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Agenda
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Office of the City Clerk
Conestoga Room
Kitchener City Hall
nd
(Main Floor)
200 King St.W. - 2 Floor
Kitchener ON N2G 4G7
Page 1 Chair Ms. A. Reid Vice-Chair Mr. S. Hamoen
Delegations
-law, delegations are permitted to address the Committee for a maximum
of 5 minutes.
Item 2 - Owen Scott, CHC Limited
- Michael Krause
Discussion Items
1. CSD-18-048 - Heritage Permit Application HPA-2018-IV-002 (15 min)
- 300 Joseph Schoerg Crescent
- Alterations to the West Elevation of the Rear Addition of the Betzner
Farmhouse and Construction of Fence
2. Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) - 50 Brookside Crescent (30 min)
3. CSD-18-022 - By-law to Enter into a Covenant under the Ontario Heritage Act (20 min)
for the Conservation of the Former Huck Glove Factory
4. CSD-18-046 - Re-naming the Mike Wagner Heritage Award (20 min)
5. Heritage Best Practices - Update & Priorities for 2018 (25 min)
Information Items
Heritage Permit Application Tracking Sheet
Dianna Saunderson
Committee Administrator
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REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener
DATE OF MEETING: March 6, 2018
SUBMITTED BY: Brandon Sloan,Manager of Long Range & Policy Planning,
519-741-2200 ext. 7648
PREPARED BY: Michelle Drake,Senior Heritage & Policy Planner,
519-741-2200 ext. 7839
WARD(S) INVOLVED: 3
DATE OF REPORT: February 9, 2018
REPORT NO.: CSD-18-048
SUBJECT: Heritage Permit Application HPA-2018-IV-002
300 Joseph Schoerg Crescent
Alterations to the west elevation of the rear addition of the
Betzner Farmhouse and construction of a fence generally along
the east property boundary
RECOMMENDATION:
That pursuant to Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, Heritage Permit Application
HPA-2018-IV-002 be approved to permit alterations to the west elevation of the rear
addition of the Betzner Farmhouse and the construction of a cedar fence generally along
the east property boundary, at the property municipally addressed as 300 Joseph
Schoerg Crescent, in accordance with the supporting information submitted with the
application.
Location Map: 300 Joseph Schoerg Crescent
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BACKGROUND:
The Community Services Department is in receipt of Heritage Permit Application HPA-2018-IV-
002 which is seeking permission to alter the windows on the west elevation of the rear addition
of the Betzner Farmhouse and to constructa cedar fence generally along the east property
boundary, at the property municipally addressed as 300 Joseph Schoerg Crescent, also known
asthe Betzner Farmhouse.
REPORT:
The subject property is located on the south side of Joseph Schoerg Crescent between Joseph
Schoerg Place and Langton Drive in the Pioneer Tower West community, and is subject to a
Heritage Conservation Easement Agreement and designation under Part IV of the Ontario
Heritage Act. The key features that define the heritage character of this property include: the
Betzner Farmhouse building; the Betzner Drive Shed building; and, the Cultural Heritage
Landscape. The heritage features identified in the easement agreement are the same as those
referenced in the designating by-law.
The Part IV Designating By-law identifies all building elevations and window openings of the
Betzner Farmhouse and the cultural heritage landscape with unobstructed views to the Grand
River as heritage attributes. As a result, a Heritage Permit Application is required to alter the
windows and construct a fence. It should be noted that the rear addition is not original.
Alteration to windows
The applicant is proposing to alter the windows on the west elevation of the Betzner Farmhouse
by removing two 6/6 windows and replacing them with one larger window opening.The size of
the window opening is in keeping with the scale of the west elevation. The window style is a 3-
pane window where the centre is fixed and the two flanking windows are casements. A window
design without grills was selected to avoid visual conflict between the grills and the lines of the
existing board and batten siding. The location, style and design will provide the applicant with
open views to the river, Pioneer Tower, Betzner Barn and the Betzner Drive Shed.
Construction of fence
The applicant is proposing to construct a fence generally along the east property boundary. A
dry stone wall approved through previous Heritage Permit Applications is present on a portion of
the east property boundary. The last 12 feet of the dry stone wall has deteriorated and will be
rebuilt. From the corner of the stone wall, a 5 foot high cedar post and paige wire fence will be
constructed to identify the boundary between the private prop5
foot high cedar post and page wire fence will be constructed along the full length of the eastern
property line that abuts the future trail corridor. A paige wire fence currently exists in these
locations but is deteriorated and in need of replacement. The paige wire fence is in keeping with
the rural character of the property.
In reviewing the merits of the application, Heritage Planning staff note the following:
The windows are located on west elevation of the rear addition, which is not original to
the Betzner Farmhouse;
The size of the window opening is in keeping with the scale of the west elevation;
The windows have limited views from the sidewalk and street, especially when trees and
other landscaping are in full bloom;
The open nature of the cedar post and paige wire fence will not obstruct views;
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The cedar post and paige wire fence is generally located in areas with existing trees and
other natural vegetation that fully or partially obstruct views;
The new cedar post and paige wire fence is in keeping with the rural character of the
property and will replace an existing cedar post and paige wire fence; and,
The construction of a new cedar post and paige wire fence will not detract from the
character of the property.
In accordance with the Heritage Permit Application form, the approval of an application under the
Ontario Heritage Act shall not be a waiver of any of the provisions of any by-law of the City of
Kitchener or legislation, including, but not limited to, the requirements of the Building Code and
Zoning By-law.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
The
through the delivery of core service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
N/A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM advance of the
Heritage Kitchener committee meeting.
CONSULT Heritage Kitchener has been consulted regarding the subject Heritage Permit
Application.
REVIEWED BY: Leon Bensason, Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Alain Pinard, Director of Planning
APPENDIX A:Heritage Permit Application HPA-2018-IV-002
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REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener
DATE OF MEETING: March 6, 2018
SUBMITTED BY: Brandon Sloan, Manager of Long Range & Policy Planning,
519-741-2200, ext. 7648
PREPARED BY: LeonBensason,Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning
519-741-2200, ext. 7306
WARD(S) INVOLVED: Ward 9
DATE OF REPORT: February 7, 2018
REPORT NO.: CSD-18-022
SUBJECT: By-law under Section 37(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act to enter
into a heritage easement and covenant agreement with the owner
of the lands municipally addressed as 120 Victoria Street South,
in regard to the conservation of the former Huck Glove factory
building.
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RECOMMENDATION:
That the draft by-law attached to Community Services Development report CSD-18-022, to
allow the City to enter into a heritage easement and covenant agreement with the owner of the
lands described as Plan 378, Part Lot 553 and currently municipally addressed as 120 Victoria
Street South,in regard to the conservation of the former Huck Glove factory building, be
adopted.
Location Map: 120 Victoria Street South
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Kitchener has received site plan and zone change applications for the properties
municipally addressed as 114-118 Victoria Street South and 120 Victoria Street South on which
the former Huck Glove factory building is located. The former Huck Glove factory is a three
storey brick building constructed circa 1907 in the industrial vernacular style. The building is not
e Register given that the previous owner objected to the
proposed heritage listing.
Former Huck Glove Factory Building
Site Plan Application SP17/135/V/JVW proposes development of a six storey office building that
would incorporate and adaptively re-use the former Huck Glove factory building. Zone Change
Application ZC17/017/V/JVW would re-zone the subject lands to permit development of a 25
storey residential tower, proposed to be located west (behind) of the former Huck Glove factory
building. As part of the proposed zone change, the new property owner is seeking permission to
use bonusing provisions,including heritage bonusing, to add increased FSR (Floor Space
Ratio) beyond what is permitted in the existing D-6 Warehouse-District zone. Specifically, it is
proposed that a special regulation be included in the zoning that would permit bonus floor area
to be applied to the proposed 25 storey residential tower. Having regard to the bonusing
regulations in zoning by-law 85-1,the site specific heritage bonus floor area would be applied in
return for the conservation and long term protection of the former Huck Glove factory building
through the execution and registration of a heritage easement and covenant agreement.
Section 37 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act enables municipal councils to enter into easements or
covenants for the conservation of property of cultural heritage value or interest. In accordance
with the Act, before entering into such easements or covenants, Council shall consult with its
heritage advisory committee and then pass a by-law providing for entering into such easement
or covenant.
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REPORT:
The subject property owner has commissioned McCallum Sather Architects to complete a
Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) and a Conservation Plan (CP) as part of the development
hener
Committee on December 5, 2017, establishes that the former Huck Glove factory building is a
significant cultural heritage resource andmeets the criteria for heritage designation under the
Ontario Heritage Act. The draft HIA also establishes that alterations and additions proposed to
be undertaken to facilitate the adaptive re-use of the former factory into a six-storey office
building will maintain character defining heritage features, and further, that the proposed 25
storey residential tower will not negatively impact the former Huck Glove factory building.
The required Conservation Plan, which together with the HIA is to be approved by the Director
of Planning as a condition of final Site Plan approval, will serve in part to identify the specific
measures to be undertaken to conserve heritage attributes as part of the of the adaptive re-use
of the former Huck Glove factory, in a manner consistent with recognized heritage conservation
principles and practice.
Proposed 25 Storey
Residential Tower
Rendering supplied by Applicant showing six storey (Huck Glove)
office building and proposed 25 storey residential tower
In order to receive and apply the heritage bonus floor area toward the development of the
proposed 25 storey residential tower, the property owner will be required to enter into a heritage
easement and covenant agreement to secure the long term conservation of the former Huck
Glove factory building. Such Agreement, which is entered into between the City and the
property owner, identifies the heritage features of a building to be conserved in perpetuity, and
establishes the obligations of the City and owner to ensure the ultimate preservation and
maintenance of the building and its heritage features.
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Heritage Easement and Covenant Agreement
Heritage easements and covenants are considered more comprehensive than heritage
designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. For example, there are no provisions under the
Ontario Heritage Act to require an owner of a designated property to maintain the heritage
features of an occupied building in good condition, insure the building against perils, or to
rebuild the building in the event of damage. Heritage easements and covenants can help
address these concerns and can also provide stronger protection against demolition, as the
municipality must consent. In this regard, the heritage easement and covenant agreement to be
entered into and registered on the lands on which the former Huck Glove factory building is
located, will contain provisions addressing the above referenced standard provisions.
Inaddition, it is anticipatedthat the heritage easement and covenant agreement will also
contain ior with a degree of
certainty and comfort regarding the approval of alterations proposed as part of the subject
development applications andadaptive re-use.Such clause will advise that work set out in the
Agreement consistent with the measures outlined in the approved Conservation Plan, as
confirmed by the Director of Planning, is approved. Given the importance of the Conservation
Plan and how it will be tied to the prior approval of alterations associated with the adaptive re-
use of the former Huck Glove building, a draft of the Conservation Plan will be presented to
Heritage Kitchener for review and comment prior to its finalization.
Staff anticipate that the details of the heritage easement and covenant agreement, which will be
subject to successful negotiation with the owner, will be finalized in the coming weeks. The
Agreement will need to be executed and registered onthe lands on which the former Huck Glove
factory building is located in accordance with the proposed zoning, before a building permit is to be
issued for the proposed 25 storey residential tower.
Pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act, before entering into easements or covenants for the
conservation of property of cultural heritage value or interest, the City is to consult with its heritage
advisory committee and then pass a by-law providing the authority to enter into such Agreement.
As in previous examples where Council has provided such authority (e.g. 300 Joseph Schoerg
Crescent and more recently 710 Huron Road), the draft by-law attached as to this
report, authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a heritage easement and covenant
agreement with the property owner in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, with such Agreement
to be registered against the real property affected. Accordingly, City staff recommend approval of
the draft by-law attached to report CSD-18-022.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
through the delivery of core service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
N/A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM, CONSULT AND COLLABORATE Heritage Planning staff have consulted and
collaborated with the property owner regarding the conservation of the former Huck Glove
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factory building and entering into a heritage easement and covenant agreement.Section 37(1)
of the Ontario Heritage Act requires Council to consult with the Municipal Heritage Committee
(Heritage Kitchener) beforepassing a by-law providing for entering into easements or covenants
for the conservation of property of cultural heritage value or interest.Heritage Kitchener will be
consulted via circulation and consideration of this report. Members of the community will be
informed via circulation of this report to Heritage Kitchener and via formal consideration by
Council.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Alain Pinard, Director of Planning
APPENDIX A:
Draft by-law to allow the City to enter into a heritage easement and covenant agreement in
regard to the conservation of the former Huck Glove factory building.
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BY-LAW NUMBER
OF THE
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER
(Being a by-law to allow the City to enter into a heritage easement
and covenant agreement with the owner of the lands described as
Plan 378, Part Lot 553 and currently municipally addressed as
120 Victoria Street South, in regard to the conservation of the
former Huck Glove factory building).
WHEREAS section 37(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act allows council of a municipality to
pass a by-law providing for the entering into of easement and covenants with owners of real
property for the conservation of property of cultural heritage value or interest;
AND WHEREAS there is a former factory building located on land described as Plan
378 and Part Lot 553 and currently municipally addressed as 120 Victoria Street South in the
AND WHEREAS Council and the owner of the Huck Glove factory recognize that the
Huck Glove factory is a structure of cultural heritage value or interest;
AND WHEREAS the municipal heritage committee in Kitchener known as Heritage
Kitchener supports the entering into of a heritage easement and covenant agreement with the
owner of the Huck Glove factory to conserve the Huck Glove factory;
AND WHEREAS Council and the owner of the Huck Glove factory wish to conserve the
Huck Glove factory;
AND WHEREAS the owner of the Huck Glove factory also wishes to address the special
regulation provision proposed to be applied to the zoning of the lands described as Plan 378
and Part Lot 553 and currently municipally addressed as 114-118 Victoria Street South and 120
Victoria Street South, in order to receive heritage bonus floor area;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener enacts as
follows:
1. That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to enter a heritage easement and covenant
agreement satisfactory to the City Solicitor with the owner of the real property on which a
building known as the former Huck Glove factory is presently situated to provide for its
conservation, and authorize staff to take such steps as may be necessary to register the
heritage easement and covenant agreement against the real property affected.
PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this day
of , A.D. 2018.
_____________________________________
Mayor
_____________________________________
Clerk
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REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener
DATE OF MEETING: March 6, 2018
SUBMITTED BY: Brandon Sloan, Manager of Long Range & Policy Planning,
519-741-2200, ext. 7648
PREPARED BY: LeonBensason,Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning
519-741-2200, ext. 7306
WARD(S) INVOLVED: All
DATE OF REPORT: February 7, 2018
REPORT NO.: CSD-18-046
SUBJECT: Re-naming the Mike Wagner Heritage Award to the
Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award
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RECOMMENDATION:
That the Mike Wagner Heritage Award, forming part of the Kitchener Great Places
Awards, be re-named to the Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award.
BACKGROUND:
In 2015, Council endorsed the establishment of a new comprehensive planning awards program
celebrating a broad range of categories related to excellence in urban design and cultural
heritage conservation. Known as the Kitchener Great Places Awards, the new program
combines and updates two previous planning award programs: the Urban Design Awards
established in 1988, and the Mike Wagner Heritage Awards established in 1997. The Mike
Wagner Heritage Award is named after former City Councillor Mike Wagner, who served on City
Council from 1989 to 1997, and who was a strong advocate for heritage, culture and the arts.
At the inaugural Kitchener Great Places Awards ceremony held on November 2, 2016, Mr. Rych
Mills, recipient of the award for Individual Contributions to the Field of Heritage Conservation,
suggested in accepting his award, that the City should give consideration to updating the name
of the Mike Wagner Heritage Award to acknowledge the many significant contributions made in
the field of heritage conservation by Pat Wagner.
REPORT
Pat Wagner is a former long-
Committee, having served on two six-year terms between 1988 and 2002, including time as the
committee chair. Over her lifetime, Pat has devoted an incredible amount of time and energy to
heritage conservation efforts in the City of Kitchener and the Region of Waterloo. Her skills,
particularly in the field of research, have proven invaluable in unearthing historical information
and in building a better understanding of our local heritage.
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on a number of community-led heritage organizations including the following:
Past member of the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation
Past member and vice-chair of the Region of Waterloo Heritage Planning Advisory
Committee
Past executive member of the North Waterloo Branch of the Architectural Conservancy
of Ontario
Long time Doors Open volunteer
Continuing
Waterloo County GAOL Garden.
In 2013, Pat Wagner was honoured with the distinction of receiving the
Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement / 25 years.
proposed name change.
Both Mike and Pat Wagner have made significant contributions to local heritage conservation
efforts in Kitchener. Staff believe it is appropriate that the heritage award component of the
Kitchener Great Places Awards be updated to acknowledge and celebrate the significant
contributions of Pat Wagner, and accordingly that the award be renamed the Mike & Pat
Wagner Heritage Award. It is further recommended that the award name change come in
effect immediately and be introduced with the Kitchener Great Places Award program for 2018.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
through the delivery of core service.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
N/A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM - Members of the community will be informed via circulation of this report to Heritage
Kitchener and via formal consideration by Council.
website with the agenda in advance of the Heritage Kitchener committee meeting.
CONSULT Staff have consulted with members of the Wagner family. Heritage Kitchener will
be consulted via circulation and consideration of this report.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Alain Pinard, Director of Planning
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Date:February 13, 2018
To:Heritage Kitchener
From:Leon Bensason, Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning
Subject:Heritage Best Practices Update & Prioritiesfor 2018
Network regarding heritage best practice measures. In reviewing the feedback and following
discussion with Heritage Kitchener, direction was received from Council to implement eight
heritage best practice measures. Implementation of heritage best practices is identified as a
strategic priority for the Community Services Department
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At the March 6 meeting of Heritage Kitchener, staff will provide the committee with an update
on the eight heritage best practices and an overview of the implementation priorities for 2018.
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Approved by Council
Dealt with under delegated approval authority
Under review. To be dealt with at the March 6th HK meeting
Considered by Heritage Kitchener
Staff
Report #
CSD-18-048
Date
Jan 18/18
Feb 13/18
Received
2018 HERITAGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Property Address
1133 Doon Village Rd
300 Joseph Schoerg Cres
Number
Application
HPA-2018-V-001HPA-2018-IV-002
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