The citizen's group opposed to an Amazon mega-warehouse project in Cambridge is hoping to get a judicial review of councils decision clearing the way for it.
Blair engaged has retained a lawyer and filed an application with the Divisional Court branch of the Ontario Superior Court for a judicial review of the decision made by Cambridge council May 17, 2022, that allowed a Minister's Zoning Order and the project to proceed.
Council waived a notice of motion to reconsider the heritage impact assessment and traffic impact study for the Blair business park and tabled an immediate vote to reconsider the two documents and pave the way for the developer behind a million square foot e-commerce warehouse to move ahead with the project in Blair.
"The application challenges the legal basis for the Cambridge City Council’s decision which ignores the cities obligations under the Blair Village Heritage Conservation District Plan in contravention of the Ontario Heritage Act," says a Blair Engaged news release.
“We do not take this action lightly,” said Alan Van Norman of Blair Engaged in the release. “Mayor McGary and city council have, from the very beginning of the mega-warehouse proposal, systematically denied Cambridge residents participation in the planning process ... A higher level of oversight and review is required."
