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.
PB6.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the two properties at 1871 and 1879-1885 Weston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their design, associative and contextual cultural heritage values. Located at the southeast corner of Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West, 1871 Weston Road contains a 1947 solid masonry church structure in the Modern Gothic style fronting onto Weston Road and designed by the notable Toronto architect, Francis Bruce Brown for the Weston Park Baptist Church congregation. The Weston Park Baptist Church have been worshipping and serving the Weston community at this location for over 115 years. 1879-1885 Weston Road contains a modernist style one-storey banking building constructed in 1962 to the designs of the multiple award-winning architectural firm of Page & Steele. The former Bank of Nova Scotia Weston Branch operated at this location from 1910 to 2016. On November 4, 2021, the City received a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit construction of two mixed-use residential towers above a shared 3-storey base. The base would contain commercial, place of worship, and community uses. A revised submission, including a new Site Plan application received on December 22, 2022, proposes two mixed-use buildings, 28 and 38 storeys in height (approximately 105 metres and 135 metres in height including the mechanical penthouses) with a total of 538 residential units, four levels of below grade parking connected by a shared three-storey base. The existing former bank building located at 1879-1885 Weston Road would be retained and integrated in the base and the existing church building at 1871 Weston Road is proposed to be relocated to the southeast corner of the site. The church's later additions would be replaced with new two-storey additions and repurposed to contain retail uses. A Heritage Impact Assessment is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties. An HIA completed by ERA Architects Inc. dated December 21, 2022, was submitted to support the application and is currently under review. A Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report for each of the two properties was also submitted and dated October 27, 2021. 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 Planning Act applications that would trigger a Prescribed Event. 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. On December 9, 2021, the property owners submitted a waiver in conjunction with their development application opting to waive the 90-day timeline established under Bill 108. On November 28, 2022, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) received Royal Assent. Schedule 6 of the More Homes Built Faster Act amended Bill 108 prescribed event requirements under Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act to create additional municipal requirements. Bill 23 came into effect on January 1, 2023. The application currently under review was deemed complete prior to Bill 23 changes to the Ontario Heritage Act coming into force, however, the Part IV designation must be in compliance with the province's amended O. Reg. 9/06. The revised regulation establishes nine provincial criteria for determining whether a property is of cultural heritage value or interest and a property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. The properties at 1871 and 1885 Weston Road each meet four criteria relating to design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Planning and Housing Committee that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1871 Weston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1871 Weston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 4, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1879-1885 Weston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1879-1885 Weston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (May 4, 2023) 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 1871 Weston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1871 Weston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 4, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1879-1885 Weston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1879-1885 Weston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (May 4, 2023) 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.
PB6.2adopted
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. Council previously stated its intention to designate the property at 1117 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act on August 15, 2022. However, the designation by-law was not passed within the prescribed time frame of 120 days, as originally extended by the owner to April 18, 2023, and the Notice of the Intention to Designate the property was deemed to have been withdrawn in accordance with subsection 29(9) of the Ontario Heritage Act. As there is no other restriction that applies to this property at this time, subsection 29(10) of the Ontario Heritage Act permits council to give a new notice of intention to designate the property in accordance with 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 Planning Act applications that would trigger a Prescribed Event. 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, however, the Part IV designation must be in compliance with the province's amended O. Reg. 9/06 under the Ontario Heritage Act, which came into effect as of January 1, 2023. The revised regulation establishes nine provincial criteria for determining whether a property is of cultural heritage value or interest. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. The property meets seven criteria relating to design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values. 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 to the Planning and Housing Committee 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 (May 10, 2023) 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, May 10, 2023, 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.
PB6.3adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1123 Leslie Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. The property at 1123 Leslie Street, originally known as the Canadian headquarters of the William Wrigley Jr. Company, is located on the east side of Leslie Street opposite Wilket Creek Park between Eglinton Avenue East and Overland Drive. Constructed for the William Wrigley Jr. Company in 1962, the building housed their offices and manufacturing plant until the factory closed in March 2016. The property is associated with the William Wrigley Jr. gum company, established in Chicago in 1891. Wrigley would become the largest gum manufacturer in the world and opened its first Canadian branch in Toronto on Carlaw Avenue in 1911. In 1963, requiring more room to expand and modernize its operations, the company moved from Carlaw Avenue to their new office and plant at 1123 Leslie Street.[1] The property contains a two-storey office building and adjoining rear single-storey industrial factory, set back to the east along Leslie Street. The building complex was designed by Gordon S. Adamson and Associates. It is an example of the characteristic Don Mills clean industrial facility designed in a Late Modern style and located in a landscaped setting, accessed by a curvilinear street, which represents the principles set out by the lead planner, Macklin Hancock. The property is a notable example of Post-War suburban planning based on Garden City principles. Subsequent additions were constructed between 2002 and 2007. Staff have determined that the property meets two or more of the nine criteria under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act relating to design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual values. A Site Plan Control application for the subject property at 1123 Leslie Street was submitted on September 21, 2021. The application proposes the redevelopment of the property for an athletic club. The office structure is proposed to be retained in situ and most of the original factory structure is proposed to be demolished and replaced with a series of one- to six-storey building volumes and an at-grade outdoor amenity courtyard. A Heritage Impact Assessment is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and is considered when determining the conservation of a heritage property. An Heritage Impact Assessment completed by ERA and dated September 20, 2021, was submitted to support the application. A revised Heritage Impact Assessment (prepared by ERA), dated November 11, 2022, was also submitted. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Planning and Housing Committee that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1123 Leslie Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1123 Leslie Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 4, 2023), 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 1123 Leslie Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1123 Leslie Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, May 4, 2023, 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.
PB6.4adopted
This report recommends that City Council include fifteen properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for their cultural heritage value and interest. The fifteen properties being recommended for inclusion on the Register are as follows: 1191 Bathurst Street, Toronto-St. Paul's - Ward 12 6 Cawthra Square, Toronto Centre - Ward 13 8 Cawthra Square, Toronto Centre - Ward 13 10 Cawthra Square, Toronto Centre - Ward 13 12 Cawthra Square, Toronto Centre - Ward 13 21 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 23 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 25 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 27 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 29 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 31 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 33 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 35 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 37 Kensington Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 171 Lowther Avenue, University-Rosedale - Ward 11 The fifteen properties recommended for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register have been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest and are believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest. The subject properties include two detached and two semi-detached house-form buildings on Cawthra Square, a four-storey, factory/warehouse type building on Bathurst Street near Davenport Avenue, three adjacent groupings of bay-and-gable, house-form buildings that collectively support an important streetscape within the Kensington Market Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District study area, and a detached, two-and-a-half-storey house in the West Annex Phase II Heritage Conservation District study area. On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of "cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years. As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register under the Act also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act should a development or demolition application be submitted. Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments are required for development applications that affect listed properties.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the following fifteen properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statements (Reasons for Inclusion) attached as Attachments 1-7 to the report (May 4, 2023), from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. - 1191 Bathurst Street - 6 Cawthra Square - 8 Cawthra Square - 10 Cawthra Square - 12 Cawthra Square - 21 Kensington Avenue - 23 Kensington Avenue - 25 Kensington Avenue - 27 Kensington Avenue - 29 Kensington Avenue - 31 Kensington Avenue - 33 Kensington Avenue - 35 Kensington Avenue - 37 Kensington Avenue - 171 Lowther Avenue
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council include the following fifteen properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statements (Reasons for Inclusion) attached as Attachments 1-7 to the report, May 4, 2023, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 1191 Bathurst Street 6 Cawthra Square 8 Cawthra Square 10 Cawthra Square 12 Cawthra Square 21 Kensington Avenue 23 Kensington Avenue 25 Kensington Avenue 27 Kensington Avenue 29 Kensington Avenue 31 Kensington Avenue 33 Kensington Avenue 35 Kensington Avenue 37 Kensington Avenue 171 Lowther Avenue
PB6.5adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the revised heritage permit application for the heritage properties at 1404-1420 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 33 and Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The revised heritage permit application is in conjunction with Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment applications that were approved by Council in 2022 for a 50-storey building at the subject lands. Approval was granted by City Council in July 2022 for alterations to the heritage property at 1420 Yonge Street and for the demolition of the building at the heritage property at 1406 Yonge Street in connection with the above noted Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment applications. The heritage permit application has now been revised to also seek approval for the demolition of the heritage property at 1404 Yonge Street and to amend the conservation strategy for the heritage property at 1420 Yonge Street. Located on the west side of Yonge Street just south of St. Clair Avenue within the Deer Park neighbourhood, the properties at 1404-1406 Yonge Street form the end of a row of 3-storey main street commercial buildings that were constructed in 1932 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, and which are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. To their immediate north and separated by a driveway entry into St. Michael's Cemetery, the adjacent 1420 Yonge Street contains a complete block of four, 2-storey main street commercial row buildings that were also constructed in 1932 and designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. The demolition of 1404 Yonge Street will provide open space adjacent to the proposed new 50-storey building and allow improved views of the St. Michael's Cemetery from Yonge Street. Demolition of 1404 Yonge Street, combined with the existing approval for 1406 Yonge Street would trigger Official Plan rental replacement policies. The proposal is considered acceptable from a heritage perspective within a framework that considers several city and area priorities for this site, including the restoration of the front of 1420 Yonge Street. The remaining row of Spanish Colonial Revival style commercial buildings within this part of Yonge Street allows the eclectic mix of early 20th-century main street commercial properties that characterize the streetscape of this part of Yonge Street to be maintained. The proposed change to the conservation strategy for 1420 Yonge Street includes the introduction of a double height space for the new residential entrance lobby. This will result in the reintroduced second floor spanning approximately three-quarters of the retained heritage façade.
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 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street), in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 50-storey building, with such alterations to be substantially in accordance with architectural drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan which is satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the owner: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 1420 Yonge Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1420 Yonge Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the properties located at 1404-1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street) the owner shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage features 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. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 1404-1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street), including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings 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.a.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.a.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for 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 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 USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.c.3, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation 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 approve the request to remove the buildings at the heritage properties at 1404 and 1406 Yonge Street under Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 50-storey building, with such removal to be undertaken substantially in accordance with architectural drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 1406 Yonge Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 1420 Yonge Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide building permit drawings for the development at 1404-1420 Yonge Street, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for 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 heritage properties at 1404 and 1406 Yonge Street, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a 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. 3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street) in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 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 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street).
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street), in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 50-storey building, with such alterations to be substantially in accordance with architectural drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan which is satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the owner: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 1420 Yonge Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1420 Yonge Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the properties located at 1404-1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street) the owner shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage features 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. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 1404-1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street), including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings 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.a.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.a.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for 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 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 USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.c.3, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation 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 approve the request to remove the buildings at the heritage properties at 1404 and 1406 Yonge Street under Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 50-storey building, with such removal to be undertaken substantially in accordance with architectural drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 1406 Yonge Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 1420 Yonge Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide building permit drawings for the development at 1404-1420 Yonge Street, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for 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 heritage properties at 1404 and 1406 Yonge Street, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a 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. 3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street) in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 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 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street).
PB6.6adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property at 64 Wellesley Street East (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) in connection with the development of the subject site. The development site at 64 Wellesley Street East contains the Wellesley Apartments, a five-storey, multi-unit residential apartment building. It was designed by architect James Ernest Harris Paisley, and built in 1931 for apartment developer Grover C. Murdoch. The property is associated with the pre-World War II apartment building type, its design is a representative example of the Georgian Revival style, and it supports the context of the Church-Wellesley Village, which is characterized by a high-concentration of pre-war apartment buildings. The property at 64 Wellesley Street East is designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and has design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual values. The development application proposes a 31-storey plus mechanical penthouse mixed-use building, the retention of a portion of the existing Wellesley Apartments building and the demolition of the remaining buildings on the site at 64-66 Wellesley Street East and 552-570 Church Street. The retained portion of the heritage building is proposed to be restored with minor modifications to the ground floor openings to support barrier-free access. The existing World Pride Murals on the buildings at 66 Wellesley Street East and 552-554 Church Street will be lost through the proposed for demolition but the murals will be commemorated through documentation and an interpretation strategy. The proposed alterations conserve the heritage property and are consistent with the existing policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated property 64 Wellesley Street East, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (May 5, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 5, 2023, prepared by Graziani & Corazza Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 4, 2021, revised April 5, 2023 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 64 Wellesley Street East substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 5, 2023, prepared by Graziani & Corazza Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 4, 2021, revised April 5, 2023, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 64 Wellesley Street East prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 4, 2021, revised April 5, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for the property located at 64 Wellesley 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 64 Wellesley 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 World Pride murals, 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 property at 64 Wellesley 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 property at 64 Wellesley Street East.
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 64 Wellesley Street East, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (May 5, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 5, 2023, prepared by Graziani & Corazza Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 4, 2021, revised April 5, 2023 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 64 Wellesley Street East substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 5, 2023, prepared by Graziani & Corazza Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 4, 2021, revised April 5, 2023, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 64 Wellesley Street East prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 4, 2021, revised April 5, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for the property located at 64 Wellesley 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. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 64 Wellesley 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 World Pride murals, 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 property at 64 Wellesley 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 property at 64 Wellesley Street East.
PB6.7received
Preservation Panel Minutes
The Toronto Preservation Board received the following Minutes, for information: 1. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on November 14, 2022. 2. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on December 12, 2022. 3. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on January 23, 2023. 4. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on February 27, 2023. 5. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on March 27, 2023.