Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 7 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
PB27.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 164 Bathurst Street (including an active entrance at 621 Richmond Street West) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The property at 164 Bathurst Street comprises a two/two-and-a-half-storey brick building at the southwest corner of Bathurst Street and Richmond Street West, with its primary entry on Bathurst Street. Dating to c.1875, the property reflects the earliest period of development along this portion of Bathurst Street. It is a representative example of a mixed-use commercial building from the late nineteenth century. The building retains original features that suggest the influence of the Italianate style, such as brick quoins and pronounced wood brackets beneath the eaves. Heritage Planning staff have determined that the property at 164 Bathurst Street meets Ontario Regulation 9/06 - the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - for its design/physical and contextual values. An Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application has been made for the property, which proposes to retain and incorporate the building at 164 Bathurst Street into a new development. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). The Bill 108 Amendments to the OHA came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to certain Planning Act applications. Section 29(1.2) of the OHA now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the OHA to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice on August 12, 2021. The property owner provided a waiver to extend the 90-day timeline established under Bill 108 to December 31, 2021. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 164 Bathurst Street (including an active entrance at 621 Richmond Street West) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 164 Bathurst Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (September 10, 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.
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 164 Bathurst Street (including an active entrance at 621 Richmond Street West) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 164 Bathurst Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (September 10, 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.
PB27.2adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 250 University Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value for its design, associative and contextual values. Located on the southwest corner of Queen Street West and University Avenue, the property at 250 University Avenue contains the Bank of Canada Building, also known as the Toronto Agency, constructed in 1958 and designed by the architectural firm of Marani & Morris. 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 250 University Avenue merits designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design, associative and contextual values. The property is listed on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register and designated under Part V of the Act as part of the Queen West Heritage Conservation District. Designation under Part IV of the Act will enable the protection of cultural heritage value and heritage attributes, including interior features. An Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment application was submitted to the City to permit a 44-storey residential mixed-use building. A revised proposal was submitted on August 27, 2021 that involves a 37 storey mixed-use building and retention of 250 University Avenue, including the office lobby, while introducing a TTC Osgoode subway entrance at the northeast corner of the building. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). The Bill 108 Amendments to the OHA came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to certain Planning Act applications. Section 29(1.2) of the OHA now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the OHA to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The application currently under review was deemed complete prior to the new legislation coming into force. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 250 University Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 250 University Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (September 10, 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.
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 250 University Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 250 University Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (September 10, 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.
PB27.3adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1007 Craven Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property with the owner. The property at 1007 Craven Road contains the internationally renowned and award-winning Craven Road House and Studio (1993-6 and 2004-6, respectively). Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. designed the house and studio owned by Robert G. Hill, Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. The house received a Governor General's Award in 1997 and the studio was recognized with a Governor General's Medal in 2010. Robert G. Hill creator of the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 has received national and international recognition for his contribution to architectural scholarship and history and has received numerous awards. Hill commissioned Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliff to realize the project. Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe are Members of the Order of Canada and RAIC Gold Medalists. The Toronto-based partnership, known as Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. have received fifteen Governor General's Awards and Medals as well as other awards for their work as architects and educators, which has achieved global recognition through publications, exhibitions and a documentary film. Since completion, the house and studio and their landscaped setting have been extensively published in Canada and internationally and are widely acclaimed as proof that architectural excellence through meticulous design standards can be achieved on a tight budget and at a compact scale. In May of 2021, Robert G. Hill, the owner of the property, contacted the local ward councillor requesting that his property at 1007 Craven Road be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act and further protected through a Heritage Easement Agreement. Robert G. Hill, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliff, have generously provided access to the project archival records and journals and have shared their insights and recollections of the property with Heritage Planning staff. Following city staff's research and evaluation of the property under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, it has been determined that the property at 1007 Craven Road merits designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design, associative and contextual values.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1007 Craven Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1007 Craven Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (September 17, 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. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the property at 1007 Craven Road in a form and with content satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 4. 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 1007 Craven Road.
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 1007 Craven Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1007 Craven Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report dated September 17, 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. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the property at 1007 Craven Road in a form and with content satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 4. 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 1007 Craven Road.
PB27.4adopted
Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Etobicoke York Nominated Properties
This report recommends that City Council include seven properties identified in Recommendation 1 of this report on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The properties being recommended for inclusion on the Heritage Register are: · 15A Grierson Road (Pine Point Golf and Country Club Clubhouse, c.1936) · 2448 Lake Shore Boulevard West (Bank of Montreal, Mimico Branch, c.1924) · 23 Superior Avenue (Mimico Masonic Temple / Connaught Hall, c.1917) · 153 Weston Road (Toronto Suburban Railway Transformer Station, c.1894) · 130 Eighth Street (New Toronto Fire Hall, c.1930) · 1940 Weston Road (Canadian Bank of Commerce, Weston Branch, c.1919) · 30 Government Road (Roy Oliver House.1870) The properties recommended for listing are from the backlog of outstanding community nominations to the City's Heritage Register that are located within the Etobicoke York Community Council area. In 2019, Council approved the phased implementation of the Toronto Heritage Survey, an ambitious, multi-year program that will modernize the day-to-day work of City Planning. The survey program is using emerging international best practices to efficiently and effectively identify heritage resources throughout the City while providing timely research and base-line data for heritage conservation districts and other area planning studies. A major outcome of the survey will be greater clarity for City Planning, communities and property owners about the location and value of heritage resources in Toronto. As directed by Council through phase one of the Survey staff have prioritized the review of outstanding nominations. Staff are undertaking this work geographically by Community Council area beginning with 28 nominations within Etobicoke York. This process included consultation with the Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel, various divisions for City-owned property, and nominators. All of the recommended listed properties meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, which the City applies when assessing properties for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register. Staff will continue addressing the existing nomination backlog working geographically across the City and will next report on the review of the nominated properties located in Scarborough. 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 Etobicoke York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the following seven properties from the Etobicoke York nomination backlog on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register: · 15A Grierson Road · 2448 Lake Shore Boulevard West · 23 Superior Avenue · 153 Weston Road · 130 Eighth Street · 1940 Weston Road · 30 Government Road
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the following seven properties from the Etobicoke York nomination backlog on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register: · 15A Grierson Road · 2448 Lake Shore Boulevard West · 23 Superior Avenue · 153 Weston Road · 130 Eighth Street · 1940 Weston Road · 30 Government Road
PB27.5adopted
Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Geary Avenue Properties
This report recommends that City Council include six properties on Geary Avenue with cultural heritage value on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. All of the recommended properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, which the City also applies when assessing properties for its Heritage Register and are considered significant heritage resources. This report also presents the methodology and results of the Geary Avenue Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (CHRA) including community consultation. The following six properties were identified through the Geary Avenue Planning Study and its related CHRA: 44 Geary Avenue 46 Geary Avenue 80 Geary Avenue 165 Geary Avenue 288 Geary Avenue, including 300 Geary Avenue 329 Geary Avenue The Geary Avenue corridor is an employment neighbourhood in Toronto's West End that has evolved from a mixture of industrial/warehouse space and automotive uses to one that is now a burgeoning hub for creative enterprises, offices, commercial and retail uses, in addition to light industrial and automotive uses. Rapidly increasing land prices, land use regulations, and development and growth pressures have raised concern for the continued viability of many of these small businesses and creative enterprises. City Planning initiated Geary Works: a comprehensive study and community vision with Economic Development and Culture in April 2019. Geary Works Planning Study and City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment - Final Report were recently adopted by Council in July 2021. Geary Avenue is a 1.2-kilometer street located on the north side of the Canadian Pacific (CP) rail corridor, between Ossington Avenue and Primrose Avenue. The City of Toronto, and the Geary Avenue area within it, have been inhabited by Indigenous peoples for millennia. The streets that would become Geary Avenue were laid out in two separate subdivisions planned by different developers in the mid-1880s on farmlands northwest of the expanding city of Toronto. The area was annexed by the City of Toronto on January 10, 1910. Within five years of annexation, most of Geary Avenue east of Dufferin Street had been developed. Stores and houses located on the north side of the street while industry and a hydro corridor were located on the south side adjacent to the railway tracks. Industrial and commercial growth continued, and by 1975 an industrial survey of the Dufferin-Davenport area documented that approximately two dozen firms were located either on or abutting Geary Avenue. The area's industrial base was devastated in the 1980s and 1990s as businesses closed or relocated. The area is now in a period of transition, particularly west of Dufferin Street where newer creative and cultural enterprises have settled in the area. The six properties being recommended for inclusion on the Heritage Register in this report reflect the evolution of Geary Avenue from a neighbourhood main street to a location for industry over the first half of the twentieth century. They have been determined to have heritage value relating to their design, physical, historical and contextual values. Ranging from early commercial main street and industrial properties to industrial buildings from the late 1940s, the Geary Avenue properties have direct associations with important Canadian business histories, and with Toronto's beloved Santa Claus parade. The listing of non-designated properties with cultural heritage value on the Heritage Register extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Ontario Heritage Act should a development or demolition application be submitted. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed and designated properties.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the following six properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register: · 44 Geary Avenue · 46 Geary Avenue · 80 Geary Avenue · 165 Geary Avenue · 288 Geary Avenue, including 300 Geary Avenue · 329 Geary Avenue
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the following six properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register: · 44 Geary Avenue · 46 Geary Avenue · 80 Geary Avenue · 165 Geary Avenue · 288 Geary Avenue, including 300 Geary Avenue · 329 Geary Avenue
PB27.6received
Further Discussion on Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, as of July 1, 2021
Significant changes to the Ontario Heritage Act, which came into force on 1 July 2021, were reviewed in a presentation by Mary MacDonald, Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, at Meeting 26 of the Toronto Preservation Board held on September 1, 2021. Questions and discussion from Board members followed. As the presentation was quite extensive, it was determined that the Board required additional time to review the presentation, pose questions, and further discuss the changes. Therefore, on behalf of the Toronto Preservation Board, I recommend that 2021.PB26.11 - Update on Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, as of July 1, 2021, http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.PB26.11 be added to the agenda of Meeting 27 on October 6, 2021.
The Toronto Preservation Board received the Item for information.
PB27.7received
Preservation Panel Minutes
The Toronto Preservation Board received the following Minutes, for information: 1. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on July 26, 2021.