Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: July 21, 2025
CASE NO(S).: OLT-22-002288 (Formerly PL200521)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Applicant and Appellant: Full Throttle Auto Sales & Service
Subject: Application amend Zoning By-law No. 78-1 - Refusal of Application by the Town of Mono
Purpose: To permit a small-scale vehicle repair shop & sales operation
Property Address/Description: 507393 Highway 89
Municipality: Town of Mono
Approval Authority File No.: ZBA 2017-03
OLT Case No.: OLT-22-002288
Legacy Case No.: PL200521
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-22-002288
Legacy Lead Case No.: PL200521
OLT Case Name: Full Throttle Auto Sales & Service v. Mono (Town)
BEFORE: M.A Sills, Vice-Chair Monday, the 21st day of July, 2025
THIS MATTER having come on for a public hearing, and the Tribunal having issued its Decision on December 13, 2022.
AND THE TRIBUNAL having received a request on consent of the parties to extend the date set out in Section 2.(vii) of Attachment “A” to the Decision;
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that the date in Section 2. (vii) is extended to July 31, 2026.
“Matthew D.J. Bryan”
MATTHEW D.J. BRYAN REGISTRAR
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ATTACHMENT “A”
ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF MONO
BYLAW NUMBER 2022 -
BEING A BYLAW TO AMEND COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BYLAW 78-1, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS the Ontario Land Tribunal has heard and determined an appeal on this matter and has approved by Decision the By-law as follows:
(d) PART OF LOT 32, CONCESSION 4 EHS (CL-7)
THAT SECTION 11(3)(d) PART OF LOT 32, CONCESSION 4 EHS -- SPECIAL LOCAL COMMERCIAL – 7 (CL-7) Zone is hereby amended with the following changes:
(a) Delete all wording of Special Local Commercial – 7 (CL-7) Zone and replace with wording below:
- In addition to the permitted uses under Section 11(1)(a) and notwithstanding Section 11(1)(b) hereof to the contrary, no person shall, on any land designated CL-7 on Schedule “A” hereto, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure, for any purpose except one or more of the following special CL-7 permitted uses, namely:
- Business Office
- Daycare Centre
- Medical Office/Clinic
- Parking Lot
- Neighbourhood/Retail Store
- Restaurant
- Automobile Service Station
- Wholesale use accessory to the above permitted uses
- Open storage area for goods or materials accessory to the above permitted uses.
All provisions of Section 11(2) shall apply to the above uses permitted in the CL-7 Zone, save and except for those applying to uses not permitted in the CL-7 Zone.
- In the alternative, exclusive of the permitted uses set out in Section 1 of the CL-7 Zone, no person shall, on any land designated CL-7 on Schedule “A” hereto, use any lot or erect, alter or use any building or structure, for any purpose except a “Small-Scale Vehicle Repair and Sales Shop”, which use is separate and distinct and may not be used in conjunction with the permitted uses set out in Section 1 of the CL-7 Zone:
(i) For the purposes of this Section, a small-scale vehicle repair and sales shop shall mean, “a use where small to medium sized vehicles are serviced and sold. The service vehicles shall include farm tractors with a maximum of four wheels and farm implements. Other vehicles and equipment shall only include landscaping equipment, automobiles, trucks with a maximum of two axles and trailers with a maximum of one axle.”
(ii) The maximum number of vehicles on the site shall be 13, which includes vehicles for sale and servicing as well as employees.
(iii) The maximum number of garage bays shall be 2 and that all servicing must be indoors with the bay doors closed.
(iv) The maximum building height shall be 7 metres.
(v) The maximum building footprint shall be 190 square metres.
(vi) The Site Plan shall contain building design requirements that direct the building design to contain elements of local agricultural buildings.
(vii) Such use as a “Small-Scale Vehicle Repair and Sales Shop” must be established on the subject property on or before July 31, 2025, which requires that a building permit shall be pulled and construction commenced by July 31, 2024 with such construction to be completed subsequently in a diligent and continuous manner, failing which the permission for use of the subject property as a “Small-Scale Vehicle Repair and Sales Shop” ceases, with section 2 of CL-7 Zone struck.
THAT Schedule “A” attached hereto delineates the subject property;
THAT Schedule “A” to Zoning Bylaw 78-1 does not require an amendment;
THAT the Town Clerk is authorized to assign a By-law Number to this By-law;
AND THAT this Bylaw shall come into force and effect pursuant to Section 34(26) of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990 upon issuance of a Decision approving the By-law by the Ontario Land Tribunal.
SCHEDULE ‘A’ TO BYLAW 2022 –