Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0435/17EYK

1980 St Clair Ave W

Ward 5 · Frances NunziataDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: TLAB Appeal; Approved
Submitted: 15 May 2017; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 5; 1 meeting · 3 offices

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 1980 St Clair Ave W
Ward: Ward 5 · Frances Nunziata
Submitted: 15 May 2017
Status: TLAB Appeal
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 13 July 2017
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 permit a pinball or electric game machine establishment (arcade machines) within the proposed retail establishment (grocery store).

Linked lobbying registrations

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RioCan Management Inc. · registration SM24335
1980 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.86
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Source records
- Registration SM24335: 1980 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto (Lobbyist Registry)
- Committee of Adjustment application A0435/17EYK at 1980 St Clair Ave W: To permit a pinball or electric game machine establishment (arcade machines) within the proposed retail establishment (grocery store). (Committee of Adjustment Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 1980 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto
Matched fields
address
1980 ST CLAIR AVE W
application_address
1980 ST CLAIR AVE W

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 5 communications · 1 meeting · 3 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Councillor Frances Nunziata2
Councillor Nunziata2
Ward 11 York South-Weston1

Data table· 3 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Councillor Frances Nunziata	Councillor staff	2	0	4 July 2017
Councillor Nunziata	Councillor staff	2	0	11 April 2017
Ward 11 York South-Weston	Member of council	1	1	12 April 2017

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

MacNaughton Hermsen Britton Clarkson Planning1 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.

Minor variance (MV), Ward 5

8 lobbied · 137 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 5: 8 lobbied and 137 matched unlobbied applications in 5 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	8	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	137	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%

Submission to hearing. Approval and refusal rates are among applications with a recorded decision.

Large and complex applications attract both lobbying and longer reviews, and matching cannot remove every difference between applications, so a difference does not show that lobbying changed how an application was reviewed.

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