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Letter from the President
June 22, 2009
Welcome to the website of the Leaside Business Park Association!
My name is Joe Cacioppo, and I am the current President of the Association.
I am the Director of Finance for the Lincoln Electric Company of Canada here in the Leaside Business Park. Lincoln has been in Leaside since the 1940s, and shares a rich local history with many business in the area. I was honoured to accept the role of President upon the retirement from Lincoln, and the Association, of Michael Vuchnich.
The role of the Association is to ensure that the Business Park remains a vital and vibrant area to work and do business.
We are actively involved in keeping Toronto a business-friendly city. A hot topic of late has been the green roof by-laws being proposed and passed by City council.
We act in the mutual best interests of our members by keeping an eye on local zoning issues or changes, and new or changing by-laws that affect business. One example is the Metrolinx Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit expansion which will affect our area in the coming years. Please see the section on this exciting development on our website.
We also ensure that our members have the ear of elected officials at all members of government. Councilor John Parker (Ward 26), the Honourable Kathleen Wynne (MPP, Don Valley West), and the Honourable Rob Oliphant (MP, Don Valley West) have all attended LBPA meetings at various times during the past year, and continue to do so subject to their busy schedules. We thank them for their participation.
To keep our Business Park and Association a growing and vital one, I encourage involvement from any member of business in the Park. Feel free to attend our annual meeting, held in October of each year (details here on the website), or you can contact me anytime with questions or concerns.
My thanks for your continued support, and best wishes for future success.
Joe Cacioppo
Office: 416-467-4276
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Don't Get Zoned Out
Toronto's New Harmonized Zoning By-law - what you need to know
Impacts on land use permissions and land value
The City of Toronto's proposed new zoning by-law is anticipated to be approved by City Council as early as July 2010. To understand how the new zoning will impact lands that you own or lease in Toronto, we recommend that the in-force zoning permissions currently applicable to your lands be compared to the proposed new zoning provisions. Any changes to the list of permitted uses, maximum densities, height limits and other performance standards will all affect redevelopment opportunities and directly impact the value of your lands. Some key points that you may want to take into consideration, whether or not you are seeking to develop or redevelop land, are as follows:
- City Staff are not undertaking a comprehensive review of how the new zoning impacts each parcel of land in Toronto. The onus is on the land owners to stay informed and get involved;
- Any land owner who fails to express concerns or issues with the proposed new zoning prior to City Council passing the new zoning by-law will not be able to maintain an appeal of the new zoning by-law and risks not being added as a party to an appeal at the Ontario Municipal Board;
- Development permissions secured through minor variances are not being captured in the current draft of the new zoning by-law; and
- During the time that the new zoning is under appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board, the Chief Building Official is likely to treat the new zoning, as passed by City Council, as "applicable law" when considering the issuance of building permits where the new zoning is more restrictive than the existing zoning.
How Stikeman Elliott can help
Stikeman Elliott's municipal and land use planning team would be pleased to talk to you about the proposed by-law changes and how you can become informed and involved. Our team can assist you with:
- understanding existing zoning and development permissions (as set out in an existing zoning by-law, site-specific zoning by-law amendments and/or minor variances) relative to the new zoning by-law permissions proposed by the City;
- evaluating the extent to which existing development rights and opportunities for buildings, structures and land in Toronto will be impacted;
- negotiating changes to the new zoning by-law to protect your property interests at all stages of the new zoning by-law's municipal public consultation and approval processes;
- safeguarding your appeal rights and advocating your property interests at the Ontario Municipal Board or the courts, if necessary.
toronto.ca/zoning/bylaw/ZBL_NewProvision_Chapter1.htm
2009 Leaside Annual General Meeting
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