Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 8 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
PB10.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 570, 572, 574 and 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street and 29 Linden Street and under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value. Located on the west side of Sherbourne Street at the southwest corner of Linden Street, the properties at 570, 572, 574, 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street were originally constructed by City of Toronto Alderman and land developer, Edward Hewitt. Constructed between 1888 and 1889 as a row of large brick-clad three-storey attached house-form buildings in a mix of the Richardson Romanesque and Queen Anne styles, the row has the appearance of large houses to match the scale of the Upper Jarvis area mansions along Sherbourne Street that define the neighbourhood character, including the James Cooper and Charles Gooderham (Selby Hotel) mansions immediately to the north of the subject properties. 576 Sherbourne Street is associated with acclaimed Toronto author Shirley Faessler (1921-1997) as it was her residence from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. She owned the property and operated a boarding house catering to artists and performers. Further west, on the south side of Linden Street, the property at 29 Linden Street consists of a two-and-a-half storey red-brick residential structure that was constructed in 1882. Designed in the Second Empire style, the building features a Mansard roof and contrasting buff-coloured decorative brickwork. The property forms part of a large collection of late-nineteenth century residential structures located along Linden Street and in the area bounded by Sherbourne, Selby, Huntley, and Isabella Streets. Staff have determined that the properties at 570, 572, 574 and 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street, which is a row of five attached house-form buildings built together, and 29 Linden Street meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under the categories of Design/Physical and Contextual value. Staff have determined that the property at 576 Sherbourne Street also has Historical/Associative value. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. 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 that would trigger a Prescribed Event, the property must be listed in the heritage register prior to the Prescribed Event occurring to designate a property under Section 29(1.2)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act. This requirement does not apply to a Prescribed Event that has occurred prior to January 1, 2023. The properties at 572, 574, 576, and 37 Linden Street (formerly known as 578 Sherbourne Street) were listed on the City's Heritage Register on August 18, 1976. The properties at 570 Sherbourne Street and 29 and 31 Linden Street were listed on the City's Heritage Register on February 7, 2023. On April 27, 2023, the City received Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Site Plan Approval applications related to the proposed redevelopment of the subject properties that would retain the front elevation and portions of the return walls of 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street. The listed properties at 29 and 31 Linden Street and 570-574 Sherbourne Street are proposed to be demolished. A Heritage Impact Assessment is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. A Heritage Impact Assessment has been prepared by GBCA - Goldsmith Borgal & Company Limited Architects and was submitted on June 15, 2023. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice on June 30, 2023. Council must make its decision at or before its December 13-15, 2023 meeting to provide sufficient time for the City Clerk to issue a notice of intention to designate before the waiver provided by the owner expires on January 1, 2024. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the properties and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 570 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 570 Sherbourne Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report (September 26, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 572 and 574 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 572 and 574 Sherbourne Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4, to the report (September 26, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 5, to the report (September 26, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 29 Linden Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 29 Linden Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 6, to the report (September 26, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. 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.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 570 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 570 Sherbourne Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, September 26, 2023, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 572 and 574 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 572 and 574 Sherbourne Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4, to the report, September 26, 2023, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 576 Sherbourne Street and 37 Linden Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 5, to the report, September 26, 2023, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 29 Linden Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 29 Linden Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 6, to the report, September 26, 2023, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. 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.
PB10.2adopted
55 Yeomans Road - Inclusion on the Heritage Register
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 55 Yeomans Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value and interest. Located on the northeast corner of Danby Avenue and Yeomans Road, south of Sheppard Avenue West, west of Bathurst Street, the subject property at 55 Yeomans Road comprises a Modernist style synagogue, known as the Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue, completed in 1959 to the designs of celebrated modernist Canadian architect Irving Grossman and artist Graham Coughtry. The Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue was identified in the North York Modern Inventory in 1997. The property at 55 Yeomans Road has been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meets one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest and is believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest. 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 Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) now also limits listing to a period of two years. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan's Heritage Policies. The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register 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 should a development or demolition application be submitted. On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Act through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, 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". Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed properties.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 55 Yeomans Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 1 to the report (September 21, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 55 Yeomans Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 1 to the report (September 21, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
PB10.3adopted
220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West - Alterations to Designated Heritage Properties
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the designated heritage properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with a proposed development of the subject properties as part of the City-led Parkdale Hub project. The subject heritage properties are located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Queen Street West and Cowan Avenue within the Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District (the "HCD"). The Heritage Conservation District was approved by City Council but is currently under appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal and is not in effect. The City-led Parkdale Hub project is a strategic city-building initiative that aims to revitalize and expand upon an existing cluster of City-owned facilities and community services located at Queen Street West and Cowan Avenue, including the Toronto Public Library Parkdale Branch and the Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre. The Parkdale Hub involves three blocks: a West Block, Centre Block and East Block. The proposed alterations to the heritage properties are associated with the development of the Centre Block of the Parkdale Hub, of which the City will retain ownership. The West and East Blocks will deliver new rental homes as part of the City's Housing Now Initiative and are adjacent to heritage properties but do not contain heritage properties. The Centre Block involves proposed alterations to the heritage properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West. The designated heritage properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West consist of the former Parkdale Curling Club (built in 1898), the former Fire Hall Number 18 (built in 1905) and former Police Station Number 6 (built in 1931-32). These heritage buildings are proposed to be conserved and incorporated into the new building complex, which will be four storeys tall. The former Parkdale Curling Club and Fire Hall Number 18 will be retained as whole buildings with minor alterations to accommodate the new programming and the former Police Station Number 6 will be substantially retained as a whole building, with minor alterations proposed to ensure universal accessibility and to integrate the building into the new complex. The proposed design also involves the removal and / or relocation of the iron gate on the west side of the property. The impacts of the proposed development on the heritage properties are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy and the compatible design of the new construction. In addition, the proposal will serve the public interest by providing at least 231 new rental housing units, of which between 30-50 percent will be new affordable rental housing units in accordance with the City's Housing Now Initiative. Staff are satisfied the proposal meets the intent of the Planning Act, the Provincial Policy Statement (2020), the Growth Plan (2020), the City of Toronto's Official Plan heritage policies and the Council-approved Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District Plan (the "HCD Plan").
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of the Parkdale Hub, on the lands known municipally in the year 2023 as 1303, 1313, 1325, 1337 and 1345 Queen Street West and 220 and 224 Cowan Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated July 7, 2023, prepared by DTAH Architects Limited and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated August 3, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner, being the City Divisions and Agencies responsible for the alterations and restoration, shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated August 3, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed redevelopment for the properties located at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West, the owner, being the City Divisions and Agencies responsible for the alterations and restoration, shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject properties, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a Signage Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner, being the City Divisions and Agencies responsible for the alterations and restorations, shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.1, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of the Parkdale Hub, on the lands known municipally in the year 2023 as 1303, 1313, 1325, 1337 and 1345 Queen Street West and 220 and 224 Cowan Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated July 7, 2023, prepared by DTAH Architects Limited and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated August 3, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner, being the City Divisions and Agencies responsible for the alterations and restoration, shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated August 3, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed redevelopment for the properties located at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West, the owner, being the City Divisions and Agencies responsible for the alterations and restoration, shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject properties, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a Signage Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 220 Cowan Avenue and 1313 Queen Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner, being the City Divisions and Agencies responsible for the alterations and restorations, shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.1, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
PB10.4adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property at 137 Bond Street (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) in connection with the development of the subject site. The property at 137 Bond Street is in Toronto's Downtown Yonge East neighbourhood on the east side of Bond Street, prominently situated on the southeast corner of Bond Street and Gould Street. It contains a three-storey, multi-unit residential detached house form that dates to 1855. Throughout the 1880s, a series of alterations to the building resulted in its current Queen Anne architectural style. The building was originally constructed as a single-unit residence for William Mathers, and it underwent a series of interior alterations to accommodate intermittent periods of commercial use. Since 1963 the property, known as O'Keefe House, has been owned by Toronto Metropolitan University and operated as a student residence (1964-2018) that supported the student community of the surrounding, institutional neighbourhood. The subject property is designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and has design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual values. The proposed development involves the construction of an eight-storey building on the southern portion of the site to serve as the Toronto Metropolitan University's Student Centre for Wellbeing with the integration of the rehabilitated heritage resource. The selective removal of the house's south elevation and alterations to its other elevations is proposed. While some interior floors and walls will be removed, most the heritage building's exterior walls and roof are proposed to be retained in situ. The proposed alterations conserve the heritage property and are consistent with the existing policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated property 137 Bond Street, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated July 31, 2023, prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by EVOQ Architecture dated August 22, 2023, both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan Approval the owner shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 137 Bond Street dated August 22, 2023 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 137 Bond Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated July 31, 2023, prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by EVOQ Architecture dated August 22, 2023, both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 3. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 137 Bond Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.a.2. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 137 Bond Street dated August 22, 2023 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.b.4, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the property at 137 Bond Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 137 Bond Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated property 137 Bond Street, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated July 31, 2023, prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by EVOQ Architecture dated August 22, 2023, both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan Approval the owner shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 137 Bond Street dated August 22, 2023 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 137 Bond Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated July 31, 2023, prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by EVOQ Architecture dated August 22, 2023, both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 3. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 137 Bond Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.a.2. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 137 Bond Street dated August 22, 2023 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.b.4, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the property at 137 Bond Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 137 Bond Street.
PB10.5adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the designated heritage properties at 516 Yonge Street (including the entrance address at 514 Yonge Street) and 526 Yonge Street (including the entrance addresses at 528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street), under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the development of the subject property. On August 5, 2022, the development was approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal and is now the subject of a Heritage Permit application under the Ontario Heritage Act and an application for Site Plan Approval under the Planning Act. On October 16, 2020, an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application was made for 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street. A Heritage Impact Assessment describing proposed conservation and mitigation measures designed to reduce the impact of the proposed addition was prepared by ERA Architects Incorporated, dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022. The development site contains two properties that are currently designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (514-516 Yonge Street and 526-528 Yonge Street), and one property that is listed on the Heritage Register (522-524 Yonge Street). The proposed development application contemplates a 59-storey mixed-use tower set atop a 3-storey podium that incorporates the retained eastern (primary) elevations of 514-516 Yonge Street, 522-524 Yonge Street, and 526-528 Yonge Street. The proposed alterations conserve the onsite and adjacent heritage buildings and are consistent with the policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 516 Yonge Street and 526 Yonge Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a new 59-storey building on the lands known municipally as 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 27, 2022, prepared by Quadrangle Architects Limited, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by ERA Architects Incorporated, dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street the owners shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plans required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide Heritage Lighting Plans that describe how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plans to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning. 3. Provide detailed landscape plans for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide Interpretation Plans for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plans to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Submit Signage Plans for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for the work described in the Site Plan application, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owners shall: 1. Enter into Heritage Easement Agreements with the City of Toronto for the properties at 514-516 Yonge Street and 526-528 Yonge Street, in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 27, 2022, prepared by Quadrangle Architects Ltd, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared ERA Architects Inc., dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022, and in accordance with Conservation Plans required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration on title of such agreements to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide detailed Conservation Plans, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that are consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plans required in Recommendation 1.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide Letters of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plans, Heritage Lighting Plan, and Interpretation Plans. 5. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.b.4, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 516 Yonge Street and 526 Yonge Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 516 Yonge Street and 526 Yonge Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 516 Yonge Street and 526 Yonge Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a new 59-storey building on the lands known municipally as 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 27, 2022, prepared by Quadrangle Architects Limited, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by ERA Architects Incorporated, dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street the owners shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plans required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide Heritage Lighting Plans that describe how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plans to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning. 3. Provide detailed landscape plans for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide Interpretation Plans for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plans to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Submit Signage Plans for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for the work described in the Site Plan application, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owners shall: 1. Enter into Heritage Easement Agreements with the City of Toronto for the properties at 514-516 Yonge Street and 526-528 Yonge Street, in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 27, 2022, prepared by Quadrangle Architects Ltd, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared ERA Architects Inc., dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022, and in accordance with Conservation Plans required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration on title of such agreements to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide detailed Conservation Plans, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that are consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 510-528 Yonge Street and 7 Breadalbane Street prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated January 4, 2021, and revised December 13, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plans required in Recommendation 1.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide Letters of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plans, Heritage Lighting Plan, and Interpretation Plans. 5. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.b.4, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 516 Yonge Street and 526 Yonge Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 516 Yonge Street and 526 Yonge Street.
PB10.6adopted
415 Broadview Avenue - Alterations to and Demolition of Heritage Attributes of a Designated Property
This report recommends that City Council refuse applications under Sections 33 and 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act to alter and demolish heritage attributes of the property at 415 Broadview Avenue. Anchoring the northeast corner of Broadview Avenue and Simpson Avenue in the Riverdale neighbourhood and located directly across from the Don Jail, the property at 415 Broadview Avenue contains a Place of Worship completed in 1907 for the congregation of St. John's Presbyterian Church. Designed by the Glasgow School of Art-trained Scottish architect, Andrew Sharp, who built numerous early-20th century heritage churches across Toronto. The property is directly linked to the founding of the Scott Mission, which continues to provide important social outreach programs and services. Today St. John's Presbyterian Church is valued as a local landmark. The property at 415 Broadview Avenue is designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act through by-law 137-2023. Applications under Sections 33 and 34 of the Act have been submitted to alter the property and demolish heritage attributes in order to allow for the construction of a seven-storey mixed-use building with commercial units at grade and residential units above. Staff is recommending refusal of the applications as they have not demonstrated that the heritage impacts of the proposal are consistent with the heritage planning policy framework or that they would be satisfactorily mitigated.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council refuse the issuance of an alteration permit for the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 2. If the owner appeals City Council's decision to refuse the issuance of an alteration permit under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the necessary City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to the appeal. 3. City Council refuse the issuance of a demolition permit for the heritage attributes of the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, in accordance with Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If the owner appeals City Council's decision to refuse the issuance of a demolition permit under Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the necessary City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to the appeal.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council refuse the issuance of an alteration permit for the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 2. If the owner appeals City Council's decision to refuse the issuance of an alteration permit under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the necessary City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to the appeal. 3. City Council refuse the issuance of a demolition permit for the heritage attributes of the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, in accordance with Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If the owner appeals City Council's decision to refuse the issuance of a demolition permit under Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the heritage property at 415 Broadview Avenue, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the necessary City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to the appeal.
PB10.7received
City’s Implementation of Bill 23
The Acting Project Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning will give a presentation to the Toronto Preservation Board updating on the City's implementation of Bill 23.
The Toronto Preservation Board: 1. Received the presentation from the Acting Project Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, for information.
PB10.8amended
3100 Weston Road - Amending Listing Statement
This report recommends that City Council adopt an amended Listing Statement (October 2023) for 3100 Weston Road to inform the property's cultural heritage value and interest with new information that has arisen since the original listing was adopted by City of North York Council in 1997. Located on the west side of Weston Road at the intersection of Weston Road and Sheppard Avenue West, the property at 3100 Weston Road comprises a Tudor Revival estate home with garage and surrounding landscape, set on a large lot that extends into the Humber River Valley. The subject property straddles the boundary of the Humbermede and Pelmo Park-Humberlea neighbourhoods in Etobicoke York Community Council area. The house on the property was designed for stockbroker Percy Ryerson Gardiner by architect Jocelyn Davidson, and the estate was named, "Rivermede". Overtime the property has evolved to include a red brick, Modernist style former school and chapel building complex built for the Order of Saint Basil the Great, which currently is the location of the Carmine Stefano Community Centre. In 2005, the Marian Shrine of Gratitude was constructed in the rear gardens. The property at 3100 Weston Road was included on the North York Inventory of Heritage Properties by North York Council on October 6, 1997. Following revisions to the Ontario Heritage Act in 2005, 3100 Weston Road and many other properties on pre-amalgamation municipal inventories were included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register as listed properties on September 27, 2006. Following the sale of the property in August 2023, Staff have reviewed the Listing Statement (1997) and have determined that the property continues to meet criteria related to design, historical association, and context, as adopted by the former North York Council. Given new information about the site that has arisen since 1997, however, Staff have amended the Listing Statement (October 2023) to reflect the values of the property more comprehensively. 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 Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) now also limits listing to a period of two years. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan's Heritage Policies. The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register 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 should a development or demolition application be submitted. On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Act through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, 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". Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed properties
Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council amend the paragraph on page 8 of Attachment 2 to the report (October 5, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, titled "Updated Reasons for Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register" by deleting the words "an important" so that the last sentence in the paragraph reads as follows: "In 2005, the Marian Shrine of Gratitude was created in the rear gardens and became an important a place of spiritual meaning, as well as a space for peaceful reflection and solace in the community." 2. City Council amend the Listing Statement for the property at 3100 Weston Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 2 to the report (October 5, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, as revised by Recommendation 1 above.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council amend the Listing Statement for the property at 3100 Weston Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 2 to the report (October 5, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.