Item - 2026.PH32.10

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council affirm its decision to state its intention to designate the property at 180 Queens Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act as set out in Council Decision CC.41.16 on May 20 and 21, 2026. 

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.  

This report recommends that Council affirm its decision of May 20 and 21, 2026 (CC41.16) stating its intention to designate the property at 180 Queens Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The City has received an objection on behalf of the property owner to the Notice of Intention to Designate within the statutory timeline. The Notice of Objection dated June 23, 2026, is included as Attachment 1 to this report. 

The property at 180 Queens Drive, located on the northeast corner of Queens Drive and Pine Street in the Weston neighbourhood, features the Oliver Master House, a substantial, three-storey house constructed in the Shingle style in 1911. The red-brick house is distinguished by its multiple, shingle-clad gables, broad verandah, and stone corner tower and was commissioned for Oliver Master, a prominent insurance broker, Weston village councillor (1912-13) and civic leader.

Staff have reviewed the objections raised by the owner and are of the opinion that despite these objections, the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, under three of nine possible criteria for its design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values. 

City Council has until September 22, 2026, 90 days from the date of the end of the objection period, or 120 days from the issuance of the Notice of Intention to Designate (which occurred May 25, 2026) to make a decision on this objection as per the timeline under the Ontario Heritage Act.  

Designation enables Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance and refuse demolition.