T. J. Cieciura

The appellant appealed the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of applications for consent to sever and minor variances to permit the construction of two new two-storey dwellings.

Following revisions to the proposal that resolved urban forestry concerns and mitigated neighbour impacts, the Tribunal accepted uncontested expert planning evidence that the modified variances met the four tests under the Planning Act and the severance satisfied the statutory criteria.

The appeals were allowed, provisional consent was granted, and the modified variances were authorized subject to conditions.

The appellant appealed a Committee of Adjustment decision refusing variances to legalize and maintain a one-storey addition and a new loading space at an industrial property.

A neighbouring resident opposed the appeal, raising concerns about noise, fumes, and stormwater runoff.

The Toronto Local Appeal Body allowed the appeal, finding that the variances met the four tests under section 45(1) of the Planning Act.

The tribunal accepted expert planning evidence that the proposal, which included new landscaping strips, would improve the existing conditions and provide appropriate buffering between the employment and residential zones.

The appellant appealed a Committee of Adjustment decision dismissing nine variances for a new dwelling.

Prior to the hearing, the parties reached a settlement reducing the request to a single variance to increase the floor space index to 0.6.

Based on unchallenged affidavit evidence that the variance met the four tests under the Planning Act, the Tribunal allowed the appeal in part and granted the single variance subject to the condition that construction be substantially in accordance with the settlement plans.