Item - 2020.TE21.52

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:  

1. City Council include the following 38 properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register:

45 Ossington Avenue
47 Ossington Avenue
49 Ossington Avenue
51 Ossington Avenue
53 Ossington Avenue
55 Ossington Avenue
57 Ossington Avenue
59 Ossington Avenue
61 Ossington Avenue
129 Ossington Avenue
130 Ossington Avenue
132 Ossington Avenue
134 Ossington Avenue
135 Ossington Avenue
136 Ossington Avenue
138 Ossington Avenue
148 Ossington Avenue
154 Ossington Avenue
199 Ossington Avenue
201 Ossington Avenue
203 Ossington Avenue
205 Ossington Avenue
207 Ossington Avenue
209 Ossington Avenue
210 Ossington Avenue
211 Ossington Avenue
213 Ossington Avenue
214 Ossington Avenue
215 Ossington Avenue
216 Ossington Avenue
217 Ossington Avenue
218 Ossington Avenue
219 Ossington Avenue
220 Ossington Avenue
221 Ossington Avenue
222 Ossington Avenue
223 Ossington Avenue
224 Ossington Avenue

This report recommends that City Council include 38 properties with cultural heritage value on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The majority of these properties were identified through the Ossington Avenue Planning Study, completed and adopted by City Council in 2013, and which came into force following a decision from the Ontario Municipal Board in 2014. The remaining properties were identified by Staff when refining the Ossington Avenue Historic Context Statement. Many of these properties were nominated to Toronto and East York Community Council in 2015 for heritage evaluation to determine whether they merit inclusion on the Heritage Register.

Ossington Avenue, between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West, is an historic main street that was previously part of the Dundas Street highway and a major arterial road heading westward from the Town of York and, later, City of Toronto. Its present-day context is defined by a prevalence of main street commercial row and block building types, with institutional uses at its southern point and an evolving contemporary urban character.

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.

This report recommends that City Council include 38 properties with cultural heritage value on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The majority of these properties were identified through the Ossington Avenue Planning Study, completed and adopted by City Council in 2013, and which came into force following a decision from the Ontario Municipal Board in 2014. The remaining properties were identified by Staff when refining the Ossington Avenue Historic Context Statement. Many of these properties were nominated to Toronto and East York Community Council in 2015 for heritage evaluation to determine whether they merit inclusion on the Heritage Register.

Ossington Avenue, between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West, is an historic main street that was previously part of the Dundas Street highway and a major arterial road heading westward from the Town of York and, later, City of Toronto. Its present-day context is defined by a prevalence of main street commercial row and block building types, with institutional uses at its southern point and an evolving contemporary urban character.

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.

Background Information
(November 26, 2020) Revised Report and Attachment 1 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Ossington Avenue Properties
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-158875.pdf)
(November 9, 2020) Report and Attachment 1 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Ossington Avenue Properties
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-158548.pdf)

 
Communications
(November 25, 2020) Letter from Jennifer Horvath (PB.Supp.PB19.9.1)
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/comm/communicationfile-124088.pdf)
(November 25, 2020) Letter from Francesco Fiorani (PB.Supp.PB19.9.2)
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/comm/communicationfile-124126.pdf)
(November 29, 2020) Letter from Marika Thoms (PB.Supp.PB19.9.3)
(November 30, 2020) Letter from Matthew Zambri (PB.Supp.PB19.9.4)
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/pb/comm/communicationfile-124427.pdf)
(November 27, 2020) E-mail from Tallie Garey (PB.Supp.PB19.9.5)