Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: March 26, 2025
CASE NO(S).: OLT-24-001219
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 14 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 27
Appellant: Losani Homes (1998) Ltd.
Appellant: Paris Grand Estates Inc.
Appellant: Sifton Properties Limited
Description: Development Charges By-law No. 109-24 of the County of Brant
Reference Number: By-law 109-24
Property Address: County Wide
Municipality/UT: County of Brant
OLT Case No.: OLT-24-001219
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-24-001219
OLT Case Name: Losani Homes Ltd. v. Brant (County)
Heard: March 25, 2025 by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel/Representative
Losani Homes (1998) Ltd.
Jessica De Marinis Jennifer Meader (in absentia)
Paris Grand Estates Inc.
Alex Lusty Lauren Cao (in absentia)
Sifton Properties Limited
Patrick Harrington
County of Brant
Brad Teichman Justine Reyes
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY KURTIS SMITH ON March 25, 2025 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
INTRODUCTION
1The Tribunal convened the first Case Management Conference (“CMC”) pertaining to the three appeals filed against the County of Brant (“County”) Development Charges By-law No. 109-24, under section 14 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 27.
2The three Appellants are:
- Losani Homes (1998) Ltd.
- Paris Grand Estates Inc.
- Sifton Properties Limited
3The grounds for the Appellants’ appeals are generally the methodology used to calculate the Development Charges relating to population, employment, and servicing needs, for example highways, water, wastewater, and stormwater management.
4No Party or Participant status requests were received.
SECOND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
5Prior to the commencement of the CMC, the Tribunal received a timeline/schedule agreed upon by all Parties to advance the case leading up to a requested second CMC in late June.
6The Parties agreed to the following timeline:
- Appellants will provide their preliminary Issues List (“IL”) to the County by Friday, April 11, 2025;
- Appellants may submit written interrogatories to the County on matters that are relevant to those issues by Friday, May 2, 2025;
- The County will respond to the written interrogatories by Friday, May 30, 2025;
- If a hearing is required, the Appellants or remaining Appellants will provide their final IL prior to the second CMC but no later than Friday, June 20, 2025.
7The Tribunal directed the Parties to submit the draft Procedural Order to the Case Coordinator on or before Friday, June 20, 2025, for review and consideration at the second CMC.
8The Tribunal scheduled the second CMC to commence at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, by Video Hearing.
9Parties and/or Observers are asked to log in to the event at least 15 minutes before it begins to test their video and audio connections:
GoTo Meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/765631861
Access code: 765-631-861
10Parties 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 GoTo Meeting or a web application is available: https://app.gotomeeting.com/home.html
11Persons who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoTo Meeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to it by calling in to an audio-only telephone line: +1 (647) 497-9391 or (Toll Free) 1-888-455-1389. The access code is: 765-631-861.
12Individuals 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 event to ensure that they are properly connected at the correct time. Questions prior to the event may be directed to the Tribunal’s Case Coordinator.
ORDER
13THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS as follows:
- The draft Procedural Order and Issues List is to be submitted to the Case Coordinator on or before Friday, June 20, 2025;
- A second Case Management Conference is scheduled for Wednesday, June 25, 2024, at 10 a.m. by Video Hearing as set out above; and
- The Member is not seized.
“Kurtis Smith”
Kurtis Smith
Member
Ontario Land Tribunal
Website: www.olt.gov.on.ca Telephone: 416-212-6349 Toll Free: 1-866-448-2248
The Conservation Review Board, the Environmental Review Tribunal, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Mining and Lands Tribunal are amalgamated and continued as the Ontario Land Tribunal (“Tribunal”). Any reference to the preceding tribunals or the former Ontario Municipal Board is deemed to be a reference to the Tribunal.