64 Woodlawn Avenue West - Withdrawal of Proposed Amendment to Designating By-law under Part IV, Section 30.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act

The City received an objection by nineteen claimed descendants of Caldecott to the Proposed Amendment to Designation By-law 606-2018 within the statutory timeline. The Notice of Objection dated May 22, 2024, is included as Attachment 1 to this report. The designated property at 64 Woodlawn Avenue West contains a 2½-storey detached house form building that is located on the north side of the street, west of Yonge Street, east of Avenue Road, and south of St Clair Avenue West. Constructed in 1906, the dwelling on the subject property was designed by the notable Toronto architect, Eden Smith, for Robert Stapleton Pitt Caldecott and his wife, Emma Arnold Caldecott, in a subdivision of the former "Woodlawn" estate. On January 25, 2024, the City Clerk received a Notice of the Application to Repeal the Designating By-law 606-2018 for the property known municipally as 64 Woodlawn Avenue West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18 under Section 32 of the Ontario Heritage Act, from the property owner. On April 17 and 18, 2024, City Council refused the application, by adopting item PH11.14- 64 Woodlawn Avenue West - Refusal of Repeal of Designating By-law under Section 32 of the Ontario Heritage Act and Proposed Amendment to Designating By-law under Part IV, Section 30.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The property owner did not appeal City Council's decision to refuse the application to repeal the designation by-law under section 32 of the Ontario Heritage Act within 30-days of the Notice of Decision of April 24, 2024. Staff remained of the opinion that the property should continue to be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act as the property meets 4 of the 9 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria that is prescribed for municipal designation. On April 24, 2024, the City Clerk issued the Notice of Proposed Amendment to Designation By-law 606-2018 to amend the legal description, to clarify the Reasons for Designation and to amend the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value pursuant to Section 30.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The Public Notice can be found at: Public Notice - City of Toronto Upon review of the new and relevant information, City staff have determined the original by-law accurately captures the cultural heritage value of the subject property and for its associative value with its original owner, Robert Stapleton Pitt Caldecott (1836-1907), who commissioned architect, Eden Smith, to design the house. City Council has until August 22, 2024, 90-days from the end of the objection period, to make a decision on this objection as per the timeline under the Ontario Heritage Act.