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Documents
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on March 24, 2004.
Impact
City Wide
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Council Confirming
Schedule 5 - Parking Meters
Schedule 6 - Time Limit Parking
Schedule 8 - No Parking Zones
Schedule 10 - Alternate Side Parking
Schedule 12 - Permit Parking Zones
Schedule 13 - No Stopping Zones
Schedule 14 - Wheelchair Loading Zones
Schedule 15 - Commercial Vehicle Loading Zones
Schedule 20 - School Bus Loading Zones
Impact
Ward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 14
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Parking
Respecting Lands Located at 937 Upper Paradise Road.
Impact
City Wide
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Schedule 5 - Stop Signs
Impact
Ward: 8
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Traffic
Respecting Administrative Amendment
Impact
Ward: 13
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Official Plan - Urban
Schedule 5 - Stop Signs
Impact
Ward: 9
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Traffic
Respecting Lands Zoned K including all exceptions within those zones under the City of Hamilton Zoning By-law No. 6593 as amended within the Barton Street and Tiffany Street Industrial Area as more particularly shown on Schedule A to this by-law.
Impact
Ward: 2
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Establishes part-lot control on land within registered plans of a subdivision.
Impact
Ward: 12
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Part Lot Control
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on March 10, 2004.
Impact
City Wide
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Council Confirming
To require the conveyance of land for park or other public recreational purposes as a condition of development or redevelopment or the subdivision of land.
Repealed by By-law No. 09-124, June 10, 2009
Impact
City Wide
Type
Repealed
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Environment & Green Spaces
Planning
Respecting Lands Located at the rear of 1451-1477 Upper James Street.
Impact
Ward: 8
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Schedule 6 - Time Limit Parking
Schedule 8 - No Parking Zones
Schedule 12 - Permit Parking Zones
Schedule 13 - No Stopping Zones
Schedule 14 - Wheelchair Loading Zones
Impact
Ward: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Parking
Respecting Lands Located at 47 Caroline Street North
Impact
Ward: 2
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Respecting Lands Located at 2418 Barton Street East.
Impact
Ward: 5
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Respecting Lands Located on the North Side of Bolzano Drive (Known Municipally as 1468 Upper Gage Avenue).
Impact
Ward: 6
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Respecting Lands Located at 114 and 128 Limeridge Road East.
Impact
Ward: 6
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Zoning
Provisions regarding the rehabilitation and renewal of its Community Improvement Project Area.
Impact
City Wide
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Planning
Respecting Lands municipally known as 140 Garner Road East,
- all the lands located between even numbers 4 and 346 Garner Road East (excluding 140 Garner Road East);
- lands between 12 and 424 Garner Road West;
- lands located west of Fiddlers Green Road between even numbers 558 and 956 (excluding 658 Fiddlers Green Road);
- lands located East of Fiddlers Green Road between odd numbers 558 and 965 Fiddlers Green Road;
- lands located north of Book Road, east of Fiddlers Green Road between odd numbers 53 and 427 Book Road East, in the former Town of Ancaster.
Impact
Ward: 12
Type
Amendment
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Official Plan - Urban
Established by Registered Plan 944, in the City Of Hamilton, designated as Parts 26, 27, 32, 33 and 36 on Plan 62R-12578, City of Hamilton.
Impact
Ward: 4
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Permanent Closure
Being Part of Lot 12, Concession 8, in the Geographic Township of Barton, Designated as Parts 24 and 25 on Plan 62R-12578
Impact
Ward: 13, 14
Type
Individual
Date Passed
Issued by
City Council
Categories
Permanent Closure