CSD-12-036 - Listing on the Municipal Heritage Registe

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J Staff Reporf KITC;H~,~T~R Community Services Department www.kircnenerca REPORT T0: Heritage Kitchener DATE OF MEETING: March 6, 2012 SUBMITTED BY: Alain Pinard, Director of Planning PREPARED BY: Michelle Wade, Heritage Planner (519-741-2839) WARD(S) INVOLVED: 5, 9 & 10 DATE OF REPORT: February 21, 2012 REPORT NO.: CSD-12-036 SUBJECT: LISTING OF NON-DESIGNATED PROPERTIES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE OR INTEREST ON THE MUNICIPAL HERITAGE REGISTER RECOMMENDATION: That pursuant to Section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act, the following properties be listed on the Municipal Heritage Register as non-designated properties of cultural heritage value or interest, in accordance with the Statements of Significance attached as Appendix'A' to Community Services Department report CSD-12-036: ^ 56 Duke Street West; ^ 432 Plains Road; ^ 72 Victoria Street South; ^ 20 Weber Street East; ^ 41 Weber Street West; and, ^ 73 Young Street. BACKGROUND: Changes made to the Ontario Heritage Act through the passage of Bill 60, now afford municipalities the opportunity to list properties that have not been designated under the Act but that the municipality believes to be of cultural heritage value or interest on the Municipal Heritage Register. Further, the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) issued under Section 3 of the Ontario Planning Act, has been amended and expands the definition of "built heritage resources" to include properties listed by local jurisdictions. Together, the amendments made to the Ontario Heritage Act and the Provincial Policy Statement of the Planning Act, offer an opportunity for the City of Kitchener to update the Heritage Kitchener Inventory of Historic Buildings and strengthen efforts to conserve property identified as being of cultural heritage value or interest to the municipality. On November 27, 2006 Council approved a 4-step process for listing non-designated property of cultural heritage value or interest on the Municipal Heritage Register, as outlined in Staff Report DTS-05-213. The process involves the following steps: 3-1