Committee of Adjustment application · Minor variance (MV)

Committee of Adjustment application A0690/25TEY

Ward 9 · Alejandra BravoDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Closed; Approved
Submitted: 5 September 2025; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Minor variance (MV)
Addresses: 259 Geary Ave
Ward: Ward 9 · Alejandra Bravo
Submitted: 5 September 2025
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Approved
Hearing date: 22 October 2025
Decision: Approved
Objection at the hearing: Not recorded
Appealed: No appeal recorded

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

Description

To construct a new eight-storey building (self-storage use with secondary uses at grade) on the western portion of the lot and to permit recreational use on the lot as well as self-storage warehouse, retail store, medical clinic, and eating establishment uses at-grade within the building. The existing two-storey commercial building (retail use) on the eastern portion of the lot will be partially retained with a portion of the building (on the west side) being demolished to facilitate the construction of a new driveway and parking lot between the two buildings. There will be a total of 32 parking spaces (including five accessible parking spaces), and a total of 6 Type "B" loading spaces provided on the lot. Also, a Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Space (POPS) will be added along the side (west) lot line. A related Site Plan Application (File Number 20 24 240290 STE 09 SA) is currently under review.

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TAS
SM27462 · 29 January 2019 · “259 Geary Avenue”

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 9

27 lobbied · 333 matched

Median days

Lobbied169
Matched, unlobbied134

Approval rate

Lobbied67% n=27
Matched, unlobbied95% n=279

Refusal rate

Lobbied33%
Matched, unlobbied5%

Appeal rate

Lobbied26%
Matched, unlobbied6%

Objection rate

Lobbied29%
Matched, unlobbied30%

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 9: 27 lobbied and 333 matched unlobbied applications in 9 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Objection rate
Lobbied	27	169	67% (n=27)	33%	26%	29%
Matched, unlobbied	333	134	95% (n=279)	5%	6%	30%

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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