In order to maintain the City’s credit rating, the $19.4-million will be administered as a loan from the reserves and repaid over 15 years at a 3.1% increase rate for a total cost of $24.3-million.
Posted inEditors Note
Dave Hanley Named Hamilton's 2017 Citizen of The Year
This week, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce announced that Dave is posthumously Hamilton’s 2017 Citizen of the Year.
Below is an edited version of the letter I submitted supporting Dave’s nomination.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Stoney Creek Developer Appeals to OMB for Four Storey Development at 261 King Street East
J.A.N. Group Inc filed an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board on their application for a four storey residential building at 261 King Street East in Stoney Creek. The site is located west of Green Road.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Medallion Properties Takes City to OMB on 20 Storey Redevelopment of 195 Wellington South
Medallion Properties have filed an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board on their application for a 20-storey residential redevelopment of their property at 195 Wellington Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood.
The Ontario Municipal Board has assigned case number PL171389 to the appeal. The first pre-hearing date has not yet been set.
Posted inCity Hall
No Outdoor Entertainment on Hamilton Patios for Summer of 2018
Hamilton’s new patio entertainment by-law will not be decided by the Ontario Municipal Board in time for this year’s patio season.
This means the City’s previous ban on entertain on outdoor commercial patios will remain in effect for another patio season.
In a pre-hearing ruling issued Monday, the Ontario Municipal Board set hearing dates of September 25 to 27, 2018 for an appeal of the City’s new bylaw.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Coppley Expanding Manufacturing in Hamilton's Downtown, Planning Move Down MacNab Street to Cannon Street
Premium tailored clothing company Coppley is planning a new 6,822 square metre manufacturing facility in Hamilton’s Downtown, just down the street from their present headquarters.
The new facility will enabled the company to enhance its manufacturing processing while remaining in Downtown Hamilton, architect Drew Hauser told the City’s Design Review Panel on Thursday.
Posted inCity Hall News
City plans to transfer two downtown parking lots to CityHousing for affordable housing, will house Jamesville residents
CityHousing will take possession of two downtown City of Hamilton parking lots to build social housing to replace the townhouses of the existing Jamesville CityHousing in Hamilton’s North End, if a motion authorizing the sale is approved by Council in the coming weeks.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal
Divisional Court Upholds OMB Decisions in Oakville Glen Abbey Development Rulings
The Ontario Divisional Court delivered a rare ruling reviewing an Ontario Municipal Board decision on what constitutes a complete planning application.
This ruling is instructive to those considering appealing the Hamilton Ward Boundaries decision, I wrote in December about the tests of judicial review (Dunsmuir Test), and deference to specialized tribunals and bodies.
Posted inCity Hall
Council Exploring Local Solutions to Metrolinx HSR-PRESTO Requirements
Hamilton City Councillors are hesitant to accept terms imposed by Ontario’s Provincial transit oversight agency Metrolinx for the use of the electronic PRESTO fare system. Under new terms of use being imposed by Metrolinx’s on the 905-belt municipalities, local transit systems must generate a minimum amount of commission revenue to PRESTO or face clawbacks in […]
Posted inPlanning and Development
City Planning to Developers: Don't Assume You Can Build on Unassumed Alleyways
Hamilton’s Chief Planner told a gathering of developers they must secure permission from the City’s real estate office prior to submitting development plans to the Planning Division if they include public unassumed alleyways in their plans.