HomeMy WebLinkAboutHK - 2021-03-02 - Item 6 - Heritage Opinion Letter - Scoped Heritage Impact AssesssmentDate:February 16, 2021
To:Members of Heritage Kitchener
From:Michelle Drake,Heritage Planner
cc:
Subject:50 Brookside Crescent
Re: 52-54 Brookside Crescent, Kitchener
Heritage Opinion re: severance proposal & Committee of Adjustment
Application for Consent
Our file: 1720
The Planning Division is in receipt of a Heritage Opinion Letterdated October26, 2020prepared
by CHC Limited regarding a proposal to sever the property municipally addressed as 50
Brookside Crescent.
The subject property is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Background
The designation of thesubjectproperty was made a condition of a previous Committee of
Adjustment application to sever the eastern portion of lands.The consent applicationwasB2018-
025and itwas approved in 2018.The submission and approval of a Heritage Impact Assessment
(HIA) was made a requirement of the processing of the Committee of Adjustment application
B2018-025in order to ensure that the proposed new lot had regard for and was consistent with
Provincial, Regional, and Municipal policies relating to the conservation of cultural heritage
resources.
The HIA, prepared by CHC Limited and dated March 14, 2018, was approved by the Director of
Planning in April 2018 following consultation with the Heritage Kitchener committee.
The HIA concludedthat:
the original c. 1855 farmhouse with its summer kitchen wing is acultural heritage
resource.
the rural and agricultural context of the property has been lost.
theviews of the farmhouse from either direction are not long and wide and do not form
part of a terminating vista.
Current Proposal
As noted above, aHeritage Opinionletter, prepared by CHC Limited and dated October 26, 2020
has been submitted with consent application B2020-047. The Heritage Opinionletterdetails that
the creation of semi-detached lots on the western portion of 50 Brookside Crescent will not
negatively impact the cultural heritage resource so long as the recommendations of the HIA,
prepared by CHC Limited and dated March 14, 2018 are adhered to. The Heritage Opinionletter
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goes on to reaffirm that the 20century outbuildings and the additions, do not meet the criteria
for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act and are not heritage attributes of the property.
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March 2, 2021 meeting of Heritage Kitchener
to present the Heritage Opinion letterand answer any questions. Heritage Planning staff will be
Heritage Opinion letter and the original HIAas part ofthe processing of the
proposed severance application.
A motion or recommendation to Council is not required.
A copy of the Heritage Opinion letteris attached to this memo.
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Michelle Drake, MAES, RPP
Heritage Planner
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