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.
PB21.1adopted
38 Camden Street - Request for Directions Report
On September 12, 2019, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted proposing a 17-storey (51.2 metres including mechanical penthouse) hotel building fronting 465-471 Richmond Street West and a 15-storey (44.25 metres including mechanical penthouse) hotel building fronting 38 Camden Street. The two hotel components would be connected by a common, two-storey base building. The existing significant built heritage resource on the designated heritage property at 38 Camden Street is proposed to be demolished. On January 14, 2020, the applicant filed an appeal of the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"), citing Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the prescribed timelines of the Planning Act. The applicant subsequently filed a demolition application and appeal to the LPAT under the Ontario Heritage Act. A hearing is scheduled to commence on May 25, 2021 for twelve (12) days to address both the Planning Act and Ontario Heritage Act appeal. On September 30 and October 1 and 2, 2020, City Council refused the demolition application and directed the City Solicitor to oppose the applications before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions regarding a matter appealed to the LPAT.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2021) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix A and Confidential Appendix B to the report (February 2, 2021) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2021) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2021) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix "A" and Confidential Appendix "B", to the report (February 2, 2021) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2021) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
PB21.2adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2946 Dundas Street West (including the entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) under Part IV, section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the proposed alterations, and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property. The property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) is located on the north side of the street, between Pacific Avenue and Medland Street in the Junction neighbourhood. Constructed in 1921, the William Rowntree Block is a fine example of the Neo-Gothic style building, designed by the Junction-based architectural partnership of Smith & Wright. It is associated with the history of original owner William Rowntree who was a long-time local resident and business owner on this section of Dundas Street West. Situated at the heart of the historic West Toronto Junction, the design, scale, form and materials of the building at 2946 Dundas Street West contributes to and maintains the character of the late 19th and early 20th century Main Street streetscape, where it is historically, visually, physically and functionally linked to the Junction neighbourhood's context. The property is located within The Junction Phase 1 Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Study Area that has been authorized by City Council and prioritized for study in City Planning's Study Work program. The proposed development site is located at 2946-2968 Dundas Street West and involves the retention of the building at 2946 Dundas Street West, known as the William Rowntree Block, demolition of existing buildings and structures from 2956-2968 Dundas Street West and construction of a new infill 8-storey mixed-use building. The proposed new infill 8-storey building has been designed to respect the mid-rise three-storey massing of the William Rowntree Block and to appear as multiple buildings along Dundas Street West with a street wall ranging from four to five stories in height, and with datum lines that aligned with the Rowntree Block. The proposed upper stories are to be stepped back at fourth floor level by approximately 5.4m from the front and 5.5m from east side with further step backs at sixth and eighth floor levels in order to lessen their visual impact from the public realm and on the existing Rowntree Block. Heritage Planning staff have reviewed the proposed development against applicable heritage policies and are satisfied that existing neighbourhood character and heritage resources will be appropriately conserved. Staff support the proposed conservation strategy.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 4 attached to the report (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections to the designation, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. 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. 6. City Council authorize the entering into of Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) 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 property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952). 8. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of an 8-storey mixed use building on these lands, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated November 13, 2020 prepared by Core Architects, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects dated May 28, 2020 and the addendum dated November 13, 2020 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 the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to the proposed alterations have been enacted by the City Council and have come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to the 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 property at 2946 (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) Dundas Street West in accordance with plans and drawings dated November 13, 2020 prepared by Core Architects, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects dated May 28, 2020 and the addendum dated November 13, 2020 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.b.2 below to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects dated May 28 2020 and the addendum dated November 13, 2020 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan Approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the property located at 2946 Dundas Street West (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952), the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 8.b.2 above 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 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. Submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 2946 Dundas Street West (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952), 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 8.b.2 above 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. 2. 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. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property at 2946 Dundas Street West (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952), 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.b.2 above, 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 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) 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 (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections to the designation, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. 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. 6. City Council authorize the entering into of Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) 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 property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952). 8. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2946 Dundas Street West (with entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of an 8-storey mixed use building on these lands, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated November 13, 2020 prepared by Core Architects, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects dated May 28 2020 and the addendum dated November 13, 2020 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 have been enacted by the City Council and have come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to the 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 property at 2946 (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952) Dundas Street West in accordance with plans and drawings dated November 13, 2020 prepared by Core Architects, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects dated May 28 2020 and the addendum dated November 13, 2020 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan required in recommendation 8.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects dated May 28 2020 and the addendum dated November 13, 2020 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan Approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the property located at 2946 Dundas Street West (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952), 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 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. Submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. 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 d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 2946 Dundas Street West (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952), 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 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 2. 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. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property at 2946 Dundas Street West (entrance addresses at 2948, 2950 and 2952), 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.b.2, 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.
PB21.3adopted
This report recommends that City Council endorse the conservation strategy generally described for the heritage property at 126 John Street and give authority to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement (HEA) with the property owner. The property at 126 John Street includes two abutting heritage facades at the west side of John Street which are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and are subject to an existing Heritage Easement Agreement. The applicant is proposing to remove the built structures at the development site (RioCan Hall) which are not associated with the heritage facades at 126 John Street and replace them with a new mixed use multi-storey development. The development will continue to integrate the building facades associated with the Turnbull Elevator Manufacturing Company at 126 John Street. The project will rehabilitate the facades so that the perceptual authenticity of the facades are improved as viewed from the public realm. City Council's approval of the proposed alterations to the heritage property and authority to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement are required under the Ontario Heritage Act.
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 126 John Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated February 12, 2020, prepared by GBCA 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, Urban Design, City 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, 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. Amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 126 John Street in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated February 12, 2020, prepared by GBCA Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 below, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration of such amending 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 for 126 John Street, prepared by GBCA Architects, dated February 12, 2020, 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 126 John Street and 259 - 267 Richmond Street West, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendments required for the subject property, such Amendments to have come into full force and effect. 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. Submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 126 John Street and 259 - 267 Richmond 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(s) 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 Amendments 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 1.b.2 above, 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 property at 126 John 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 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 1.d.3 above, 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. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 126 John Street, Instrument No. CA444325, dated December 17, 1996, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce any necessary bill in Council to amend the Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 126 John 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 property at 126 John Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated February 12, 2020, prepared by GBCA 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. 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 shall: 1. Amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 126 John Street in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by Hariri Pontarini Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated February 12, 2020, prepared by GBCA Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration of such amending 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 for 126 John Street, prepared by GBCA Architects, dated February 12, 2020, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan approval, for the development contemplated for 126 John Street and 259 - 267 Richmond Street West, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendments required for the subject property, such Amendments to have come into full force and effect. 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. Submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 126 John Street and 259 - 267 Richmond 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(s) as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendments 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 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. 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 property at 126 John 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 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 1.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. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 126 John Street, Instrument No. CA444325, dated December 17, 1996, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce any necessary bill in Council to amend the Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 126 John Street.
PB21.4adopted
The properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue are on the northeast corner of King Street West and Strachan Avenue. They comprise four 2.5-storey semi-detached townhouses (938-944 King Street West), a three-storey building (950 King Street West), and three 2.5-storey attached townhouses (95-99 Strachan Avenue). They are all fashioned in the Queen Anne Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque styles and were designed by the architect Frederick Henry Herbert (1865-1914). The subject properties were constructed in three stages: 950 King Street West in 1889-90, 95-99 Strachan Avenue in 1897, and 938-944 King Street West in 1902 and are listed on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. This report also recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations for these heritage properties in connection with the proposed redevelopment of the site, and give authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement (HEA) with the property owner. This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 14 storey, 49.9 metre tall, mixed-use building containing 191 residential units, 263 square metres of non-residential uses, and 14 underground vehicular parking spaces at 938-950 King Street West and 97-99 Strachan Avenue. The proposal retains and incorporates the facades of the existing heritage properties along the King Street West and Strachan Avenue frontages. The tower is proposed to be stepped back 4.5 metre from the Strachan Avenue and King Street West facades at the fourth/roof level with a greater step back of 7.0 metres at the turret located at the southwest corner of the property. The interior of the building would be completely demolished and then rebuilt to 4.5 metres in depth in a form matching the existing heritage property. The project would also retain the return (side) walls in situ at the north and east elevations to a depth of 4.5 metres. No cantilever or other built form projections are proposed within the proposed step back.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 4 attached to the report (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bills in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 3. If there are objections to the designation in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 4. 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 designation of the property. 5. City Council authorize the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue 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 properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue. 7. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Sweeney and Co. Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated January 14, 2021, 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 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, 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 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by Sweeney and Co. Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated January 14, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.b.2 below, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration 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 for 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated January 14, 2021, 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 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.b.2 above 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 properties, 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, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. Submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan 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. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject properties, 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.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 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue, 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 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 7.d.3 above, 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 state its intention to designate the properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue 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 (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bills in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 3. If there are objections to the designation in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 4. 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 designation of the property. 5. City Council authorize the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue 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 properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue. 7. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Sweeney and Co. Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated January 14, 2021, 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 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 shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by Sweeney and Co. Architects and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), dated January 14, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.b.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration 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 for 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated January 14, 2021, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; c. That prior to final Site Plan approval, for the development contemplated for 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 7.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 properties, 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. Submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan 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. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject properties, 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.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 938, 944, and 950 King Street West and 95, 97, and 99 Strachan Avenue, 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 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 7.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.
PB21.5adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed heritage property at 2365 Bayview Avenue (the Frank P. Wood state) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property in connection with a proposed development of the subject property and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property. The property at 2365 Bayview Avenue, containing the Frank P. Wood estate now known as the Crescent School, is part of a sequence of grand estates, constructed between 1920 and1940, on the forested ravine above the western branch of the Don River, in the Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills neighbourhood. The 30-acre property was purchased in 1928 by Frank P. Wood, the financier, art collector and major benefactor of the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario). Wood commissioned the New York firm of Delano & Aldrich Architects who designed a meticulously-detailed Georgian Revival house and service buildings, clad in limestone and slate, set within a picturesque complex comprising a forecourt with terraces and formal gardens perched above the ravine landscape. A painting studio designed as a log cabin was commissioned by Emma Wood, Frank P. Wood's wife. With Wood's death in 1955 the estate was bequeathed to the Art Gallery of Toronto and purchased in 1967 by the Crescent School. The school relocated to the Bayview Avenue property in 1970 and have added a number of educational buildings, maintaining most of the original complex and its setting. The property was included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in 2006. Following City staff's additional research and evaluation under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, it has been determined that the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue merits designation under Part IV Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design, associative and contextual value. The designation of the Frank P. Wood estate (now known as the Crescent School) at 2365 Bayview Avenue would identify all of the property's cultural heritage values and heritage attributes which shall be conserved. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition. The proposed two-storey addition will connect to the north side-wall of the manor house's service wing. Its construction will result in the demolition of the remnant of the second garage and the infilling of the remaining portion of the service court. No alterations are proposed to the manor house.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the North York Community Council that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2365 Bayview Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the Senior 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 in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designations to the Conservation Review Board. 4. 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 to designate the properties. 5. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2365 Bayview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a two-storey addition to the Crescent School on the lands known municipally in 2021 as 2365 Bayview Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 20, 2020, prepared by Perkins and Will and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020 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 final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 2365 Bayview Avenue the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 20, 2020, prepared by Perkins and Will and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 5.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 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 2365 Bayview Avenue prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 5.a.2 below 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, 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 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. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 2365 Bayview 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 5.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. 2. 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, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 3. 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 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. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 5.b.2 above, 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. 6. City Council authorize the entering into of a heritage easement agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2365 Bayview Avenue 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 of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue.
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 2365 Bayview Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2365 Bayview Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage 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 in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designations to the Conservation Review Board. 4. 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 to designate the properties. 5. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2365 Bayview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a two-storey addition to the Crescent School on the lands known municipally in 2021 as 2365 Bayview Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 20, 2020, prepared by Perkins and Will and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020 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 2365 Bayview Avenue the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 20, 2020, prepared by Perkins and Will and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 5.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 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 2365 Bayview Avenue prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 5.a.2 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 2365 Bayview 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 5.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. 2. 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, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 3. 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 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. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 5.b.2, 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. 6. City Council authorize the entering into of a heritage easement agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2365 Bayview Avenue 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 of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue.
PB21.6adopted
This report recommends that City Council include the following nine properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for their cultural heritage value: 55 Elm Street (entrance address at 650 Bay Street) 57 Elm Street 59 Elm Street 61 Elm Street 63 Elm Street 65 Elm Street 67 Elm Street 69 Elm Street 71 Elm Street The subject properties are situated on the south side of Elm Street, between the southwest corner of Bay & Elm streets and Elizabeth Street. The group contains a 3-storey corner commercial building featuring Renaissance Revival styling and built together with five attached 2.5-storey Bay-n-Gable dwellings in 1891. Completing the row of house-form buildings at the west end are three Edwardian brick dwellings built c.1903-1909 to replace earlier wood-frame structures on the site. Historically located within The Ward, one of Toronto's most significant neighbourhoods in the 1840s-1950s, this collection of late 19th century-early 20th century buildings is valued as the only surviving group dating from that period on this block of Elm Street between Bay and Elizabeth streets. The block of Elm Street east of Bay toward Yonge Street shares a similar history on its south side with its numerous house-form dwellings (many with retail space at grade) also dating to the second half of the 19th century and already included on the City's Heritage Register. On the north side of Elm Street, the Richardsonian Romanesque Arts and Letters Club and St. George's Hall complete the remaining heritage building stock from this early period at the east end of Elm, while the former House of Industry at 87 Elm Street bookends the collection west of Elizabeth Street. Together, this 19th century collection of various historic building types and uses speaks to the uniqueness of Elm Street - a destination for locals and visitors alike. In the 1950s and 1960s, the city's "forgotten neighbourhood" called Greenwich Village thrived in this immediate area, where 19th century house-form buildings were painted in bright colours and served as bookstores, cafes and studio spaces for significant Canadian artists, writers and singers. The heart of the Village, located directly north of the subject properties (on Gerrard Street West between Bay and Elizabeth streets), contains six 19th century house-form dwellings already listed on the Heritage Register. The surviving collection of buildings directly south at Bay and Elm further support an understanding of this Greenwich Village neighbourhood vibe, while much of the rest of the area's early streetscape was demolished to make way for new civic buildings, offices and hospitals, and forcing the local arts community to relocate further north in Yorkville through the 1970s. Following further research and evaluation, it has been determined that the properties at 55 Elm Street (650 Bay Street) and 57-71 Elm Street meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, which the City of Toronto also applies when evaluating properties for its Heritage Register. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. The subject properties were identified in Heritage Planning's Elm Street Survey in 2018.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statements (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachments 3-5 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning: 55 Elm Street (entrance address at 650 Bay Street) 57 Elm Street 59 Elm Street 61 Elm Street 63 Elm Street 65 Elm Street 67 Elm Street 69 Elm Street 71 Elm Street
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statements (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachments 3-5 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning: 55 Elm Street (entrance address at 650 Bay Street) 57 Elm Street 59 Elm Street 61 Elm Street 63 Elm Street 65 Elm Street 67 Elm Street 69 Elm Street 71 Elm Street
PB21.7received
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 November 23, 2020. 2. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on January 25, 2021.
PB21.8adopted
Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - 19 Plymbridge Crescent
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 19 Plymbridge Crescent on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value. The subject property is east of Yonge Street and south of York Mills Road, situated on the east side of Plymbridge Crescent, between Plymbridge Road and Brookfield Road in the Hogg's Hollow neighbourhood. It contains a two storey stucco-clad house constructed in c.1912 as stables and designed in the Tudor Revival style. The building is a rare and unique example of a converted stables building within the neighbourhood, and is a remnant of the former Boultbee family estate "The Hollow", representing an early period in the historical land development of the area. The Boultbee Estate Stables (c.1912) is believed to have been designed by the architect Samuel Hamilton Townsend (1856-1940), who is credited with the design of the main house, located at 59 Plymbridge Road. S. H. Townsend was a prolific architectural designer in Toronto who specialized in the design of large residences and estates for wealthy Torontonians, particularly within the Rosedale, Chestnut Park and Annex neighbourhoods. In addition to designing the Boultbee Estate in Hogg's Hollow, Townsend is credited with the design of the family's previous home on Crescent Road. A Heritage Property Nomination was submitted to Heritage Planning in March 2013 on behalf of the former property owner. City staff undertook further research and evaluation and determined that the property at 19 Plymbridge Crescent meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, which the City of Toronto also applies when evaluating properties for its Heritage Register. A Committee of Adjustment Application for a Minor Variance seeking to replace the existing structure with a new one was submitted on November 30, 2020 and is currently under review. A hearing is scheduled for February 25, 2021. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the North York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 19 Plymbridge Crescent on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (February 16, 2021) 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 19 Plymbridge Crescent on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (February 16, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning.