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6 REPORT
Report To: Finance & Corporate Services Committee
Date of Meeting: February 6, 2006
Submitted By: Jeff Willmer, Director of Planning (741 -2325)
Prepared By: Leon Bensason, Heritage Planner (741 -2306)
Ward(s) Involved: Ward 1
Date of Report: February 2, 2006
Report No.: DTS -06 -022
Subject: LISTING OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THE CENTRE
BLOCK AS BEING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE OR
INTEREST
RECOMMENDATION:
That should Council wish to formally recognize City owned property located within the Centre
Block as being of cultural heritage value or interest (being 11 Young Street, 156 -158 King Street
West, and 48 Ontario Street North), it proceed to list such property to the City's Heritage
Register as "non- designated property of cultural heritage value or interest ".
BACKGROUND:
On November 28, 2005 Council deferred consideration of Heritage Kitchener's recommendation
to add several properties (City and privately owned) located in the Centre Block to the City's
Heritage Inventory, pending receipt of an environmental report for 11 Young Street (Mayfair)
and 156 -158 King Street West (former Hymmen Hardware). On January 30, 2006 Council
resolved that it would consider the Heritage Kitchener recommendation regarding only City-
owned properties located within the Centre Block (being 11 Young Street, 156 -158 King Street
West and 48 Ontario Street North) at the Finance and Corporate Services Committee meeting
of February 6, 2006. Council also resolved that consideration of the listing of privately owned
properties within the Centre Block be deferred until such time as the process for public
consultation regarding adding non - designated properties to a Heritage Register has been
completed.
REPORT:
City Staff have previously advised Council via DTS 05 -199 (see Appendix `A') of the recent
changes made to the Ontario Heritage Act and the Ontario Planning Act regarding the listing of
properties of cultural heritage value or interest to a municipality. Should City Council proceed to
formally recognize property as being of cultural heritage value or interest, it may now do so by
adding the property to the City's Heritage Register under the Ontario Heritage Act. Such
property would be identified as being "non designated property of cultural heritage value or
interest ". Currently, the Ontario Heritage Act imposes no restrictions on non - designated property
added to Municipal Heritage Registers. The listing of non - designated property on the
Heritage Register simply serves to recognize that the Municipal Council has formally
identified the property as being of cultural heritage value or interest.
Council should be aware however that changes proposed to be made to the Ontario Heritage
Act through the proposed City of Toronto Act (which has received first reading only), may
provide municipalities with more time to process demolition applications made for properties
listed on Heritage Registers. Recent changes made to the Ontario Building Code now require
municipalities to issue or refuse select building permits (including demolition permits) within 10
working days. Such time frame could prevent a municipality from initiating the designation
process for a significant heritage property before issuance of a demolition permit. The proposed
City of Toronto Act would amend the Ontario Heritage Act to extend the amount of time a
municipality may have to process a demolition application made for a property listed on the
Heritage Register only from 10 days to 60 days.
Heritage Kitchener has recommended that three City owned properties located within the
Centre Block be recognized as being of cultural heritage value or interest to the municipality;
those being 11 Young Street (Mayfair Hotel), 156 -158 King Street West (former Hymmen
Hardware), and 48 Ontario Street North (former Legion). Heritage Property Reports identifying
the cultural heritage significance of each property are enclosed in Appendix `B'. In addition, staff
have been forwarded correspondence dated January 23, 2006 addressed to each member of
Council from Ken and Helen Lippert, descendents of Edward Lippert who built 11 Young Street.
The original correspondence has been forwarded to Council separately and a copy is attached
in Appendix `C' to this report.
Lastly, the designated substance survey findings and removal cost estimates for 11 Young
Street and 156 -158 King Street (environmental reports) for the two City -owned properties
included in the RFP for the proposed Centre Block development have been completed and are
attached as Appendix `D' for Council's information.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
No new or additional capital budget requests are associated with the recommendation made in
this report. Expenditures are however associated with the findings of the environmental reports.
Leon Bensason, MCIP, RPP
Heritage Planner
Attachments:
Jeff Willmer, MCIP, RPP
Director of Planning
Appendix `A': DTS 05 -199
Appendix `B': Heritage Property Reports for City owned property within the Centre Block
Appendix `C': Correspondence from Ken & Helen Lippert
Appendix `D': Environmental Reports for 11 Young Street and 156 -158 King Street West