TORONTO
To:Toronto Community CouncilSeptember 22, 1999
From:Managing, Toronto Historical Board
Subject:18 Trinity Street - Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement
Purpose:
To request the City of Toronto to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the owner of the property at 18 Trinity
Street in order to protect the historic structure, and to authorize staff to proceed.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
None.
Recommendations:
(1)That authority be granted for the execution of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario
Heritage Act with the owner of 18 Trinity Street, using substantially the form of easement agreement prepared by the City
Solicitor, subject to such amendments as may be deemed necessary by the City Solicitor in consultation with the Toronto
Historical Board;
(2)That authority be granted for the introduction of any necessary Bills in Council to give effect thereto; and
(3)That the owner be requested to provide the Toronto Historical Board with two copies of the required photographs of
18 Trinity Street for inclusion in the Heritage Easement Agreement.
Background:
The property at 18 Trinity Street is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by By-law No. 1997-0301. Known
as the General Distilling Company Building, the building is related historically and architecturally to the Gooderham and
Worts complex.
In the summer of 1998 the owner, the Ontario Realty Corporation (ORC), applied to the Committee of Adjustment to sever
the designated property from the remainder of the applicant's holdings. It was intended that the property be sold. In a letter
dated September 23, 1998 Toronto Historical Board staff consented to the severance on the condition that the ORC state
that purchasers enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement as a condition of sale. The application was withdrawn by the
ORC and not heard by the Committee of Adjustment.
In March 1999 the ORC entered into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale with The Partners' Film Company Limited. The
Partners' revived the earlier application for severance. At its meeting held on June 22, 1999 the Committee of Adjustment
granted the request on various conditions, one of which being the requirement to enter into a Heritage Easement
Agreement.
At its meeting held on September 8, 1999 the Toronto Historical Board adopted a report recommending that authority be
granted for the execution of a Heritage Easement Agreement on the property at 18 Trinity Street.
Comments:
As a condition of the application to sever the property, the applicant has been directed by the Committee of Adjustment to
enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City of Toronto.
Contact Name:
Georgia Kuich
Preservation Assistant
Historical Preservation
Tel: 392-6927, ext. 241
Fax: 392-6834
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George Waters
GKActing Managing Director
copy:Councillor Layton, Suite C44, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West
Councillor McConnell, Suite A6, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West
City Solicitor, Legal Services, 26th Floor, Metro Hall, Attn: Lisa Strucken
Partners' Film Company Ltd., 53 Ontario Street, Toronto M5A 2V1
David Smith, Fraser Milner, Barristers & Solicitors, 1 First Canadian Place, 100
King Street West, Toronto M5X 1B2
Gail Johnson, Committee of Adjustment, Main Floor West, City Hall
Lance Alexander, Urban Planning and Development Services, 18th Floor East,
City Hall
