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That a new Section 58 be added to By-law No. 24-055:
58. In a building with six or more dwelling units, where any renovations would have the effect of changing the number of bedrooms within a Rental Housing Unit, this shall be considered a dwelling unit demolition and a Section 99.1 Permit under the Municipal Act, 2001 shall be required in accordance with Rental Housing Protection By-law 24-109.
Table 10 (By-law No. 07-170 To Licence and Regulate Various Businesses)
Table 14 (By-law No. 23-162 Property Standards By-law)
Table 28 (By-law No. 23-161 Vital Services By-law)
Table 30 (By-law No. 24-054 Safe Apartment Buildings By-law)
Table 31 (By-law No. 24-055 Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law)
Amendment No. 207 to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan consisting of Schedule “1”, hereto annexed and forming part of this by-law, is hereby adopted.
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 with Respect to Lands Located at 118 King Street West, Stoney Creek
UHOPA-23-014/ZAC-23-031
Schedule 34 (Designated Community Safety Zones)
ZAH-24-002
24-101-OLT Attachment 1 - Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment No. 203
24-102-OLT Attachment 2 - To Amend Zoning By-law No. 6593 with Respect to Lands Located at 870 Scenic Drive and 828 Sanatorium Road, Hamilton
24-103-OLT Attachment 3 - To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 with Respect to Lands Located at 700 and 870 Scenic Drive and 828 Sanatorium Road, Hamilton
The Tribunal Orders that the appeals are allowed, in part, and the Official Plan Amendment for the City of Hamilton is amended as set out in Attachment 1 to this Order and as modified is approved; The Tribunal Orders that the appeals are allowed, in part, and the Tribunal directs the City of Hamilton to amend By-law No. 6593 and By-law No. 05-200 as set out in Attachment 2 to this Order. The Tribunal authorizes the municipal clerk of the City of Hamilton to assign a number to this by-law for record-keeping purposes; The Tribunal Orders that the appeals are allowed, in part, and the draft plan shown on the plan prepared by Urban Solutions dated 2023-11-22 comprising “The Browlands”, as at out in Attachment 3, is approved subject to the fulfillment of the conditions set out in Attachment 4 to this Order; And the Tribunal Orders that pursuant to subsection 51(56.1) of the Planning Act, the City of Hamilton shall have the authority to clear the conditions of draft plan approval and to administer final approval of the plan of subdivision for the purposes of subsection 51(58) of the Act. In the event that there are any difficulties implementing any of the conditions of draft plan approval, or if any changes are required to be made to the draft plan, the Tribunal may be spoken to.
To Permanently Close and Sell a Portion of the Unassumed Alleyway Abutting 81 East 18th Street, Hamilton, namely Part of the Lane on Registered Plan 541, designated as Part 2 on Plan 62R-22033, being part of PIN 17053-0079 (LT)
To Appoint a Clerk for the City of Hamilton
To Appoint a Deputy City Clerk for the City of Hamilton