Appeals for high-rise development dismissed due to overdevelopment and lack of transition to adjacent low-rise neighbourhood.
The applicant appealed the City of Niagara Falls' failure to make a decision on applications for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 390-unit apartment development with 21-storey and 12-storey towers.
The Tribunal dismissed the appeals, finding that while the proposal was consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, it failed to conform to the Growth Plan and the City's Official Plan.
The Tribunal accepted the City's evidence that the proposed height and massing represented overdevelopment, failed to provide an appropriate transition to the adjacent low-rise residential neighbourhood, and did not harmoniously fit with the existing planned context.
OLTOntario Land TribunalMar 9, 2022
