Kasia Czajkowski

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application for a 15-storey residential building.

At the first Case Management Conference, the Tribunal granted party status to Delmanor Prince Edward Inc. and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority on consent.

The Tribunal scheduled a further Case Management Conference to allow time for the City to review a newly submitted Official Plan Amendment and directed the parties to submit a draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The Applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on Zoning By-law Amendment applications within the statutory timeframe.

Following a settlement hearing where the Tribunal approved the amendments in principle, the parties requested a status update hearing.

The Tribunal ordered the parties to submit the final draft Zoning By-law Amendments and confirm all pre-requisites are satisfied by August 5, 2022.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant for a zoning by-law amendment and site plan approval for a 12-storey mixed-use residential building in Toronto.

The City and the applicant reached a settlement, but local residents opposed the development.

The Tribunal granted party status to two individuals and participant status to 26 others.

A seven-day hearing was scheduled for March 2023, and the parties were directed to finalize the Procedural Order and Issues List.

This was the second Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by 1319283 Ontario Inc. against the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a 10-storey residential condominium.

The Tribunal finalized the Procedural Order and Issues List, and scheduled a 10-day video hearing for August 2022.

The parties also requested Tribunal-led mediation.

The applicants appealed the City of Toronto's refusal to enact an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments to permit the continued use of a two-storey residential building as a commercial medical office.

Following a 2018 hearing, the Tribunal issued a decision approving the applications but did not withhold its final order pending the City's internal review of the draft instruments.

The parties subsequently reached a consensus on minor technical revisions to the instruments, including limiting the permitted gross floor area to 585 square metres.

Based on the uncontested affidavit evidence of a professional planner, the Tribunal amended its previous order to approve the final Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments, finding the changes respected principles of good planning.

The appellants appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on their Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit a 38-storey residential building.

Following mediation, the parties reached a settlement for a revised 37-storey proposal that includes 19 replacement rental townhouse units and a parkland dedication.

Based on uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the revised proposal consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and in conformity with the Growth Plan and Official Plan.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part and approved the amendments in principle, withholding its final order pending satisfaction of conditions.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by the applicant for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 10-storey residential condominium.

The Tribunal allowed the applicant to amend its appeal to include recently acquired adjacent lands, finding no prejudice to any parties.

Several individuals and a neighbourhood group were granted participant status on consent.

A second Case Management Conference was scheduled to finalize the Procedural Order and Issues List.

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.

The applicant filed a human rights complaint alleging discrimination on the basis of disability and family status regarding the medical treatment and death of her infant daughter.

Prior to filing the human rights complaint, the applicant commenced a civil action in negligence and professional malpractice against the same respondents based on the same factual allegations.

The Tribunal found that the civil claim was sufficiently broad to encompass a claim of a Code violation.

Consequently, the Tribunal dismissed the human rights application as barred by section 34(11) of the Human Rights Code, which prevents duplicate proceedings.