Johnpaul Loiacono

The applicant appealed the City of Hamilton's decision to delete a self-storage warehouse as a permitted use from site-specific official plan and zoning by-law amendments.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal, finding that the proposed five-storey self-storage warehouse represents good planning, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, and conforms to the Growth Plan and the Urban Hamilton Official Plan.

The Tribunal preferred the evidence of the applicant's planners, concluding that the development would efficiently use a vacant, constrained property and facilitate the urbanization of the adjacent road.