Item - 2024.PB15.2

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that:

1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 6 and 8 Cawthra Square under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statements of Significance for 6 and 8 Cawthra Square (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachments 1 and 2 to the revised report (March 12, 2024) from the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.

2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating each property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

3. City Council request the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to undertake an assessment for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act of the property at 10 and 12 Cawthra Square, and report back to Toronto Preservation Board and / or Planning and Housing Committee and City Council such that the applicable time limits under the Ontario Heritage Act and under the applicant's waiver for the Zoning By-law Amendment application for the properties at 2-12 Cawthra Square are met.

Clint Robertson, Planner, Urban Design, Heritage Planning, City Planning gave a presentation on 6 and 8 Cawthra Square - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 6 and 8 Cawthra Square under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statements of Significance which includes a description of Heritage Attributes found in Attachments 1 and 2.

The subject properties at 6 and 8 Cawthra Square are located between Jarvis and Church Streets, on the north side of Cawthra Square, east of Barbara Hall Park and west of the George Gooderham mansion (1891) at 504 Jarvis Street, in the Church - Wellesley village area.

Each of the properties at 6 and 8 Cawthra Square contains a nearly identical, red-brick Queen Anne Revival-style house dating from 1892. A Location Map and Current Photograph of the heritage properties is found in Attachment 2.

Staff have determined that each property at 6 and 8 Cawthra Square has cultural heritage value, each possessing three Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria.

The subject properties were listed on the City's Heritage Register on July 19, 2023. A development application for an Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment was made with the City for the properties on May 2, 2023.

The property is subject to a Prescribed Event. The owner provided a waiver to extend the time period for Council to make a decision which expires on May 1, 2024.

In order to meet prescribed timelines under the Ontario Heritage Act, Council must make a decision at its April 17-19, 2024 meeting to provide sufficient time for the City Clerk to issue a notice of intention to designate.