The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is being replaced with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT).
The OMB would hear the arguments and make a decision. The LPAT will simply determine if yes or no the proposal meets the city’s official planning rules. If not it will be sent back to the municipal councils.
The OMB could/would overturn decisions by the city and seemed too often to side with the developers and thus allowed for the construction of larger than desired buildings built with a total disregard of zoning restrictions.
So there’s progress! But there’s also consideration for the neighbourhood and of course respect of the heritage properties. Let’s see where this takes us!
