320 McCowan Road - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

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2026-03-25 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on March 25 and 26, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council consent to Blauson Assets Management Ltd. (the "Applicant") filing a request to review to the Ontario Land Tribunal (the "Tribunal") pursuant to Rule 25.8 of the Tribunal's Rules of Practice and Procedure to request the Tribunal to: a. amend the draft planning instrument previously introduced on consent in respect of the Applicant's appeal of its Zoning By-law Amendment Application (OLT-22-003301) (the "Appeal") to include a Holding Symbol and conditions for the removal of the Holding Symbol on terms consistent with the Applicant's settlement offer letter dated July 7, 2023 (the "Settlement Offer"), to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review; and b. issue a final order in respect of the Applicant's appeal of its Zoning By-law Amendment Application (OLT-22-003301) to include a Holding Symbol and conditions for the removal of the Holding Symbol in the amended draft planning instrument in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary and reasonable actions to implement City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

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As the city filed it

On September 8, 2023, the Ontario Land Tribunal issued a decision in respect of a settlement of an appeal filed by Blauson Assets Management Ltd. from City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Zoning By-law Amendment for the lands municipally known as 320 McCowan Road. The Ontario Land Tribunal withheld their final order on the Appeal pending the Applicant's satisfaction of various conditions in accordance with the terms of the settlement with the City.

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On March 10, 2026, the City Solicitor's office received a letter from the Applicant's solicitor wherein the Applicant seeks City Council's consent to file a review request of the Tribunal's September 8, 2023 decision to seek the conversion of the conditions for the issuance of a final order to conditions for lifting a Holding Symbol and to request the Tribunal issue such revised zoning by-law amendment as its final order. The City Solicitor requires further directions in respect of the Applicant's request for consent to file a review request of the September 8, 2023 decision with the Tribunal.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City

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Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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