Appeal of Committee of Adjustment Decision - 148 Borden Street

(Downtown)

The Toronto Community Council recommends that the City Solicitor and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be instructed to appear at the Ontario Municipal Board Hearing in support of the Committee of Adjustment decision respecting 148 Borden Street.

The Toronto Community Council submits the following motion from Councillor Chow:

WHEREAS Don Desrochers (on behalf of Magda Fis) applied to the Committee of Adjustment for variances and severance of the property at 148 Borden Street into three parcels of land to permit construction of two 2 storey semi-detached houses fronting onto Borden Street and one detached house fronting onto Croft Street; and

WHEREAS on January 12, 1999, the Committee of Adjustment convened a Public Meeting to consider the application, and at that meeting a number of residents appeared in opposition to the proposal; and

WHEREAS on January 12, 1999, the Committee of Adjustment refused the proposed severance and variance applications on the grounds that the proposal is not minor in nature or within the intent and purpose of the zoning bylaw; and

WHEREAS the applicant has appealed the Committee of Adjustment's decision to the Ontario Municipal Board for a Hearing; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council Request Staff to Appear at the Ontario Municipal Board in Support of the Committee of Adjusment Decision.

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The Toronto Community Council reports, for the information of Council, having also had before it during consideration of the foregoing matter, a communication (March 29, 1999) from Mr. Michael B. Vaughan, Barrister & Solicitor, on behalf of the applicant, and a copy thereof is on file in the office of the City Clerk.