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

Development application 15 210864 STE 22 OZ

35 Poplar Plains Rd; 235 Cottingham St; 300 Macpherson Ave

Ward 12 · Josh MatlowDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Closed (outcome not recorded)
Submitted: 21 August 2015; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 35 Poplar Plains Rd; 235 Cottingham St; 300 Macpherson Ave
Ward: Ward 12 · Josh Matlow
Submitted: 21 August 2015
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Closed (outcome not recorded)
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded

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

Description

This Official Plan Amendment application proposes that the City grant a permanent easement to Toronto Hydro Electric System Limited (Toronto Hydro) in order to permit Toronto Hydro to continue to use a portion of City owned parklands at 300 MacPherson Avenue and 235 Cottingham Street for below grade electrical services that were installed in 2014. A temporary short term easement was previously granted for a two year period pending determinations as to final approval. An Official Plan Amendment is required to proceed because the property is designated as Parks and Open Space Areas under the Toronto Official Plan. The sale or disposal of City owned Parks and Open Space Areas is prohibited by Official Plan policies and the granting of an easement exceeding a period of 21 years is a form of disposal that is not permitted.

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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 12

44 lobbied · 60 matched

Median days

Lobbied1,925
Matched, unlobbied1,799

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=9
Matched, unlobbied100% n=9

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Appeal rate

Lobbied14%
Matched, unlobbied10%

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

573 lobbied · 763 matched

Median days

Lobbied1,925
Matched, unlobbied1,793

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=64
Matched, unlobbied98% n=70

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied2%

Appeal rate

Lobbied13%
Matched, unlobbied13%

Data table· 4 rows

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 12: 44 lobbied and 60 matched unlobbied applications in 26 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	44	1,925	100% (n=9)	0%	14%	0.02
Matched, unlobbied	60	1,799	100% (n=9)	0%	10%	0.04

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide: 573 lobbied and 763 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	573	1,925	100% (n=64)	0%	13%	0.08
Matched, unlobbied	763	1,793	98% (n=70)	2%	13%	0.05

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