Niagara-on-the-Lake has spent more than $1.2 million to settle two lawsuits from local property owners that were launched during the previous council term.

Town officials said, in a Sept. 24 statement, the municipality had agreed to settle with Hummel Properties Inc., a prominent St. Davids developer, for $1 million because of the former council’s improper use of an interim control bylaw for a property at 2203 Niagara Stone Rd.

The vacant property is located across the street from The Old Winery Restaurant, between the Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre and Jackson Triggs Niagara Estate Winery.

About a week earlier, council decided during an in-camera meeting to settle with John Black, the owner of 27 Prideaux St. for $225,000.

The property owner had launched legal action against the

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