Item - 2020.PB16.4

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

1. City Council state its intention to amend Designating By-law 238-2020 dated February 26, 2020 to correct the legal description in accordance with Section 30.1(3) of the Ontario Heritage Act and to reference the complete municipal address, being 90 Croatia Street (980 Dufferin Street) in the by-law.

2. City Council provide notice of the proposed amendment to Designating By-law 238-2020 to the Owner of 90 Croatia Street (980 Dufferin Street) in accordance with Sections 30.1(3) and 30.1(4) of the Ontario Heritage Act.

3. If there are no objections to the amendment in accordance with Section 30.1(6) of the

Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council to amend Designating By-law 238-2020.

This report recommends that City Council state its intention to amend City of Toronto By-law 238-2020 designating the property at 90 Croatia Street (980 Dufferin Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act to correct the legal description and reference the complete municipal address, being 90 Croatia Street (980 Dufferin Street) in the by-law.

By-Law 238-2020 designates the property at 90 Croatia Street (980 Dufferin Street), which contains the Kent School, a three-storey institutional building that was commissioned in 1907 by the Toronto Board of Education as the largest public school in Toronto to serve the rapidly growing west end of the City, included an incorrect legal description in Schedule B of the by-law. 

The proposed amendment to the by-law would correct the legal description and reference the complete municipal address, being 90 Croatia Street (980 Dufferin Street). This will have no impact on the Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) in the original report to City Council recommending the property's designation.