Whereas Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act stipulates that any non-designated heritage property listed on the municipal register of properties as of December 31, 2022 shall be removed from the municipal register on or before January 1, 2025, if the council of the municipality does not give a notice of intention to designate the property under subsection 29(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act on or before January 1, 2025; and,
Whereas since January 1, 2023, Town staff have been working diligently with the Town's Heritage Consultant to review the municipal heritage register; review and research non-designated properties; contact owners of identified priority properties; and determine which properties should potentially be designated in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act; and,
Whereas the above-noted work involving 367 listed properties in the Town of Newmarket is challenging to complete by January 1, 2025 given the depth of study and multitude of steps involved in the process.
Therefore be it resolved:
- That the Heritage Newmarket Advisory Committee requests that the Council of the Town of Newmarket sends a copy of this motion to the Premier, and Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism to request that subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act be amended to extend the above-noted deadline for five years from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2030.