Calvin Lantz

Calvin Lantz is a partner in the Real Estate Group and head of the Municipal & Land Use Group. He is a Certified Specialist in Municipal Law (Land Use Planning and Development) and appears before administrative boards and approval bodies and agencies; including the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board), committees of adjustment, land division committees and municipal councils. Calvin acts for a broad range of residential, commercial, industrial and institutional clients. He secures municipal approvals for official plan and zoning by-law amendments, including consents to sever lands, minor variances, subdivision and site plan approvals, condominium conversions, building and demolition permits, and other related municipal and provincial approvals that are necessary for land development.

Calvin strategizes and leads teams of development approval professionals (including architects, land use planners and engineers); negotiates with senior municipal staff and politicians, government agencies and land owners; prepares and submits land use planning applications and provides strategic direction on the approval process; provides legal opinions on a broad range of municipal issues, zoning by-laws and land use policies; prepares land use planning instruments; and negotiates municipal and development agreements such as section 37 agreements, subdivision and site plan approval agreements, heritage easement agreements and agreements with conservations authorities.