The Dalton-Bell House at 2187 Lakeshore Rd. met five heritage criteria in a consultants' evaluation, and Burlington's heritage advisory committee has recommended that city council formally protect historic properties.
The Heritage Burlington Advisory Committee, which advises council on historic buildings, wants the properties designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, the provincial law that lets a city protect individual buildings. Council has the final say. Once a property is designated, owners generally need the city's permission before changing or tearing down the features that make it significant. In return, they can apply to the city's Heritage Property Tax Rebate Program.
The same evaluation found the Edwin Thorpe Retirement House at 1454 Birch Ave. not eligible for designation. One property owner asked the committee not to recommend designating her property.
The recommendations are recorded in the minutes of the committee's Sept. 29 meeting, which are up for approval when it next meets on Thursday, Nov. 12, in Room 247 on the second floor of City Hall.
At that meeting, city heritage staff and The Biglieri Group will update members on the next round of property evaluations and designation recommendations, known as Phase II, Batch 2.
