St. John's Anglican Church, where people have worshipped on Dundas Street since 1835, and Carriage Gate are both listed to speak before the Heritage Burlington Advisory Committee, which advises city council on protecting historic buildings.
Rev. Stewart Carolan-Evans of St. John's is listed on the committee's agenda to speak to an update on the City's heritage designation shortlist, drawn up in response to Bill 23, the provincial housing law that changed the rules for municipal heritage lists. The church at 2464 Dundas St. is on that shortlist, and the parish says it has worshipped in its current building since 1839.
Nick Bogaert of MHBC Planning and Monica Carnicelli of Carriage Gate are listed to speak on the Lakeshore Road site, formerly 383-385 Pearl St. That update covers the redevelopment and the move of the heritage building, along with a recommendation to designate it under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, the section that lets a council protect an individual property by bylaw.
Once a property is designated, any change likely to affect the heritage features spelled out in its bylaw needs an application to council and written consent.
The shortlist also includes four homes across the city.
| Property | Address |
|---|---|
| The Thomas Colling Centennial Farmhouse | 5534 Guelph Ln. |
| A. Lemon Family Farmhouse | 1264 Lemonville Rd. |
| The Harry Blessinger Retirement House | 566 Locust St. |
| The Bamford House | 524 Hager Ave. |
When the committee heard the first batch of shortlist findings in September, it recommended that council designate the properties found eligible. A property owner spoke at that meeting and asked that their property not be recommended.
The committee only advises; council makes the final call on any designation. Under the Ontario Heritage Act, properties that were on a municipal heritage register as of Dec. 31, 2022 must get a council notice of intention to designate by Jan. 1, 2027, or come off the register. The designation itself doesn't have to be finished by then.
