Long Branch residents ponder lot-splitting proposals they feel are arbitrary: ‘The culture of decision making is decidedly more coherent and robust in Mississauga than it is in Toronto’ – July 19, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian opinion article

A July 19, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian opinion article is entitled: Long Branch residents ponder lot-splitting proposals they feel are arbitrary:’The culture of decision making is decidedly more coherent and robust in Mississauga than it is in Toronto,’ writes Jaan Pill.”

Comment: The headline might work better as: “Long Branch residents ponder lot-splitting decisions they feel are arbitrary.” A minor detail, however, in the larger scheme of things.

Please note as well, that one of the TLAB decisions, referred to at the above-noted article, has in fact more recently been reversed. That is to say:

Two recent Toronto Local Appeal Body cases have included 38 Thirty Sixth St. (severance refused) and 9 Thirty Eighth St. (in a revised TLAB decision, the severance has also been refused).

Previous opinion articles at Etobicoke Guardian / Toronto.com

Previous opinion pieces by Jaan Pill on related topics include:

April 10, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian article: “Long Branch Character Guidelines seek to disrupt rampant lot-splitting: Character Guidelines document highly significant in the history Long Branch, writes Jaan Pill.”

May 2, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian article: “Culture of decision-making at OMB changed dramatically over 25 years: Bill 139 seeks to get land-use planning back on the right track, writes Jaan Pill.”

June 5, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian article: “What will Long Branch look like after OMB has gone? Culture of decision-making at the OMB has changed dramatically over the past 25 years, says Jaan Pill.”