Heritage curb keeps Walkerville couple from building driveway

A request to remove a section of stone curb listed on the city's heritage registry in front of a Walkerville residence has been denied by Windsor city staff.

John and Karen Fisk want to build a driveway for their home on Kildare Road.

They requested to remove a piece of curb so they could pave over a portion of the boulevard and install a driveway in front of their house.

The stone curbs are roughly 100 years old and were listed on the Windsor Municipal Heritage Register in 2008.

In a report, John Calhoun, Windsor's heritage planner, wrote the stone curbs are a "rare feature that represents a historic component of the streetscape of Walkerville."

"Do we want Walkerville to look like more like even some of the nicer parts of south Windsor? Or do we want Walkerville to be more unique?" Calhoun said at the inaugural planning, heritage and economic development standing committee meeting Monday night.

Windsor's heritage committee was rolled into the city's planning and economic development committee.

Plans for Walkerville

The curb denial comes as a new heritage strategy is being proposed for the area.

Calhoun said there has been so much development in Walkerville over the past few years the city is thinking of drafting a plan.

"We don't have a proposal for a full heritage designation, but the considerations for particularly what the public property looks like and then what front yards and perhaps the front of the buildings look like," he said.