Committee of Adjustment
The Committee of Adjustment has been appointed by Council to adjudicate applications for Minor Variance and Consent under the Planning Act.
Ontario Planning Act
The Ontario Planning Act establishes the authority of the Committee of Adjustment to make decisions on the following:
- Consent to create an easement of right-of-way
- Consent to register a mortgage over part of a property
- Consent to register a lease over part of a lot for more than 21 years
- Consent to split land into more than one lot
- Consent to a technical conveyance (transferring property from one owner to another where the land was originally separated and has become joined)
- Validation of Title
- Minor variances from the Zoning By-law
In addition to applicable legislation, the Committee is also governed by the Committee of Adjustment Procedural By-law, as amended by By-law 255-2022
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Status: Approved
Address: 23 Convoy Crescent, Maple
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Relief from the Zoning By-law is being requested to permit reduced parking requirements to facilitate an additional residential unit in the basement.
Status: Approved
Address: 9933 Dufferin Street, Vaughan
Hearing Date:
Relief from the Zoning By-law is requested to permit temporary sales offices on the subject lands.
Status: Approved
Address: 35 Ryerson Drive, Kleinburg
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Relief from the Zoning By-law is being requested to permit an existing pool house (cabana) in the rear yard.
Status: Adjourned
Address: 6299 Rutherford Road, Vaughan
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Minor variance application A084/26 application was adjourned from the August 20, 2026, Committee of Adjustment hearing to permit further time for the owner/applicant to prepare and submit a parking study for the Development Engineering Department to review.
Status: Approved
Address: 25 Yarden Drive, Maple
Hearing Date:
Relief from the Zoning By-law is being requested to permit a upper deck (balcony) and a hot tub (swimming pool) in the rear yard.
Status: Approved
Address: 20 Regina Road, Woodbridge
Hearing Date:
Relief from the Zoning By-law is being requested to permit waste storage (dust collector) to be located along the west wall of the existing building. Relief is also required to facilitate related Development Application DA.25.027.
Status: Approved
Address: 333 Confederation Parkway, Concord
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Relief from the Zoning By-law is requested to permit a reduced landscape strip requirement on the retained land subject to B021/26.
Status: Approved
Address: 131 Vaughan Healthcare Circle, Maple
Hearing Date:
Relief from the Zoning By-law is being requested to facilitate a seniors’ continuum of care development consisting of a 10-storey long-term care home and a 15-storey retirement home, together with associated parking, loading, and amenity areas. The proposal is also subject to related Site Development Application File DA.26.022.
Status: Approved
Address: 21 Innovation Drive, Bldg B, Woodbridge
Hearing Date:
The applicant is requesting approval to divide the property into two lots. The new lot to be created (the severed parcel) will be approximately 4,417 m² in size and will have frontage on Innovation Drive. The remaining lot (the retained parcel) will be approximately 4,478 m² in size and will have frontage on both Highway 27 and Innovation Drive. No development is proposed on the new lot as part of this application. The retained lot contains the existing gas station.
Status: Approved
Address: 333 Confederation Parkway, Concord
Hearing Date:
Consent is being requested to sever a parcel of land for employment purposes approximately 26,533.2 m², with frontage along Scholar Road and Spinnaker Way. A new industrial building is proposed on the severed lands. The retained parcel will be approximately 24,199.5 m², with frontage along Confederation Parkway, and will contain the existing industrial building.
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Appointed Committee Members (2022-2026)
- Assunta (Sue) Perrella (Chair)
- Brandon Bell
- Jordan Kalpin
- Mark Milunsky
- Stephen Kerwin (Vice Chair)