City Council, Standing Committee and CommissionConseil, comités permanents et commission

Committee / Commission: Planning CommitteeComité / Commission : Comité de l’urbanisme

Report / Agenda: ACS2015-PAI-PGM-0186 / Agenda 20Rapport / Ordre du jour: ACS2015-PAI-PGM-0186 / Ordre du jour 20

Item / Article: APPLICATION TO DEMOLISH THE BRADLEY/CRAIG BARN, 590 HAZELDEAN ROAD, A PROPERTY DESIGNATED UNDER PART IV OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

Re: Relocation of barn to Saunders Farm

Moved by / Motion de: Councillor S. Qadri

WHEREAS in 2006 Richcraft Homes purchased the site that encompasses the Bradley Craig Barn when there was no Heritage Designation on the barn or house;

AND WHEREAS The Fernbank Community Design Plan approved by City Council in 2009 designated the lands fronting onto Hazeldean Road as Mixed Use and identified the Bradley Craig Barn for retention or relocation within the community;

AND WHEREAS The farmstead consisting of the barn, a Gothic Revival style brick farmhouse and associated yard was designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City Council in 2010 for its cultural heritage value;

AND WHEREAS The City turned down the offer from Richcraft to relocate the barn to the future district park in the community given the large costs associated to undertake incorporating the barn into a recreation complex and the annual operating costs;

AND WHEREAS Retrofitting the barn for adaptive re-use is a large financial undertaking which Richcraft has identified as not feasible nor reasonable for their businesses model;

AND WHEREAS If the barn is not relocated it will remain vacant in the current condition for the foreseeable future as Richcraft has no intention to undertake

Motion Notice of Motion / Avis de motion

any work at the barn other than the minimum as mandated by the Property Standards Bylaw to maintain;

AND WHEREAS There is no legal mechanism available to require the developer to find an alternative use and repurpose the barn;

AND WHEREAS The Fernbank CDP, the Official Plan and the Provincial Policy Statement set clear guidelines for development in the urban area, which includes understanding that land within the urban boundary will be developed;

AND WHEREAS The future development of the site will diminish the ‘landmark’ significance of the barn as the completed commercial development of the site will greatly reduce the sightlines and provide a very limited view of the barn from Hazeldean Road;

AND WHEREAS Instead of applying for a complete demolition of the barn, Richcraft has made arrangements to find a suitable new location for the barn, and have sought a partner who is willing to restore the barn to reflect its original state;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend Council approve the application to demolish the barn under the Ontario Heritage Act;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend Council issue the heritage permit conditional upon the following:

1. The barn must be relocated/rebuilt within 2 years to Saunders Farm in Munster.

2. The property owner must submit a detailed plan for the recording, dismantling, storage and reconstruction of the barn to the Planning and Growth Management Department for review and approval prior to the demolition and removal of the building.

3. The Bradley-Craig farmhouse will remain as a designated property and there are to be no alterations or changes to the status of the house on the property.

4. That staff be directed to work with the applicant through the site plan control process to develop an interpretation strategy to commemorate the site’s history.

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that once the barn has been demolished and removed, staff be directed to prepare an amendment to by-law

2010-247 to remove the barn from the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value and Heritage Attributes.