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3. APPLICATION TO ALTER 68 PARK ROAD, A ROCKCLIFFE PARK
HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROPERTY DESIGNATED UNDER PART V OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT DEMANDE VISANT À MODIFIER LA
PROPRIÉTÉ SITUÉE AU 68, CHEMIN PARK, DANS LE DISTRICT DE CONSERVATION DU PATRIMOINE
DE ROCKCLIFFE PARK, DÉSIGNÉ AUX TERMES DE LA PARTIE V DE LA LOI SUR LE
PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO |
Committee
recommendations
That Council:
1. Approve the application
to alter 68 Park Road, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario
Heritage Act, in accordance with drawings by Dennis Kane, Arc Associates Inc,
received on August 15, 2008.
2. Delegate
approval of any subsequent design changes of a minor nature to the Director of
the Planning Branch.
RecommandationS du Comité
Que le
Conseil :
1. approuve la demande visant
à modifier la propriété située au 68, chemin Park et désignée aux termes de la
Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario, conformément aux plans de Dennis Kane, Arc
Associates Inc. reçus le 15 août 2008.
2. délègue le pouvoir d’approuver
les modifications mineures à la conception pouvant être apportées
ultérieurement au directeur de l’Urbanisme.
Documentation
1. Deputy City Manager, Planning, Transit and the Environment report dated
25 August 2008 (ACS2008-PTE-PLA-0197).
2. LACAC Extract of Draft Minutes of 4
September 2008.
3. Extract of Draft Minutes, 23 September
2008.
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
25 August 2008 / le 25 août 2008
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/Directrice
municipale adjointe,
Planning, Transit and the Environment/Urbanisme,
Transport en commun et Environnement
Contact
Person/Personne Ressource : Grant Lindsay, Manager/Gestionnaire,
Development Approvals/Approbation des demandes d'aménagement, Planning
Branch/Direction de l’urbanisme
(613)
580-2424, 13242 Grant.Lindsay@ottawa.ca
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee recommend that Planning and Environment
Committee recommend that Council:
1. Approve
the application to alter 68 Park Road, a property designated under Part V of
the Ontario Heritage Act, in
accordance with drawings by Dennis Kane, Arc Associates Inc, received on August
15, 2008.
2. Delegate
approval of any subsequent design changes of a minor nature to the Director of
the Planning Branch.
(The 90-day period for this
application will expire on November 13, 2008.)
(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.)
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité consultatif
sur la conservation de l’architecture locale recommande au Comité de
l’urbanisme et de l’environnement de recommander à son tour au Conseil :
1.
D’approuver la demande visant à modifier
la propriété située au 68, chemin Park et désignée aux termes de la Loi sur
le patrimoine de l’Ontario, conformément aux plans de Dennis Kane, Arc
Associates Inc. reçus le 15 août 2008.
2.
De déléguer le pouvoir d’approuver les
modifications mineures à la conception pouvant être apportées ultérieurement au
directeur de l’Urbanisme.
(La période de 90 jours visant cette demande
viendra à échéance le 13 novembre 2008.)
Nota : L’approbation de la
demande de modification 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 subject property, 68 Park Road, is located in the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District. It is a grey stucco, two-storey structure with mock Tudor details, one of a group of similar Tudoresque houses on Park Avenue between Minto Place and Lisgar Road. For location map, see Document 1 and aerial photograph, Document 2. The proposed application is to construct an addition to the rear of the house, remove an existing garage (a later addition) and replace it with a semi-underground garage and substantially transform the existing house through re-cladding, the insertion of new windows and doors and the rebuilding of the chimney. Under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA), interventions within a heritage conservation district require the approval of City Council following consultation with the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC).
The existing house has changed substantially since construction and retains little of its original character. It has been painted blue and a small garage addition constructed to the east. As originally built, it was an example of the type of Tudoresque houses popular in the 1920s and 1930s in middle and upper middle class neighbourhoods across Canada. Houses of this style are extremely common in Rockcliffe Park and this house, as it currently stands, is an example of the type (see photographs, Document 3).
DISCUSSION
The Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District was designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1997. The Heritage Conservation District Study contains Management Guidelines that are intended to protect and enhance those elements in the Village that contribute to its heritage character as defined in the Study. The Guidelines are not prescriptive; rather, they outline the principles to be applied to future development, based on past experience. They are intended to guide the evolution of the Village as a picturesque landscape of buildings set in informal grounds, and where the soft landscape in particular ties together, and makes sense of, the irregular road layout, the diverse lot arrangements, and the eclectic mix of building styles. The Guidelines relevant to this application stress that:
4. Any application to construct a new building or addition should be reviewed, with consideration of its potential to enhance the heritage character of the Village. New construction should be recommended for approval only where the siting, form, materials and detailing are sympathetic to the surrounding natural and cultural environment.
5. New buildings and additions should be of their own time, but should also harmonize with the existing cultural landscape. They should also be sited and designed so as to retain the existing topography. The use of natural materials should be encouraged.
The proposed rebuilding of the house takes as its inspiration the higher style Tudoresque houses in the heritage conservation district. It will be dramatically transformed through the removal of the roof and its replacement with a higher, truncated, cedar shingled, hipped roof, the application of stone to the first storey with new stucco and half timbers, the addition of new windows with true divided lights, including an oriel window into new openings, and a new front door with stone surround. The addition to the rear will be two storeys in height and include a family room and screened-in porch on the first floor and bedrooms and a deck above. Access to an underground parking area will be to the east of the building, down a sloped driveway that will be landscaped.
Landscape
The former Village of Rockcliffe Park was designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act for its significance as a cultural heritage landscape, characterized by its informal plantings, gardens and trees. The preservation and enhancement of the cultural heritage landscape in this district is as important as the preservation of individual houses as indicated in the “Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Study” which states “… the architectural character of individual residential and institutional properties is secondary to their landscaped settings.”
The current landscaped setting of the house features a circular drive, mature trees around the perimeter of the property and an open lawn. These trees will remain and an arborist has been engaged to protect them during construction. A cedar hedge will be planted along the eastern property line. The proposed landscape plan will feature extensive new plantings and a new terrace to the rear on the top of the proposed semi-underground garage. The driveway will be extended to access the garage and will have a 10 per cent slope. The eastern edge of the sloped driveway will feature a two-tiered retaining wall with planters along the top and mid-way down that substantially reduce its visual impact. Planters are also proposed for either side of the front door. The proposed back yard will feature a terraced area with large raised planters with shrubs. The terrace will step down to the pool to be located in the south west corner of the property. The approved landscape plan is included as Document 4.
The Rockcliffe Park Residents Association, Heritage Sub-committee, in reviewing this application, made preliminary comments on both the house and the landscape. It recommended that real stone and natural materials be used, that the roof be sheathed in cedar shingles, that the roofline of the west façade be altered to diminish the size of the roof, and that the windows have true divided lights. The applicant implemented all these suggestions. The sub-committee reviewed the updated plans and on August 19, 2008, the committee agreed with the chair’s comments “I have reviewed these drawings and think they're fine - good quality historical pastiche.”
Conclusions
The Department has no objection to this application because the interventions proposed respect the Management Guidelines, above. The proposed house will reflect the type of Tudor houses found elsewhere in the heritage conservation district and will not require the demolition of the existing house so that the relationship to the street and to the adjacent neighbours will remain the same. This is consistent with the goals of the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Study. Furthermore, the proposed landscape plan for the property has been designed to enhance the current character of the site.
CONSULTATION
The Rockcliffe Park Development Review Sub-committee met with the applicant as part of the consultation process. Its comments were incorporated into the design.
Adjacent property owners as well as area community associations were notified by letter of the date of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee and Planning and Environment Committee meetings and were provided with comment sheets to be returned to LACAC. This is in accordance with the municipal public participation policy regarding heritage alterations, demolitions and infill in a heritage district.
The Ward Councillor, Jacques Legendre, is aware of this project.
Heritage Ottawa is aware of this application.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
N/A
APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS
This application was completed
within the 90-day time period prescribed by the Ontario Heritage Act. (The 90-day period for this application will
expire on November 13, 2008.)
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 Location
Map
Document 2 Aerial photograph
Document 3 Existing Building
Document 4 Proposed
site plan
Document 5 Elevations
DISPOSITION
City Clerk’s Branch, to notify the agent (ARC Associates, 50 Camelot Road, Suite 200, Ottawa ON K2G 5X8) and the Ontario Heritage Trust (10 Adelaide Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1J3) of Council’s decision supporting the alteration of 68 Park Road.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH DOCUMENT
2
SITE PLAN DOCUMENT
4
