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Losani project takes first step in appeal process By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Grimsby has seen many “firsts” of late when it comes to planning matters and another materialized Friday with an Ontario Land Tribunal Case Management Conference dealing with 141-149 Main St E., the Cole’s Florist property. Losani Homes has proposed a seven-storey condo be developed on the site. While more than 100 residents opposed the development - as well as Town of Grimsby’s planning staff - it was Losani which launched an appeal after the Town did not issue a decision within the 120-day required response time.
“This is unique, obviously, for the first time we’re actually having two case management conferences in a day. One in relation to Planning Act matters and the other is relating to stuff and used to be under the Conservation Review Board,” said meeting chair, Gregory Bishop, a former vice-chair for the Ontario Municipal Board, and a vice-chair of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). “The issue I had is whether there are two more appeals or four more appeals,” Bishop added later when outlining the procedures for the hearing. Two appeals related to the Town’s intention to designate two of the properties as heritage sites.
However, Bishop noted his notice cited two other appeals related to demolition. The hearing was not to hear evidence, but to formalize the process under which the appeals would be handled, scheduling dates and deciding participants. “My client filed an application for an Official Plan amendment and a zoning bylaw amendment to develop the property,” said Denise Baker, legal counsel representing Losani Homes. “As part of processing that, the Town of Grimsby issued a Notice of Intention to Designate the property under the Ontario Heritage Act. So then, in addition to the OPA and
zoning bylaw, because of the way the Ontario Heritage Act works is once a Notice of Intention to Designate is issued, you have to treat the property as if it is designated until that’s resolved.” “Then my client filed, and was turned down, a demolition permit.” The result, said Baker, was the series of appeals and one objection filed by Losani. Baker noted there was no consensus on whether or not all the matters would “stay together” during the process, but that was her preference as “they are all entirely related.” On the matter of just how many files are related to the hearing, Baker See COLE’s, Page 2