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October 25, 2021

TO: All recipients of the Ontario Land Tribunals Decision and Order issued on October 13, 2021

RE: OLT CASE NO.: PL210303, DECISION ISSUED OCTOBER 13, 2021

On October 13, 2021 the Ontario Land Tribunals issued its Decision and Order (“Decision”) on the above noted case.

Rule 24.04 of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and Procedure states that the Tribunal may at any time correct a technical or typographical error made in a decision or order.

The Tribunal has corrected the Decision under the authority of this rule by replacing the incorrectly attached Schedule 1 with a new Schedule 1.

A corrected version of the Decision and Order issued on October 25, 2021 is enclosed with this communication. This enclosed Decision replaces the Decision and Order issued on October 13, 2021.

Thank you.

“Euken Lui”

EUKEN LUI REGISTRAR

Encl.

Ontario Land Tribunal

Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire

ISSUE DATE: October 13, 2021 CASE NO(S).: PL210303

PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended

Applicant and Appellant: Sovereign Ransom Street Limited Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan - Refusal of request by Town of Halton Hills Existing Designation: Low Density Residential Area Proposed Designated: Medium Density Residential Area Purpose: To permit a medium density residential area with 10 two-story townhouse units Property Address/Description: 20 Ransom Street Municipality: Town of Halton Hills Approval Authority File No.: D09OPA20.001 OLT Case No.: PL210303 OLT File No.: PL210303 OLT Case Name: Sovereign Ransom Street Limited v. Halton Hills (Town)

PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended

Applicant and Appellant: Sovereign Ransom Street Limited Subject: Application amend Zoning By-law No. (#2010-0050 be amended) - Refusal of Application by Town of Halton Hills Existing Zoning: Low Density Residential One, Mature Neighbourhood (LDR1-1) (MN) Zone Proposed Zoning: Medium Density Residential Two Exception (MDR2(106) (H25)) Zone Purpose: To permit a medium density residential area with 10 two-story townhouse units Property Address/Description: 20 Ransom Street Municipality: Town of Halton Hills Municipality File No.: D14ZBA20.004 OLT Case No.: PL210303 OLT File No.: PL210304

Heard: October 5, 2021 by video hearing (“VH”)

APPEARANCES:

Parties	Counsel/Agent*
Sovereign Ransom Street Ltd. (Appellant / Applicant)	Johanna Shapira
Town of Halton Hills (“Town”)	David Germain

MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY K.R. ANDREWS ON October 5, 2021 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL

INTRODUCTION

1This is the first Case Management Conference (“CMC”) respecting an appeal by Sovereign Ransom Street Ltd. (the “Appellant/Applicant”) following the decision of the Town to refuse its Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit development of ten two-story townhouse units at 20 Ransom Street in Acton.

Service of Notice of CMC

2There was no issue with service of the Notice of this CMC, and so no further notice is required. The Tribunal was in receipt of the Affidavit of Service, which was marked as Exhibit 1.

Requests for Status

3There were no requests for party status.

4The following persons attended the CMC seeking participant status:

• John Schaljo
• Alan MacDonald
• Jaspal Brar
• Andrew Sobczak

5All four individuals explained that they live close to the proposed development and have various concerns respecting same.

6On consent of the parties, the Tribunal granted participant status to all four individuals.

MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENT

7The Tribunal explored the possibility of mediation and settlement with the parties. The parties confirmed that they were both open to resolution but had nothing more to report. The parties also confirmed that they would contact the Tribunal if it seemed like Tribunal-led mediation might be productive.

PROCEDURAL ORDER AND ISSUES LIST

8The Tribunal received and reviewed a draft issues list prepared by the parties prior to the CMC. The Parties promised to have a revised draft delivered to the Tribunal by October 12, 2021. The Tribunal is now in receipt of same, finds it acceptable, and the proceedings shall accordingly be governed by it.

HEARING

9Upon request of the parties, the Tribunal set a five-day hearing commencing on Monday, March 21, 2022 at 10 a.m. by VH. No further Notice is required for the hearing.

10Parties and participants are asked to log into the VH at least 15 minutes before the start of the event to test their video and audio connections:

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/617090741

Access Code: 617 090 741

11Parties and participants are asked to access and set up the application well in advance of the event to avoid unnecessary delay. The desktop application can be downloaded at GoToMeeting or a web application is available: https://app.gotomeeting.com/home.html.

12Persons who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoToMeeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to the event by calling into an audio-only telephone line: (Toll Free): 1 888 455 1389 or +1 (647) 497-9391. The Access Code is as indicated above.

13Individuals are directed to connect to the event on the assigned date at the correct time. It is the responsibility of the persons participating in the VH to ensure that they are properly connected to the event at the correct time. Questions prior to the hearing event may be directed to the Tribunal’s Case Coordinator having carriage of this case.

ORDER

14The Tribunal Orders that:

1. The date and particulars of the hearing are set out above;
2. The Procedural Order appended as Schedule 1 shall govern the proceedings;
3. John Schaljo, Alan MacDonald, Jaspal Brar and Andrew Sobczak are granted participant status. Deadlines for their respective participant statements shall be governed by the Procedural Order;
4. This Member is not seized but may be spoken to through the Case Coordinator if any issues arise.

“K.R. Andrews”

K.R. ANDREWS MEMBER

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