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7. APPLICATION UNDER
THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT TO ALTER 368 DALHOUSIE STREET, A PROPERTY IN THE
BYWARD MARKET HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT DEMANDE FAITE EN VERTU DE LA LOI
SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L'ONTARIO EN VUE DE TRANSFORMER LE 368, RUE DALHOUSIE,
PROPRIÉTÉ SITUÉE DANS LE DISTRICT DE CONSERVATION DU PATRIMOINE DU MARCHÉ BY |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve the application to alter 368 Dalhousie Street in
the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District in accordance with the plans
submitted by Michael Kelly, received on February 22, 2007, included as Document
4.
(Note: Approval of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)
Recommandation du Comité
Que le Conseil approuve la demande de transformation de l’immeuble situé au 368, rue Dalhousie,
dans le district de conservation du patrimoine du marché By, conformément aux
plans soumis par Michael Kelly, qui ont été reçus le 22 février 2007 et qui font l’objet des documents 4.
(Nota : L'approbation de cette demande de transformation aux termes de
la Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario ne signifie pas pour autant qu'elle
satisfait aux conditions de délivrance d'un permis de construire.)
Documentation
1.
Deputy
City Manager's report Planning,
Transit and the Environment dated
01 March 2007 (ACS2007-PTE-APR-0090).
Report
to/Rapport au :
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
Comité consultatif sur la
conservation de l'architecture locale
and /
et
Planning
and Environment Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme et de
l'environnement
and Council / et au Conseil
01 March 2007 / le 01 mars 2007
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/
Directrice municipale adjointe
Planning, Transit and the Environment Department/Service de l'urbanisme,
du transport en commun et de l'environnement
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Grant Lindsay, Manager
Planning and Infrastructure
Approvals/Approbation des demandes d’aménagement et d’infrastructure
(613) 580-2424 x13242, Grant.Lindsay@ottawa.ca
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee recommend
that Planning and Environment Committee and Council approve the application to
alter 368 Dalhousie Street in the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District
in accordance with the plans submitted by Michael Kelly, received on February
22, 2007, included as Document 4.
(Note: Approval of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité
consultatif sur la conservation de l'architecture locale recommande au Comité
de l'urbanisme et de l'aménagement et au Conseil d’approuver la demande de
transformation de l’immeuble situé au 368, rue Dalhousie, dans le district de
conservation du patrimoine du marché By, conformément aux plans soumis par Michael
Kelly, qui ont été reçus le 22 février
2007 et qui font l’objet des documents 4.
(Nota : L'approbation
de cette demande de transformation aux termes de la Loi sur le patrimoine de
l'Ontario ne signifie pas pour autant qu'elle satisfait aux conditions de
délivrance d'un permis de construire.)
BACKGROUND
The building located at 368
Dalhousie Street (see Document 1) is within the boundaries of the ByWard Market
Heritage Conservation District, designated under Part V of the Ontario
Heritage Act. This Report has been
prepared because the consent of City Council is required before an alteration
to a building within a heritage conservation district can proceed.
The building located at 368 Dalhousie Street is a four-storey commercial building that was constructed in 1929 (see Document 2). It is clad in marble and has decorative metal work above the storefronts and at the roofline. The storefronts have been reworked and there are replacement windows and doors.
The applicant is proposing the construction of an addition to an existing penthouse to increase the floor area from 218 square meters to 346 square meters. The addition would be located on the north part of the property facing George Street and would project 2.69 meters above the height of the existing cornice (see Document 4).
The Official Plan, Section 4.6.1.1, requires that a Cultural Heritage Impact Statement be prepared when a proposed development is within a heritage conservation district. Please refer to Document 3 – Cultural Heritage Impact Statement, prepared by the applicant.
An application to the Committee of Adjustment for relief from the provisions of the Heritage Overlay (to allow an increase in building height of 2.12 m above the existing dwelling unit roof line) will be submitted following approval of this project under the Ontario Heritage Act.
DISCUSSION
Residential guidelines for infill development in the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District Study recommend that, “The infill in areas zoned residential or mixed use must respect the heritage character of the area as a whole as well as the more immediate environment,” and, “The building form should respect the massing of adjacent heritage properties. Materials and detailing should reflect contemporary taste and availability, controlled only by the requirements to respect and reinforce the character of what exists.”
Commercial and Mixed Use guidelines for infill development recommend, “Infill in commercial areas must respect the scale and character of existing heritage properties and streetscapes.”
The Department supports this application because the proposed penthouse addition will not dominate the original building. The addition will be set back 1.2 meters from the outside edge of the building cornice, with a deeper setback at the northwest and north east corners, in order to respect the prominence of the original building. The penthouse will be clad in glass panels, giving it a light appearance while allowing the existing heavy cornice to remain visually prominent. The introduction of a horizontal canopy on the penthouse addition will echo the horizontality of the existing building cornice. As recommended by the guidelines, the applicant proposes the use of contemporary materials and an architectural form that respects the character of the original building.
CONSULTATION
Adjacent property owners were notified by letter of the date of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) and Planning and Environment Committee meetings and were provided with comment sheets to be returned to LACAC. This is in accordance with current public participation policies.
The Ward Councillor, Heritage Ottawa and the ByWard Market Business Improvement Area are aware of the application.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
N/A
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 Location
Map
Document 2 Heritage Survey Form 366 – 368 Dalhousie Street
Document 3 Cultural Heritage Impact Statement
Document 4 Renderings,
Plans and Elevations of penthouse addition
DISPOSITION
The Corporate Services Department, Council and Committee Services Branch, to notify the applicant (Michael Kelly, Barry Padolsky Assoc. Inc. Architects, Mercury Court, 377 Dalhousie Street, Ottawa, K1N 9N8) and the Ontario Heritage Trust (10 Adelaide Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3) of City Council's consent to alter the building located at 368 Dalhousie Street.
CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT DOCUMENT
3
RENDERINGS, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OF
