Derin Abimbola

At a third Case Management Conference regarding an appeal for an 18-storey mixed-use development, the Tribunal addressed the representation of a neighbourhood association.

The Tribunal conditionally recognized the association's representative, subject to the submission of required forms.

The Tribunal also reviewed the draft hearing work plan and excluded four proposed witnesses for the association, while permitting four others to testify subject to strict time limits for direct and cross-examination.

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 Tribunal convened a second Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by the applicants against the City of Toronto for failing to make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment application.

The amendment seeks to permit a 16-storey mixed-use building.

The Tribunal scheduled a five-day merits hearing and approved the Procedural Order.

The applicant brought a motion to dismiss an appeal of a Zoning By-law Amendment that would permit an 18-storey mixed-use building.

The appellant neighbourhood association argued the City failed to consider public concerns and the proposal did not conform to planning policies.

The Tribunal found the appeal raised no legitimate land use planning grounds, relied on unsubstantiated apprehensions, and lacked supporting expert evidence.

The motion was granted and the appeal dismissed without a hearing pursuant to s. 34(25) of the Planning Act and s. 19(1)(c) of the Ontario Land Tribunal Act.

The Appellant appealed a zoning by-law amendment permitting an 18-storey mixed-use building.

At the first Case Management Conference, the Appellant's representative requested subpoenas for the City's expert witnesses, which the Tribunal denied, noting the Applicant's experts were sufficient and the City supported the development.

Due to the Appellant's failure to provide a proper Issues List, the Tribunal issued directives and set hearing dates, pending a decision on a previously heard Motion to Dismiss.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment and draft plan of subdivision, as well as the City's passage of a heritage designation by-law for the subject lands.

At a Case Management Conference, the Tribunal granted participant status to a condominium corporation on consent.

The Tribunal deferred a neighbourhood association's request for party status on the heritage appeal to allow for further information to be provided.

A further Case Management Conference was scheduled to address potential settlements, consolidation of the appeals, and procedural matters.

A case management conference was held to address a scheduling issue raised by the South Junction Triangle Grows Neighbourhood Association.

The Association requested an adjournment of the scheduled July 2023 hearing because its representative, who is not retained counsel, was personally unavailable.

The Tribunal denied the request, finding that the personal scheduling conflicts of an agent do not warrant adjourning fixed hearing dates, especially when the other parties are ready to proceed.

The Tribunal issued a revised Procedural Order and confirmed the hearing dates.

The City of Toronto brought a motion to dismiss an appeal filed by the appellant regarding park levy fees.

The appellant had failed to take any steps to advance the appeal since 2013 and did not respond to multiple written requests from the Tribunal for status updates.

The Tribunal found that the appellant's inactivity and failure to respond constituted an abandonment of the appeal.

The motion was granted and the appeal was dismissed without a hearing pursuant to section 19(1) of the Ontario Land Tribunal Act.

A Case Management Conference was held regarding appeals by the applicant against the municipality's failure to make a decision on Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications for a mixed-use development.

The Tribunal granted party status to an abutting property owner on consent.

As the parties were engaged in settlement discussions, a second Case Management Conference was scheduled.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant against the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision.

The Tribunal granted party status to an adjacent landowner, a neighbourhood association, and a condominium corporation, and granted participant status to 21 individuals.

The Tribunal scheduled a second Case Management Conference for January 2023 and a nine-day hearing for October 2023, and directed the parties to submit a draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The applicants appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 16-storey mixed-use building.

At the first Case Management Conference, the Tribunal granted participant status to three individuals on consent.

As the City required time to seek instructions from City Council, the Tribunal scheduled a further Case Management Conference for February 2023 to review a draft procedural order and explore mediation.

The applicant sought to revise an existing approval in principle for a zoning by-law amendment to incorporate an adjacent corner parcel into a comprehensive redevelopment site for a 10-storey mixed-use residential building.

The City endorsed the minor adjustments to the draft zoning by-law instruments.

Relying on uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal approved the revised zoning by-law amendments to By-law Nos. 7625 and 569-2013, allowing the appeal in part.

The applicant appealed the City's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application for a mixed-use residential building.

The Tribunal had previously granted approval in principle for the redevelopment.

The applicant subsequently acquired an adjacent corner parcel and sought to revise the approval to incorporate it.

With the City's endorsement and uncontested planning evidence, the Tribunal approved the revised zoning by-law amendments to permit the comprehensive redevelopment.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on applications for an official plan amendment and zoning by-law amendment to permit an 18-storey mixed-use development.

Following a case management conference, the Tribunal issued a procedural order.

The Tribunal varied the procedural order to clarify that two participants, who were granted the ability to give oral evidence, would be called as witnesses of the Tribunal pursuant to section 18 of the Ontario Land Tribunal Act.

They will testify after the evidence of all other parties but before any reply evidence from the applicant.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to adopt a requested official plan and zoning by-law amendment for an 18-storey mixed-use development.

At a case management conference, the Tribunal considered several requests for party and participant status.

The Tribunal granted party status to a newly incorporated community group, South Junction Triangle Grows Inc., and granted participant status to a local resident and a condominium corporation, with the indulgence of allowing them to make oral statements at the hearing.

The hearing was scheduled for 13 days in October and November 2022.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by the applicant under s. 34(11) of the Planning Act for the municipality's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application.

The application proposes a 38-storey mixed-use building.

The Tribunal directed the parties to provide a draft Procedural Order and scheduled a 10-day video hearing to commence on April 4, 2022.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant against the City's failure to make a decision on official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications for a proposed 18-storey mixed-use development.

The Tribunal granted participant status to 16 individuals and party status to an adjacent landowner.

Decisions on six other party status requests were deferred to a second CMC to allow those individuals to review the City's forthcoming issues list.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application to permit a 25-storey mixed-use building.

On consent of the parties, the Tribunal rescinded a previous procedural order and rescheduled the ten-day video hearing to January 2022.