Item - 2023.PB4.10

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

1. City Council include the following 11 properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) attached as Attachments 1 through 6 to the report, March 2, 2023 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

- 5 Charles Street West

- 7 Charles Street West (including 7A Charles Street West)

- 9 Charles Street West (including 9A Charles Street West)

- 11 Charles Street West

- 13 Charles Street West

- 11 Irwin Avenue

- 13 Irwin Avenue

- 10 Isabella Street (including 12 Isabella Street)

- 145 St Luke Lane

- 750 Yonge Street

- 756 Yonge Street

Megan Albinger, Planner, Heritage Preservation, Urban Design, City Planning gave a presentation on 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 Charles Street West; 11, 13 Irwin Avenue; 10 Isabella Street, 145 St. Luke Lane and 750 and 756 Yonge Street - Inclusion of 11 Properties on the Heritage Register.

This report recommends that City Council include 11 properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for their cultural heritage value and interest.

The 11 properties being recommended for inclusion on the Register are as follows:

5 Charles Street West                                                                     Toronto Centre - Ward 13

7 Charles Street West (including 7A Charles Street West)      Toronto Centre - Ward 13

9 Charles Street West (including 9A Charles Street West)      Toronto Centre - Ward 13

11 Charles Street West                                                                   Toronto Centre - Ward 13

13 Charles Street West                                                                   Toronto Centre - Ward 13

11 Irwin Avenue                                                                               Toronto Centre - Ward 13

13 Irwin Avenue                                                                               Toronto Centre - Ward 13

10 Isabella Street (including 12 Isabella Street),                        Toronto Centre - Ward 13

145 St Luke Lane                                                                            Toronto Centre - Ward 13

750 Yonge Street (including 750A Yonge Street)            University-Rosedale - Ward 11

756 Yonge Street                                                                    University-Rosedale - Ward 11

All of the 11 properties recommended for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register have been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and all of the properties meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest and are believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest.

The recommended properties were identified as contributing properties in the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Plan, adopted by City Council on March 10, 2016 (currently under appeal).  The recommended properties include a grouping of Romanesque mixed-use buildings on Charles Street West, a pair of semi-detached house form buildings on Irwin Avenue, a Second Empire building on Isabella Street, a commercial laneway building, and two mixed-use buildings on Yonge Street.

On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of "cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years.

As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application that would trigger a Prescribed Event, the property must be listed in the heritage register prior to the Prescribed Event occurring to designate a property. This requirement does not apply to a Prescribed Event that has occurred prior to January 1, 2023.

A "Prescribed Event" is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan

Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. 

Currently none of the recommended properties are subject to an application under the Planning Act.  The 11 recommended properties were selected to allow Council to consider their inclusion on the Heritage Register prior to a Prescribed Event occurring.

Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed properties.