Preservation Board to decide on heritage designation for 8 Arnold Avenue

Ward 5, York South-Weston

Toronto Preservation Board is asked to decide whether City Council should state its intention to designate 8 Arnold Avenue, a red-brick farmhouse in Rockcliffe-Smythe, under the Ontario Heritage Act. Staff found the house meets three of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria, and designation would let council review any alterations or demolition. No vote has been recorded yet.

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• The owner had not yet submitted the required notice of intention to demolish at the time of the report, and the application to demolish was received by Toronto Building on August 19.

How to act

Email your councillor before the voteCouncillor Frances Nunziata, Ward 5, York South-Weston
Read the item on the city record

Council will decide whether to state its intention to designate; the agenda summary does not state a public comment window.

The journey

Mon, Nov 16 · Toronto Preservation Board · scheduled, not yet heard

Why is this story here?

ContainedDesignating one property is a genuine decision bounded to a single site and reversible without much cost.Touches a narrow groupIf designated, the designation affects one address, enabling council review of alterations or demolition of that house only.

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The record as the City filed it

Staff recommended

The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 8 Arnold Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 8 Arnold Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1, to the report, October 28, 2026, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

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2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Considered

2026-11-16 · Toronto Preservation Board · not yet heard

Official title: 8 Arnold Avenue - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act · the item as the City filed it · meeting video