Mansoor Kazerouni

The appellant appealed the City of Mississauga's failure to make decisions on official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications within the prescribed timelines.

During the merit hearing, the appellant's counsel became ill, prompting a consent request for an adjournment.

The Tribunal granted the adjournment, converted the session to a case management conference, and scheduled five days for the continuation of the hearing.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications to permit an 11-storey mixed-use building containing residential units, a church, a daycare, and community space.

The property is partially located within a regulatory floodplain, which will be dedicated to the conservation authority.

The City and the conservation authority settled with the applicant, but two local community associations opposed the development, raising concerns about built form, transition to the adjacent neighbourhood, and traffic impacts.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals in part on an interim basis, finding that the proposed tall mid-rise building is contextually appropriate, provides an acceptable transition to the adjacent low-rise neighbourhood, and represents good land use planning consistent with provincial policies and the municipal official plan.