Calvin W. Lantz

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2000

Areas of Practice
Real Estate

Description
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.

Professional Activities
Calvin contributes at municipal law and land use planning events and seminars, and participates regularly in professional organizations. He is a member of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Hamilton-Halton Home Builders’ Association (HHHBA) and the Land Economics Society- Simcoe Chapter (LAI). He is also a member of the Law Society of Alberta, Canadian Bar Association (Municipal Law section of the Ontario Bar Association), the Law Society of Ontario, and a supporter of the LSUC Lawyers Feed the Hungry Initiative.