Item - 2014.PB33.15

This report recommends that City Council receive this report on the Waverley Hotel portion of the property at 484 Spadina Avenue for information and that no further action be taken.  At its meeting of April 8, 2014, the Toronto and East York Community Council, in considering the report (March 20, 2014) from the Director, Urban Design, entitled, "Intention to Designate Under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act – 484 Spadina Avenue", referred the Waverly Hotel portion of the property at 484 Spadina Avenue to the Director, Urban Design, City Planning Division, for further review for designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Staff have re-evaluated the Waverley Hotel against provincial criteria and have concluded that the Waverley Hotel should not be added to the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties or designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act because it does not meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed by the Province of Ontario for municipal designation. 

Located on the west side of Spadina Avenue north of College Street the property at 484 Spadina Avenue contains the three-and-a-half story Waverley Hotel and one-and-a-half story Silver Dollar Room.  The Silver Dollar Room is currently subject to a Notice of Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.