IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE
ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
4200 EGLINTON AVENUE WEST
NOTICE OF DECISION
The
Decision of Council of the City of
Toronto, among other matters, regarding the application under the
Ontario Heritage Act is as follows:
1. City Council consent to the application to
demolish, by way of deconstruction and salvage, the stone wall and gateposts at
the designated property at 4200 Eglinton Avenue West, under Part IV, Section
34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for construction of a new transit
station, in accordance with the Memorandum dated July
29, 2025 prepared by West End Connectors (that includes a Heritage Impact
Assessment prepared by Arup dated July 10, 2024, and attachments relating to
documentation, dismantling and storage specifications) and on file with the
Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with
salvage, storage, reconstruction, landscape and interpretation plans all
satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
2. City Council direct that its consent to
demolish the stone wall and gateposts at the designated property at 4200
Eglington Avenue West, is subject to the following conditions:
a. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the
property at 4200 Eglinton Avenue West, 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, the applicant shall:
1. Provide full documentation of the existing stone wall and gateposts,
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
flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map,
elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be
available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
2. Provide a Memorandum from a qualified heritage consultant or a
qualified heritage professional with dry stone wall construction experience,
that generally describes the methodology to be followed to deconstruct the wall
and gateposts, salvage original material, store the original material and
reconstruct the demolished attributes within a restored landscape, including an
estimate of all costs, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage
Planning.
3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including a provision for upward
indexing, in
a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure the estimated
cost of all work as set out in the approved methodology Memorandum and cost
estimates required in Recommendation 2.a.2
b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for any above grade
construction works for all or any part of the property at 4200 Eglinton Avenue
West, including a heritage permit or a building permit for any above ground
construction works, but excluding permits for shoring and excavation works, 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 applicant shall:
1. Provide a detailed Reconstruction Plan for the stone wall and
gateposts prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, or a qualified heritage
professional with dry stone wall construction experience; and thereafter shall
implement such a Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage
Planning.
2. Provide a Landscape Plan that supports the heritage values and
attributes of the property at 4200 Eglinton Avenue West, as stated in the
Designation By-law No. 221-2016, and includes details of the proposed station
skylight to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and
thereafter shall implement such a Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior
Manager, Heritage Planning.
3. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the
satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall
implement such plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage
Planning
c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit, required in
Recommendation 2.a.3, the owner or applicant shall:
1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a
qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required demolition,
reconstruction and landscaping work has been completed in accordance with the
approved methodology Memorandum required in Recommendation 2.a.2 on file with
the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Reconstruction, Landscape and
Interpretation Plans required in Recommendation 2.b.1., 2.b.2. and 2.b.3; and
that an appropriate standard of work has been maintained, all to the
satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO LAND TRIBUNAL:
Notice of an appeal of the decision of City
Council on the application to demolish or remove a heritage attribute(s) on the
Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Registrar Secretariat,
City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West,
Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty days of October 28, 2025, which is November 27, 2025.
A Notice of Appeal must:
(1) set out the reasons for the objection to the decision;
(2) set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision; and
(3) be accompanied by the fee prescribed under the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021, in the amount of $1,100 for each appeal payable by certified cheque or money order to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.
If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Land
Tribunal (OLT) or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available
from the Ontario Land Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/forms.
Who Can File An Appeal:
Only the owner of the
Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the
Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 34.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act,
and only where City Council has consented to an application to demolish or
remove a heritage attribute(s) with certain terms or conditions or refuses the
application to demolish or remove the heritage attribute(s) of a property.
Getting Additional Information:
Further information in respect of the Decision
of Council of the City of
Toronto on the matter is available from the City of
Toronto at:
https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.CC33.24.
Dated at the City of Toronto on October 28, 2025.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk