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Documents
Respecting Lands Located at 630 Rymal Road East and 1770 Upper Sherman Avenue, Hamilton. ZAH-16-032
As amended by By-law No. 74-29, Respecting Lands Located at 500-512 James Street North (Hamilton). ZAC-16-071
Respecting Lands Located at 398, 400, 402 Nash Road North and 30, 50, 54 Bancroft Street. CI-16-D
Respecting Lands Located at 360 and 410 Lewis Road, 1800 Upper James Street, and 2411 Upper James Street. CI-16-D
As amended by Zoning By-law no. 444-96, Respecting Lands Located at 125-135 Upper Centennial Parkway and 16 Highland Road West.
Respecting a Portion of the Property Located at Lot 15 and Part of Lots 14 and 16, Plan 635, and Part of Lot 9, Broken Front Concession (Seabreeze Estates Phase 2).
Respecting lands located at 1351, 1355, 1359, 1375 Upper James Street and 16, 24, 34, 40 and 48 Stone Church Road East, Hamilton. ZAC-11-070
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
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
LPAT-02 Attachment 1 - Respecting Lands at 16 & 18 King Street West, Stoney Creek, in the City of Hamilton.
The Tribunal Orders that the appeal is approved, the revised proposal has been entered as an exhibit and the revised Zoning By-law Amendment is attached to this Order as Attachment “1”.
LPAT Case No. PL180355
LPAT File No. PL180355
As amended by By-law No. 02-225, Respecting the Property Located at 1394 Upper Gage Avenue.
Repealed by By-law No. 07-149 May 16, 2007
LPAT-01 Attachment 1
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200, Respecting Lands Located at Pier 8, 65 Guise Street East (Hamilton)Ward: 2
ZAC-16-034
The Tribunal Orders that its Interim Order issued on December 10, 2019 is a Final Order and that the ZBA is hereby approved in the form appended hereto as Attachment 1.
LPAT Case No. PL170742
LPAT File Nos. PL170742, PL170743, PL170744
- 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
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