Municipal Heritage Committee minutes pertaining to 325 King Street. The paragraph at issue is highlighted below:
MUNICIPAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
Tuesday January 18, 2022
06:30 PM
PRESENT:
Councillors; Clare Cameron, Al Bisback Members; Drew Chapman (Chair), Rita
Trudeau (Vice-Chair), Philip Hoad, Amanda Demers, Ron Dale, David Parker
REGRETS:
Ken Douglas
STAFF:
Marcus R. Létourneau - LHC Heritage Planning and Archaeology
Diego Maenza - LHC Heritage Planning and Archaeology
Tara Druzina - Administrative Assistant – CDS
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8.3 325 King Street - Review of Revised Submission
Marcus R. Létourneau spoke to the revised application and the submitted presentation
to the Committee.
Paul DeMelo, agent for the applicant, spoke to the submission and spoke directly to the
changes between the submissions.
General discussion ensued, specifically regarding the requirement for the facade to
remain in situ (a Council ratified motion from the Municipal Heritage Committee
meeting, May, 2019). The agent interpreted the motion as being an opportunity to leave
the facade in situ which according to the agent is the best way to ensure preservation.
Committee members had questions regarding zoning and the agent was able to answer
such.
Moved by Amanda Demers that the following apply to the revised submission;
- the Committee reaffirms the May, 2019 commitment to facade preservation,
- the Committee is in favour of the heritage walk proposed,
- the proponent consider the use of historic, architectural details for a design
sympathetic to the existing historic fabric of the surrounding area and the town in
general,
- in light of the committee's concern about the height of the building being
significantly higher than any neighbouring residential buildings including the
commercial buildings located in the nearby downtown area, that the proponent
consider ways to achieve a reduced building height such as a reduction to two
storeys,
- the Committee requests that the May, 2019 request for a design charrette be
undertaken and that Committee members David Parker, Philip Hoad, Amanda
Demers, Drew Chapmanand Gordon Stratford (Vice Chair of the Urban Design
Committee) and members of the LHC Heritage Planning and Archaeology team
become part of a design charrette withthe applicant/agent, with the Committee
committing to supplying the applicant/agent with input for consideration before the
end of January 2022.
APPROVED.
