Item - 2017.TE23.22

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council state its intention to amend City of Toronto By-law 855-88, designating the property at 260 King Street East under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act to update and revise the Reasons for Designation to include the buildings on the property with the entrance addresses of 254, 256 and 266 King Street East, 427 and 435 Adelaide Street East, and 157 Princess Street, and to revise the legal description to add the lands upon which the buildings are located, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 260 King Street East (Amended Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (March 9, 2017) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. If there are no objections to the amendment in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council.

3. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the amendment to the Conservation Review Board.

4. If the amendment is 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 decision.

This report recommends that City Council amend former City of Toronto By-law 855-88 designating the property at 260 King Street East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act to update and revise the Reasons for Designation and the legal description to include the additional buildings on the property with the entrance addresses of 266 King Street East (North and South Buildings) and 427 and 435 Adelaide Street East. 

The property with the confirmed municipal address of 260 King Street East occupies the entire city block bounded by King Street East, Princess Street, Adelaide Street East and Ontario Street.  The buildings within the block are identified by entrance addresses.  While the property at 260 King Street East was designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1988 by By-law 855-88, only the two adjoining buildings in the southwest corner of the block with the current entrance addresses of 254 King Street East, 157 Princess Street and 256 King Street East were included in the Reasons for Designation and the legal description in the by-law.

The buildings at 254, 256 and 266 King Street East, 427 and 435 Adelaide Street East, and 157 Princess Street, which are entrance addresses for the property at 260 King Street East, are identified as contributing to the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Plan, which was adopted by City Council in December 2015 and is currently under appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board.

Following research and evaluation, it has been determined that the property at 260 King Street East, with the entrance addresses at 254, 256 and 266 King Street East, 427 and 435 Adelaide Street East, and 157 Princess Street, meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design, associative and contextual value. The property at 260 King Street East also contains a parking garage on Princess Street, north of 254 King, which is not recommended for designation in the amending by-law.

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

The Toronto Preservation Board on March 23, 2017, considered a report (March 9, 2017) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning regarding Amendment of Designating By-law - 260 King Street East (including the entrance addresses at 254, 256 and 266 King Street East, 427 and 435 Adelaide Street East, and 157 Princess Street).

Communications

(March 20, 2017) E-mail from David Crawford (PB.Supp.PB21.4.1)

(March 20, 2017) Letter from Adam Brown, Sherman Brown (PB.Supp.PB21.4.2)

(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/pb/comm/communicationfile-67793.pdf)

(March 17, 2017) Letter from Tom Junek, President, Corktown Residents and Business Association (PB.Supp.PB21.4.3)

(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/pb/comm/communicationfile-67765.pdf)

(March 22, 2017) Letter from Suzanne Kavanagh, President, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (PB.Supp.PB21.4.4)

(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/pb/comm/communicationfile-67768.pdf)