Tribunal approves temporary intermodal facility, finding local agricultural designation conflicts with prevailing regional employment designation.
The appellant appealed the City of Vaughan's failure to decide on applications for an Official Plan Amendment and Temporary Use Zoning By-law, and the City's adoption of a by-law rezoning the subject site to Agricultural.
The site, currently operating illegally as an intermodal facility, is located in an area planned for future infrastructure and employment uses.
The Tribunal found a direct conflict between the York Region Official Plan, which designates the site as Employment Area, and the Vaughan Official Plan, which designates it as Agricultural.
The Tribunal held that the Regional plan prevails and that the proposed instruments appropriately bring the local plan into conformity while permitting a temporary use that supports efficient goods movement.
The appeals were allowed in part, repealing the City's by-law and approving the appellant's draft instruments in principle.
OLTOntario Land TribunalMar 30, 2026
