Item - 2016.PB19.5

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that:

1.  City Council, in accordance with Section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act, designate by by-law the area shown on Attachment 1 to the report (November 24, 2016) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as the Garden District Heritage Conservation District.

2.  City Council adopt by by-law the Garden District Heritage Conservation District Plan, dated October 2016, as the district plan for Garden District Heritage Conservation District, attached as Attachment 5 to the report (November 24, 2016) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3.  If there are any objections to the by-law under Section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Solicitor to appear before the Ontario Municipal Board to defend the by-law.

4.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Toronto Preservation Board and the Toronto and East York Community Council on the properties determined to be of cultural heritage value or interest and that were excluded from the Garden District Heritage Conservation District Plan for inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register.

This report recommends that City Council designate the area referred to as the Garden District, identified on the map to the right, as a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) and adopt an HCD Plan by by-law under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act.

The study of Garden District for designation as an HCD was led by Heritage Preservation Services and its consultant, MHBC Planning Ltd. Heritage Preservation Services staff have drafted the HCD Plan to ensure it was prepared in accordance with provincial legislation and Heritage Conservation Districts in Toronto: Procedures, Policies and Terms of Reference.