Kevin Lee

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to adopt an Official Plan Amendment and make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment to permit an 11-storey mixed-use development incorporating heritage facades.

The City opposed the development, arguing it represented overdevelopment and failed to fit the planned context of a 6-storey maximum height.

The Tribunal preferred the applicant's expert evidence, finding the proposal's design, setbacks, and stepbacks appropriate for the deep corner lot.

The appeals were allowed in part on an interim basis, approving the amendments in principle subject to final conditions.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to adopt an Official Plan Amendment and make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment to permit an 11-storey mixed-use development incorporating heritage facades.

The City opposed the development, arguing it represented overdevelopment and failed to fit the planned context of a 6-storey maximum height.

The Tribunal preferred the applicant's expert evidence, finding the proposal's design, setbacks, and stepbacks appropriate for the deep corner lot.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals in part, approving the amendments in principle subject to the satisfaction of pre-requisite conditions.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's refusal of a zoning by-law amendment to permit a 29-storey mixed-use building on a small mid-block site on Bloor Street West.

The City and local residents' associations opposed the development, arguing it represented an overdevelopment of a small site, lacked appropriate tower setbacks, and would create negative shadow and sky view impacts.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part, finding that the proposed canyon form tall building represented an appropriate optimization of the site and a transit-supportive intensification that was consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and conformed to the Growth Plan.

The Tribunal concluded that the proposed access arrangements were functional and the building's massing and lack of side yard setbacks did not create unacceptable adverse impacts in the downtown context.