Item - 2019.SC5.4

Scarborough Community Council deferred consideration of this item to its meeting on October 10, 2019.

This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 3315 Midland Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 

The subject property is located on the east side of Midland Avenue at the north-east corner with South Shields Avenue in the Agincourt neighbourhood and contains a one-and-a-half storey house dating to c. 1875. 

In 2006, City Council listed the property at 3315 Midland Avenue, containing a house historically known as the George L'Amoreaux farm house (c.1875), on the City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties (now known as the Heritage Register).  The property has been identified as having archaeological potential in accordance with the City of Toronto's Archaeological Master Plan.

Following research and evaluation, it has been determined that the property at

3315 Midland Avenue 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 owner of the property at 3315 Midland Avenue has submitted a Notice of Intention to demolish a listed heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.  The application is incomplete.    

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

Advising that the Toronto Preservation Board, at its meeting on November 30, 2017, considered the report (November 15, 2017) from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, regarding Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 3315 Midland Avenue.