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REPORT
PLANNING SERVICES
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
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Monday, July 7,2008
Date:
Report #: PSD-080-08
File #: PLN 34.5.2.32
By-law #:
Subject:
HERITAGE DESIGNATION BY-LAW AMENDMENT
19 KING STREET EAST, BOWMANVILLE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PSD-080-08 be received;
2. THAT the Clerk be authorized to prepare the required Notice of Intention to amend the
heritage designation to delete the existing panelled door of 19 King Street East,
Bowmanville from the designated features contained in By-law 90-185, and report back to
Council following the prescribed notification period; and
3. THAT the Ontario Heritage Trust, the Clarington Heritage Committee, the property owner
and the interested parties listed in this report be advised of Council's decision.
Submitted by:
David. . Crome, M.C.I.P., R.P.P.
Director of Planning Services
Reviewed by:
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Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830
REPORT NO.: PSD-080-08
1.0 BACKGROUND
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1.1 On November 1 ih, 1990 Council approved the heritage designation of the property
identified as 19 King Street East in Bowmanville under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
The property is located in Bowmansville's heritage downtown core (Attachment 1).
Heritage designation By-law 90-185, which is included as Attachment 1, specifically lists
the architectural features of the building that support the reasons for designation. One of
these features is the exterior panelled door on the west end of the building.
This property is owned by Bowmanville Masonic Holdings. On March 18th, 2008 Mr. Bill
Paterson gave a presentation to the Clarington Heritage Committee of behalf of the
property owner in regards to a proposed alteration to the exterior of the building. Mr.
Paterson stated that the original panelled door, which is the main entrance to the Masonic
Lodge, had been damaged since it was first installed when the building was built in
approximately 1880. There is a split in the lower left panel and the door and frame are no
longer square.
A restoration artisan had been contacted and has provided an estimate on restoring the
door. A second estimate was obtained from a specialist door company who could
replicate the door using 2 inch thick pine with rosettes and raised scalloped comers. The
transom and arch work above the door is to remain untouched. Mr. Paterson indicated
that the Masonic membership was requesting approval to replace the entrance to the
lodge with a replica door versus restoring the original door. The justification for their
request included their concem that if they had the original door restored they would be
without a main entrance to the lodge from King Street for several weeks and, their elderly
members would be forced to enter the lodge from a rear entrance to the building, which is
difficult to find and manoeuvre. Mr. Paterson indicated that the original door is proposed
to be preserved and either displayed in the lodge building or donated as an architectural
artefact.
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REPORT NO.: PSO-OSO-OS
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The Clarington Heritage Committee passed the following motion:
Motion to allow the replacement of the existing panelled door on the west
side of 19 King Street East with a replica with the same visual attributes
while maintaining the door's present dimensional properties and door
surround including the overhead transom, and to hold in trust or donate the
existing door for preservation
2.0 Ontario Heritage Act Regulations
2.1 The Ontario Heritage Act empowers a municipality to pass a by-law designating a
structure to be of historic and/or architectural value or interest. Section 30 of the Act
stipulates that the owner of a structure so designated cannot alter the structure where
such alteration is likely to affect the reasons for designation without the written consent of
Council. Council is required to consider any application for alteration of a designated
property in consultation with its heritage committee. The Clarington Heritage Committee
has reviewed the request for alteration and is in support of the property owners'
application.
As the original door is specifically listed in the reasons for designation, Heritage
designation By-law 90-185 must be amended to remove the reference to this architectural
feature. Section 29 of the Act states that the Clerk of the municipality is to serve Notice of
the Intention to amend the designation by-law on the property owner and the Ontario
Heritage Trust, and the Notice is to be published in a local newspaper. The Notice will
provide for a 30 day appeal period whereby any objectors can submit a statement of
objection to the Clerk.
If there is no objection to the proposed amendment then the Clerk will report back to
Council with a recommendation to approve the amending By-law. Any objections to the
proposed alteration will be referred to the Conservation Review Board for a hearing.
3.0 CONCLUSIONS
3.1 It is recommended that the Clerk prepare, send, and publish the required Notice of
Intention to amend heritage designation By-law 9()"'185, pursuant to Section 29 of the
Ontario Heritage Act, and report back to Council following the prescribed notification
period.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Property Location
Attachment 2 - Heritage Designation By-law 90-185
REPORT NO.: PSD-080-08
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Interested parties to be notified of Council's and Committee's decision:
Clarington Heritage Committee members
Bill Paterson
Dr. Keith Billett
Ontario Heritage Trust
Bowmanville Masonic Holdings
Bert Duclos, Heritage Advisor, Ministry of Culture
Attachment 1
To Report PSD 080-08
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Attachment 2
To Report PSD-080-08
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOliN OF NEWCASTLE
BY-LAW 90-185
being a by-law to designate the property municipally
known as "19 King Street East, Bowmanvillell, located
in Block T, Part Lot 13, Bowmanville, now in the Town
of Newcastle, Regional Municipality of Durham, as a
property of architectural and historical value and
interest which property is more particularly described
in Schedule A attached.
WHEREAS the Ontario Heritage Act, 1974 authorizes the Council of
a municipality to enact by-laws to designate real property
including all the buildings and structures thereon to be of
architectural and historical interest: and
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
has caused to be served upon the owner of the lands and premises
known as "19 King Street East, Bowmanville", located in Block T,
Part Lot 13, Bowmanville, now in the Town of Newcastle and upon
the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Notice of Intention to Designate
the aforesaid real property and has caused such notice of
intention to be published in the Canadian Statesman, a newspaper
having a general circulation in the area of the designation, once
each week for three consecutive weeks, namely September 26,
October 3 and October 10, 1990; and
WHEREAS "19 King Street East, Bowmanville", in Block T, Part Lot
13, Bowmanville, now in the Town of Newcastle, Regional
Municipality of Durham has'a very significant architectural value
of interest to the Town of Newcastle and its people in that the
building, which is part of the Bleakley Block, was built C. 1880,
and is especially important to the overall 19th century character
of King Street. Its many features which are being specifically
designated include the mansard roof which is unique among the
buildings of King Street, the original brick work, executed in
the running bond pattern, remains intact; the original fretwork
cornice remains intact; the second storey windows are slightly
arched and the general simplicity of the second storey provided
the perfect contrast to the dormers which were once found in the
mansard and to the decorative fretwork below; concealed beneath
the present business sign on the ground floor are the original
glass panels which feature copper carnes and bevelled glass
medallions; the beautifully panelled door on the west side is
surmounted by a transom composed of a pair of Gothic arches; and
the impressive tin ceiling which remains in the store cn the
ground floor; and
WHEREAS the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
of the Town of Newcastle has recommended that the property "19
King Street East, Block T, Part of Lot 13, Bow.manville, now in
the Town of Newcastle, Regional Municipality of Durham, be
designated under the terms of the Ontario Heritage Act; and
WHEREAS no notice of objection to the proposed designation has
been served upon the Clerk of the Municipality;
SCHEDULE A
ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and
premises situate lying and being in the Town of Newcastle, in the
Regional Municipality of Durham (formerly in the Town of
Bowmanville, in the County of Durham) and Province of Ontario,
being composed of part of Lot 13, in Block "T" on the south side
of King Street according to a plan of the Village of Bowmanville
made by John Grant, Provincial Land Surveyor and registered on
the 20th day of April, 1852, which plan is in the Registry Office
for the Registry Division of Newcastle (No. 10) (formerly the
Registry Division of the West Riding of the County of Durham).
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
NEWCASTLE HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. There is designated as being of Architectural and Historical
value of interest, the real property known municipally as
1119 King Street East, Bowmanville II I Block T, Part Lot 13,
Bowmanville, now in the Town of Newcastle, Regional
Municipality of Durham.
2. The MuniCipal Solicitor is hereby authorized to cause a
copy of this by-law to be registered against the property
described in the preceeding paragraph.
3. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized to cause a copy of
this by-law to be served upon the owners of the aforesaid
property and on the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and to
cause notice of the passing of this by-law to be publiShed
in the Canadian Statesman, a newpaper having general
circulatin in the area of the deSignation, once each week
for three consecutive weeks.
By-law read a first and second time this 12th day of November
1990.
By-law read a third time and finally passed this 12th day of
November 1990.
Mayor