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27-896: It was initially known as the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board during the 1950s. It was incorporated into the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1967 by the Ontario legislature. Its name was changed to the Ontario Heritage Trust in 2005 by an amendment to the Ontario Heritage Act . The Trust's immediate past chair is Harvey McCue. The Trust's most recognizable work is the Provincial Plaque Program. Since 1956 (at Port Carling ), it has erected over 1,200 of

54-723: A guideline that provides a context for the inherent conflict between religious beliefs and the civil authority over religious property that is enabled by the Act. The "Guide to Conserving Heritage Places of Worship in Ontario Communities" is part of the Ontario Heritage Toolkit. The Guide provides an understanding of how religious and heritage preservation goals can be balanced. Properties under federal jurisdiction are also problematic; enterprises such as banking, navigation and interprovincial rail operate beyond

81-603: Is northeast of downtown, on the southern banks of the Ottawa River . It encompasses the small McKay Lake (a Meromictic lake ), Sand Pits Lake (The Pond), and the Rockeries, a rock garden and playing field maintained by the National Capital Commission (NCC). As it was long a separate village not under the jurisdiction of Ottawa's municipal government, Rockcliffe Park differs from the rest of

108-434: Is not universally welcomed. Because it imposes restrictions, or at least delay, on alteration or demolition of protected properties, some owners and would-be developers feel their property rights are compromised. There is also concern that the restrictions will make it more difficult to sell and/or develop affected properties, with a negative impact on market values. Ottawa : As part of the city’s heritage inventory project,

135-678: Is now the residence of the leader of the Canadian Official Opposition . Rockcliffe Park Public School, which was attended by the eldest princess, Beatrix, now calls its gymnasium Queen Juliana Hall. According to the Canada 2021 Census : Average salary in Rockcliffe Park is $ 186,000, whereas the average salary in Ottawa is $ 64,500, based on average total income in 2020 among recipients. The benchmark price for

162-547: The provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in the Canadian Province of Ontario , as being of cultural heritage value or interest. Once a property has been designated under Part IV of the Act , a property owner must apply to the local municipality for a permit to undertake alterations to any of the identified heritage elements of the property or to demolish any buildings or structures on

189-623: The Heritage Conservation Plan. Experience with the new provisions of the Act has been mixed. Municipalities, who were given significantly greater authority with the amendments, have, in some cases, used the authority to prevent or delay development proposals, with questionable intent. In one case a golf course was designated when the local Council received a proposal to develop it for housing. Another flashpoint has been proposals to develop or significantly alter church properties. The government of Ontario has recently published

216-630: The National Capital Commission, also called Rockcliffe Park. It is transversed by a branch of the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway . The parkway has several small parking lots along its length that enable visitors to enjoy the lawns, wooded areas, parks, and lookouts. There is also a large gazebo , and public restrooms. In the winter visitors can enjoy cross-country skiing and toboganning. The largely francophone neighbourhood of Vanier lies to

243-732: The OMB in Statler v. Ottawa (City) represents a warning to cities across the province that the Board (now the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal) will not allow municipalities to overreach their powers under the Ontario Heritage Act ("OHA")." The community is home to one public elementary school, Rockcliffe Park Public School (RPPS), and two private schools , Elmwood School and Ashbury College . Located beside

270-662: The Ontario Heritage Trust. It was used as the exterior of the " 125th Precinct " in Lower Manhattan in the 2012 television series Beauty & the Beast . In 1965 the Ontario Heritage Trust began honouring sports achievements, but it was not until 1975 that the Ontario Sport Awards Program was formally established. Ontario Heritage Act The Ontario Heritage Act , (the Act ) first enacted on March 5, 1975, allows municipalities and

297-547: The centre of Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. Established in 1864, organized as a Police village in 1908, and an independent village from 1926, and ultimately amalgamated with the rest of Ottawa on January 1, 2001. As of 2011 , it had a population of 2,021. In 1977 the entire village of Rockcliffe Park was designated a Heritage Conservation District. Rockcliffe Park is one of only a handful of surviving nineteenth-century communities of its kind in North America. The area

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324-569: The city is reviewing properties in Old Ottawa East and Old Ottawa South and placing those considered to have “cultural heritage value” on a registry. Owners will be required to give 60 days notice to the city before demolishing a listed property. Rockcliffe Park : The entire village, which is now part of the City of Ottawa, became a Heritage Conservation District in 2016. The objective is not just conservation of individual buildings but of

351-403: The city. The village is characterized by its park-like setting, with varied topography – narrow curving roads without curbs or sidewalks, many trees, generous lots and gardens, and houses set unobtrusively within a visually continuous, rich green landscape. It is relatively inaccessible to through traffic. To the north, on the cliffs of the Ottawa River , there is public greenspace maintained by

378-519: The community hall, there are memorabilia about and from HMCS Rockcliffe – an Algerine -class minesweeper that served during World War II – and a plaque and honour roll dedicated to residents who served. There is no commercial activity in the village. Rockcliffe Park is and has been home to many Ottawa notables, including former prime ministers, senior civil servants, corporate leaders and many ambassadors to Canada. The Dutch royal family lived there during World War II. Their former home, Stornoway ,

405-538: The elementary school is a community hall / library complex. The library was originally funded, built and staffed through the efforts of Rockcliffe residents, but is now a branch of the Ottawa Public Library , with computer access, a children's area, a young adult section and regular adult section. The library houses a special collection of art-related books called the Margaret A. Bailey collection. In

432-526: The future. In the case of Statler v. Ottawa (City), 2017 CarswellOnt 18749 (O.M.B), the Ontario Municipal Board ("OMB") made the decision that Heritage Conservation District studies adopted prior to the 2005 amendments to the OHA have no force in law; and, that the pre-2005 OHA did not control property, only structures, resulting in the lack of legal authority to regulate land. "The decision of

459-461: The heritage building. The amended legislation also contains provisions which enable municipalities to enact by-laws to require owners of designated buildings to maintain the structures and their heritage elements. Such by-laws are intended to prevent " demolition by neglect ", although the collapse of Walnut Hall in Toronto demonstrates that such buildings are still at risk. Heritage designation

486-520: The jurisdiction of Ontario's government. Various federal private member's bills ( Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act , Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act ) attempt to restrict demolition of historic properties, but all are narrow in scope and provide no protection against demolition by neglect. Rockcliffe Park Rockcliffe Park ( French : Parc Rockcliffe ) is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward , close to

513-498: The landowner "waiting out the clock" and demolishing the heritage building once the protection of the Ontario Heritage Act had expired. In 2005, the provincial government enacted changes to strengthen the Act. Under the amended legislation, a landowner who is refused a demolition permit under the Act no longer has an automatic right to demolish a designated building once the cooling off period has expired. Instead,

540-558: The landowner has the option to appeal the permit refusal to the Conservation Review Board for individual properties or the Ontario Municipal Board for properties within a Heritage Conservation District and the appropriate board would make the final decision on whether or not a demolition permit is issued. Where the OMB refuses to issue a permit, the landowner would have no choice but to preserve

567-789: The now-familiar blue and gold plaques, the vast majority of which are found across Ontario, but also in the United States, France, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. The Trust also owns a number of historic buildings. The Ontario Heritage Trust Building—also known as the Birkbeck Building or the Ontario Heritage Centre—at 10 Adelaide Street East in Toronto is the headquarters of

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594-400: The park-like qualities of the area as a whole. This means that lot sizes, spacings between houses, and streetscapes are also protected; for example, new circular driveways are no longer permitted. There is a current appeal by a home-owner who is also a developer. Pending the outcome of a September 2017 hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board , City of Ottawa policy is to continue to apply

621-528: The property. Part V of the Act allows for the designation of heritage conservation districts . Until 2005, a designation of a property under the Act allowed a municipality to delay, but not ultimately prevent, the demolition of a heritage property. Heritage advocates were highly critical of the 180-day "cooling off" period provided for under the legislation, which was intended to allow time for municipalities and landowners to negotiate an appropriate level of heritage preservation, but often simply resulted in

648-594: The south. Rockcliffe Park was founded by Thomas Keefer, in 1864, in accordance with the principles of the Picturesque tradition. The preservation of the natural landscape with roads lined with mature trees and curving around a varied topography, its rocky outcroppings and its lake and pond, as well as strong landscaping of individual properties, are all key to the Picturesque quality of the Village. The motto on

675-555: The village coat-of-arms is “Inter Arboribus Floremus” - amidst the trees we flourish. The entire village is a Heritage Conservation District . Heritage conservation district plans have been required for all heritage conservation districts in the province since 2005. After public consultations, and review by the City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Subcommittee and Planning Committee, the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Plan

702-645: Was approved by Ottawa City Council in 2016. Legislation was enacted to adopt the Plan, pursuant to Section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act . The Plan's objective is conservation of the park-like qualities of the area, and of the buildings and properties that contribute to its heritage character. Since a heritage permit is now required prior to undertaking the alteration or demolition of a property, some property owners have raised concerns that market values will be negatively affected – see Ontario Heritage Act : Implementation and Issues. This heritage designation of properties

729-628: Was challenged in a landmark case of 270 Buchan Rd; in May 2019 the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal sided with the homeowner ordering that city to issue permit for demolition. The heritage consultant found incomplete evaluation forms and observations that don’t align with scores in a sample of 50 evaluations. The downfall of the city’s case to protect the home was an admission that 721 property evaluations in Rockcliffe Park were not done correctly and that more errors could be uncovered in

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