Residential Demolition - 123 Dupont Street (Midtown)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that the demolition permit for 123 Dupont
Street be refused.
The Toronto Community Council submits the following report (November 22, 1999) from the
Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services:
Purpose:
In accordance with former City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 146, Article II, Demolition
Control, I refer the demolition application for 123 Dupont Street to you to recommend to City
Council whether to grant or refuse the application, including conditions, if any, to be attached to the
permit.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendations:
That City Council authorize me to issue the residential demolition permit for 123 Dupont Street,
after the applicant has obtained a building permit to erect a new building, subject to the standard
conditions as set out in chapter 146-16B(5) of the Municipal Code, specifically:
1.(A) That the applicant for the permit construct and substantially complete the new
building to be erected on the site of the residential property to be demolished, not
later than two (2) years from the day demolition of the existing residential property
is commenced.
(B) That, on failure to complete the new building within the time specified, the City
Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector's roll, to be collected in like
manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty-thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for
each dwelling unit contained in the residential property in respect of which the
demolition permit is issued, and that such sum shall, until payment, be a lien or
charge upon the land in respect of which the permit to demolish the residential
property is issued
Or
2. Refuse the demolition permit.
Comments:
On April 8, 1999, Peter Lloyd-Jones applied for a permit to demolish the residential building at 123
Dupont Street. The existing vacant residential building is semi-detached house containing one
dwelling unit. The applicant has applied for non-residential demolition of the existing adjacent
building at 115-121 Dupont Street. The review of this file is underway.
An expected replacement new structure building permit application has not been made yet. As of
this date the Department has not received any objections from the area Councillors or the
community.
The applicant wants to demolish the building, prior to the issuance of a building permit for new
building.
The structure is neither designated under the Ontario Heritage Act nor listed on the City's Inventory
of Heritage Properties.
Contact:
Prabhakar Mahant, P. Eng.
Manager, Plan Review
Telephone: 416 392 7598
Fax: 416 392 0721
E-mail: pmahant@toronto.ca
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Mr. Kerry J. Cantle, Zinc Construction, appeared before the Toronto Community Council in
connection with the foregoing matter.