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1. REQUEST
TO ISSUE A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE 5158 CECIL ROWAT LANE
UNDER PART IV OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE
ACT DEMANDE EN VUE DE PRÉSENTER UN AVIS D’INTENTION
VISANT À DÉSIGNER LA PROPRIÉTÉ SITUÉE AU 5158, RUELLE CECIL-ROWAT AUX
TERMES DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI
SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO |
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
No Committee recommendation.
RECOMMANDATION DU
COMITÉ
Aucune recommandation du Comité.
Documentation
1. Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory
Committee report dated 18 November 2012 (ACS2012-CMR-OBH-0001).
2. Extract of draft minutes, Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee meeting of
1 March 2012.
Report to/Rapport au :
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
Comité de
l’agriculture et des affaires rurales
and Council / et au
Conseil
18 November 2011 / le 18 novembre 2011
Submitted by/Soumis par : Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee / Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti d’Ottawa
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Melody Duffenais, Committee
Coordinator / Coordinatrice des comités
City Clerk and Solicitor/Greffier
et Chef du contentieux
(613) 580-2424 x20113,
melody.duffenais@ottawa.ca
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Ref N°: ACS2012-CMR-OBH-0001 |
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that City Council approve that the City issue a notice of intention to designate 5158 Cecil Rowat Lane, Long Island, Manotick, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité de
l’agriculture et des affaires rurales recommande au Conseil municipal
d’approuver que la Ville présente un avis d’intention visant à désigner la
propriété située au 5158, ruelle Cecil-Rowat, sur l’île Long à Manotick, aux
termes de la partie IV de la Loi sur le
patrimoine de l’Ontario.
BACKGROUND
At its meeting of 17 November 2011 the Ottawa
Built Heritage Advisory Committee approved the following motion:
That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that City Council approve
that the City issue a notice of intention to designate 5158 Cecil Rowat Lane,
Long Island, Manotick, under Part IV of the Ontario
Heritage Act.
DISCUSSION
At its meeting
of December 3, 2009, Heritage planning staff wrote a memo to the Ottawa Built
Heritage Advisory Committee (known then as the Local Architectural Conservation
Advisory Committee) regarding 5158
Cecil Rowat Lane, which had been purchased by the City for two reasons; to
provide access to emergency service vehicles to the residential properties on
Nicoll’s Island, located to the north of the subject property, and for parkland.
Heritage planning staff informed the
committee that the City of Ottawa had no use for the building and that its
associated lands would become parkland.
Staff provided a Heritage Survey and Evaluation form for the building on
the site and noted that it did not meet the minimum requirements for
designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. Staff also indicated at that time that if the
building did not receive heritage designation, it would be torn down.
Members were unable to make a decision on the property at the time and agreed to refer the item to their Designation Sub-committee. They also suggested arranging a visit to the property, contacting Heritage Ottawa, and receiving a condition report to explore the issue further. Unfortunately there was a turnover in membership before the next scheduled meeting of the OBHAC and the Designation Sub-committee ceased to exist and has not since been re-formed.
After verbal requests for OBHAC to consider the matter, heritage planning staff contacted the committee coordinator in late summer of 2011 and asked that this item be brought before the OBHAC for final consideration. The committee considered it at its meeting of 17 November 2011. Options discussed included:
· recommending designation of the property under the Ontario Heritage Act
· recommending that a commemorative or interpretive plaque be installed to describe the history of the site in the context of the lock station
· receiving this memo for information and making no recommendation; or
· developing another option.
The ward Councillor, Scott Moffatt, was also present at the November 17th meeting and advised that his preference would be to have the building torn down, due to safety concerns and the prohibitive cost of restoration, and that some sort of commemorative or interpretive marker be installed on the site.
The majority of
the committee felt that the property was worthy of designation, suggesting that
Contextual Value score within staff’s Heritage Survey and Evaluation Form
should be increased due to the property’s relationship with the Rideau
Canal. They pointed out that the Rowat House sits
within the context of the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO site, and the well known Long
Island Lock Station cultural heritage landscape and makes a contribution to the
setting of that station.
The committee approved the previously noted
motion requesting that the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend
Council approve a notice of intention to designate the property under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage
Act.
The extracts of
Minutes from the OBHAC meetings of 3 December 2009 and 17 November 2011 are
appended for committee’s information, along with the memo submitted in December
2009 by Sally Coutts, Heritage Planner, and a copy of the Heritage Survey and Evaluation form for the
property as prepared in December 2009.
Planning and Growth Management Department,
Heritage Services Unit
5158 Cecil Rowat Lane was purchased by the City in 2009
mainly for parkland and to provide access to emergency service vehicles to the
residential properties on Nicoll’s Island, located to the north of the subject
property. Heritage staff evaluated the building and determined that it
does not meet the criteria for designation In addition, the City has no use for
the building, nor has it any funds to restore it or adapt it for a new use. Heritage
staff visited the house and inspected its interior and concluded that it was
unusable in its current condition due to contamination by bats and the camphor
used to deter them.
Instead, heritage staff believes that the installation of a
competitive plaque or panel detailing the history of the site and the Rowat
family, would be an appropriate way to commemorate their long association with
the area.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
In its current state of disrepair, and with consideration
for the remote but accessible location, the house at 5158 Cecil Rowat Lane
presents a safety and security risk for rural residents that may use the
parkland or pedestrian and cycling link created through the acquisition of this
property.
CONSULTATION
Notice of this meeting was advertised on the
City’s website as per Section 77(1)(b) of the Procedure By-law.
Heritage Ottawa is aware of this report. A representative was present at the OBHAC meeting of November 17, 2011 when the OBHAC motion was approved.
COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)
Councillor Moffat was consulted and provided the following comment:
“As mentioned in the report, I do not support designation of this building.”
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
The council of a municipality may, by by-law,
designate a property within the municipality to be of cultural heritage value
or interest if,
(a) where criteria for determining
whether property is of cultural heritage value or interest have been prescribed
by regulation, the property meets the prescribed criteria; and
(b) the designation is made in accordance
with the process set out in the Ontario Heritage Act.
There is no appeal process from a Council
decision not to issue a Notice of Intention to Designate the subject property.
As City Heritage Staff have stated that this
property does not meet the criteria under the Act, if Council issues a Notice
of Intention to Designate the subject property and that Notice results in an
objection, external resources may be required for presentation before the
Review Board.
RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
There are no risk
management implications.
CITY STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Priority: Healthy and Caring Community
HC4 - Improve arts and heritage
TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no direct technical
implications associated with this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
As City Heritage Staff have stated that this
property does not meet the criteria under the Act, if Council issues a Notice
of Intention to Designate the subject property and that Notice results in an
objection, external resources may be required for presentation before the
Review Board. Should external resources be required, funds are not
available within existing budget, and the expense would impact Planning and
Growth Management’s 2012 operating status.
ACCESSIBILITY IMPLICATIONS
There are no known accessibility impacts associated with the report recommendation.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 - Memo submitted to OBHAC in December 2009 by Sally Coutts, Heritage Planner, including a copy of the Heritage Survey and Evaluation form for the property as prepared in December 2009
Document 2 - Extract of Minutes from the OBHAC meeting of 3 December 2009
Document 3 - Extract of Minutes from the OBHAC meeting of 17 November 2011
DISPOSITION
If approved by City Council, Planning
and Growth Management to advertise the Notice of Intention to Designate
according to the Act and subsequent Notice of the passage of the designation
by-law.
Legal Services to prepare the designation
by-law, submit it to City Council for enactment, serve the by-law and register
it on title following passage by Council.
DOCUMENT 1
Memo submitted to OBHAC in December 2009 by Sally Coutts, Heritage Planner
Heritage Survey and Evaluation Form (as presented to OBHAC in December 2009)
HERITAGE SURVEY
AND EVALUATION FORM
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Address |
5158
Cecil Rowat Lane |
Building
name |
Rowat
House |
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Construction date |
1860s |
Original
owner |
Rowat
Family |
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PHASE ONE
EVALUATION |
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Potential significance |
Considerable |
Some |
Limited |
None |
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Design |
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1 |
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History |
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2 |
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Context |
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2 |
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Phase One Score |
5
/ 9 |
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Phase Two Classification |
1 |
2
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3 |
4 |
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prepared
by: Sally Coutts |
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month/year |
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Architecture
(style, building type, expression, material, construction method) |
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One
and a half storey, wood frame house with a medium pitched gable roof.
Originally constructed with a central gable, no veranda, but altered in late
19th/ early 20th century when a two storey veranda and
summer kitchen were added. Simple
centre hall plan with central staircase, kitchen wing at the rear. |
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Craftsmanship/Artistic
merit |
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Plainly
constructed house, few stylistic references. Interventions have obscured 19th
century character. |
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Technical/Scientific
merit |
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N/A
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Summary |
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As
constructed, the Rowat House was a simple vernacular centre gable
structure. The front veranda and a
summer kitchen were added later. Aluminum siding has replaced the original
clapboard sheathing. |
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Sources |
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Parks
Canada web-site, Rideau Canal National Historic Site, Long Island Gloucester
Historical Society, “Memories of the Lockstations, Long Island” Melvin Rowat |
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prepared
by: Sally Coutts |
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month/year |
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Date
of construction (factual/estimated) |
1860s |
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Themes/Events/Persons/Institutions |
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Associated
with the history of the Rideau Canal and the Long Island Lock Station.
William Rowat, the original owner of the land, arrived in the area in 1853,
initially operating a store to the east of the Canal in what was laid out as
the village of Long Island. He
purchased 40 acres on Long Island in the 1860s and built his house shortly
after his arrival. Later, he bought an
additional 100 acres to the east of the canal. He had 11 children, but two did not
survive. Both farms were eventually
sold off incrementally. The last member
of the family, George MacFarlane grew up in the house and sold it to the city
of Ottawa in 2009. |
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Community
History |
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The
Long Island locks were constructed as part of the Rideau Canal in 1827 by two
contractors, Thomas Phillips and Andrew White. The lands associated with the Long Island
Lock Station, were laid out as the village of Long Island after the
completion of the locks but by the mid-19th century when William
Rowat arrived, the village was in decline. Eventually many of its buildings
were moved to Manotick, which was thriving. After the decline the area around
the lock station was farmland, with a small cottage community emerging by the
late 19th century. |
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Designer/Architect |
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Not
known. Probably built by first owner, or by a local work crew. |
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Summary |
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The
Rowat House on Long Island is associated with the Rowat family, long time
residents of the area. It is representative of the small community that grew
up around the lock station, where members of the family occasionally worked. |
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Sources |
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See
above |
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prepared
by: Sally Coutts |
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month/year |
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Community
Character |
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The
Rowat House is one of two dwellings at the north end of Long Island. To the south, the lands have become
parkland, except for one residential lot.
The building is across the dam from the community of Nichol’s Island
where in recent years many cottages have been converted to year-round
use. The Long Island Lock, station
masters house, the swing bridge, and stone dam create a bucolic setting
typical of the Rideau Canal. |
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Context/Links
to Surroundings |
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The
Rowat House sits within the context of the Rideau Canal and the Long Island
Lock Station cultural heritage landscape and makes a contribution to the
setting of that station. The house
makes a minor contribution to this landscape. |
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Landmark |
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The
Long Island Lock Station is well known within the context of the Rideau Canal
as one of the lock stations located within the City of Ottawa but the Rowat
House is not a landmark within the landscape, as it is surrounded by trees
and has had a private use for many years. |
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Summary |
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The
open spaces associated with the Rowat House contribute to the unique cultural
heritage value of the Long Island Lock Station, however, the Rowat House
plays a minor role within this cultural heritage landscape. |
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DOCUMENT 2
Extract of Minutes from the OBHAC (then LACAC) meeting of 3 December 2009
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Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee extract of Minutes 33 3 december 2009 |
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Comité consultatif sur la Conservation de l’architecture
locale extrait
du Procès-verbal 33 le
3 décembre 2009 |
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REVIEW OF 5158 CECIL ROWAT LANE,
LONG ISLAND, MANOTICK
EXAMEN DE 5158 CECIL ROWAT LANE, LONG ISLAND, MANOTICK
Rideau-Goulbourn
(21)
Sally Coutts, Heritage Planner, provided a
memo to members for information on the City’s recently purchased property of
5158 Cecil Rowat Lane. A copy of the
memo is kept on file in the City Clerk’s Office pursuant to the City of Ottawa’s
Records Retention and Disposition By-law.
Ms Coutts presented a map of Long Island, outlining the location of the
property in relation to Nicoll’s Island and described the reason for the
purchase, namely to provide access to emergency service vehicles to the
residential properties on Nicoll’s Island.
She told LACAC that the City of Ottawa has no intention to re-use the
building and land, which will become parkland. Parks Canada, the owner of the
Rideau Canal, which is adjacent to the property, also has no interest in the
building.
Ms. Coutts also provided a heritage survey
and evaluation form for the building that currently sits on the property. A copy of the survey and evaluation form is
kept on file in the City Clerk’s Office pursuant to the City of Ottawa’s
Records Retention and Disposition By-law.
Ms. Coutts told LACAC that the building did not meet the minimum
requirement for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. Ms. Coutts went into some detail about the
house’s cultural heritage value, and she described the alterations made to the
building over the years. Ms. Coutts also
told members that she requested a condition report for the building, but that
it was not completed at the time of the meeting. Finally, Ms. Coutts explained to members that
if the building did not receive heritage designation, it would be torn down.
Members had questions regarding potential
uses for the building, to which Ms. Coutts replied that no options explored to
date were viable. Members also had a
brief discussion on alternate points of access to the Nicoll’s island. Ms. Coutts told members that while access to
Nicoll’s island via the property in question was imperative for emergency
service vehicles, the City would also grant access to the island to other
service vehicles as well.
Members agreed to refer the item to the
Designation Subcommittee, and suggested arranging a visit to the property,
contacting Heritage Ottawa, and receiving a condition report to explore the
issue further.
Moved by V. Sahni:
That the review of building on the property 5158 Cecil
Rowat Lane be referred to LACAC Designation Subcommittee, for further study.
CARRIED
ACTION: Staff to follow up with Designation
Subcommittee. Coordinator to re-insert
the item in a subsequent LACAC agenda for review.
DOCUMENT 3
Extract of Minutes from the OBHAC meeting of 17 November 2011
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Advisory Committee extract of Minutes 12 17 november 2011 |
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Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine
bâti d’ottawa extrait
du Procès-verbal 12 le
17 novembre 2011 |
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REVIEW OF 5158 CECIL ROWAT LANE,
LONG ISLAND, MANOTICK
EXAMEN DE
5158 CECIL ROWAT LANE, LONG ISLAND, MANOTICK
RIDEAU GOULBURN (21)
Sally Coutts, Heritage Planner, provided background information on the above-noted property, first brought before the committee for consideration on December 3, 2009. A copy of the Minutes from that meeting and the memo prepared by Ms. Coutts at that time is held on file with the City Clerk and Solicitor’s office pursuant to the City’s Records Retentions and disposition By-law.
Councillor Scott Moffatt, ward Councillor for the area in which this property is located, was present and advised that his preference would be to have the building torn down, due to safety concerns and the prohibitive cost of restoration, and that some sort of commemorative or interpretive marker be installed on the site.
Members discussed various options in relation to the property and approved the following motion.
Moved by Jérôme Doutriaux:
That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee
recommend that Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that City
Council approve that the City issue a notice of intention to designate 5158
Cecil Rowat Lane, Long Island, Manotick, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
CARRIED
YEAS (4): V. Sahni, E. Zdansky, J. Doutriaux, C. Mulholland
NAYS (2) : A. Fyfe, E. Eagen