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Documents
To Adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 196 to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan Respecting 3169 Fletcher Road (Glanbrook)
- Schedule 6 (Time Limit Parking)
- Schedule 8 (No Parking Zones)
- Schedule 10 (Alternate Side Parking)
- Schedule 12 (Permit Parking Zones)
- Schedule 13 (No Stopping Zones)
To Amend City of Hamilton By-law No. 22-221, Being a By-law for Delegation of Consent Authority and Constituting a Committee of Adjustment
- Schedule 9 - No Right Turn on Red
- Schedule 29 - Weight Restrictions on Bridges
Not Final and Binding
The Tribunal Orders that the appeals are allowed and THAT:
- The application to amend the Urban Hamilton Official Plan by Parkside Hills Inc. is approved in accordance with Schedule 1 attached hereto and the City is hereby directed to amend the Official Plan accordingly;
- The application to amend Zoning By-law No. 90-145-Z (Flamborough) for the City of Hamilton by Parkside Hills Inc. is approved in accordance with Schedule 2 attached hereto; and the City is hereby directed to amend Zoning By-law No. 90-145-Z accordingly
- The proposed draft Plan of Subdivision by Parkside Hills Inc. is approved in accordance with Schedule 3 attached hereto and subject to the Conditions of Draft Plan of Subdivision Approval attached as Schedule 4;-
- Pursuant to section 51(56.1) of the Planning Act, the final approval of the proposed Plan of Subdivision for the purposes of section 51(58) is to be given by the City of Hamilton.
Order Issued April 29, 2022
OLT Case Nos. OLT-22-002305; OLT-22-002306
OLT Case No. OLT-22-004063
OLT Case No. OLT-22-004064
OLT Case No. OLT-22-004855
That Sheet No. E14 of the District Maps appended to and forming part of the Zoning By-law No. 6593 (Hamilton), is amended by adding the “E/S-1834-H”(Multiple Dwellings, Lodges, Clubs, etc.) District, Modified, Holding, on the lands, the extent and boundaries of which are shown on a plan hereto annexed as Schedule “A”.
ZAC-23-053
Not Final and Binding
That Map 996 of Schedule “A” – Zoning Maps is amended by removing the Community Institutional (I2) Zone for the lands identified as 83 and 85 Emerald Street South, Hamilton attached as Schedule “A” to this By-law.
ZAC-23-053
Not Final and Binding
To Amend Zoning By-law No. 05-200 Respecting Lands Located at 527 James Street North, Hamilton.
ZAC-23-038
Not Final and Binding
- Schedule 5 (Stop Control)
- Schedule 8 (No Parking Zones)
- Schedule 12 (Permit Parking Zones)
- Schedule 13 (No Stopping Zones)
- Schedule 14 (Wheelchair Loading Zones)
ZAC-23-050
Not Final
To Amend By-law Nos. 22-032, A By-law to Authorize the Signing of a Municipal Funding Agreement for the Transfer of the Improving, Monitoring and Public Reporting of Sewage Overflows and Bypasses Funding Program Funds Between the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks and the City of Hamilton, and 22-036 to Authorize the Signing of a Municipal Funding Agreement for the Transfer of the Improving Wastewater and Stormwater Discharges in Lake Ontario Funding Program Funds between the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks in the City of Hamilton
ZAC-18-056/25T-2018010
ZAC-18-056/25T-2018010