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12TH REPORT OF THE

 

Planning and Environment Committee

 

Special meeting held on May 14, 2013, commencing at 2:30 PM, in Committee Room No. 5, Second Floor, London City Hall. 

 

PRESENT:  Councillor B. Polhill (Chair), Councillors N. Branscombe, D.G. Henderson, P. Hubert and H. Lysynski (Secretary). 

 

ABSENT:  Councillor S. White.

 

ALSO PRESENT:  Mayor J.F. Fontana, Councillors J.L. Baechler and J.P. Bryant, J.P. Barber, G. Barrett, B. Henry, D. Menard, J. Ramsay and C. Saunders.

 

 

I.

DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

 

1.

That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

 

II.

CONSENT ITEMS

 

III.

SCHEDULED ITEMS

 

IV.

ITEMS FOR DIRECTION

 

2.

Blackfriars/Petersville Neighbourhood Planning Options/6th Report of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage

 

Recommendation:      That, the following actions be taken with respect to the 6th Report of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage (LACH) from its meeting held on May 8, 2013:

 

a)         on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner, with the concurrence of the Heritage Planner, the Blackfriars/Petersville Neighbourhood BE PRIORITIZED as the next potential Heritage Conservation District on the list of potential Heritage Conservation Districts (Heritage Places: A Description of Potential Heritage Conservation Areas in the City of London, 1993);

 

it being also noted that the Planning and Environment Committee was advised by the Manager, Policy Planning and Programs, that the Municipal Council, at its meeting held on June 20, 2011, identified SoHo as the next Heritage Conservation District (HCD); noting that the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner’s report, dated May 8, 2013, indicates that SoHo is sixth on the list of potential HCD’s;

 

b)         a study of the Blackfriars/Petersville Neighbourhood BE UNDERTAKEN for the purpose of designating a heritage conservation district in accordance with the Terms of Reference appended as Schedule “B” of the staff report dated May 8, 2013; and,

 

c)         subject to the approval of parts a) and b), above, the attached, revised, by-law to designate the Blackfriars/Petersville Neighbourhood heritage conservation study area BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on May 14, 2013, to designated a heritage conservation district study area for the Blackfriars/Petersville neighbourhood;

 

it being noted that the London Advisory Committee on Heritage (LACH) reviewed and received a Report, dated May 8, 2013, from the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner, and heard a verbal delegation from G. Barrett, Manager, Policy Planning and Programs, with respect to this matter;

 

d)            on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Land Use Planning and City Planner, with the advice of the Heritage Planner, the Heritage Alteration Permit Application of M. Schiller/A. Schiller requesting permission for an change to the cladding on the designated heritage property located at 142 Kent Street BE APPROVED; it being noted that the Heritage Planner has reviewed the proposed change and has advised that the impact of such alteration on the heritage features of the property identified in the reasons for designation, while not negligible, is reversible; it being noted that the London Advisory Committee on Heritage (LACH) heard a verbal delegation from A. Schiller with respect to this matter; it being further noted that the Staff report relating to this matter was provided to the LACH at its March 13, 2013 meeting; and,

 

e)         that clauses 3 through 15, inclusive, of the 6th Report of the LACH, BE RECEIVED.

 

3.

Heritage Conservation Districts

 

Recommendation:      That, the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to report back at a future meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee with respect to the potential of undertaking concurrent Heritage Conservation Districts, on the list of potential Heritage Conservation Districts (Heritage Places: A Description of Potential Heritage Conservation Areas in the City of London, 1993), including sources of financing and the procedure for undertaking this initiative; it being noted that the Planning and Environment Committee heard verbal presentations from the Manager, Policy Planning and Programs and the Heritage Planner, with respect to this matter.

 

V.

DEFERRED MATTERS/ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

 

VI.

ADJOURNMENT

 

The meeting adjourned at 2:54 p.m.