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Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Policy Respecting Criteria for Heritage Property
Registration
This Policy shall be known as the "Heritage Property Registration Criteria Policy".
STATEMENT OF POLICY:
• It is the policy of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) to
provide detailed, specific criteria to assist both staff and members of the
Heritage Advisory Committee (Committee) in evaluating whether or not a
property should be registered as a Municipal Heritage Property.
1 .0 OBJECTIVE:
• It is the objective of this Policy to streamline the process for evaluating
requests for the registration of municipal heritage properties, resulting in
better decision making.
2.0 RESPONSIBILITIES:
2.1 The CBRM Council will approve the Heritage Property
Registration Criteria Policy.
2.2 The Heritage Officer will receive the applications for registration
of municipal heritage properties and score the properties based on
the criteria outlined in Section 3.0 herein.
2.3 The Heritage Officer will provide a report to the Committee for
each application, including the results of the scoring and
recommendation regarding registration.
2.4 The Committee will review the Heritage Officer's report and
recommendation and render a decision regarding same. If the
Committee recommends registration, the application is then
forwarded to CBRM Council with a recommendation for approval.
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Policy Respecting Criteria for Heritage Property Registration 2
3.0 CRITERIA:
Historic Significance
Age of Property 30 points
Association of the property with the community's economic, social,political, athletic or 20 points
cultural history
Association of the property with a well-known person locally,provincially or nationally 10 points
Association of the property with a significant event in a community's history(such as
incorporation of a former municipal unit, a famous labour dispute, a famous court case) 10 points
Architectural Significance
Presence of rare or unique architectural features on the exterior(such as stained glass 20 points
windows, Scottish dormers, turrets, unique pre-fabricated features on modern buildings, etc.)
Exceptional example of a particular architectural style; in order to score high in this category 50 points
a structure need not be old or elaborately designed(a modern building that is unique or is a
particularly good example of a particular style could score high in this category, as could a
modest, relatively unornamented structure if it is a very good example of a particular style
(such as a semi- detached coal company house)
Exterior is wood, clay brick or natural stone 10 points
Has been very substantially altered in recent years; most or all original features (dormers, -25 points
windows, doors, verandahs, etc.)have been changed in size and/or style or have been
removed
Property is in a deteriorated state, requiring major repairs -15 pts
Presence of unique interior features (such as a Casavant Freres organ, exceptional interior 5 points
wood work, unique light fixtures) -points to be awarded only in cases where the building is
open to the public on a regular basis (places offaith, theatres,public buildings)
Cultural Significance
Association of the property with the history of a particular religious or ethnic group in the 25 points
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Association of the property with social or sports events within a community over a long 25 points
period of time
It is intended that this scoring criteria will be used as a guide; it is not
recommended that a specific score in each category would be required in
order for registration to proceed. However, it is assumed that in order to be
registered a property should score at least 50 points overall.
Approved by Council: February 19, 2019
Cape Breton Regional Municipality