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Documents
ZAH-25-016
ZAH-25-016
25-104-OLT Attachment "1" Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment No. 228
25-105-OLT Attachment "2" To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 with respect to lands located at 117 Jackson Street East, Hamilton
The Tribunal Orders that the appeal with respect to the Official Plan Amendment is allowed in part and the Official Plan for the City of Hamilton is amended as set out in Attachment "1" to this Order;
And the Tribunals Orders that the appeal with respect to the Zoning By-law Amendment is allowed in part and By-law 05-200 of the City of Hamilton is hereby amended 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.
OLT Case Number(s) OLT-24-000827, OLT-24-000828
To Impose Storm, Sanitary Sewer and Dual Private Drain Connection Charges Upon Owners of Land Abutting Springbrook Avenue, from Easterly Limit of Springbrook Avenue at 203 Springbrook Avenue to 83 Metres West to the Intersection of Springbrook Avenue, (North/South Leg), in the City of Hamilton
Respecting Removal of Part Lot Control, Part of Lots 5 to 8, 10, 16, 18 to 20, 24 to 26, and 28 (All Inclusive), on Registered Plan of Subdivision No. 62M-1301, Municipally Known as 12, 16, 20, and 24 Dunlop Road, 64, 72, 76, 80, and 85 Alexsia Street, and 295, 303, 307, and 311 Shady Oaks Trail, Hamilton
PLC-25-002
To Permanently Close and Sell a Portion of the Unassumed Alleyway Abutting the South Side of 39 Grosvenor Avenue South, Hamilton; Being Part of the Alley lying South of Lots 44 and 65 and North of Maple Avenue, on Registered Plan 586, in the City of Hamilton, Designated as Part 2 on Plan 62R-22434, being Part of PIN 17229-0102(LT)