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Documents
ZAC-22-056
ZAC-22-020
ZAH-22-039
ZAH-22-039
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on January 25, 2023.
- General Issues Committee (Special) Report 22-024 – December 6, 2022
- General Issues Committee (Special) Report 23-002 – January 12, 2023
- General Issues Committee (Special) Report 23-003 – January 12, 2023
- Board of Health Report 23-001 – January 16, 2023
- Public Works Committee Report 23-001 – January 16, 2023
- Planning Committee Report 23-001 – January 17, 2023
- General Issues Committee Report 23-004 – January 18, 2023
- Audit, Finance & Administration Committee Report 23-001 – January 19, 2023
- Emergency & Community Services Committee Report 23-001 – January 19, 2023
By-law to Impose Fees and Charges Respecting the Use of the City of Hamilton Sanitary Sewage System and to Implement a Wastewater Abatement Program
The Tribunal Orders that the appeals are allowed and THAT:
- The application to amend the Urban Hamilton Official Plan by Parkside Hills Inc. is approved in accordance with Schedule 1 attached hereto and the City is hereby directed to amend the Official Plan accordingly;
- The application to amend Zoning By-law No. 90-145-Z (Flamborough) for the City of Hamilton by Parkside Hills Inc. is approved in accordance with Schedule 2 attached hereto; and the City is hereby directed to amend Zoning By-law No. 90-145-Z accordingly
- The proposed draft Plan of Subdivision by Parkside Hills Inc. is approved in accordance with Schedule 3 attached hereto and subject to the Conditions of Draft Plan of Subdivision Approval attached as Schedule 4;-
- Pursuant to section 51(56.1) of the Planning Act, the final approval of the proposed Plan of Subdivision for the purposes of section 51(58) is to be given by the City of Hamilton.
Order Issued April 29, 2022
OLT Case Nos. OLT-22-002305; OLT-22-002306
To Confirm the Proceedings of City Council at its meeting held on December 7, 2022.
To imposing fees or charges for services or activities provided or done by or on behalf of the municipality and for the use of the municipality’s property.
Repealed by By-law No. 23-241, December 13, 2023
Respecting Lands Located at 11 Springside Drive, Hamilton
ZAC-19-056
Respect to Lands Located at 1020 Upper James Street, Hamilton
ZAC-19-017
Schedule “A” of By-law No. 15-058 is deleted and replaced with Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of this By-law;
- Schedule “A” are appointed as Hearing Officers
Repeal By-law No. 19-172
Alan Shaw is appointed Chief Building Official and Inspector for the purposes of the Building Code Act, 1992.
Jorge M. Caetano, Bob Nuttall and Joyanne Beckett, P. Eng. appointed Deputy Chief Building Officials and Inspectors for the purposes of the Building Code Act, 1992.
Repeal By-law No. 22-112
To authorize the temporary borrowing of monies by the City to meet current budget expenditures for the year 2023 pending receipt of current revenues.
To adjust the interim taxes on a property if the Council is of the opinion that the Interim Levy on a property is too high or too low in relation to its estimate of the total taxes which will be levied on the property in 2023.
- Appointment of Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs
- The amendments in this By-law include any necessary indexing, grammatical, numbering and lettering changes.
Respecting Removal of Part Lot Control, Blocks 21 to 25 and 27 to 34 (inclusive) and Lots 1 to 13 and 15 to 19 (inclusive), Registered Plan of Subdivision No. 62M-1284, “Stonegate Park”, Municipally Known As, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49 to 53, 55 to 70, 72, and 74 Genoa Drive, Hamilton; 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101 to 105, 107 to 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129 to 143, and 145 to 157 Aquasanta Crescent, Hamilton; and 3 to 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, and 45 Mia Drive, Hamilton. PLC-22-017
The land, owned by and located in the City of Hamilton, described as Part of Block 193 on Plan 62M-987 in the City of Hamilton. Designated as Part 6 on Plan 62R-21741, is established as a public highway, forming part of Sandbeach Drive.
- Schedule 2 (Speed Limits)