City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

8.3 City Council shall,
(a) assist in identifying, protecting and
promoting cultural heritage resources
in the municipality, in co-operation
with Federal, Provincial and Regional
levels of government, as well as private
agencies and individuals;
(b) consult with its local architectural
conservation advisory committee and
other heritage committees, and
participate with these committees and
others in protecting important heritage
resources, as necessary, through
assembling, resale, public-private
partnerships, acquisition or other forms
of involvement;
(c) ensure that plans, programs and
strategies prepared by or for the City
and its boards or commissions, shall
respect the character and significance
of the City’s heritage resources; and
(d) use and encourage the use of available
government and non-government
funding and programs to assist in
cultural heritage resource conservation.
CITY POLICY
Co-operation with Others
City Council has appointed a
heritage committee, known
locally as Heritage Pickering.
Under the Ontario Heritage
Act, the committee is known as
a Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory
Committee (LACAC).
8.4 City Council, in consultation with its
heritage committee, where warranted shall
implement the provisions of the Ontario
Heritage Act, including the designation
under the Act of heritage sites and
heritage districts.
CITY POLICY
Ontario Heritage Act
8.5 City Council, in association with its
heritage committee, shall,
(a) develop programs for promoting
public awareness and appreciation of
cultural heritage resources, and in
doing so shall consider,
(i) preparing and distributing heritage
information through libraries,
schools, displays, information
booths and local events;
CITY POLICY
Heritage Education
and Promotion Policies
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