Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 7 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.
PB17.1adopted
Alterations to a Property Designated Under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act - 32 Rowanwood Avenue
This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations to the heritage building, known as the Rosecourt Apartments, at 32 Rowanwood Avenue under Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act. This building was constructed in 1912-1913 and is designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District (SRHCD). It is noted as a Category "C" building within SRHCD Study. Category "C" buildings have "contextual significance, which contribute to the heritage character of South Rosedale…" Prior to refurbishment works commencing on site this building contained nine rental apartment units. The proposal involves extensive alterations and a roof addition to increase the usable floor space within the building and add five new rental residential units. The alterations include: a fourth-storey addition; replacement of windows to match original windows; alterations to some original openings; introduction of new openings facing Rowanwood Avenue and the replacement of existing balconies and railings facing Rowanwood Avenue. Heritage Planning has worked with the applicant to ensure that the proposed alterations meet the general intent of the SRHCD Study's guidelines and will not have a negative impact on the existing heritage building and existing context within the SRHCD. The applicant still needs to apply for approval under the Planning Act (minor variance and site plan approval) and therefore this application relates solely to the approval that is required under the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act. Future planning applications will be assessed against approvals under the Act and conditions will be secured as appropriate.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 32 Rowanwood Avenue, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Cusimano Architect, dated August 11, 2020 and filed with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated May 3, 2019 and revised on August 14, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to the final Site Plan Approval for the property at 32 Rowanwood Avenue, 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 dated May 3, 2019 and revised on August 14, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide final site drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 32 Rowanwood Avenue, 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, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner 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.a.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, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit, as required in recommendation 1.a.3 the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of 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 approve the alterations to the heritage property at 32 Rowanwood Avenue, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Cusimano Architect, dated August 11, 2020 and filed with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated May 3, 2019 and revised on August 14, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., 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 the final Site Plan Approval for the property at 32 Rowanwood Avenue, 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 dated May 3, 2019 and revised on August 14, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide final site drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter 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 Plan. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 32 Rowanwood Avenue, 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. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.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. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit, as required in recommendation 1.a.3 the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
PB17.2adopted
Designation of a Property on the Heritage Register - 155 Wychwood Avenue
On June 8, 2020 the owners of 155 Wychwood Avenue submitted a planning application to construct an 8-storey mixed-use building. The development requires demolition of the former Wychwood-Davenport Presbyterian Church. The church, constructed in 1937, is a representative example of an early 20th-century religious building designed in the Neo-Gothic style. It is historically linked to the development of the Wychwood neighbourhood and stands as a local landmark anchoring the northeast corner of St. Clair Avenue West and Wychwood Avenue, where it forms an institutional enclave with neighbouring church complexes. The property was added to the City's Heritage Register by City Council at its meeting of January 29 and 30, 2008. In conjunction with the planning application, the owner served the City with a Notice of Intention to Demolish a Listed Property. Under Section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act, a property owner must give City Council a 60 day notice of the intention to demolish any building or structure on a property that is included on the City's Heritage Register. Once 60 days has expired the owner can receive a demolition permit if City Council has not designated the property and all other Ontario Building Code requirements have been fulfilled. Although the notice to demolish the former church was received in June 2020, timelines under the Ontario Heritage Act were temporarily suspended as a consequence of the March 2020 provincial Declaration of Emergency related to the COVID-19 crisis. Statutory timelines are intended to commence after September 11, 2020. Therefore, in order to prevent the demolition of the listed church, City Council must issue a Notice of Intention to Designate the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act by November 10, 2020. This report recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council direct the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to prepare a Statement of Significance for the October 27-28, 2020 meeting of City Council.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. The Toronto and East York Community Council direct the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, to report directly to City Council at its meeting of October 27 and 28, 2020 on the Intention to Designate 155 Wychwood Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, including an updated Statement of Significance and Heritage Attributes.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. The Toronto and East York Community Council direct the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning, to report directly to City Council at its meeting of October 27 and 28, 2020 on the Intention to Designate 155 Wychwood Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, including an updated Statement of Significance and Heritage Attributes.
PB17.3adopted
The property at 578 King Street West (including the entrance addresses at 580 King Street West) is situated on the north side of King Street West between Portland Street and Spadina Avenue. The property contains a two-storey factory-type building on a raised basement with Edwardian Classical style details, designed by Burke and Horwood in 1904-6. The property at 578 King Street West was listed on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in May 2005 and it is located in the proposed King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District. This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 578 King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement. This report also recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the property at 578 King Street West in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a nine-storey office and commercial building in connection with an appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") of an application to amend the Zoning By-law. The conservation strategy proposed for the heritage property retains the primary street-facing elevation of the building with a portion of the east return wall.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 578 King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) (Attachment 4) attached to the report (September 3, 2020) from theSenior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 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. 3. If there are objections to the designation, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 4. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property. 5. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 578 King Street West in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 578 King Street West. 7. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 578 King Street West in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a mixed use building that includes alterations to the heritage property in conjunction with an appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) for the requested amendment to the Zoning By-law for the lands municipally known as 578 King Street West, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Audax Architecture Inc. dated August 4, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated August 4, 2020 prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Co. Ltd. Architects, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City 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. Prior to issuance of an Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) order for the Zoning By-law Amendment for the lands, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 578 King Street West, substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Audax Architecture Inc. dated August 4, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated August 4, 2020, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Co. Ltd. Architects, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.a.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. 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 (HIA), dated August 4, 2020, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Co. Ltd. Architects, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. That the owner withdraw their appeal(s) of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, as it relates to the development site. b. Prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the Lands, or any part of the Lands, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. 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, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. Provide a Signage Plan for the subject property and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 578 King 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 building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.a.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, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation, Interpretation and Lighting Plans. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 7.c.3 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, Interpretation and Lighting Plans and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of 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 state its intention to designate the property at 578 King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) (Attachment 4) attached to the report (September 3, 2020) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 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. 3. If there are objections to the designation, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 4. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property. 5. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 578 King Street West in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 578 King Street West. 7. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 578 King Street West in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a mixed use building that includes alterations to the heritage property in conjunction with an appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) for the requested amendment to the Zoning By-law for the lands municipally known as 578 King Street West, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Audax Architecture Inc. dated August 4, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated August 4, 2020 prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Co. Ltd. Architects, 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. Prior to issuance of an LPAT order for the Zoning By-law Amendment for the lands, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 578 King Street West, substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Audax Architecture Inc. dated August 4, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated August 4, 2020, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Co. Ltd. Architects, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.a.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. 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 (HIA), dated August 4, 2020, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Co. Ltd. Architects, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. That the owner withdraw their appeal(s) of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, as it relates to the development site. b. Prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the Lands, or any part of the Lands, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Provide a Signage Plan for the subject property and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 578 King 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 building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.a.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. 3. Provide a Letter 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, Interpretation and Lighting Plans. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 7.c.3 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, Interpretation and Lighting Plans 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.
PB17.4amended
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate 80 and 84 Queen's Park under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to enter into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for these properties. This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate 80 and 84 Queen's Park under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to enter into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for these properties. This report also recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations for the heritage properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park, in connection with a Zoning Amendment Application by the University of Toronto (UofT) to permit the construction of a new 9-storey institutional building for the University's Centre for Civilizations, Cultures and Cities ("CCC") at 78-90 Queen's Park. The new building would be situated in the interstitial space between Falconer Hall and the Edward Johnson Building. It would be integrated into the back of Falconer Hall with a link to the Edward Johnson Building. The conservation strategy for the heritage properties proposes to retain both the Edward Johnson Building at 80 Queen's Park and Falconer Hall at 84 Queen's Park but the McLaughlin Planetarium at 90 Queen's Park would be demolished. The proposed new 43m high building (including mechanical penthouse) would not affect any of the protected views of Queen's Park and it is setback approximately 36 metres from the Queen's Park frontage in order to lessen its visual impact on this important avenue that links Bloor Street to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The removal of McLaughlin Planetarium allows for improvements to the open space between Falconer Hall and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) which would enhance the views of its south entrance. In conjunction with the project, there would also be considerable enhancements to the public realm at the Queen's Park frontage and between the buildings. This report includes a detailed assessment of the heritage values and attributes of the subject property (see pages 12-30); a description of the proposed development and its impact on the heritage properties on the subject property (see pages 7-9); an analysis of the impact of the proposed changes to the heritage properties on the subject lands and on the adjacent properties in relation to the City's Official Plan policies (pages 31-6) and staff recommendations with respect to this proposal (pages 2-5). Statements of Significance for the properties recommended for Part IV designation under the Ontario Heritage Act are included in Attachments 4 and 5.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 80 Queen's Park on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 80 Queen's Park (Edward Johnson Building) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) contained in Attachment 4 of the September 2, 2020 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 3 City Council state its intention to designate the property at 84 Queen's Park (Falconer Hall) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) contained in Attachment 5 of the September 2, 2020 report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 4. If there are no objections to the designations, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bills in Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 5. If there are objections to the designations, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designations to the Conservation Review Board. 6. If the designations are referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designations of the properties. 7. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to defer action on the alterations proposed in the report (September 2, 2020) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, until a comprehensive study of the Queen's Park cultural heritage landscape is complete.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 80 Queen's Park on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 80 Queen's Park (Edward Johnson Building) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) contained in Attachment 4 of the September 2, 2020 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 3 City Council state its intention to designate the property at 84 Queen's Park (Falconer Hall) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) contained in Attachment 5 of the September 2, 2020 report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 4. If there are no objections to the designations, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bills in Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 5. If there are objections to the designations, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designations to the Conservation Review Board. 6. If the designations are referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designations of the properties. 7. City Council authorize the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 78-90 Queen's Park for the properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park, in a form and with content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for the properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park. 9. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations to the heritage properties on the lands known municipally as 80 and 84 Queen's Park with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Architects Alliance, dated March 18, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated March 18, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., 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 the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to 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 shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement(s) with the City for the properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park, substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Architects Alliance, dated March 18, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated March 18, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 9.b.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide detailed Conservation Plan(s) prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 80 and 84 Queen's Park, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated March 18, 2020, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan approval, for the development contemplated for 80 and 84 Queen's Park, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan(s) required in Recommendation 9.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 3. 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. 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 detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park, 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 obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan(s) required in Recommendation 9.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. 3. Provide a Letter 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 Plan(s), and approved Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park, 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 CD 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. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 9.d.3, 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(s) 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.
PB17.5adopted
The properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street are located on the west side of Yonge Street between Manor Road West and Hillsdale Avenue West. They are comprised of two large two-storey commercial buildings with glazed storefronts in the first-storey and apartments in the second-storey. The property at 2100 Yonge Street (8 and 12 Manor Road and 2102 and 2104 Yonge Street) was constructed in 1936-1937 and was designed by the architect Benjamin Brown (1890-1974) with the property at 2106 Yonge Street (2108 and 2110 Yonge Street) being built shorty after in 1937-1938. The architect of the latter is unknown. This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations for the heritage properties at 2100 Yonge Street and 2106 Yonge Street, in connection with a Zoning Amendment Application proposing a 12-storey redevelopment of the site that will contain retail uses at grade with 91 residential units at floors above. This report also recommends that City Council state its intention to designate 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to enter into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for these properties. The conservation strategy for the heritage properties would retain in situ the Yonge Street facades of the properties as well as retaining the interior of the buildings along this frontage to a depth of three metres (approximately 10 feet). At the Manor Road West frontage, the project retains in situ the 13 metres of the south facade of the property.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 2106 Yonge Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statements of Significance (Reasons for Designation)(Attachments 4 and 5) attached to the report (July 15, 2020) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bills in Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections to the designations, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designations to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designations are referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designations of the properties. 6. City Council authorize the entering into of Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street. 8. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations to the heritage properties on the lands known municipally as 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by RAW Design, dated April 13, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated April 6, 2018 with the HIA Addendum, dated April 24, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to 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, Urban Design, City Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by RAW Design, dated April 13, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated April 6, 2018 with the HIA Addendum, dated April 24, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.b.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. 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 and HIA Addendum for 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated April 6, 2018 and April 24, 2020 respectively, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan approval, for the development contemplated for 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 3. 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, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 6. Provide a Signage Plan for the subject property to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge 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, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.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, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, and approved Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, 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 CD 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, Urban Design, City Planning. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 8.d.3 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 and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of 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 2106 Yonge Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statements of Significance (Reasons for Designation)(Attachments 4 and 5) attached to the report (July 15, 2020) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bills in Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections to the designations, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designations to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designations are referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designations of the properties. 6. City Council authorize the entering into of Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street. 8. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations to the heritage properties on the lands known municipally as 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by RAW Design, dated April 13, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated April 6, 2018 with the HIA Addendum, dated April 24, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., 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 the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to 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 shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by RAW Design, dated April 13, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated April 6, 2018 with the HIA Addendum, dated April 24, 2020, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.b.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. 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 and HIA Addendum for 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated April 6, 2018 and April 24, 2020 respectively, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan approval, for the development contemplated for 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 3. 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. 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 detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Provide a Signage Plan for the subject property 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 2100 and 2106 Yonge 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 obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.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. 3. Provide a Letter 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 Plan, and approved Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties at 2100 and 2106 Yonge Street, 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 CD 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. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 8.d.3 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 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.
PB17.6received
Preservation Panel Minutes
The Toronto Preservation Board received the following Minutes, for information: 1. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on January 20, 2020. 2. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on February 24, 2020. 3. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on June 29, 2020.
PB17.7deferred
In her presentation of December 2, 2019, the Senior Manager Heritage Planning invited the Toronto Preservation Board to make recommendations about improvements to the advisory capacity and more timely input of Board members. The presentation also included discussion about the significant impact of Bill 108 as it affects heritage decision making. Since that meeting, board members have written to the Chair of the Board with thoughts and suggestions. At the January 27, 2020 meeting of the Board, a working group comprising five members of the Toronto Preservation Board and one staff member from Heritage Planning was struck to discuss the issues and suggestions and make recommendations that would address these concerns. The working group met several times over a seven month period, consulted with heritage consultants and other professionals and discussed the thoughts and suggestions outlined in the letter from the Chair of the Toronto Preservation Board dated January 20, 2020. (attached) Four critical concerns are detailed in the report which must be addressed to ensure preservation of the city's cultural heritage landscape: Minimal participation by heritage professionals during early project discussions and peer project reviews Narrow focus on project review limiting discussion of heritage and the cultural landscape Incomplete and graphically poor project information provided to the Toronto Preservation Board Lack of opportunity for public comments and deputations Immediate changes are necessary to strengthen heritage oversight of development proposals. Ideally these can occur within the current framework of the planning process and implemented within the statutory mandate of the Board not requiring Council approval. Inaction or lengthy delays in procedural approvals will result in a loss of heritage attributes and the cultural landscape in our city.
The Toronto Preservation Board deferred consideration of the Item until its meeting on October 30, 2020.
Staff recommendation as filed
The working group proposes the following recommendations for consideration by the Toronto Preservation Board: 1. Allow for early participation in pre-application consultations by Heritage Planning with discussion including broader contextual concerns. For some projects, members of the Toronto Preservation Board, independent heritage professionals or other professionals with a track record in conservation and planning of cultural heritage resources might also be asked to participate. This will provide an overview of important heritage concerns at an early stage in the project. 2. Identify issues in the pre-application discussion and include discussion of them in the heritage impact assessment and in the staff report to the Toronto Preservation Board when the project is considered for approval. 3. Increase opportunities for local community participation by expanding the role of the Community Preservation Panels to include the review of redevelopment proposals. 　 Toronto Preservation Board Report of the Working Group 08162320 4. Establish a Heritage Review Panel of heritage professionals made up of a roster of heritage preservation professionals and other professionals with a track record in conservation and planning of cultural heritage resources. Members of the Panel would be called on to: a. Provide expertise at Community Preservation Panels. b. Participate as members of the Design Review Panel to increase heritage presence. c. Review projects that are not scheduled for review by the Design Review Panel. 5. Expand the membership of the Design Review Committee to include additional heritage professionals to ensure that all projects with potential heritage impacts will have the benefit of this expertise. Heritage Planning should collaborate with other Planning and Urban Design staff in the preparation and presentation to the Design Review Panel. Minutes of the meeting should be given to the Preservation Board at the time of their issuance. 6. Expand opportunities for early and frequent public participation. This should occur with the preparation of heritage impact assessment, discussion of the project at the Community Preservation Panels, and public consultation meetings. 7. The working group further recommends that a pilot Heritage Preservation Panel should be established for a two year period to: participate in early project discussions at Community Preservation Panels when heritage resources are being considered participate in early pre-application Planning discussions review projects that are not scheduled for the Design Review Panel The two year "pilot" project not requiring major committee or inter-departmental staff reorganization would be introduced to test recommendations. An evaluation of the pilot initiative could provide some helpful insights for a more robust and longer-term re-structuring of the heritage review process that the current Toronto Preservation Board considers is necessary. 8. Complete the city-wide survey of heritage resources. Heritage preservation requires a comprehensive up to date heritage inventory of listed and designated properties. Acceleration of this initiative will provide Heritage Planning with the necessary tools to do their work.