Residential Demolition -
45 Bellevue Avenue (Downtown)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the
following report (December 14, 1999) from the Acting Commissioner of
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 45 Bellevue Avenue 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 45 Bellevue Avenue, subject to the standard conditions as set out in
Chapter 146-16B(5) of the Municipal Code, specifically:
(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 ($20,000) for each dwelling
unit contained in the building 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.
Comments:
On August 23, 1999, Zoltan Zimmerman applied for a permit to demolish
the residential building at 45 Bellevue Avenue. The existing building is
a semi-detached house containing one dwelling unit.
Zoltan Zimmerman also filed an application with me to construct a
replacement structure consisting of an apartment building containing 5
dwelling units. Plan examination of this building permit application is
currently underway to establish conformity with the Building Code Act,
the Zoning By-law and applicable law.
In accordance with the former City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter
146, Article II, Demolition Control, I refer the demolition application to
you because I have received objections fromWilliam S. Brown of 47
Bellevue Avenue; Greg Rhodes, a tenant at 45 Bellevue Avenue; Mike
Milardo of 199 Brunswick Avenue; Martine Mathews of 36 Claremont
Street, and Brendan Caron of the Kensington Market Working Group.
The objectors would like this building to be preserved because they
believe it to be of historical and architectural significance.
The structure is neither designated under the Ontario Heritage Act nor
listed on the City's Inventory of Heritage Properties.
The Planning Act requires City Council to issue a demolition permit for
45 Bellevue Avenue.
Conclusion:
That City Council consider the application for a demolition permit for
45 Bellevue Avenue.
Contact:
Carlos Martins, Senior Plan Examiner
Telephone: (416) 392-7523
Fax: (416) 392-0721
e-mail: cmartins@toronto.ca
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Mr. Paul Oberst, Architect, appeared before the Toronto Community
Council in connection with the foregoing matter.