Session Five:

Vancouver’s

Heritage Conservation Program

Session 5 Overview

• What is Heritage? • Heritage Register• Heritage Designation• Heritage Areas• Heritage Incentives• Statement of Significance• Conservation Plan

Hastings Mill Store

City Hall

Vernacular Houses on Hawks Avenue in Strathcona

Parks and Landscapes

Archaeological Sites

“Modern” Buildings

Heritage Interiors

Vancouver

Heritage Register • Adopted in 1986 as Heritage Inventory

• Converted to Register in 1994

• A, B & C Evaluation Categories

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/Guidelines/V001.pdf

Heritage Register Evaluation

Adding a building to the Heritage Register

• Public nomination• Statement of Significance• Review by Staff and Heritage Commission• Approved by City Council

Heritage Designation

Area Designation - Gastown

Area Designation - Chinatown

Heritage Area Zoning - Yaletown

Yaletown today

Heritage Area Zoning – First Shaughnessy

Heritage Area Zoning Kitsilano RT7/8

Heritage Area Zoning - Mount Pleasant RT6

Heritage Area Zoning – Strathcona RT3

Heritage Incentives – Heritage Revitalization Agreement http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/heritage/casestudies/1811w16.htm

Heritage Incentives – Zoning & Development By-Law Relaxations http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/heritage/casestudies/1050Nic.htm

Heritage Incentives – Parking Relaxation

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/heritage/casestudies/2237EPen.htm

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/heritage/casestudies/2237EPen.htm

Heritage Incentives – Project Facilitation

Heritage Incentives -Heritage Density Bonus

Heritage Incentives - Transfer of Density

Heritage Incentives - Heritage Building Rehabilitation Program for DTES

Heritage Building Rehabilitation Program for DTES

http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20060711/documents/ph1.pdf

Statement of Significance

• Purpose:o Describes

o an historic placeo its heritage values o its character defining elements

Example of an SOS

An SOS is the first step in achieving a successful heritage project

Statement of Significance Process

• SOS is drafted

• Reviewed by heritage staff

• Reviewed by Heritage Commission

• Used in planning for building and site

Conservation plan

Assessment > Conservation strategies > Conservation procedures > drawings

Colour elevations > Heritage consultant