Item - 2014.PB31.2

This report recommends that the Toronto Preservation Board support City Planning's decision to proceed from the study phase to the plan phase of the proposed Heritage Conservation District (HCD) for the King-Spadina area.

Over the last year, a consultant team led by Taylor Hazell Architects, in collaboration with a number of area residents and stakeholder groups, has undertaken a study of the potential for this area to be designated as an HCD.  Following the procedures adopted by City Council for the preparation of HCD studies, the study has determined that this area contains cultural heritage values that are best protected through designation as an HCD under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. Further, they have recommended that the area be divided into two distinct Plan areas: the King-Spadina Commercial District (West) HCD and the King-Spadina Entertainment District (East) HCD.  These HCDs would provide new planning frameworks that would protect each area's heritage character, conserve existing attributes and heritage resources, and guide future development.

The purpose of this report is to identify the study area boundary, outline the process taken to date, describe the existing planning frameworks for the area, summarize the findings of the HCD Study and make recommendations about the creation of two HCD Plans for King-Spadina.