REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: February 10, 2021 Report No. DEV-21-010
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Demolition of Registered Heritage Property - 820 Dunsmuir Road
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council remove 820 Dunsmuir Road from the Esquimalt Community Heritage Register as outlined in Staff Report No. DEV-21-010.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw, 2012, No. 2791
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Local Government Act
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community: Support the arts, culture, and heritage community.
BACKGROUND:
Chronology:
June 17, 2020 - Demolition Permit Application Received.
July 13, 2020 - Council directs staff to continue to withhold the issuance of a demolition permit until a building permit and any other necessary approvals have been issued with respect to the alteration or redevelopment of the site. Moreover, Council orders a heritage assessment of the site.
December 21, 2020 - Council directs staff to initiate an appraisal of the subject property and to work with the applicant on a development that would retain the registered heritage building.
April 12, 2021 - Council deferred the matter to a future meeting for inclusion of the appraisal.
Discussion:
Council can adopt a heritage designation bylaw to preserve the property at 820 Dunsmuir Road. In the case where a heritage designation bylaw is adopted, the Township is responsible for compensating the owner for the reduction in the market value of a heritage designated property pursuant to Section 613 of the Local Government Act.
In the case the Township elects not to protect the subject property via a heritage designation bylaw, the Township still retains the capacity to continue to withhold the demolition permit until the necessary approvals have been issued with respect to the alteration or redevelopment of ...
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