Item - 2023.CC8.26

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on July 19 and 20, 2023 without amendments and without debate.
  • See also By-law 929-2023

CC8.26 - Alterations to a Heritage Property and Authority to Amend a Heritage Easement Agreement - 60 Mill Street

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Ward:
13 - Toronto Centre

City Council Decision

City Council on July 19 and 20, 2023, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated property at 60 Mill Street, with conditions, under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the Heritage Impact Assessment dated June 1, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and Conservation Plan dated June 1, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, subject to the following conditions:

 

a. prior to issuance of the Tribunal’s final Order in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the property at 60 Mill Street, the owner shall:

 

i. amend the Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 60 Mill Street in accordance with the Heritage Impact Assessment dated June 1, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and Conservation Plan dated June 1, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

 

b. prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 60 Mill Street, the Owner shall:

 

i. provide final site plan drawings that are substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan and which are to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

 

ii. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

 

iii. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and

 

iv. provide a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

 

c. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 60 Mill Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for 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 Owner shall:

 

i. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

 

ii. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan; and

 

iii. provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8” x 10” colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and

 

d. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.c.2. above, the Owner shall:

 

i. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and

 

ii. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

 

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 60 Mill Street, Instrument Number AT6156421, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

 

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the amendment of the Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 60 Mill Street.

Background Information (City Council)

(June 30, 2023) Report and Attachments 1 - 4 from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning on Alterations to a Heritage Property and Authority to Amend a Heritage Easement Agreement - 60 Mill Street (CC8.26)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-238188.pdf
(July 13, 2023) Transmittal from the Toronto Preservation Board on 60 Mill Street - Alterations to a Heritage Property and Authority to Amend a Heritage Easement Agreement (CC8.26a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-238380.pdf
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council