The Public Record | Hamilton's Civic Affairs News Site (https://thepublicrecord.ca/topics/1190-main-street-west-mcmaster-student-residence/)
The rare appeal claiming a failure by the City to approve a site plan within 30 days will likely be rendered moot in the coming months once McMaster’s zoning appeal is settled.
The City and McMaster University continue to dispute the tax status of McMaster’s new for-profit private partnership student residence building.
City Council approved the development in October 2019, but McMaster had already appeal to the LPAT.
McMaster’s appeal is one of over a dozen in Hamilton by development applicants seeking to protect their interests under the more developer friendly OMB rules rather than risk having to appeal under the new LPAT rules.