City of Vaughan holds back on subdivision agreement until debris pile removed

Yorkregion.com
Oct. 23, 2015

The city is refusing to execute a subdivision agreement for the second-phase of a residential development in west Woodbridge until the developer completes the removal of a massive debris pile that has been a thorn in the side of neighbouring homeowners for years.

The move comes more than a month after developer Tony Gentile failed to meet the city’s Sept. 15 deadline to completely remove the mound of dirt and rubble at 5550 Langstaff Rd. - a deadline he assured council, back in July, that he would meet.

Gentile has told council he’s committed to cleaning up the site, but his efforts have been hampered in part, by the Ministry of the Environment, which imposed an order preventing him from doing any work for a year.

On top of that, he has said, inclement weather earlier this year meant there were many days when it was too rainy to haul out the dirt and debris.

In addition to holding back on the subdivision agreement, the city is also calling for the establishment of regular meetings between representatives from the neighbouring homeowners, the ministry, the developer, and the municipality to try to resolve any outstanding matters.