Item - 2017.PB20.12

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

1.  City Council state its intention to designate the property at 28-30 Howard Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 28-30 Howard Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 6 to the report (January 12, 2017) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, Planning Division.

2.  If there are no objections to the designation of the property at 28-30 Howard Street in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Ac and to register the by-law on title to the property at 28-30 Howard Street.

3.  If there are objections to the designation of the property at 28-30 Howard Street in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board.

4.  City Council state its intention to repeal By-law 385-2014, being the by-law designating the property at 76 Howard Street.

5.  If there are no objections to the repeal of By-law 385-2014 in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council repealing By-law 385-2014 and to register the repealing by-law on title to the property at 76 Howard Street.

6.  If there are objections to the repeal of By-law 385-2014 in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the repealing by-law to the Conservation Review Board.

7.  If the designation of the property at 28-30 Howard Street and/or the repeal of By-law 385-2014 are referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decisions on the designation and/or repeal.

8.  City Council authorize and direct City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to the foregoing in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, including the giving of notice and updating of the Heritage Register.

This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 28-30 Howard Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage, and to repeal City of Toronto By-law 385-2014, designating the property at 76 Howard Street.

In 2013, as part of the approvals for the redevelopment of the lands in North St. Jamestown, City Council agreed to the relocation of the heritage building known as the William Whitehouse at 76 Howard Street to a neighbouring site at 28-30 Howard Street. The property at 76 Howard Street was listed on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties, now known as the Heritage Register, in 1974 and designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in 2014 by By-law 384-2014.

Following the relocation of the William Whitehead House in December 2016, it is necessary to repeal By-law 385-2014 to remove the designation from the property at 76 Howard Street, and pass a new by-law designating the heritage values and attributes of the William Whitehead House in its new location at 28-30 Howard Street. On its new site adjoining the designated heritage properties at 32-34 Howard Street, the house form building will be restored and its cultural heritage values and attributes conserved.

Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Designation enables City Council to review alterations to the site, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.