1747, 1751, 1759, 1763, 1767, 1771, 1773 and 1775 Bayview Avenue - Inclusion on the Heritage Register

The eight properties are located on the east side of Bayview Avenue, south of Eglinton Avenue East and north of Parkhurst Boulevard in the Leaside-Bennington neighbourhood. A location map and current photograph of each heritage property is found in Attachments 1 to 7. The eight subject properties form part of a group of ten contiguous, two-storey, purpose built fourplex properties of similar design, two of which are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. Constructed in the mid-1930s, the properties are associated with Henry H. Talbot, a Mayor of Leaside (1938 - 1947) and property developer, and with the architect W. Breden Galbraith. The eight subject properties recommended for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register have been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest and are believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest. On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of "cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years. As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register under the Act also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments are required for development applications that affect listed properties.