Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0206/15SC

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 15 June 2015; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 0 Gatineau Line
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 15 June 2015
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 15 October 2015
Decision: Approved
Objection at the hearing: Not recorded
Appealed: Yes

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

Description

To maintain the existing off-site parking lot within the Hydro corridor to the north of the Scarborough General Hospital at 3050 Lawrence Ave E without further time limits. Note: In August 2002, the Committee of Adjustment approved a minor variance to permit a parking lot for a period of 5 years (File A260/01SC). In June 2007, the Committee of Adjustment approved an extension on the previous variance (File A133/07SC). The Committee of Adjustment's decision was subsequently appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The OMB in October 2009 permitted the variance for the existing parking lot until June 2015.***OMB HEARING DATE JULY 12 2016 AT 10AM***

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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.

Minor variance (MV), Ward 21

3 lobbied · 48 matched

Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Minor variance (MV), City-wide

173 lobbied · 3,646 matched

Median days

Lobbied126
Matched, unlobbied114

Approval rate

Lobbied75% n=154
Matched, unlobbied91% n=3,058

Refusal rate

Lobbied25%
Matched, unlobbied9%

Appeal rate

Lobbied19%
Matched, unlobbied4%

Objection rate

Lobbied43%
Matched, unlobbied27%

Data table· 4 rows

Minor variance (MV), Ward 21: 3 lobbied and 48 matched unlobbied applications in 3 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	3	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	48	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Minor variance (MV), City-wide: 173 lobbied and 3,646 matched unlobbied applications in 103 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	173	126	75% (n=154)	25%	19%	43%
Matched, unlobbied	3,646	114	91% (n=3,058)	9%	4%	27%

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