Development application · Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)

Development application 12 146486 NNY 23 OZ

57 Finch Ave W; 59 Finch Ave W; 61 Finch Ave W; 63 Finch Ave W

Ward 18 · Lily ChengDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: OMB Approved; Approved
Submitted: 30 March 2012; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 1; 1 meeting · 1 office

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 57 Finch Ave W; 59 Finch Ave W; 61 Finch Ave W; 63 Finch Ave W
Ward: Ward 18 · Lily Cheng
Submitted: 30 March 2012
Status: OMB Approved
Outcome recorded: Approved
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: Yes

Source: City of Toronto open data (Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications). Dataset page · City application page

Description

Original proposal for a 4-storey, 70 unit residential development with 68 underground parking spaces. Application has been appealed to the OMB and has been revised in accordance with the following: a reduction in the number of units from 70 to 42 and a shift from traditional apartment house dwelling units to back-to-back stacked townhouse units; a decrease in the proposed building coverage; the addition of a communal outdoor landscaped amenity area, doubling the overall amount of soft landscaping on the site; a shortened driveway due to a proposed car lift in replacement of the previously proposed car ramp; an increase in setbacks along the Finch and Elmview Avenue frontages and rear yard; removal of the previously proposed rooftop mechanical units; better integration of waste management facilities.

Linked lobbying registrations

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2220294 Ontario Inc. · registration SM18264
Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Condominium Applications for Part of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 RP 3705, 57-63 Finch Avenue West
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.81
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Source records
- Registration SM18264: Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Condominium Applications for Part of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 RP 3705, 57-63 Finch Avenue West (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 12 146486 NNY 23 OZ at 57 Finch Ave W: Original proposal for a 4-storey, 70 unit residential development with 68 underground parking spaces. Application has been appealed to the OMB and has been revised in accordance with the following: a reduction in the number of units from 70 to 42 and a shift from traditional apartment house dwellin… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Condominium Applications for Part of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 RP 3705, 57-63 Finch Avenue West
Matched fields
address
57-63 FINCH AVE W
application_address
57 FINCH AVE W

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 1 communication · 1 meeting · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 23 Willowdale1

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 23 Willowdale	Member of council	1	1	12 August 2014

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Weston Consulting Group Inc.1 registration

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

Text matches on the address only. They are not linked to this application unless listed above.

None.

Comparison with similar applications

Lobbied applications are compared only with unlobbied applications of the same type, in the same ward, submitted in the same year and of the same size band (units or floor area from the description; sub-type for Committee of Adjustment files). Unlobbied applications are weighted to match the lobbied group. Raw lobbied versus unlobbied averages are not reported.

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 18

37 lobbied · 63 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=8
Matched, unlobbied64% n=5

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied36%

Appeal rate

Lobbied24%
Matched, unlobbied16%

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide

571 lobbied · 760 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=78
Matched, unlobbied96% n=78

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied4%

Appeal rate

Lobbied12%
Matched, unlobbied14%

Data table· 4 rows

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 18: 37 lobbied and 63 matched unlobbied applications in 23 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	37	—	100% (n=8)	0%	24%	0.00
Matched, unlobbied	63	—	64% (n=5)	36%	16%	0.04

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide: 571 lobbied and 760 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	571	—	100% (n=78)	0%	12%	0.08
Matched, unlobbied	760	—	96% (n=78)	4%	14%	0.05

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Lobbyists choose whom to contact, so a difference does not show a change of mind.