ç,d i “What so many fail to understand is the fact that we can have no future without having had a past on which to build the present.” —Dr H.C. Burleigh VILLAGE OF BATH HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Village of Bath Heritage Conservation District Plan represents the hard work and efforts of the conservation of cultural heritage resources in the Village of Bath over the past thirty years. This report is indebted to those individuals. PROJECT TEAM Kyle Gonyou, Village of Bath Heritage Conservation District Plan Author Jim Sova, Project Manager, Planner, Loyalist Township Murray Beckel, Project Director, Director of Planning and Development Services, Loyalist Township David Casemore, GIS Support, Planning Technician, Loyalist Township LOYALIST TOWNSHIP HERITAGE COMMITTEE Barbara Monk, Chairperson Councilor Ed Daniliunas Councilor John Ibey Andrea Cross John Dixon Robert Hammond Bert Herfst Gus Panageotopoulos Warren Sleeth Virginia Thompson Denise Wolfe SPECIAL THANKS Cynthia Flavell, Fairfield-Gutzeit Society Andrew Jeanes, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Larry Pearson, Director Historic Places Stewardship Section, Alberta Culture This program is supported by funding provided by the Government of Ontario and Loyalist Township. 2 VILLAGE OF BATH HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 7 1.1 What is a Heritage Conservation District? ......................................................................... 7 1.2 Benefits of a Heritage Conservation District ...................................................................... 7 1.3 Purpose of Update ............................................................................................................ 8 2. Village of Bath Heritage Conservation District ........................................................................ 9 2.1 District Location ................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 Red Book (1976) .............................................................................................................11 2.3 Heritage District Designation Report (1982) .....................................................................12 2.4 Designation Bylaw 514-82 ...............................................................................................12 2.5 Updated Inventory of Heritage Buildings in the Village of Bath, Ontario (2001) ................13 2.6 Heritage Districts Work! Heritage Conservation District Study, Town of Bath (2009) .......13 3. History, Growth and Development of the Village of Bath .......................................................15 3.1 Pre-Fur Trade and Madeleine de Roybon d’Allon ............................................................15 3.2 Loyalist Era ......................................................................................................................17 3.3 The Village of Bath ..........................................................................................................23 3.4 Post-War .........................................................................................................................26 3.5 Summary .........................................................................................................................27 4. Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or INterest ...................................................................28 4.1 Key Heritage Attributes ....................................................................................................30 5. Goals and Objectives ............................................................................................................31 5.1 Overall Heritage Conservation District .............................................................................31 5.2 Heritage Resources .........................................................................................................31 5.3 Village Streetscape & Landscape ....................................................................................31 5.4 Process ...........................................................................................................................32 5.5 Applicable Policy .............................................................................................................32 5.6 Amendments ...................................................................................................................32 6. Heritage Conservation District Shall Prevail ..........................................................................33 7. Policy ....................................................................................................................................34 7.1 Land Use & Development Pattern ...................................................................................34 7.1.1 Land Use & Development Pattern Policy ...................................................................34 VILLAGE OF BATH HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN 3 7.2 Landscape/Streetscape ...................................................................................................35 7.2.1 Landscape/Streetscape Policy ......................................................................................35 7.3 Contributing Resources ...................................................................................................36 7.3.1 Contributing Resources Policy ..................................................................................36 7.4 Non-Contributing Resources............................................................................................37 7.4.1 Non-Contributing Resources Policy ...........................................................................37 7.5 New Development ...........................................................................................................38 7.5.1 New Development Policy ..........................................................................................38 7.6 Adjacency ........................................................................................................................38 7.6.1 Adjacency Policy .......................................................................................................39 7.7 Archaeological Resources ...............................................................................................39 7.7.1 Archaeological Resources Policy ..............................................................................39 7.8 Demolition .......................................................................................................................40 7.8.1 Demolition Policy .......................................................................................................40 8. Municipal Policy ....................................................................................................................41 8.1 Official Plan .....................................................................................................................41 8.1.1 Official Plan Recommendations ................................................................................41 8.2 Zoning Bylaw ...................................................................................................................42 8.2.1 Zoning Bylaw Recommendations ..............................................................................44 8.3 Signage Bylaw .................................................................................................................44 8.4 Emergency Response Plan .............................................................................................45 8.4.1 Emergency Response Plan Recommendations ........................................................46 8.5 Heritage Impact Statement ..............................................................................................46 8.5.1 Heritage Impact Statement Recommendations .........................................................46 8.6 Heritage Permit................................................................................................................47 9. Heritage Permit .....................................................................................................................48 9.1 Applicability .....................................................................................................................49 9.2 Delegated Authority .........................................................................................................49 9.3 Timeline ...........................................................................................................................49 9.4 Fee ..................................................................................................................................50 9.5 Heritage Permit & Building Permit....................................................................................50 9.6 Heritage Conservation Easements ..................................................................................50 4 VILLAGE OF BATH HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN 9.7 Case of Emergency or Catastrophe .................................................................................51 9.8 Appeals ...........................................................................................................................51