Garage Door Repair in Whitevale, Pickering

Whitevale is a nineteenth-century hamlet on West Duffins Creek that has kept its character almost intact. Settlement dates to the 1820s around John Major's sawmill, the cemetery to 1832, the T.P. White House to about 1850, and a planing factory to 1866. The whole hamlet is a Heritage Conservation District, designated by By-law 4074/92 which Council passed on 7 June 1993 to preserve and enhance its special character. A heritage study describes the district as 35 properties, mainly residential with two retail and three public buildings, in Ontario vernacular with Victorian influences and largely unchanged since the late nineteenth century.

The district designation is the governing fact for any exterior work. Alterations visible from the street are subject to district policy, so panel pattern, glazing, colour and hardware style on a street-facing garage door are heritage questions before they are hardware questions, and status should be confirmed with the City before a door is ordered. Whitevale also sits outside the Seaton Zoning By-law, which expressly does not apply to the hamlets of Whitevale, Green River and Brougham, though a Seaton exception zone sets a 6.0 m minimum front yard where a lot abuts Whitevale Road. The hamlet abuts the Seaton lands, so new construction is happening immediately next door.