Item - 2020.PB19.5

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

1. City Council include the following nine properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register:

188 Berkeley Street

190 Berkeley Street

200 Berkeley Street

209 Berkeley Street

210 Berkeley Street

211 Berkeley Street

212 Berkeley Street

221 Berkeley Street

210 Ontario Street

Alex Corey, Planner, Heritage Preservation, Urban Design, City Planning gave a presentation on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - 188, 190, 200, 209, 210, 211, 212, 221 Berkeley Street and 210 Ontario Street.

This report recommends that City Council include nine properties with cultural heritage value on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. These properties were identified as warranting further evaluation through the Cabbagetown Southwest Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Study, completed and endorsed by the Toronto Preservation Board in 2019. The properties were located within the Cabbagetown HCD Study Area, however fall within a portion of the study area that was subsequently excluded from the proposed Cabbagetown Southwest HCD.

All of these properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, which the City also applies when assessing properties for its Heritage Register. The listing of non-designated properties with cultural heritage value on the Heritage Register will extend interim protection from demolition, should a development or demolition application be submitted. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed and designated properties. Listing provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Ontario Heritage Act.