 to this Decision:
i. 50 Dundurn Street South; and
ii. 435-447 Main Street East.
2. Pursuant to s. 34(30) of the Planning Act, in all other respects Zoning By-law No. 16-265 is deemed to come into force for the lands under appeal (as indicated in the Tribunal's order dated May 1, 2017), as of the date Zoning By-law No. 16-265 was passed, being October 12, 2016, such lands being:
i. 50 Dundurn Street South;
ii. 435-447 Main Street East; and,
iii. 1124 Main Street East.
3. Pursuant to s. 17(27) of the Planning Act, Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment No. 65 ("OPA 65") came into force across the City of Hamilton on the day after the last day for filing an appeal, being November 11, 2016, save and except for the following properties of Choice, for which Official Plan Amendment No. 65 shall come into force and effect as of the date of this Order, pursuant to subsection 17(50) of the Planning Act:
i. 435-447 Main Street East; and,
ii. 1124 Main Street East.
OLT Case Numbers OLT-22-002489 (formerly PL161168); OLT-22-02495 (formerly PL161169)