324 Old Yonge Street - Proposed Designation By-law Under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - Consideration of Objection

City Council has until January 18, 2026 to make a decision on the objection. The property at 324 Old Yonge Street - Jephcott -Sanderson Residence - is located in the St. Andrews - Windfields neighbourhood in the North York-York Mills area of Toronto. It is situated on the west side of Old Yonge Street, north of York Mills Road, east of Yonge Street, and south of Highway 401. The property contains a two-and-one-half-storey brick house and a detached two-storey brick garage and was constructed in 1935 in the Georgian Revival style. It was designed by the prominent architectural firm of Allward & Guinlock for Alfred Jephcott (1866-1940), president of the Dominion Paper Box Company. Jephcott commissioned the house for his daughter, Amulette Sanderson, and son-in-law Arthur C. Sanderson, a salesman with the Toronto Brick Company Ltd who later became Secretary Treasurer of the company. The Sandersons purchased the land in 1935 from St Andrew's Estates and Golf Course and owned the property until 1947. Directories suggest that Jephcott and the Sandersons occupied the property together from the time that the house was completed until Jephcott's death in 1940. Staff have reviewed the objections raised by the owner and are of the opinion that despite these objections, the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, under four of nine possible criteria for its design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values. City Council has until January 18, 2026, 90 days from the date of the end of the objection period, or 120 days from the issuance of the Notice of Intention to Designate, to make a decision on this objection as per the timeline under the Ontario Heritage Act. As the property has cultural heritage value or interest and meets the prescribed criteria pursuant to Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, this property should be designated. Designation enables Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance and refuse demolition.