Item - 2015.PB6.1

The Toronto Preservation Board received for information the report (July 3, 2015) from the Director, Urban Design, City Planning, entitled Proceeding from Study to Plan Phase of the Proposed Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District.

The Toronto Preservation Board affirmed that the area within the revised Historic Yonge Street boundary qualifies for designation under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as a Heritage Conservation District.

The Toronto Preservation Board endorsed the preparation of a Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan as proposed.

This report recommends that the Toronto Preservation Board support City Planning's decision to proceed to the Plan Phase of the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Study of the proposed Historic Yonge Street HCD, as identified in the map below.

The City's consultant team, led by the planning firm DIALOG, in collaboration with local community and neighbourhood associations, is studying the area in accordance with provincial legislation and the City's HCD procedures. The consultants have determined that the area is of cultural heritage value and worthy of Part V designation. 

The purpose of this report is to identify the boundary of the plan area, outline the process taken to date, describe the existing planning framework for the area, summarize the preliminary findings of the HCD Study and make recommendations for the creation of an HCD Plan for Historic Yonge Street to protect the area's heritage character, conserve identified heritage attributes and heritage resources and guide appropriate change.