Tribunal upholds residential development approvals, finding preliminary stormwater management plans sufficiently coordinated for detailed design stage.
The appellant appealed the City of Hamilton's approval of an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments that permitted a residential development of single-detached and townhouse dwellings.
The appellant argued the approvals were premature because the stormwater management strategy lacked coordination with adjacent lands and was not technically feasible.
The Tribunal preferred the evidence of the applicant's experts, finding that the preliminary stormwater management plans were sufficiently coordinated and that remaining technical matters could be addressed at the detailed design stage.
The Tribunal allowed the appeals in part to approve modified Zoning By-law Amendments that included appropriate holding provisions, concluding the proposal represented good planning and was in the public interest.
OLTOntario Land TribunalOct 17, 2024
