Item - 2020.TE16.12

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage building at 129 Bedford Road, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations in connection with the installation of a new entrance door on lands known municipally as 129 Bedford Road, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by Sixteen Degrees Studio Inc., dated February 21, 2020 and filed with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning subject to the following:

a. That prior to the issuance of any heritage permit for the property at 129 Bedford Road, but excluding permits for interior work, repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the applicant provide the following to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning:

1. Final building permit drawings for the proposed alterations consistent with the plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and prepared by Sixteen Degrees Studio Inc., dated February 21, 2020.

2. A detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations at the existing two-and-a-half-storey house at 129 Bedford Road. This property is designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the East Annex Heritage Conservation District (EAHCD). It includes a house that was constructed in the 1890s and is a Category "C" property within the EAHCD. Category "C" buildings are noted as those which "retain much of their original character and are vital reminders of a community's past." The guidelines for this Heritage Conservation District seek to discourage alterations or additions to the street façade of buildings, "except where such alterations are intended to restore the original appearance of the building."

The subject property is located at the corner of Bedford Road and Bernard Avenue and therefore has two street facing facades. The proposals seeks to alter one of the window openings along the secondary Bernard Avenue frontage to create a doorway. These alterations are considered to be minor and are not anticipated to have a significant impact on the appearance of the building as viewed from the public realm.

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

1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage building at 129 Bedford Road, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations in connection with the installation of a new entrance door on lands known municipally as 129 Bedford Road, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by Sixteen Degrees Studio Inc., dated February 21, 2020 and filed with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning subject to the following:

a. That prior to the issuance of any heritage permit for the property at 129 Bedford Road, but excluding permits for interior work, repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the applicant provide the following to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:

1. Final building permit drawings for the proposed alterations consistent with the plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and prepared by Sixteen Degrees Studio Inc., dated February 21, 2020.

2. A detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
 
Origin
(March 5, 2020) Report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning
 
Summary
This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations at the existing two-and-a-half-storey house at 129 Bedford Road. This property is designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the East Annex Heritage Conservation District (EAHCD). It includes a house that was constructed in the 1890s and is a Category "C" property within the EAHCD. Category "C" buildings are noted as those which "retain much of their original character and are vital reminders of a community's past." The guidelines for this Heritage Conservation District seek to discourage alterations or additions to the street façade of buildings, "except where such alterations are intended to restore the original appearance of the building."

The subject property is located at the corner of Bedford Road and Bernard Avenue and therefore has two street facing facades. The proposals seeks to alter one of the window openings along the secondary Bernard Avenue frontage to create a doorway. These alterations are considered to be minor and are not anticipated to have a significant impact on the appearance of the building as viewed from the public realm. 
 
Background Information
(March 5, 2020) Report and Attachments 1-3 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning - Alterations to a Property Designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act - 129 Bedford Road
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-148044.pdf)

 
Communications
(June 30, 2020) Submission from Stephanie Vermeulen, Sixteen Degree Studio Inc. (PB.Supp.Pb15.3.1)
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/comm/communicationfile-107598.pdf)

 
Speakers
Stephanie Vermeulen, Sixteen Degree Studio inc.