Item - 2017.PB26.6

The Toronto Preservation Board:

1.  Endorsed the preparation of the Kensington Market Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan.

2.  Endorsed the establishment of a Community Advisory Group prior to the commencement of the Kensington Market Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan, with such committee to be comprised of a diverse and representative sample of property owners, residents and community organizations within and adjacent to the proposed Plan area.

This report recommends that the Toronto Preservation Board endorse City Planning's decision to proceed from the Study Phase to the Plan Phase of the proposed Kensington Market Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District (HCD).

The purpose of this report is to summarize the findings of the HCD Study and make recommendations for the creation of an HCD Plan for the Kensington Market Neighbourhood as shown on Attachment 1. 

In March 2015, City Council authorized and prioritized the Kensington Market HCD Study. In March 2016, City staff, with a consultant team led by Taylor Hazell Architects, began a study of the potential for this area to be designated as an HCD under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. This study followed the Council-adopted Heritage Conservation Districts in Toronto: Procedures, Policies and Terms of Reference.

Designating Kensington Market as a significant Cultural Heritage Landscape in Toronto with an HCD Plan will provide a policy framework that will ensure the conservation of the district's tangible and intangible cultural heritage values, while recognizing the dynamic and unique character of the neighbourhood.