Comment 92737

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted September 28, 2013 at 11:29:42 in reply to Comment 92718

Your information is a bit out of date. The Act used to allow demolition as of right after a waiting period, but that is no longer the case.

The Act was modified a few years ago so that it normally prohibits demolition, i.e. a demolition permit is not granted as of right after a certain waiting period. This is what the Act says: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statute...

No owner of property designated under section 29 shall demolish or remove a building or structure on the property or permit the demolition or removal of a building or structure on the property unless the owner applies to the council of the municipality in which the property is situate and receives consent in writing to the demolition or removal. 2002, c. 18, Sched. F, s. 2 (18); 2005, c. 6, s. 22 (1).

In other words, the owners must convince council to grant permission to demolish, which is why the owners of this church are arguing it is structurally unsound and would be expensive to repair. Council doesn't have to agree, but the current council is pretty indifferent to heritage so arguing that fixing the building would be expensive has a good chance of working.

Designation prohibits modification of specified elements, and almost always prohibits demolition of the structure that includes the elements.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2013-09-28 11:33:51

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