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To Amend By-law No. 15-173 to Apply Special Exception 253 to Additional Properties to Permit a Landscape Contracting Establishment.
The Board ordered to dismiss CROP’s Phase 1 appeal in respect of Special Provision 253.
Special Exception 253 is in full force and effect referenced in Zoning By-laws 15-173 and 15-238. By-law No. 238 is now Final and Binding (as passed by Council).
OMB Case No. PL151130
OMB File No. PL151133
To Amend By-law No. 15-173 to Apply Special Exception 253 to Additional Properties to Permit a Landscape Contracting Establishment.
Attachment 1 – Schedule “A” and “B”
The decision and order of the Board is to allow the appeal, in part, in accordance with the Order set out as Attachment 1. The Order further provided that By-law No. 15-173, as modified by paragraph 3 of the Order, is hereby approved, save an except Schedule “C”, Special Provision 253, which provision is to be determined together with the Board’s decision with respect to By-law No. 15-238. That decision was reserved (at the request of the parties) following the November 2016 hearing and will be issued as a separate Order of the Board
OMB Case No. PL151130
OMB File No. PL151133