Policy No. 01 — Selection Policy: The Evaluation of Heritage Property — full text

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1 Policy No. 1 "Selection Policy, The Evaluation of Heritage Property, Mun. of Barrington P O L I POLICY NO. 1 SELECTION POLICY THE EVALUATION OF HERITAGE PROPERTY MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF BARRINGTON SELECTION CRITERIA Property submitted to the Heritage Advisory Committee for consideration will be evaluated on the basis of the selection criteria detailed herein. A record of the Committee's evaluation will be kept. There may be occasions when the Committee determines that a property is worthy of registration even though it does not meet the selection criteria. These occasions may be most numerous during the first years of the Committee's deliberations. CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF HERITAGE PROPERTY The following are eligible for registration: 1. AGE Any extant building, monument, burial grounds or cultural landscape predating 1900. 2. HISTORICITY a) A property associated with one or more historical personages of local significance. b) A property associated with one or more historical events of local significance. c) A property associated with groups, organizations or institutions of local historical significance. d) A property associated with major trends or movements in the Municipality's history. 2 Policy No. 1 "Selection Policy, The Evaluation of Heritage Property, Mun. of Barrington Selection Policy Page 2 3. ARCHITECTURAL a) A property that provides an exceptional example of the work of an architect who has made a significant contribution to the built environment of the Municipality. b) A property that provides an exceptional example of the work of a master builder or engineer who has made a significant contribution to the Municipality. c) A property that provides an exceptional example of an architectural style or building technique that reflects the qualities and standards of a particular era in the Municipality's history. d) A property that has displayed a sustained relevance to the Municipality and a landmark fundamentally inseparable from the public's perception of the culture, history or lifestyle of the Municipality. SELECTION GUIDELINES The following are eligible for registration: 1. CHURCHES and other buildings used for religious purpose. 2. BURIAL GROUNDS 3. RECONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS that display a superior standard of research and craftsmanship. 4. RELOCATED BUILDINGS provided that their relocation has not affected either the historicity or architectural value of the property to an unacceptable extent. 5. A building whose historicity or architectural merit has been concealed by later improvements, is eligible for registration. The nature and value of the improvements, the availability of research material to support future restorations, the intrinsic heritage value of the property, and the extent to which the improvement have caused irreversible damage or loss to the original fabric of the property, are important considerations in determining the heritage value of the property. 6. The condition (that is, the state of repair) of a property will not be a bar to the consideration of a property for registration. 7. Extrinsic factors, such as zoning, condition or style of property surrounding a potential heritage property, accessibility, and potential for reuse, do not affect the eligibility of a property for registration. 3 Policy No. 1 "Selection Policy, The Evaluation of Heritage Property, Mun. of Barrington Selection Policy Page 3 8. Buildings that are the property of the Crown in right of Canada will be eligible for registration subject to an accord with the Government. 9. Areas such as community gardens, historic waterways, and historic dykelands, are eligible for registration. 10. Streetscapes and other buildings' groups whose historical or architectural merit rests in the relationship of the individual buildings in the group to each other, are eligible for registration. 11. Statues and other monuments are eligible for registration if they possess an intrinsic heritage value separate from the person, place or event that they commemorate. 12. Historic ruins, or the remnants of a factory or mill, are eligible for registration. January 31, 1985