Blair Martin

The appellant appealed a Committee of Adjustment decision regarding minor variances for front yard landscaping.

The appellant failed to attend the hearing, comply with procedural rules, or provide expert land use planning evidence.

The City of Toronto requested the appeal be dismissed without a hearing.

The Toronto Local Appeal Body dismissed the appeal and refused the minor variances.

The appellant appealed a decision of the Committee of Adjustment regarding minor variance applications for two newly created lots to permit the construction of two new detached dwellings.

The requested variances included lot frontage, lot area, lot coverage, number of storeys, side yard setbacks, and building height.

The Toronto Local Appeal Body accepted the uncontroverted expert land use planning evidence that the variances met the four tests under s. 45(1) of the Planning Act and that the proposed three-storey dwellings were consistent with the neighbourhood character.

The appeal was allowed and the variances were approved subject to conditions.

The appellant appealed a Committee of Adjustment decision refusing minor variances for maximum lot coverage, exterior main wall height, and floor space index (FSI) to permit the construction of a new two-storey detached dwelling.

The Toronto Local Appeal Body allowed the appeal, finding that the variances met the four tests under section 45(1) of the Planning Act.

The Tribunal preferred the evidence of the appellant's land use planning expert, concluding that the proposed FSI was reasonably deployed within the zoning by-law's performance standards and that the development would respect the character of the neighbourhood.