Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 12 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.
PB25.1amended
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 55 St Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value. The subject property is east of Yonge Street and south of Lawrence Avenue East, situated prominently at the northeast corner of St Edmunds Drive and Lympstone Avenue in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood. It contains a two and a half storey stucco-clad house with stone detail constructed in 1926 to plans prepared by the architect William Breden Galbraith, and is a fine and representative example of the Tudor Revival style. 55 St Edmunds Drive represents the early wave of residential development in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, which was planned and developed on the Garden Suburb model and envisioned by businessman Wilfrid Dinnick. The neighbourhood was developed to plans prepared by the architects Vaux Chadwick and Samuel Beckett and features houses designed by some of Toronto's most prolific and talented 20th century architects. 55 St Edmunds Drive is one of six houses known to have been designed by William Breden Galbraith within the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, of which four remain. Galbraith is believed to have been a self-taught architect, who established a primarily residential practice in Toronto in 1918. He designed one of the earliest houses in Lawrence Park - in 1913 - for himself, and through the 1910s and 1920s received commissions within the neighbourhood as well as in other residential suburbs in Toronto, including Rosedale, Forest Hill and Moore Park. Much of Galbraith's residential portfolio was featured through a series of articles published in the newspaper Saturday Night between 1925 and 1930, and which were subsequently included in his 1930 pattern book, A Canadian Home Plan Book. 55 St Edmunds Drive is featured as house plan number 1601 in the aforementioned publication. The property at 55 St Edmunds Drive was documented by the Toronto Historical Board in 1982, and was included in the Historical Walking Tour of Lawrence Park (2007 edition), published by the Toronto Public Library in partnership with the Lawrence Park Ratepayers' Association and the North Toronto Historical Society. A nomination was submitted to Heritage Planning by the North York Community Preservation Panel with the support of the North Toronto Historical Society in May, 2021 requesting the property be evaluated to determine whether it merits inclusion on the City's Heritage Register. City staff have undertaken further research and evaluation and determined that the property at 55 St Edmunds Drive 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 inclusion on the Heritage Register. 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 55 St. Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 55 St Edmund's Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 55 St Edmund's Drive (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (June 10, 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 property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, 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 to designate the property.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 55 St Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, City Planning.
PB25.2amended
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 19 Parkcrest Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value. The subject property is situated on the east side of Parkcrest Drive, south and west of Kingston Road and Markham Road in the Scarborough Village neighbourhood. The property contains a one-and-a-half storey Craftsman Bungalow style house-form building constructed by Frederick J. Cornell c.1916-1917 which is distinguished by its rustic cladding of pebbles collected from the Scarborough Bluffs shoreline. The Frederick J. Cornell house is one of the earliest houses built in the Park Hill subdivision following the 1905-6 construction of the radial street car line on the Kingston Road which resulted in the historical transformation of southern Scarborough from a 19th century settlement of farms with a cluster villages to a series of planned communities along the lakefront and the Scarborough Bluffs. First occupied by descendants of the earliest Scarborough settler families, the Cornell's and Glendinning's, from 1970-75, the property was owned by Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician, ambassador to the United Nations and broadcaster, and Michele Landsberg, best-selling author, journalist and activist, both of whom have been recognized with honours through the Order of Canada. A nomination to evaluate the property was submitted by the Scarborough Community Preservation Panel in 2012. On April 25, 2021, the Panel contacted Heritage Planning requesting evaluation of the property as a priority as it had been recently sold. Following research and evaluation, it has been determined that the property at 19 Parkcrest Drive 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. 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 Scarborough Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 19 Parkcrest Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 19 Parkcrest Drive (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report, June 9, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council. 4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed 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 to designate the property.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 19 Parkcrest Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
PB25.3adopted
Alterations to a Designated Heritage Property - 160 Gerrard Street East (Allan Gardens)
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for Allan Gardens at 160 Gerrard Street East, a Part IV designated heritage property. The proposal is for the reinstatement of the central entrance to the Palm House, the alteration of the existing Palm House entrances in the north and south pavilions, the alteration of the existing north and south interior doorways, and the replacement of the wall and window glazing with a new aluminum or fibreglass glazing system.
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 160 Gerrard Street East (Allan Gardens), in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the continued use of the greenhouses on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 160 Gerrard Street East with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 2, 2021, prepared by Zeidler Architecture, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by AREA, Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd., dated May 4, 2021 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 issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 160 Gerrard Street East (Allan Gardens), 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 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 160 Gerrard Street East prepared by AREA, Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd., dated May 4, 2021, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 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.a.1 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 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. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties, 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.
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 160 Gerrard Street East (Allan Gardens), in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the continued use of the greenhouses on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 160 Gerrard Street East with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 2, 2021, prepared by Zeidler Architecture, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by AREA, Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd., dated May 4, 2021 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 issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 160 Gerrard Street East (Allan Gardens), 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 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 160 Gerrard Street East prepared by AREA, Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd., dated May 4, 2021, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 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.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. 3. 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. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties, 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.
PB25.4adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the Part V designated heritage property at 405 Sherbourne Street in connection with a proposed development of the subject property. The proposal is for a 26-storey mixed-use building that is part of the Housing Now Initiative. The new building will replace an existing surface parking lot. There are no heritage buildings on the site, but there are several heritage buildings adjacent to the site. The impacts of the proposed development on the Cabbagetown Northwest Heritage Conservation District are appropriately mitigated through the compatible design of the new construction. In addition, the proposal will serve the public interest by providing 267 new rental housing units, of which between 33 - 50 percent will be new affordable rental housing units in accordance with the Housing Now Initiative.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Planning and Housing Committee that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 405 Sherbourne Street, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 26-storey mixed use building on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 405 Sherbourne Street, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 19, 2021, prepared by SvN Architects + Planners and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated March 9, 2021 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan Approval for the proposal, for the property located at 405 Sherbourne Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. 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 405 Sherbourne Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing parking lot as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, 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.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 405 Sherbourne Street, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 26-storey mixed use building on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 405 Sherbourne Street, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 19, 2021, prepared by SvN Architects + Planners and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated March 9, 2021 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan Approval for the proposal, for the property located at 405 Sherbourne Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. 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 405 Sherbourne Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing parking lot as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, 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.
PB25.5adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 1354 (including active entrances 2, 4 and 6 Brock Avenue and 1356 Queen Street West), 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value for their design and physical, historical and associative and contextual values. The properties were included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register on December 16, 2020 and are located in the Parkdale Main Street Heritage Conservation District Plan study area. The properties at 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West are important in defining, maintaining, and supporting the character of the historic Village of Parkdale. Located at the corner of Queen Street West and Brock Avenue, 1354 Queen Street West is comprised of a three-storey brick and stone, rectangular-form building with two-bays fronting Queen Street West. It was constructed in c.1881 by J. C. Mussen as part of a business block that he erected west of the toll-gate at present-day Brock Avenue. To the west are 1358 and 1360 Queen Street West, which contain two, two-storey rectangular-form buildings, that were also likely constructed as part of the J. C. Mussen Block in c.1881. Together these buildings are valued as representative examples of the Italianate style and for their association with J. C. Mussen, a prominent businessman in Parkdale who was responsible for building several houses in the area. The J. C. Mussen Block comprising of the properties 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West, are physically, functionally, visually and historically linked to their surroundings, including the neighbouring properties on the north side of Queen Street West from O'Hara to Brock Avenues, the properties east of Brock Street on the north side of Queen Street West, and those on the south side of the street across from the subject properties between Dunn and Cowan Avenues. The properties at 1354, 1358, 1360 Queen Street West are also valued for their later association from the 1950s with two prominent members of the Parkdale community, Sheldon and Beverly Fainer, who owned and operated their fabric, trim, and hardware business, Designer Fabrics (originally Central Bargain House) at this location for 64-years until they retired in 2018. Following research and evaluation undertaken according to Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, it has been determined that the properties at 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West merit designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their design and physical, historical and associative and contextual value. On September 29, 2020, Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications were submitted for the properties at 1358-1360 and 1354-1356 Queen Street West and 8-10, 12 and 14 Brock Avenue ("1354 Queen Street West"), proposing to amend the Official Plan, Zoning By-law 569-2013 and Zoning By-law 438-86 to permit the construction of a new nine-storey mixed-use building. The application was appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") on March 5, 2021. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.
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 1354 Queen Street West (including active entrances at 2, 4, and 6 Brock Avenue and 1356 Queen Street West), under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1358 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1360 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. If there are no objections to the designation, 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. 5. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 6. 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 to designate the property.
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 1354 Queen Street West (including active entrances at 2, 4, and 6 Brock Avenue and 1356 Queen Street West), under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1358 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1360 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1354, 1358, and 1360 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. If there are no objections to the designation, 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. 5. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 6. 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 to designate the property.
PB25.6adopted
Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 600 King Street West
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed heritage property at 600 King Street West (Beatty Manufacturing Company Ltd.) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. The property at 600 King Street West is situated at the north-east corner of the intersection of King Street West and Portland Street. It contains a four-and-a-half-storey, brick-clad building constructed in 1901 to the designs of architects Chadwick & Beckett for the Beatty Manufacturing Company Ltd. Exhibiting the Edwardian Classical style, the building is a finely-designed representative of the late-19th and early-20th-century warehouses which provide the King-Spadina neighbourhood with its distinctive heritage character. It was identified as a contributing property in the proposed King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District, adopted by City Council in 2017. Listed on the City's inaugural heritage register by City Council on June 20, 1973, the property at 600 King Street West is amongst the earliest properties in Toronto to be recognized for its heritage value. The factory at 600 King Street West was adaptively re-used as a brewery/restaurant in 1988 by Roel Bramer of Bramfield Restaurants Ltd., to the designs of the architects Kearns Mancini. A change of use was permitted through the addition of an onsite, craft brewery and bakery, which continued the zoned, manufacturing use of the property. Heritage Planning staff have undertaken further research and evaluation and determined that the heritage property at 600 King Street West meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under all three categories of design, associative and contextual values. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.
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 600 King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 600 King Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council. 3. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed 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 to designate the property.
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 600 King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 600 King Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report, May 25, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council. 3. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed 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 to designate the property.
PB25.7deferred
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed heritage properties at 109 and 125 George Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the alterations proposed for the heritage properties in connection with a proposed development of the subject property and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject properties. Located on the east side of George Street between Richmond and Adelaide streets within the original ten-block plan of the Old Town of York, the properties at 109 and 125 George Street contain two early-20th century mixed-use, industrial and office buildings which are also representative examples of the warehouse / factory typology identified in the City's King-Parliament Historic Context Statement. Constructed in three stages between 1915 and 1950, the two-and-three-storey, brick-clad complex at 109 George Street (with entrance address at 117) was originally owned by German-Jewish philanthropist and entrepreneur, Leo Frankel, and his brothers, for nearly half a century. The 1926 Frankel building fronting directly onto George Street was designed by the prominent architectural firm, Chapman & Oxley, and more recently has been the home of the offices of world-renowned, Toronto-based architectural firm, Moriyama & Teshima Architects. The property anchoring the southeast corner of George and Richmond streets at 125 George Street contains another early-20th century industrial building. Designed by Toronto architects Molesworth, West & Secord in 1927, the four-storey structure is a rare surviving example in the city of the exposed, pre-cast concrete frame with brick infill panels. The two properties at 109 and 125 George Street contribute architecturally as well as typologically to the eclectic mix of late-19th and early-20th century industrial, commercial and residential properties which characterize the historic King-Parliament streetscape. The subject properties at 109 and 125 George Street were identified in the City's King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review approved by Council in 2019 and were listed on the City's Heritage Register as part of the council-adopted King-Parliament Heritage Properties multiple listing (December 2020). The development application proposes a 39-storey, 126 metre tall (not including mechanical penthouse), mixed-use building that incorporates a significant portion of the heritage building at 125 George Street as part of the base building. The new building will abut the side wall of the heritage building at 109 George Street with a slight cantilever over the building. The whole building at 109 George Street will be retained with modifications to support its continued use as an office. The impacts of the proposed development are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
The Toronto Preservation Board deferred consideration of the item until the September 1, 2021 meeting,
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 109 George Street (with entrance address at 117) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 109 George Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 125 George Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 125 George Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, 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 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. 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 properties. 6. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 109 and 125 George Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 39-storey, 126 metre tall (not including mechanical penthouse), mixed-use building incorporating the heritage buildings on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 109-117, 119 and 125 George Street, and 231 Richmond Street East with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 23, 2021, prepared by Sweeny & Co Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated February 28, 2020 and revised April 26, 2021, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan for the subject property, 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 subject owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 109 and 125 George Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 23, 2021, prepared by Sweeny & Co Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared ERA Architects Inc., dated February 28, 2020 and revised April 26, 2021, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.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 heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 109 and 125 George Street prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated February 28, 2020 and revised April 26, 2021, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Enter into and register on the properties at 109 and 125 George Street one or more agreements with the City pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning with such facilities, services and matters to be set forth in the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to the proposed alterations and securing such matters generally as set forth in these Recommendations. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the properties located at 109 and 125 George Street, the subject owner shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.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 subject 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 detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to 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. 6. Submit 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 109 and 125 George 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 of the subject property shall: 1. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment, 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 6.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, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 4. 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. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 6.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. 7. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with each of the owners of 109 and 125 George Street in a form and 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 of a Heritage Easement Agreement for each of the properties at 109 and 125 George Street.
PB25.8adopted
Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 2 Valleyanna Drive
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2 Valleyanna Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value for its design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual value. The property at 2 Valleyanna Drive, Annandale/Uplands, was listed on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register on September 27, 2006. The property at 2 Valleyanna Drive is located at the northeast corner of Bayview Avenue and Valleyanna Drive and is comprised of a two-storey, L-shaped building. Originally the gatehouse to Dr Herbert Bruce's "Annandale" estate, which served as the physical and visual entryway to his 100-acre property, the building was designed by renowned architect Eden Smith in 1920-21, and is situated on a rectangular-shaped portion of the property fronting Bayview Avenue. In 1956-7, after Valleyanna Drive was created, the gatehouse, then called "Uplands," was sold to Frederick E. Fletcher who converted the building for residential use and re-oriented its principal elevation onto the newly created Valleyanna Drive. Fletcher constructed interior alterations, which included filling in the original carriageway and the addition of the octagonal dining room wing at the northeast end of the property, which created its present L-shape plan. Following research and evaluation undertaken according to Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, it has been determined that the property at 2 Valleyanna Drive merits designation under Part IV Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual value. An application was made to amend the Zoning By-law for the property at 2 Valleyanna Drive to permit a three-storey residential addition containing 4 units, retaining and converting the existing gatehouse into a three-bedroom dwelling within the proposed development. A Preliminary Report on the application was adopted by North York Community Council on September 10, 2020 authorizing staff to conduct a community consultation meeting. The applicant appealed the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) on March 30, 2021. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the North York Community Council that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2 Valleyanna Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2 Valleyanna Drive (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 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 bills 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 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 to designate the property.
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 2 Valleyanna Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2 Valleyanna Drive (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 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 bills 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 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 to designate the property.
PB25.9adopted
80 and 84 Queen's Park - Request for Direction
On February 22, 2019, the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment Application that was deemed complete March 29, 2019, for the lands municipally known as 78-90 Queen's Park (the "Site"). The Subject Lands are located within the University of Toronto Secondary Plan. The application proposes to permit a nine-storey institutional building with an overall height of approximately 43 metres and a gross floor area of approximately 14,770 square metres for the property at 78-90 Queen's Park. Falconer Hall and the Edward Johnson building are proposed to be retained, conserved and integrated into the development while the McLaughlin Planetarium is proposed to be demolished. On October 15, 2020, Heritage Planning recommended the designation of the properties at 80 and 84 Queen's Park and recommended alterations to the properties in support of the plans and drawings dated March 18, 2020. However, Toronto and East York Community Council deferred consideration of the item. On October 19, 2020, the applicant appealed their zoning application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") due to Council's failure to make a decision within the statutory timeframe. On February 2, 2021, City Council directed the City Solicitor and relevant staff to attend the LPAT and request and engage in mediation with all parties in an effort to resolve the outstanding matters related to the rezoning application, and to report back to City Council on the outcome of the mediation and to seek direction for the hearing of the appeals. LPAT-assisted mediation took place over 4 days on April 13, 14, 19 and 20, 2021. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions regarding a matter appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT).
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 28, 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, Confidential Appendix B and Confidential Appendix C to the report (May 28, 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 (May 28, 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 (May 28, 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", Confidential Appendix "B" and Confidential Appendix "C" to the report (May 28, 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 (May 28, 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.
PB25.10adopted
During the fourth quarter of 2017, the applicant (originally Roselawn & Main Urban Properties, now FCAM LP) appealed its Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). Three appeals were filed in total: one was made on November 27, 2017 citing Council's failure to make a decision on the zoning by-law amendment application within the timeframe prescribed by the Planning Act; one was made on December 7, 2019 citing City Council's refusal to approve the Official Plan Amendment application; and one was made on December 29, 2017 citing City Council's refusal to approve the same zoning by-law amendment application.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2021) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B, C, and D if adopted by City Council, with the remainder of the Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential 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 confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2021) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices "A", "B", "C", and "D" if adopted by City Council, with the remainder of the Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
PB25.11adopted
Alterations to Heritage Properties at 8 Elm Street, 348 - 350 Yonge Street, and 352-354 Yonge Street
The purpose of this report is to seek further instructions related to a development application for a site that contains several heritage resources, and a related ongoing appeal at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2021) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B, and C if adopted by City Council, with the remainder of the Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential 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 confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2021) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices "A", "B", and "C" if adopted by City Council, with the remainder of the Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
PB25.12adopted
Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 183 Avenue Road
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed property at 183 Avenue Road (Edward G. Woodley House) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. The subject property at 183 Avenue Road is situated on the east side of the street, between Pears Avenue and Davenport Road. It contains a three storey, late Victorian-era, red brick house-form building constructed in 1901. The building is amongst the earliest surviving house-form buildings constructed together with the adjacent heritage properties at 177-181 Avenue Road on this portion of the east side of Avenue Road at the turn of the 20th-century, and representing the earliest period in the historical evolution of Avenue Road. Heritage Planning staff have undertaken further research and evaluation and determined that the heritage property at 183 Avenue Road meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under all three categories of design, associative and contextual values. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.
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 183 Avenue Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 183 Avenue Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (June 14, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council. 3. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed 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 to designate the property.
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 183 Avenue Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 183 Avenue Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report, June 14, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council. 3. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed 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 to designate the property.