Saturday, 13 June 2015

Ottawa OMB Appeal

Q151: Will the city of Ottawa succeed in its appeal of the OMB ruling on the Centretown Community Design Plan?
Yes: 30%
(For a "yes" answer, the city must win at the lowest court level (the Divisional Court).  Further appeals do not matter.)

The City of Ottawa is appealing an OMB decision that restricted its ability to decide building heights in its Official Plan (see press release here).  I don't have any solid information about how likely this appeal is to succeed (which is hard to tell from the city's press release).  However, I have the vague sense that it is more likely to fail than not; the City may just be appealing the ruling for political reasons, and not because they expect to win.

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