Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE:
July 25, 2025
CASE NO(S).:
OLT-25-000272
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 14 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 27
Appellant:
Ledim Developments Ltd
Subject:
Appeal of Development Charge By-laws No. 13-2025
Description:
Determination of the development charges
Reference Number:
DC By-law 13-2025
Property Address:
Town-Wide
Municipality/UT:
Ajax/Durham
OLT Case No.:
OLT-25-000272
OLT Lead Case No.:
OLT-25-000272
OLT Case Name:
Ledim Developments Ltd. v. Ajax (Town)
Heard:
July 24, 2025 by video hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel
Ledim Developments Ltd. (“Appellant”)
Patrick Harrington
Town of Ajax (“Town”)
Andrew Biggart
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY W. DANIEL BEST ON JULY 24, 2025 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
INTRODUCTION
1This Decision arises from the first Case Management Conference (“CMC”) for the above-noted matter. The Appellant filed an appeal against the Town’s Development Charges By-law No. 13-2025 (“DCBL”) under s. 14 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 27(“DCA”).
2There are two Parties of record in this matter. No additional requests for party status were made at this CMC. There were no requests for participant status.
3The Tribunal served notice on June 2, 2025. There is no further notice required.
4Mr. Biggart, counsel for the Town, provided background and a status update for the benefit of the Tribunal.
5Mr. Harrington, counsel for the Appellant, has only recently been retained.
6Counsel agreed that, prior to the next CMC, a Procedural Order (“PO”) and scoped Issues List (“IL”) will be submitted to the Tribunal in advance.
7The Parties were canvassed to determine if there is a benefit for Tribunal-led mediation to assist in this matter. The Tribunal was advised that there have been preliminary discussions, which will continue, but Parties do not see the benefit of mediation at this time.
NEXT STEPS
8On consent, counsel agreed that the Appellant will submit a draft PO and IL to the Town by Monday, August 25, 2025. This will allow the Parties to finalize the draft PO and IL and submit them to the Tribunal in advance of the next CMC.
9The Tribunal directed the Parties to come to the next hearing prepared to schedule a merit hearing. Preparation to schedule includes the PO and scoped IL, identifying potential dates, hearing length, and number of witnesses.
10The Tribunal inquired as to whether there were any other matters to be addressed which might assist in the fair, just, and expeditious resolution of this matter. The Parties indicated there were none.
11A second CMC is scheduled to proceed by video on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 10 a.m.
12Parties are asked to log in to the event at least 15 minutes before it begins to test their video and audio connections:
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15Individuals 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.
16The Tribunal thanked the Parties for their assistance and commended their willingness to collaborate on this matter.
ORDER
17THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS the directions contained in this Decision.
“W. Daniel Best”
W. DANIEL BEST
MEMBER
Ontario Land Tribunal
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