When did the developers make their applications and when can they appeal?

Any rezoning or official plan amendment request that has not been fully processed by the municipality within 180 days is entitled to appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board. Here is a chronology of the successive applications for the three current proposals to put this in context:

1171 & 1171R Queen Street West

• applied on May 17, 2005.

48 Abell Street

1999, Proposal to:

• Add a fourth storey to the Lamp Building
• To legalize the live-work studios in the building, add some more studios and keep the lamp showroom

Fall 2004: Preliminary investigations to redevelop site for Affordable Housing

• Site serviced from Abell and lane
• No new streets through the site
• Single north-south slab along west edge of site with future development considerations on East Side
• Timing is important because it depends on funding with deadlines attached

August 2005:

• Revision to application with a two tower option
• 1 tower for social housing – 19 storeys
• 1 tower for market condominiums – 25 storeys
• Beginning to consider providing live-work studio spaces as part of the social housing building
• The owner of 48 Abell is also the owner of much of the land needed for the Sudbury Street extension (1199 Queen St W – where the garden centre is now)
  

150 Sudbury

2000: 4-storey stacked townhouses approved

• Bike path instead of Abell Street extension
• No Sudbury Street Extension
• Parking at grade instead of landscaped open space

Spring 2005: Committee of Adjustment Application for Minor Variance Approved

• Changes to previous zoning in 2000
• Parking goes underground
• More landscaped open space
• Reintroduction of Sudbury Street extension
• Increase in density (going from 4 storeys to 5 ½ storeys)

November 2005: Zoning and OP amendment application

• A 16 storey tower is proposed as an addition to the approved townhouse project.