Planning Committee

WHEREAS Report ACS2016-PIE-PGM-0157 recommends refusal of an application to demolish 234 O’Connor Street, a property located in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District and designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act ; and WHEREAS the statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on November 6, 2016; and WHEREAS, on October 17, 2016, the applicant agreed to extend the statutory 90-day timeline to November 30, 2016, in order to allow them time for further discussion; BE IT RESOLVED that Report ACS2016-PIE-PGM-0157 (Application to Demolish 234 O’Connor Street, A Property Designated Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and Located in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District) be postponed for consideration at the Planning Committee meeting of November 8, 2016.

WHEREAS the Built Heritage Sub-Committee approved this application at its meeting of October 13, 2016, with the exception of the elements relating to the north-facing front windows; AND WHEREAS the applicant has since analyzed the windows and determined that these windows can be retained and restored; AND WHEREAS, on October 21, 2016, staff have received from the applicant a letter and plan outlining the retention and restoration of the windows on the north facade; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that: 1. The attached letter and plan submitted by the applicant be added to the report as Document 9; 2. Recommendation 2 be deleted, and that Recommendation 1 be replaced with the following: “approve the application to alter the Bethany Hope Centre, 1140 Wellington Street West, according to plans submitted by Barry J. Hobin and Associates Architects Inc. on September 8, 2016, attached as Documents 4, 5 and 6 and amended by Document 9 as submitted on October 21, 2016, and conditional on the approval of other required planning applications;”