L. MacDonald

At a Case Management Conference regarding appeals of Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a 15-storey development, the applicant indicated an intent to pursue a 19-storey development.

The Tribunal declined to finalize the draft Procedural Order and Issues List, directing the applicant to make a formal resubmission of the revised plans to the municipality.

A further Case Management Conference was scheduled to consider the revised proposal and any jurisdictional motions.

At a Case Management Conference regarding appeals of the City of Kitchener's failure to make decisions on official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications, the Ontario Land Tribunal granted participant status to nine individuals.

The Tribunal also scheduled a further Case Management Conference to finalize the procedural order and issues list, and set a 20-day hearing to commence in August 2022.

The appellant appealed the City of Kitchener's failure to make decisions regarding official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications for a proposed 15-storey residential building.

At the first Case Management Conference, the Tribunal addressed process issues regarding short notice and granted party status to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Hal Jaeger, and Aaron Scriver.

Participant status was granted to several individuals.

The Tribunal directed the parties to prepare a draft Procedural Order and Issues List and scheduled a second Case Management Conference for October 5, 2021, to finalize the procedural order and entertain further status requests.

The applicant appealed the City of Kitchener's failure to make a decision on applications for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a master-planned, high-density, mixed-use development known as Station Park.

The parties reached a settlement prior to the hearing.

Based on uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the proposed amendments were consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to the Growth Plan, and conformed to the applicable Regional and City Official Plans.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals and approved the amendments.