THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON

 

BY-LAW NUMBER 135-1992

 

A By-law to designate property known as 491 Pearl Street, Part of Lots Number 4 and 5, in Block D, Plan 92, in the City of Burlington, Regional Municipality of Halton, as property having historical and architectural value and interest pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act.

 

WHEREAS by Section 29(6)(a) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter 0.18, as amended, the Council of a municipality shall pass a by-law designating property to be of historical and architectural value and interest where no Notice of Objection to the designation has been served on the City Clerk within

thirty days after the date of first publication of the Notice of Intention to designate

in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality;

 

AND WHEREAS Notice of Intention to Designate 491 Pearl Street was published in a local newspaper and served on the owners of the property and on the Ontario Heritage Foundation by registered mail;

 

AND WHEREAS the reasons for the said designation are set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this by-law;

 

AND WHEREAS no Notice of Objection was served on the City Clerk of the City of Burlington.

 

NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.  THAT 491 Pearl Street, more particularly described in Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming part of this by-law, be designated as being of architectural and historical value and interest.

 

2.  THAT the City Clerk be directed to cause a Notice of this by-law to be published in a local newspaper having general circulation in the municipality.

 

3.  THAT the City Clerk be directed to cause a certified true copy of this by-law to be served upon the owners of 491 Pearl Street and the Ontario Heritage Foundation.

 

4.  THAT this by-law shall take effect on the date of its registration in the Land Registry Office for the Land Registry Division of Halton (No. 20).

 

 

ENACTED AND PASSED this 23rd day of November, 1992.

 

 

MAYOR: _________________________________________

 

 

CITY CLERK: _____________________________________

 

 

SCHEDULE "A"

 

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION

 

491 PEARL STREET

 

Built in 1872 for Robert Hammond, a carpenter, this is a good representative example of a wood frame house built in the vernacular Gothic revival style.  In the original Village of Burlington, there were several similar houses, of which few now survive. Although the original wood siding was reclad twenty years ago, much of the authentic carpenter's work remains: the end gables and small central front gable are decorated with fine "gingerbread" bargeboards, and the house also retains most of its original doors, windows, shutters, and trim. This house with its garden, located at the corner of Pearl and Maria Streets, makes a significant contribution to the preservation of this heritage neighbourhood's character.

 

 

SCHEDULE "B"

 

DETAILED PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

 

491 PEARL STREET

 

Part of Lots Number 4 and 5 in Block D, Plan 92, on the north east side of Pearl Street, in the City of Burlington, in the Regional Municipality of Halton, more particularly described as follows:

 

COMMENCING at the southerly angle of said Lot Five (5), said point of commencement being at the intersection of the northeasterly boundary of Pearl Street with the northwesterly boundary of Maria Street;

 

THENCE in a northwesterly direction along the said northeasterly boundary of Pearl Street fifty-eight feet two inches (58'2") to a point;

 

THENCE in a northeasterly direction parallel to the said northwesterly boundary of Maria Street one hundred and two feet (102') to a point;

 

THENCE in a southeasterly direction parallel to the said first mentioned boundary fifty-eight feet two inches (58'2") more or less to the said northwesterly boundary of Maria Street;

 

THENCE in a southwesterly direction along the said northwesterly boundary of Maria Street one hundred and two feet (102') more or less to the place of beginning, all as shown on Plan Number 92 for the said City.

 

as in Instrument No. 597054.