The Committee considered Development Services Department report DSD-2023-080, dated February 14, 2023 regarding a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for the property municipally addressed as 1385 Bleams Road which is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
D. Choudhry, Heritage Planner, provided an overview of the HIA, noting the HIA was completed in support of a Zoning By-law application for the redevelopment of the subject property to include the construction of eight new town homes at the rear of the existing building which is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). D. Choudhry advised the Committee will not be making any recommendation on the subject matter; rather Heritage Planning staff will be seeking the Committee’s feedback, which will be taken into consideration as part of staff’s review of the HIA and the processing of the associated planning application.
J. Vieira and G. Stevenson, Interim Director of Planning, were also in attendance to respond to questions from the Committee.
M. Warzecha was in attendance to respond to questions from the Committee and provided an overview of the project. In response to questions from the Committee, M. Warzecha noted the subject property is currently designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and all the heritage attributes are intended to be preserved. M. Warzecha also noted Stage 1, 2 and 3 archeological assessments were conducted for the subject property and there were no recommendations for further assessment. Lastly, M. Warzecha noted, the townhouses would hold design features complimentary to the heritage property.
In response to questions from the Committee, D. Choudhry noted there were no statements of significance in the HIA as the designating By-law (87-309) does not include statements of significance. Staff noted they would investigate whether statements of significance could be included in the HIA and the process for updating the Heritage Designating By-law.