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ISSUE DATE: May 13, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-23-000324
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: 1494096 Ontario Inc.
Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan – Failure to adopt the requested amendment
Description: To facilitate a redesignation of the current Low-Rise Mixed-Use to build mixed-use mid-rise buildings comprising of a 9-storey tower and a 7-storey tower
Reference Number: OP.21.030
Property Address: 80 Glen Shields Avenue
Municipality/Upper Tier: Vaughan/York
OLT Case No.: OLT-23-000324
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-23-000324
OLT Case Name: 1494096 Ontario Inc. v. City of Vaughan
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: 1494096 Ontario Inc.
Subject: Application to amend the Zoning By-law – Refusal or neglect to make a decision
Description: To facilitate a redesignation of the current Low-Rise Mixed-Use to build mixed-use mid-rise buildings comprising of a 9-storey tower and a 7-storey tower
Reference Number: Z.21.058
Property Address: 80 Glen Shields Avenue
Municipality/Upper Tier: Vaughan/York
OLT Case No.: OLT-23-000325
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-23-000324
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 41(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: 1494096 Ontario Inc.
Subject: Site Plan
Description: To facilitate a redesignation of the current Low-Rise Mixed-Use to build mixed-use mid-rise buildings comprising of a 9-storey tower and a 7-storey tower
Reference Number: DA.21.072
Property Address: 80 Glen Shields Avenue
Municipality/Upper Tier: Vaughan/York
OLT Case No.: OLT-23-000326
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-23-000324
BEFORE:
S. COOKE ) Monday, the 12th VICE-CHAIR ) ) day of May, 2025
THESE MATTERS in respect of the lands at 80 Glen Shields Avenue in the City of Vaughan, having come for a public hearing on March 25, 2024 before the Ontario Land Tribunal (the “Tribunal”);
THE TRIBUNAL having issued an interim Order on October 18, 2024, that the appeals under subsections 22(7) and 34(11) of the Planning Act are allowed, in part, and that the Tribunal’s final Order is withheld until the City of Vaughan and the Applicant notified the Tribunal and parties that the following conditions have been satisfied:
a. The Tribunal has received and approved the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment instruments in a final form, confirmed to be satisfactory to the City of Vaughan’s Deputy City Manager, Planning and Growth Management;
b. The Tribunal is advised that the following updated reports have been submitted to the City and are to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager, Planning and Growth Management and the Deputy City manager, Infrastructure Development, as appropriate:
i. Planning Justification Report;
ii. Architectural Package including Site Plan Statistics;
iii. Tree Inventory and Preservation Report;
iv. Sustainability Metrics Performance;
v. Civil Engineering Drawings;
vi. Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report;
vii. Noise and Vibration Impact Study;
viii. Hydrogeological Assessment;
ix. Geotechnical Engineering Report;
x. Traffic Impact Study;
xi. Site Screening Questionnaire and Environmental Certification;
xii. Phase One Environmental Site Assessment;
xiii. Cost estimate for City assets within the park that will be affected by the proposed development; and
xiv. Appellant has agreed to enter into an External Works and Permission to Enter Agreement with the City;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having been advised by the City of Vaughan and the Applicant that Item a. and Items b. i, ii, iv and xii noted above have been satisfied, and that final approval by the City of Vaughan of Items b. iii, v to xi and xiii to xiv, is to be obtained through the site plan approval process;
NOW THEREFORE
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that the appeals under subsections 22(7) and 34(11) of the Planning Act are allowed, in part.
AND THE TRIBUNAL FURTHER ORDERS:
The Official Plan Amendment to the City of Vaughan Official Plan is approved in accordance with Attachment “A” to this Order; and
The Zoning By-law Amendment to City of Vaughan Comprehensive Zoning By-law 001-2021, is approved in accordance with Attachment “B” to this Order.
AND THE TRIBUNAL FURTHER ORDERS the appeal pursuant to subsection 41(12) of the Planning Act remains adjourned sine die. The parties shall contact the case co-ordinator with an update on the remaining site plan approval appeal and, if necessary, request a date be scheduled for the hearing of same.
AND THE TRIBUNAL FURTHER ORDERS the Tribunal may be spoken to with respect to the implementation of this final Order.
“Euken Lui”
EUKEN LUI
ACTING REGISTRAR
Ontario Land Tribunal
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ATTACHMENT B