The costly finish to a story from Airdrie Road which we posted here in January sees a homeowner paying about $75,000 to lower his home’s roofline 23 centimetres (nine inches). It is a part of bittersweet pleasure of living in Leaside that the residents association (LPOA) sniffed out the height and complained to the City. The owner, Kian Sohrabi, took it to the Ontario Municipal Board where he lost. As reported at the time, part of the concern was that the City had already granted an exemption, setting a new height, which the builder flouted. But then, nine inches does not seem like much on a street where there appears to be more than one house exceeding the permitted height. Would it happen in Moore Park or Lawrence Park? Does it matter? The LPOA, ever alert to precedent, will say it does. OMB turns down an appeal on height of 151 Airdrie
