Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: April 29, 2025
CASE NO(S).: OLT-24-000004
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Applicant/Appellant: Tricar Properties Limited Subject: Application to amend the Zoning By-law – Refusal or neglect to make a decision Description: To permit the development of two, 10-storey apartment buildings Reference Number: OZS20-004 Property Address: 1242-1270 Gordon St and 9 Valley Rd Municipality/UT: Guelph/Wellington OLT Case No: OLT-24-000004 OLT Lead Case No: OLT-24-000004 OLT Case Name: Tricar Properties Ltd v. Guelph (City)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Applicant/Appellant: Tricar Properties Limited Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan – Failure to adopt the requested amendment Description: To facilitate the development of two, 12-storey residential apartment buildings and park Reference Number: OZS20-004 Property Address: 1242-1270 Gordon Street and 9 Valley Road Municipality/UT: Guelph/Wellington OLT Case No: OLT-24-001186
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 41(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Applicant/Appellant: Tricar Properties Limited Subject: Site Plan Description: To permit the development of two, 10-storey apartment buildings Reference Number: SP23-020 Property Address: 1242-1270 Gordon Street and 9 Valley Road Municipality/UT: Guelph/Wellington OLT Case No: OLT-24-000788
Heard: March 26, 2025 by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties Tricar Properties Limited
Counsel Andrew Baker Lee English (in absentia)
Parties City of Guelph
Counsel Peter Gross Ian White Stacy Porter
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY S. Dixon ON March 26, 2025 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
Link to Order
INTRODUCTION
1This Decision and Order arises from a Hearing on the Merits regarding appeals filed by Tricar Properties Ltd. (“Appellant”) pursuant to ss. 22(7), 34(11) and 41(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended (“Act”), concerning official plan amendment, zoning by-law amendment, and site plan approval applications (together, “Applications”) in the City of Guelph (“City”).
2The Applications seek to permit the development of two 12-storey apartment buildings on lands known municipally as 1242-1270 Gordon Street and 9 Valley Road (“Subject Lands”).
3The City did not make a decision on the Applications within the statutory timeframes prescribed by the Act and the appeals were filed on that basis.
SETTLEMENT
4Following an iterative planning process involving several resubmissions of the Applications, the Parties reached a settlement of the appeals and executed Minutes of Settlement on March 25, 2025 (“Settlement”), which were marked as Exhibit 2.
5The Settlement facilitates the development of two 12-storey residential buildings with 393 residential units, a 0