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
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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.
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
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Susan Shenstone
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Michael Shenstone
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Caroline Vecchio
-
Claude Bonnet
-
Lisa de Montigny
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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