HRTG-2023-00861 (Former Case H00574) – Deregistration of Lot 1SM1-1 (PID 41518333), 12 York Redoubt Crescent, Fergusons Cove

Request

Application by the property owner, Star of the Sea B7B requesting to deregister Lot 1SM1-1 (PID 41518333), a vacant parcel of land located at 12 York Redoubt Crescent, Fergusons Cove, which was subdivided from the municipally registered heritage property known as Stella Maris Church (the church will remain registered).

Proposal

Background

The property at 4 York Redoubt Crescent, Fergusons Cove has been a Municipally Registered Heritage Property since 1994. The property contains the former Stella Maris Church.The property owner has recently subdivided the property as shown on Attachment A to create two lots as follows:

12 York Redoubt Cresent   New Lot: 1SM1-1 (PID 41518333)   Vacant      

 4 York Redoubt Cresent   Remainder Lot: 1SM1 (PID 40079733)   Contains church

The subdivision process cannot change a heritage designation boundary of a Municipally Registered Heritage Property. Consequently, a heritage designation is applied to both 4 and 12 York Redoubt Cresent. The intention of the property owner is to develop and/or sell 12 York Redoubt Cresent. As 12 York Redoubt Cresent retains its heritage designation, any development proposed on the property is subject to heritage standards and requirements. Therefore, the property owner has requested that the heritage designation applied to 12 York Redoubt Cresent be removed pursuant to Section 16(1)(b) of the Heritage Property Act.

Process

Council shall hold a public hearing on the deregistration, the hearing must be held not less than thirty days after a notice of the hearing is served on the registered owner of the municipal heritage property and published in a newspaper circulating in the area (a notice has been published in the December 21, 2024 edition of the Chronicle Herald). If the property is deregistered, the Heritage Property Act requires that Council shall cause notice of the deregistration to be sent to the registered owner of the property and a copy thereof to be deposited in the registry of deeds for the registration district in which the property is situated.

Status

Halifax Regional Council intends to consider and, if deemed advisable, approve the following applications:

HRTG-2023-00861 – Application by Star of the Sea B&B to deregister Lot 1SM1-1, a vacant parcel of land located at 12 York Redoubt Crescent, Fergusons Cove, which was subdivided from the municipally registered heritage property known as Stella Maris Church (the church will remain registered).

A public hearing for deregistration will be held by Halifax Regional Council on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at Halifax City Hall (Council Chamber), 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS. All oral and written submissions will be considered at that time.  Written submissions may be forwarded to the Municipal Clerk by mail, P.O. Box 1749, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3A5; by fax, 902-490-4208; or by e-mail, clerks@halifax.ca. Written submissions should be received by the Municipal Clerk’s Office as early as possible and not later than 3:00 p.m. on January 28, 2025.

A copy of the staff report may be obtained by contacting the Office of the Municipal Clerk at 902-490-4210. Alternatively, the staff report is available on-line at the following location: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/agendas-meetings-reports. 

All visitors to Halifax City Hall must sign-in at the security desk, located at the main (Grand Parade) entrance of City Hall. Visitors who use the accessible entrance on Argyle Street will be escorted to the security desk by staff. All visitors must present federal, provincial, or territorial government-issued photo ID to security. If a visitor does not have government issued photo ID, they may present two pieces of federal, provincial, or territorial government-issued ID, two pieces of documentation (e.g. bills) or a combination of two pieces of government-issued ID/documentation as long as they both include their first and last name.

Information on how to sign up to speak in advance is available on-line: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/public-hearings

Documents Submitted for Evaluation

The details of this application may change before consideration or approval by Regional Council. Updates or changes to the application will be posted on this website.