Planning Committee splits 8-2 on Demolition Permit – 974, 980 Upper Paradise Road, Hamilton - Revised (Ward 14)...

The agenda included Item 6.4 and Item 9.3 respecting demolition permits for 974 and 980 Upper Paradise Road in Hamilton in Ward 14. The request to issue demolition permits for 974 and 980 Upper Paradise Road, Hamilton, was that they be denied.

The application for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for lands located at 471 Moxley Road, Flamborough in Ward 13 was denied.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Demolition Permit – 974, 980 Upper Paradise Road, Hamilton - Revised (Ward 14) (Deferred from the July 29, 2025 Planning Committee meeting) (Beattie/Cooper) That Report PED25172, dated May 26, 2026, respecting Demolition Permit – 974, 980 Upper Paradise Road, Hamilton - Revised (Ward 14), BE RECEIVED and the alternative recommendations in the Report, BE APPROVED, as follows: (a) That the Chief Building Official BE AUTHORIZED to issue a demolition permit for 974 Upper Paradise Road in accordance with By-law 22-101, pursuant to Section 33 of the Planning Act as amended, without having to comply with Section 6 of the Demolition Control Area By-law 22-101; and, (b) That the Chief Building Official BE AUTHORIZED to issue a demolition permit for 980 Upper Paradise Road in accordance with By-law 22-101, pursuant to Section 33 of the Planning Act as amended, without having to comply with Section 6 of the Demolition Control Area By-law 22-101.

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