Tribunal upholds site plan conditions requiring gratuitous conveyance of land for road widening and sanitary sewer easement.
The appellant appealed the City of Ottawa's proposed conditions for site plan approval for a self-storage facility.
The disputed conditions required the gratuitous conveyance of land for an unequal road widening of Prince of Wales Drive and a sanitary sewer easement for an existing sewer.
The Tribunal found that both conditions were authorized under section 41(7) of the Planning Act.
The road widening was described in the Official Plan and justified by the need to expand a rail overpass, while the easement was authorized for the maintenance of an existing sanitary sewage facility on the land.
The Tribunal held that both conditions were reasonable and served a broad community interest in protecting infrastructure corridors.
OLTOntario Land TribunalMar 20, 2026
