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Documents
24-193-OLT Attachment 1 - To Amend Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment No. 220
24-194-OLT Attachment 2 - To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 with Respect to Lands Located at 1284 Main Street East, Hamilton
UHOPA-23-006 & ZAC-23-012
The Tribunal Orders that the appeals are allowed, in part, and 1. The Official Plan for the City of Hamilton is amended as set out in Attachment 1 to this Order. 2. City of Hamilton By-law No. 05-200 is hereby amended as set out in Attachment 2 to this Order. The Tribunal authorizes the municipal clerk to assign a number to this By-law for record keeping purposes. 3. The City of Hamilton is to consent to the alteration of the structure at 1284 Main Street East in accordance with the plan terms and conditions contained in the Heritage Phasing Plans attached as Attachment 3 to this Order.
OLT Case No(s). OLT-23-000877, OLT-23-000878, OLT-23-001217
OLT Lead Case No. OLT-23-000877
To Repeal and Replace By-law No. 15-176, as amended by By-law No. 18-104, 19-026, 21-069 and 23-030, being the Consolidated Site Plan Control By-laws for the City of Hamilton
Formal Consultation and Complete Application Requirements under Bill 185.
Not Final
Formal Consultation and Complete Application Requirements under Bill 185.
Not Final
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on October 23, 2024.
- Public Works Committee Report 24-014 – October 15, 2024
- General Issues Committee Report 24-017 – October 16, 2024
- Audit Finance and Administration Report 24-019 – October 17, 2024
- Planning Committee Report 24-015 – October 19, 2024
Schedule 6 (Time Limit Parking)
Schedule 8 (No Parking Zones)
Schedule 13 (No Stopping Zones)
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 Respecting Lands Located at 65 and 69 Eleanor Avenue, 177 Mentino Crescent, and 224 Eaglewood Drive, Hamilton.
ZAC-22-037
Not Final
West Harbour (Setting Sail) Secondary Plan area
Not Final
To amend By-law 08-297, to implement Bill 185 changes related to required consultation and retain the delegated authority for deeming an application complete.
CI-24-G
The Tribunal Orders that the appeal is allowed, in part, and the Official Plan Amendment set out in Attachment 1 to this Order, is hereby approved and ordered into effect. The Tribunal further orders that the appeal is allowed, in part, and the Zoning By-law Amendments set out in Attachments 2 and 3 to this Order, are hereby approved in principle, with the Final Order withheld until the Tribunal has received, reviewed and approved the Zoning By-law Amendment instruments confirmed to be in a form satisfactory to the City of Hamilton and 1426769 Ontario Limited. If the Applicant and the City do not submit the final drafts of the Zoning By-law Amendments as set out above, within sixty (60) days from the date of the Tribunal's Decision and Order in this proceedings, the Applicant shall provide a written status report to the Tribunal by that date, as to the timing of the expected confirmation and submission of the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendments for the Tribunal's approval and issuance of its Final Order.
OLT Case Number(s): 23-000221, related: OLT-23-000009
Removal of Holding Provision 26 as outlined in By-law 21-133 for the lands located at 466 to 490 Highway No. 8, Stoney Creek.
ZAH-24-024
To Permanently Close and Sell a Portion of the Unassumed Alleyway Abutting 154 Lottridge Street, Hamilton, namely Part of the Alleyway on Registered Plan 619 in the City of Hamilton, designated as Part 2 on Plan 62R-22169, being part of PIN 17216-0003 (LT)
To Permanently Close and Sell a Portion of the Unassumed Alleyway Abutting 798 Barton Street East, Hamilton, designated as Part 1 on Plan 62R-22169, being part of PIN 17216-003 (LT)
To Permanently Close and Sell a Portion of the Unassumed Alleyway Abutting 800 Barton Street East, Hamilton, namely Part of the Alleyway on Registered Plan 619 in the City of Hamilton, designated as Part 3 on Plan 62R-22169, being part of PIN 17216-0003 (LT)
Being a By-law to Exempt from Taxation for Municipal and School Board Purposes the Leasehold Interest of Tradeport International Corporation in the Lands Comprising Hamilton International Airport as a Municipal Capital Facility Pursuant and the Provisions of Subsection 110(6) of the Municipal Act, 2001 and Ontario Regulation 603/06
To Authorize the Signing of the 2024-2034 Municipal Funding Agreement (MFA) for the Transfer and Administration of the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) between the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the City of Hamilton
A By-law to Authorize the Use of Optical Scanning Vote Tabulators for the 2025 Ward 4 By-Election to Fill the English Public School Board Trustee Vacancy, and to Repeal By-law 21-147
A By-law to Permanently Close a Portion of Road Allowance Abutting 400 McCrae Station Road, Flamborough, established by Townships East Flamborough and Puslinch, in the City of Hamilton, designated as Parts 1 and 2 on Reference Plan 62R-22159, being Part of PIN 17525-0182(LT)
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on October 9, 2024.
- Public Health Committee Report 24-008 – September 30, 2024
- Public Works Committee Report 24-013 – September 30, 2024
- Planning Committee Report 24-014 – October 1, 2024
- General Issues Committee Report 24-016 – October 2, 2024
- Audit Finance and Administration Report 24-017 – October 3, 202
- Emergency and Community Services Committee Report 24-007 – October 3, 2024
- Staff Report FCS24053 – English Public School Board By-Election: Voting Methods and Tabulating By-law