Chapter 9

9 Heritage Conservation

9.0 Preamble

A community’s identity and civic pride is rooted in physical and cultural links to its past. In order to celebrate Windsor’s rich history, Council is committed to recognizing, conserving and enhancing heritage resources.

This chapter of the Official Plan provides goals, objectives and policies to guide the conservation of Windsor’s heritage resources and should be read in conjunction with other parts of this Plan.

9.1 Goal

RECOGNIZE CONSERVE & ENHANCE

• 9.1.1 The identification, recognition, protection, conservation, enhancement and proper management of heritage resources.

9.2 Objectives

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT

• 9.2.1 To conserve Windsor’s heritage resources for the benefit of the community and posterity in a manner which respects their architectural, historical and contextual significance and ensures their future viability as functional components of Windsor’s urban environment.

INTEGRATE WITH PLANNING INITIATIVES

• 9.2.2 To integrate the conservation of heritage resources into comprehensive planning and urban design initiatives.

LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE

• 9.2.3 To lead the community in the protection, improvement, utilization and management of heritage resources by using municipally owned heritage properties as examples of proper conservation and stewardship.

PUBLIC AWARENESS & PARTICIPATION

• 9.2.4 To increase awareness and appreciation of Windsor’s heritage resources and encourage participation by individuals, organizations and other levels of government in heritage conservation.

9.3 Policies

9.3.1 General

CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES DEFINITION

• 9.3.1.1 For the purpose of this Plan, heritage resources include built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes that Council has identified as being important to the community.