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A community's identity and civic pride is rooted in the physical and cultural links to its past. In order to celebrate Windsor's rich history, the City of Windsor is committed to recognizing, conserving and enhancing heritage resources. The City's Official Plan sets the goals for heritage planning, which are to identify, recognize, protect, enhance and properly manage the City's heritage resources. Heritage resources include buildings, structures, archaeological and historic sites, landscapes and landmarks, either individually or in groups, which are considered to be of significant architectural and/or historic value. Pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act, the City of Windsor has the authority to grant legal recognition to properties of historic and/or architectural importance by means of a heritage designation. This designation helps to ensure the protection of these properties so that future generations are able to recognize and appreciate them as symbols of our history and our civic pride. The City has engaged Stantec Consulting of London to carry out a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Overview Study and HCD Plan for the Sandwich community. The objective of this project is to provide an architectural and historical analysis of the Sandwich community with a view to establishing a heritage conservation district under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act – to help protect and manage the area’s heritage assets over the long term. Phase I of the study (the overview study of a large area bounded by Huron Church Road, Prince Road and the Detroit River) is now complete.
The consultant has recently completed Phase II of the study, and has prepared a draft for review. Please feel free to provide comments regarding this report to the Planning Department. After further public consultation, the consultant has prepared a final draft of the Heritage Conservation District Study.
The Windsor Heritage Committee, a Council-appointed advisory body on matters pertaining to built heritage, is responsible for identifying, studying and advising Council on properties suitable for designation. Individual citizens may recommend designation as well. Heritage preservation is incorporated into the planning process in Windsor by utilizing site plan control, zoning amendment, secondary plan, and other approval processes to ensure that any proposed development does not negatively impact heritage resources. An archeological assessment may be required when development will affect known or potential archeological resources. Please consult with Planning Department staff to determine if your proposed development has the potential to impact heritage resources. |
Heritage Planning 