Item - 2023.PB9.4

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that:

1.  City Council include the properties at 402 and 404 Sherbourne Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 1 to the report (August 23, 2023) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

This report recommends that City Council include two properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for their cultural heritage value and interest: 402 and 404 Sherbourne Street.

The two properties at 402 and 404 Sherbourne Street have been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and 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 subject properties are located on the west side of Sherbourne Street north of the intersection of Sherbourne Street and Carlton Street, and include two semi-detached, two-and-a-half storey, mirrored Bay and Gable Victorian residences constructed circa 1874. 

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 Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) now also limits listing to a period of two years.

On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Act through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a "Prescribed Event". Heritage Impact Assessments are required for development applications that affect listed properties. 

Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act should a development or demolition application be submitted.

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 complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act.