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.
PB37.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1117 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The property is located on the south side of Queen Street West between Lisgar Street and Abell Street in the West Queen West neighbourhood, and contains Postal Station 'C', a two-storey building completed in 1903. The Beaux-Arts building was designed by the architecture branch of the federal Department of Public Works, with S.G. Curry acting as the local associate architect. The property was listed on the City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties (now the Heritage Register) on June 20, 1973, and is a landmark property within the proposed West Queen West Heritage Conservation District. The property functioned as a post office for more than a century until Canada Post ceased operations at the site in 2020. The property was listed for sale on the private market and sold in late 2021. The sale of the federally-owned building prompted many local community members to voice their concern for its survival. In July 2021, City Council adopted a member motion to request a halt to the proposed sale, and directed the City Manager to request that Canada Post work with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Director and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Arts Council, and members of the local community to examine and take measures to retain the building in public ownership for the purpose of establishing a cultural and arts hub for the neighbouring community and the City at large. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the property at 1117 Queen Street West and determined that the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual values. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource. 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. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act 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 Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The designation of this property is not subject to Section 29(1.2), as there are no open planning applications for the site. A Heritage Impact Assessment is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. 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 1117 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1117 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report (July 14, 2022) 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 1117 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1117 Queen Street West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, July 14, 2022, 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.
PB37.2adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 625 Yonge Street (including active entrances at 621, 627, 629, 631, 633, 635, and 637 Yonge Street, and 1, 3, and 5 Isabella Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. The property at 625 Yonge Street comprises two adjoining buildings with respective entrance addresses of 625-629 Yonge Street and 631-637 Yonge Street/1-5 Isabella Street. City Council included the subject property on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in 2016. It is also a contributing property within the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District (HCD), which was enacted by City Council in 2016 and is currently under appeal. Architecturally and historically interrelated, the two buildings at 625 Yonge Street constitute a representative example of Edwardian Classicist-style commercial main street buildings. Part of Yonge Street's historic commercial streetscape since the early 20th century, the property maintained a long association with the automotive industry, beginning with its original use for Thomas Crow's carriage business. It then housed the Dominion Automobile Company's showroom, the second store location of Canadian Tire, and other automobile companies. From the late 1970s through the late 1990s, the property housed a series of clubs that served the LGBTQ2S+ community, notably including the Domino Club and Komrads. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the property at 625 Yonge Street and determined that the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, on the basis of its design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource. In November 2021, the City received an application for an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 57-storey mixed-use building. The proposed development would include the demolition of the subject property at 625 Yonge Street. 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. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act 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 Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice for the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment on December 14, 2021. The property owner provided a waiver with a deadline of September 30, 2022 to extend the 90-day timeline so that this Notice of Intention to Designate report must be considered by City Council before that date. 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. An HIA for 619-637 Yonge Street and 7-9 Isabella Street, including the subject property at 625 Yonge Street, was prepared by Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. and submitted to the City in November 2021. 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 625 Yonge Street (including active entrances at 621, 627, 629, 631, 633, 635, and 637 Yonge Street, and 1, 3, and 5 Isabella Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 625 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (July 14, 2022) 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 properties 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 625 Yonge Street (including active entrances at 621, 627, 629, 631, 633, 635, and 637 Yonge Street, and 1, 3, and 5 Isabella Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 625 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (July 14, 2022) 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 properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
PB37.3adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve alterations proposed for the property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act). The alterations proposed through the subject development application have already been approved under the Ontario Heritage Act and the Planning Act. Since that time, additional engineering considerations have led to a change to the approved conservation strategy. The proposed change is a departure from the approved alterations and is not currently reflected in the permitted alterations contained within the Heritage Easement Agreement. Therefore, Council approval is needed to revise the alteration approval and to amend the Heritage Easement Agreement. The proposed change is the panelization of two additional bays (10.9 metres wide) of the south building at 266 King Street East along the Ontario Street frontage. Overall, the alteration conserves the onsite and adjacent heritage properties and is consistent with the heritage policy framework.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (July 14, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the Conservation Plan dated June 28, 2022, prepared by GBCA Architects, on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the owner: 1. Amend the Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street in accordance with the Conservation Plan dated June 28, 2022, prepared by GBCA Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street, Instrument Number AT5735626, 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, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the amendment of the Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (July 14, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the Conservation Plan dated June 28, 2022, prepared by GBCA Architects, on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the owner: 1. Amend the Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street in accordance with the Conservation Plan dated June 28, 2022, prepared by GBCA Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street, Instrument Number AT5735626, 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, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the amendment of the Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street.
PB37.4adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations for the heritage property at 1702 Queen Street East (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) in connection with the development of the site at 1684 -1702 Queen Street East. The development site at 1684-1702 Queen Street East contains one designated heritage property, the former Imperial Bank of Canada building (built 1911-12), a two storey brick building, located at 1702 Queen Street East. The building is currently occupied as a restaurant/bar known as Murphy's Law Pub. The development application proposes a 6-storey mixed use building that incorporates the existing former bank building as a whole structure. The exterior heritage attributes of the former bank building are proposed to be restored with minor modifications to facilitate the continuation of the commercial/restaurant/bar use upon completion of the proposed development. The proposed alterations conserve the onsite heritage building and are consistent with the policy framework including the Official Plan. The heritage impacts of the development are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy. This report also recommends that City Council grant authority for the City to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the owner of this property.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council approve the application to alter the designated heritage property at 1702 Queen Street East and approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 1702 Queen Street East under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (July 25, 2022) from the Senior Manager Heritage Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 26, 2022 prepared by Graziani + Corazza Architects Inc. for Queen Kingston Holdings Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated April 29, 2022 on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planner, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design and subject to the following 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 the owner: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 1684-1702 Queen Street East substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 26, 2022 prepared by Graziani + Corazza Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 1684-1702 Queen Street East, prepared by ERA Architects In., dated April 29, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design. 3. Recommendation b.1. and 2. above are required to be satisfied prior to the introduction of the bill for lifting of the Holding Provision included in the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment on the subject property, unless other legal mechanisms are utilized so as to satisfy the City Solicitor that no Building Permit will be issued until such time as the Owner has entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement and registered the agreement on title. In any case, the Conservation Plan must be accepted and the Heritage Easement Agreement must be entered into and registered no later than December 9, 2022, or such later date as may be agreed by the owner and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning in writing, failing which this condition will be determined to be unfulfilled. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the property located at 1684-1702 Queen Street East, the subject 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. 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. 3. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. 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. 5. 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 property at 1684-1702 Queen Street East, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.b.1. 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 upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing Imperial Bank of Canada building, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 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, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 1684-1702 Queen Street East in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 1684-1702 Queen Street East.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the application to alter the designated heritage property at 1702 Queen Street East and approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 1702 Queen Street East under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (July 25, 2022) from the Senior Manager Heritage Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 26, 2022 prepared by Graziani + Corazza Architects Inc. for Queen Kingston Holdings Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated April 29, 2022 on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planner, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design and subject to the following 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 the owner: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 1684-1702 Queen Street East substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 26, 2022 prepared by Graziani + Corazza Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 1684-1702 Queen Street East, prepared by ERA Architects In., dated April 29, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design. 3. Recommendation b.1. and 2. above are required to be satisfied prior to the introduction of the bill for lifting of the Holding Provision included in the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment on the subject property, unless other legal mechanisms are utilized so as to satisfy the City Solicitor that no Building Permit will be issued until such time as the Owner has entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement and registered the agreement on title. In any case, the Conservation Plan must be accepted and the Heritage Easement Agreement must be entered into and registered no later than December 9, 2022, or such later date as may be agreed by the owner and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning in writing, failing which this condition will be determined to be unfulfilled. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the property located at 1684-1702 Queen Street East, the subject 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. 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. 3. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. 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. 5. 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 property at 1684-1702 Queen Street East, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.b.1. 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 upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing Imperial Bank of Canada building, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 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, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 1684-1702 Queen Street East in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 1684-1702 Queen Street East.
PB37.5adopted
Cultural Heritage Evaluation - 1233 Yonge Street
This report recommends receipt of the heritage evaluation for the property at 1233 Yonge Street. City staff have concluded that although the property is listed on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register it has insufficient design value, contextual value or associative value to merit designation under Part IV Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The property at 1233 Yonge Street is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Yonge Street and Woodlawn Avenue East, in the Yonge-St. Clair area. A three-storey mid-20th century apartment building containing 40 rental units, the Aeneas Court Apartments is a U-shaped plan with a central courtyard entered from Yonge Street. The apartment building was designed by architect Ernest Aubrey Butler (1886-1961) in a Modern Classical style for the property owner Hugh Walker, and was completed by May 1940 when the building was partially occupied. On July 25, 2006, City Council included the property at 1233 Yonge Street (Aeneas Court Apartments) on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties. On June 23, 2006, the Toronto Preservation Board had considered a staff report recommending designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act but recommended to the Toronto and East York Community Council that City Council only include the property at 1233 Yonge Street (Aeneas Court Apartments) on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties. The Board received staff recommendation (2) to designate the property. Subsequent to the City Council decision to list the property, the City enacted a designation by-law in error in November 2007. On January 30, 2008, By-law 2008-0072 repealed By-law 2007-1229 on the basis that City Council had only granted authority for the listing of the property on the City's Inventory of Heritage Properties and not for the designation. Redevelopment of the property was under consideration at that time but no planning applications have been considered by Council in the intervening years since the Council listing. On December 30, 2021 the City Clerk issued a complete application notice for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Rental Housing Demolition application that would demolish the existing structures at 1233 Yonge Street, including 40 rental dwelling units and 9 Woodlawn Avenue East to allow for the construction of a 13­ storey (45.5-metre excluding the mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building, containing 110 dwelling units (including 40 replacement rental units) with 600 square metres of grade-related retail space. 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. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act came into force on July 1, 2021. Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application for certain planning applications. The 90 day limitation can be extended to a mutually agreed upon date between the property owner and City Council. A waiver from the owner was received by the City with a deadline of August 31, 2022. City Council has until that date to issue a Notice of Intention to Designate. A Heritage Impact Assessment is required for all development applications that affect listed properties and an HIA was prepared by ERA Architects on December 7, 2021 in support of the application. On March 9, 2022, EVOQ Architecture was retained by City Planning to provide a peer review of the submission. After conducting supplemental research, Dima Cook, OAA and Principal EVOQ Architecture issued a letter on June 28, 2022 to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning stating general agreement with the conclusion of the Heritage Impact Assessment that the subject property does not meet the criteria of design, associative, and contextual values for designation under Part IV Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. Staff concur with the conclusions of the peer review. This report summarizes the research and evaluation that has been undertaken to inform staff recommendation.
The Toronto Preservation Board: 1. Received the Heritage Evaluation for 1233 Yonge Street, contained within the report (July 14, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning Division, for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. Toronto Preservation Board receive the Heritage Evaluation for 1233 Yonge Street, contained within the report (July 14, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning Division, for information.
PB37.6adopted
Heritage Planning of the City Planning Division brings forward for City Council approval reports recommending the addition to the City's heritage register of "batch listings" of properties. Such properties may share, for example, similar age and characteristics, such as "two-storey main-street commercial." The reports are first presented to the Toronto Preservation Board, which makes recommendations to City Council regarding their approval. If the listings are adopted by City Council, they are added to the Heritage Register. In due course, they are considered by Heritage Staff for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA), often in association with development applications that include all or some of the buildings in a particular batch. Listed properties affected by the development that are not recommended for designation are not protected from demolition by the OHA. As a result of discussion at Toronto Preservation Board on July 11, 2022, of agenda item 36.8 regarding the designation of 1913 Yonge Street, one of a row of previously batch-listed buildings, board members Geoff Kettel and Paul Farrelly noted that there is no documented process to inform the public of the potential demolition of any listed properties not considered by Staff as worthy of designation. If they are demolished the Heritage Registry would be amended to indicate the demolition (without any public notice or further documentation).
The Toronto Preservation Board: 1. Requested the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to review the current process and make a presentation to the Toronto Preservation Board regarding any recommended process changes, including public engagement, with respect to listed properties that are subsequently deemed not worthy of designation under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). 2. Requested the presentation at the September 20, 2022, meeting of the Toronto Preservation Board.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Toronto Preservation Board: 1. Request that the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, review the current process and make a presentation to the Toronto Preservation Board regarding any recommended process changes, including public engagement, with respect to listed properties that are subsequently deemed not worthy of designation under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). 2. Request the presentation at the September 20, 2022, meeting of the Toronto Preservation Board.
PB37.7received
Preservation Panel Minutes
The Toronto Preservation Board received the following Minutes, for information: 1. Scarborough Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on July 5, 2022. 2. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on April 25, 2022. 3. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on May 30, 2022. 4. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on June 27, 2022. 5. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on October 13, 2021. 6. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on November 10, 2021. 7. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on January 12, 2022. 8. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on February 9, 2022. 9. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on April 13, 2022. 10. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on May 11, 2022. 11. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on May 2, 2022. 12. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on June 13, 2022. 13. Toronto and East York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on July 10, 2022.
PB37.8adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 229 Queen Street East and 120-122 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value. Anchoring the southwest corner of Queen Street East and Sherbourne Street within the Moss Park neighbourhood, the property at 229 Queen Street East contains a three-storey hotel building historically known as the Kormann House Hotel completed in 1897. Many residents may better know the property by its more recent name, Canada House Hotel or Tavern, which it maintained for nearly 80 years before finally closing its doors in the early 1990s. The adjacent properties to the south at 120-122 Sherbourne Street contain three-storey main street commercial row buildings located at the northwest corner of Sherbourne and Britain streets that were completed in 1892. These Victorian-era brick buildings maintain the scale, form, massing and materiality of this section of Queen Street East, particularly between Mutual Street and Seaton Street. Located on the north edge of the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Area, which contains the original boundaries of the1793 Town of York, these properties together anchor the important historical intersection of Queen Street and Sherbourne Street,where they define and support the character of the area as it represents the late-19th century development of the neighbourhood with commercial/residential and industrial buildings and consistent urban street walls. The former Kormann House Hotel located at 229 Queen Street East was listed on the City's Heritage Register in 2007 and the adjacent properties at 120-122 Sherbourne Street were identified through the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review (2019), are included in the King-Parliament Historic Context Statement and were included on the City's Heritage Register in 2020. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the properties at 229 Queen Street East and 120-122 Sherbourne Street and determined that the properties meet 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 value. As such, the properties are significant built heritage resources. 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. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act 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 Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice on January 21, 2022 for a November 7, 2021 Zoning By-law Amendment development application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 31-storey mixed-use building with ground floor retail uses and 340 residential dwelling units. A waiver submitted to the City by the applicant requires that this Notice of Intention to Designate report must be considered by City Council before August 30, 2022. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) completed by ERA Architects Inc. and dated November 16, 2021 was submitted to support the application. 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 229 Queen Street East (entrance address at 227 Queen Street East) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 229 Queen Street East (Reasons for Designation) included as Attachment 3, to the report (August 3, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 120 Sherbourne Street (entrance address at 52 Britain Street) and 122 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 120-122 Sherbourne Street (Reasons for Designation) included as Attachment 4, to the report (August 3 2022) 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.
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 229 Queen Street East (entrance address at 227 Queen Street East) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 229 Queen Street East (Reasons for Designation) included as Attachment 3, to the report, August 3, 2022, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 120 Sherbourne Street (entrance address at 52 Britain Street) and 122 Sherbourne Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 120-122 Sherbourne Street (Reasons for Designation) included as Attachment 4, to the report, August 3 2022, 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.