Blackfriars-Petersville Heritage Conservation District Plan & Guidelines | May 2014 City of London Tausky Heritage Consultants May 12, 2014 Blackfriars-Petersville Heritage Conservation District Plan & Guidelines Submitted to: Charles Parker, Senior Planner City of London 300 Dufferin Avenue, London, Ontario N6B 1Z2 Report Number: 13-1151-0194-002 Distribution: REPORT 1 digital copy BLACKFRIARS-PETERSVILLE HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Background.......................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Benefits of Heritage Conservation District Designation ....................................................................................... 4 1.4 Heritage Conservation District Plan ..................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 BLACKFRIARS-PETERSVILLE HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT .................................................................... 5 2.1 Description of the Heritage Conservation District ................................................................................................ 5 2.2 Heritage Conservation District Boundaries .......................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value .................................................................................................................. 7 3.0 HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT GOALS & OBJECTIVES ............................................................................... 9 4.0 HERITAGE CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................. 11 5.0 ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT ............................................................................................................................................ 13 5.1 Conflict ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 5.2 Contravention of the Ontario Heritage Act ......................................................................................................... 13 6.0 MUNICIPAL POLICIES................................................................................................................................................... 14 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 6.2 Official Plan........................................................................................................................................................ 14 6.3 Zoning By-law .................................................................................................................................................... 15 6.4 Site Plan Control ................................................................................................................................................ 16 6.5 Severances and Minor Variances ...................................................................................................................... 17 6.6 Building Permits ................................................................................................................................................. 17 6.7 Design Guidelines .............................................................................................................................................. 18 6.8 Archaeological Master Plan ............................................................................................................................... 18 6.9 Sign & Canopy By-law ....................................................................................................................................... 19 6.10 Emergency Management Plan........................................................................................................................... 19 7.0 HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT POLICIES ..................................................................................................... 21 7.2 Development Pattern ......................................................................................................................................... 21 7.3 Resources in Blackfriars-Petersville Heritage Conservation District .................................................................. 21 May 12, 2014 Report No. 13-1151-0194 i BLACKFRIARS-PETERSVILLE HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN 7.4 Contributing Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 21 7.5 Demolition of Contributing Resources ............................................................................................................... 23 7.6 Non-Contributing Resources.............................................................................................................................. 26 7.7 Residential Area ................................................................................................................................................ 26 7.8 Neighbourhood Commercial Node Area ............................................................................................................ 28 7.9 Open Space Area .............................................................................................................................................. 29 7.10 New Development ............................................................................................................................................. 29 7.11 Building Conversion ........................................................................................................................................... 30 7.12 Public Realm...................................................................................................................................................... 31 7.13 Public Works & Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................ 32 7.14 Part IV Designations within a Heritage Conservation District ............................................................................ 33 7.15 Heritage Conservation Easements .................................................................................................................... 33 7.16 Adjacent Areas .................................................................................................................................................. 33 8.0 HERITAGE ALTERATION PERMIT PROCESS ............................................................................................................. 35 8.2 Heritage Alteration Permit & Other Permits ....................................................................................................... 40 8.3 Emergency Repairs ........................................................................................................................................... 40 9.0 IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 41 9.1 Education and Information Programs ................................................................................................................ 41 9.2 Monitoring Program ........................................................................................................................................... 41 9.3 Heritage Preservation Incentive Programs ........................................................................................................ 43 10.0 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................... 44 10.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 44 10.2 Key Elements..................................................................................................................................................... 45 10.3 Design Guidelines .............................................................................................................................................. 52 11.0 ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION GUIDELINES ..................................................................................................... 56 11.1 Cycles of Restoration ......................................................................................................................................... 56 11.2 CONSERVATION GUIDELINES ....................................................................................................................... 57 12.0 CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION & DESIGN GUIDELINES ................................................... 77 12.1 Introduction 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