Amy Barnes

The appellant appealed the municipality's by-law designating a former Quaker meeting house as a property of cultural heritage value under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The appellant argued the property lacked design and contextual value due to alterations and insufficient analysis of its relationship to the historic area.

The Tribunal accepted the respondent's expert evidence that the property is a representative example of a muted Gothic Revival style consistent with Quaker values and that its physical characteristics support the character of the historic district.

The appeal was dismissed, and the designation was upheld.

The appellant appealed a municipal by-law designating a historic former town hall as a property of cultural heritage value under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The appellant argued he did not receive notice of the intention to designate and raised structural concerns about the building.

The Tribunal rejected the appellant's evidence regarding lack of notice and found the structural engineering evidence irrelevant to the heritage designation.

Relying on the uncontested expert heritage evidence provided by the municipality, the Tribunal found the property met the prescribed criteria for designation.

The appeal was allowed in part only to amend the by-law's statement of cultural heritage value to correct historical inaccuracies, and was otherwise dismissed.