Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee

Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti d’Ottawa

 

Minutes 17

ProcÈs-verbal 17

 

Thursday, 1 March 2012, 6:00 p.m.

le jeudi, 1 mars 2012, 18 h

 

Colonel By Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West

Salle Colonel By, 110, avenue Laurier ouest

 

 

Present/Présents:       C. Mulholland (Chair/Président), E. Eagen (Vice-Chair/Vice-présidente), J. Doutriaux, A. Fyfe, P. Maheu, V. Sahni, E. Zdansky

 

 

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

DÉCLARATIONS D’INTÉRÊT

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

Confirmation of minutes

ratification dES procÈs-verbaUX

 

Minutes 16 of the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee of 16 February 2012 were confirmed. 

 

 


POSTPONEMENTS AND DEFERRALS

REPORTS ET RENVOIS                        

 

1.                  application for demolition and new construction in the rockcliffe park heritage conservation district at 187 lansdowne road

DEMANDE DE DÉMOLITION DE L’IMMEUBLE EXISTANT ET DE CONSTRUCTION D’UN NOUVEL IMMEUBLE AU 187, CHEMIN lansdowne, DANS LE DISTRICT DE CONSERVATION DU PATRIMOINE DE ROCKCLIFFE PARK

ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0049                                                 Rideau-Rockcliffe (13)               

Deferred from the OBHAC meeting of 16 February 2012 / Reporté de la réunion du CCPBO du 16 février 2012

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning Committee recommend that Council refuse the application to demolish the building located at 187 Lansdowne Road and refuse the amended application for new construction based on revised plans submitted by Julian Jacobs Architect on February 21, 2012 and included as Document 6.

 

(Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on April 15, 2012)

 

(Note: Approval to Alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)

 

Lesley Collins, Heritage Planner, provided an overview of the report.  She briefly reviewed the changes between the original application for new construction submitted on 17 January 2012 and the design now before committee, submitted on 21 February 2012.  She noted that staff continues to recommend refusal of the application to demolish and consequently recommends refusal of the application for new construction.

 

Ms. Collins also provided the committee a memo concerning the National Building Code of Canada 1960, in response to questions raised at the February 16th OBHAC meeting about the requirements, in terms of architects, for the issuance of building permits in 1964.  A copy of the memo is held on file with the City Clerk, along with a related email dated 29 February 2012 from Ms. Collins.

 

Dr. Abdulrahman Hamid Mohammed Al-Hussaini, Ambassador of Iraq, spoke in support of the application.  He advised that the unintended state of neglect of the existing property stemmed from broken diplomatic relations between Canada and Iraq from 1991-2004 when Iraq was at war and the property was not being maintained.  The Ambassador informed that the Iraqi Foreign Affairs Ministry had the property inspected in 2010 and was advised the house is uninhabitable.  The reports recommended the house be demolished and a new residence be built.  The Ambassador stated he had met with a number of neighbours recently and had indicated he would not support any proposed plan without the consent of all neighbours of the property, and that any new construction would conform to the general character of the neighbourhood.  A copy of the Ambassador’s presentation is held on file with the City Clerk.

 

Julian Jacobs, Julian Jacobs Architect, provided arguments to support the application for demolition, explaining that the existing house is uninhabitable and not suitable to renovations of the scale required to meet the owner’s needs.  He reviewed the proposal for new construction, smaller than originally proposed, indicating how the use of materials and landscaping would be in keeping with the neighbourhood.

 

Julie Harris, Content Works Inc., spoke to the Cultural Heritage Impact Statement she had prepared for the property.

 

Leslie Maitland, Heritage Ottawa, referenced her comments submitted at the February 16th meeting and briefly touched on the revised plans for new construction.  She sympathized with the position of City Heritage Staff and the Rockcliffe Park Residents’ Association.  She remarked that the revised plan for new construction does appear to conform to the Management Guidelines for the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District as they are currently written.  She stressed the importance of updating the Management Guidelines to provide much needed guidance identifying height, materials, roof type, setbacks, proportion of square footage in relation to lot size, and all other elements of design.  She also encouraged OBHAC to make recommendations with respect to the rejuvenation of a heritage demolition by neglect by-law and with respect to increasing the complement of both OBHAC members and Heritage Planning staff at the City. 

 

Anthony Keith and Emma Blanchard, Rockcliffe Park Residents Association, adamantly opposed the demolition of the existing building and presented arguments to support the property’s historical and architectural value.  They indicated they have seen no evidence to suggest that the existing house cannot be restored.  With respect to the plan for new construction they remarked that the design remains commercial or institutional in nature and does not suit the neighbourhood. A copy of Mr. Keith’s speaking notes is held on file.

 

Julian Smith, Julian Smith and Associates, advised that he had co-written the existing Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Management Guidelines and he spoke to the content of the guidelines in terms of this application. He noted the importance of soft landscaping in Rockcliffe Park and ensuring that buildings are subservient to their surroundings.  He spoke to the importance of recognizing historical and architectural significance.  He remarked that, not having seen the interior of the house, he could not speak to whether demolition is necessary but if so he conjectured that the sentiment of the existing property might be possible to recreate.

 

Yves Gosselin spoke in support of the staff recommendation, arguing that the design of the existing bungalow and its architectural association has greater significance than is attributed to it in the Cultural Heritage Impact Statement.

 

The committee received the following correspondence on this matter, copies of which are held on file with the City Clerk:

 

Received prior to the OBHAC meeting of 1 March 2012:

·         Email dated 25 February 2012 from Alan Gill

·         Emails dated 28 February and 1 March from Anthony Keith, Rockcliffe Park Residents Association

·         Email dated 28 and 29 February 2012 from Tazim Lal

·         Email dated 29 February 2012 from Kevin L. Kattas

·         Email dated 29 February 2012 from Frances Pick

·         Email dated 29 February 2012 from Walter Grego & Lisa de Montigny

·         Email dated 1 March 2012 from Caroline Vecchio and Claude Bonnet

·         Email dated 1 March 2012 from Leslie Maitland on behalf of Heritage Ottawa

 

Received prior to the OBHAC meeting of 16 February 2012:

·         Email dated 8 February 2012 from Alan F. Gill

·         Email dated 13 February 2012 from Kevin L. Kattas

·         Email dated 13 February 2012 from Frances Pick

·         Email dated 14 February 2012 from Caroline Vecchio and Claude Bonnet

·         Email dated 14 February 2012 from Elisabeth Preston and Oliver Abergel

·         Email dated 14 February 2012 from Hani Boulos and Anne Roy-Boulos

·         Email dated 14 February 2012 from Mrs. Tazim Lal and Dr. Jaideep Lal

·         Emails dated 14 and 15 February from Anthony Keith, Heritage Committee, Rockcliffe Park Residents Association

·         Email dated 15 February 2012 from Walter Grego & Lisa de Montigny

·         Fax (Comment Sheet) dated 15 February 2012 from Evgueni Stoytchev

·         Email dated 15 February 2012 from Leslie Maitland on behalf of Heritage Ottawa

·         Joint Submission (email) dated 15 February 2012 from the following:

-          Frances Pick

-          Tazim Lal

-          Jaideep Lal

-          Susan Shenstone

-          Michael Shenstone

-          Caroline Vecchio

-          Claude Bonnet

-          Lisa de Montigny

-          Walter Grego

-          Elisabeth S. Preston

-          Oliver Abergel

-          Ron Ashley

-          Susan Harcourt

-          Philip and Beata Garel-Jones

 

MOTION NO OBH 17/1

 

Moved by Virendra Sahni:

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee approve that the staff recommendation be split for voting purposes so that separate votes be taken on the application for demolition and the application for new construction.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

MOTION NO OBH 17/2

 

Moved by Alice Fyfe:

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning Committee recommend that Council refuse the application to demolish the building located at 187 Lansdowne Road.

 

                                                                                                LOST

 

YEAS (3):       J. Doutriaux, A. Fyfe, C. Mulholland

NAYS (4):      E. Eagen, P. Maheu, V. Sahni, E. Zdansky

 

As the vote to refuse the demolition LOST it was considered as the committee’s support to approve the application for demolition.  Consequently, the committee then voted on approval of the application for new construction.

 

MOTION NO OBH 17/3

 

Moved by Pierre Maheu :

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning Committee recommend that Council approve the amended application for new construction based on revised plans submitted by Julian Jacobs Architect on February 21, 2012 and included as Document 6.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

YEAS (4):       E. Eagen, P. Maheu, V. Sahni, E. Zdansky

NAYS (3):      J. Doutriaux, A. Fyfe, C. Mulholland

 

The report recommendation was REJECTED per Motions 17/2 and 17/3.

 


 

DESIGNATION

DÉSIGNATION

 

2.                  DESIGNATION OF THE RUTHERFORD HOUSE, 4515 NINTH LINE ROAD, UNDER PART IV OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

DÉSIGNATION de la maison RUTHERFORD, située au 4515, chemin NINTH LINE, en vertu de la partie IV de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario

ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0061                                                                    Osgoode (20)               

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that Council issue a notice of intention to designate the Rutherford House, 4515 Ninth Line Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act as per the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value attached as Document 3.

 

Lesley Collins, Heritage Planner, advised of an error that should be corrected in the ‘Heritage Attributes’ section of the Statement of Cultural Value.

 

MOTION NO OBH 17/4

 

Moved by Elizabeth Eagen:

 

That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee approve the following technical amendment to the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value for 4515 Ninth Line Road:

·         Change the heritage attribute ‘four stone chimneys’ to ‘three stone chimneys’.

 

                                                                                          CARRIED

 

The report recommendation was moved by Elizabeth Eagen and CARRIED as amended by Motion 17/4.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE

 

The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

 

 

Original signed by                                                       Original signed by

M. Duffenais                                                                C. Mulholland

                                                                                                                                                          

Committee Coordinator                                           Chair