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Municipally known as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 39 Talence Drive, Stoney Creek. PLC-18-001 (20772)
Municipally known as
- 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 Near Lane;
- 1 to 10 Showers Lane;
- 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 Know Lane;
- 1, 3, and 5 to 16 Pringle Lane;
- 1 to 12 Could Lane;
- 2, 4 to 8 Bacon Lane;
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 Hoffman Lane;
- 1 to 20 Ritchie Lane;
- 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 Workman Lane;
- 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25 and 27 Dodman Crescent and
- 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57 and 59 to 63 Farley Lane
PLC-17-030
Municipally known as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 29, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53 and 55 Bethune Avenue, Glanbrook. PLC-18-018
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its special meeting held on June 21, 2018.
- Schedule 21 – Food Premises
Municipally known as
- 57-72 Foothills Lane,
- 1-15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 41 and 33 – 65 Pinot Crescent,
- 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119-131 Sonoma Lane,
- 2, 4, 6, and 8-20 Zinfandel Drive, Stoney Creek.
PLC-18-018
To Repeal and Replace Emergency Management Program By-law No. 13-167
Repealed by By-law No. 21-015 February 10, 2021
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
Attachment 1 - Respecting Lands Located at 21 Fiddler’s Green Road (Ancaster). ZAR-17-011.
The Board Orders that the appeal is dismissed and the subject lands are rezoned in accordance with the zoning by-law amendment appended in Attachment 1
OMB Case No. PL170959
Establishes part-lot control on land within registered plans of subdivision. PLC-17-001
As amended, Respecting Lands Located at 21 Howard Boulevard (Flamborough). ZAR-16-067
Provides for technical amendments.
\Repealed by By-law No. 21-165 September 29, 2021
The property located at 21 Stone Church Road West, Hamilton, Ontario and more particularly described in Schedule "A" hereto annexed and forming part of this by-law, is hereby designated as property of cultural heritage value.
- Municipally known as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49 and 51 Burley Lane;
- 1, 3, 4-15 Rouley Lane;
- 2, 4, 6, 8-16 Harley Lane;
- 110, 112, 116, 118, 120, 140, 142, 146 and 148 John Frederick Drive
PLC-16-019
To authorize the use of voting and vote-counting equipment such as voting machines, voting recorders or optical scanning vote tabulators at municipal elections.
Repealed by By-law No. 21-147 August 12, 2021
Respecting Lands Located at 21 Panabaker Drive, in the former Town of Ancaster, now in the City of Hamilton. ZAC-16-027
Blocks 1 to 4 (inclusive for the creation of 24 Residential Lots on Parts 1, 5 to 8 (inclusive), 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 25, 26, 30 to 32 (inclusive), 34, 37, 28, 41, 43, 44, 46, and 49, as well as for the creation of 16 access easements and 10 maintenance easements on Parts 2 to 4 (inclusive), 9, 10, 13, 15, 17 to 19 (inclusive), 21, 23, 24, 27 to 29 (inclusive), 33, 35, 36, 29, 40, 42, 45, 47, 48, and 50 on Registered Plan 62M-1224 (Plan 62R-20470) known as “Park Place – Phase 2a” – 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 27 Savage Drive, and 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, and 140 Cole Street, Flamborough. PLC-16-037
Block 187 of Registered Plan of Subdivision 62M-1210, municipally known as 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 27, 29, 41, 43, and 45 Bonhill Boulevard. PLC-16-026
Respecting Lands Located at 21 and 31 Trinity Church Road and 1816 Rymal Road East, in the former Township of Glanbrook, now in the City of Hamilton. ZAC-15-061
Respecting 21 and 31 Trinity Church Road and 1816 Rymal Road East (Glanbrook).