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
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
Heritage Incentives – Zoning & Development By-Law Relaxations
Heritage Incentives – Parking Relaxation
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
Statement of Significance Purpose: o Describes o an historic place o 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