Minutes - Property Standards Committee - 20170518
Town of Aurora
Property Standards Committee
Appeals Hearing Minutes
Council Chambers
Aurora Town Hall
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Attendance
Committee Members Grace Marsh (Chair), Tom Plamondon (Vice-Chair), Roy
Harrington, and David Mhango
Regrets Nick Racanelli
Other Attendees Mandie Crawford (Manager of By-law Services), Eric
Schafranek (By-law Officer), Slawomir Szlapczynski, Associate
Solicitor, Gordon Steele Representative of the Appellant
Corporation, Murray Palmer, Representative of the Appellant
Corporation, Linda Bottos and (Council/Committee Secretary)
Sarah Murray (Council/Committee Secretary)
The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order by Committee Chair
The Chair called the meeting order at 7:00 p.m.
The Chair introduced the members of the Property Standards Committee and staff,
and outlined the procedures that would be followed in the conduct of the Appeals
Hearing
2. Declarations of Interest
There were no declarations of interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
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3. Appeals for Consideration
1. 16003 Yonge Street, Aurora – Order to Comply CE20170264
(a) Presentation of Evidence – Town’s Case Presenter
Ms. Mandie Crawford, Manager, By-law Services, presented photographic
evidence and reported on the respective chain of evidence.
Mr. Eric Shafranek, By-law Enforcement/Licensing Officer, provided
background information to his involvement in this matter.
(b) Presentation of Evidence – Appellant
The Appellant Representatives’ Gordon Steel of 250150 Ontario Inc. and
Murray Palmer, of NAC Developments, claimed they have been pursuing re-
development of the lands in question and presented evidence that supported
these claims.
(c) Committee Recall of Witnesses (if required)
None.
(d) Closing Statement – Town’s Case Presenter
Ms. Crawford advised the Town’s main concern in this matter is public safety
and accordingly, the priority concerns are related to
(a) trees that are identified as dead be removed immediately; and
(b) preserve heritage buildings; and
(c) preventing vandalism to the heritage buildings by securing the site.
(e) Closing Statement – Appellant
The Appellant is agreeable to addressing the Town’s priority concerns. The
Appellant’s concerns relate to the red house, and maintaining its heritage
components without further compromising the structure’s possible underlying
issues. The Appellant is more agreeable to restoring the structure once it has
been relocated, as opposed to repairing prior to. The Appellant proposed to
allow temporary measures to be undertaken in the interim, before the building
is relocated.
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(f) Recess and Deliberations
The Committee recessed to deliberate on the matter at 8:36 p.m. and
reconvened at 8:55 p.m.
(g) Committee’s Decision
The Chair stated that, upon hearing the evidence of the Appellant(s) and
Town staff on behalf of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora and a review of
any documents submitted by either the Town of Aurora or the Appellant(s), it
is the decision of the Property Standards Committee that:
The Property Standards Order No. CE20170264 dated February 24, 2017 be
partially confirmed and varied to require the Appellant to comply as follows:
a. The Appellant shall remove the trees identified by the Property Standards
Officer as dead or dying and shall ensure that the remanding stump is
flush with the existing grade, all to be done by June 15, 2017.
b. The Appellant shall ensure that by June 15, 2017 the buildings and the
property is property secured and maintained to ensure no accidents,
hazards and criminal activity occurs.
c. The Appellant shall conduct any maintenance and repair to ensure
conservation of any structural Heritage Attributes by June 15, 2017, to be
confirmed by a report from a structural engineer to be provided to the
Town by June 15, 2017.
That the requirements of the said Order be carried out on or before June 15,
2017.
4. Adjournment
Moved by Tom Plamondon
That the meeting be adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
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Grace Marsh, Committee Chair Sarah Murray, Secretary