CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Matthew Kupfer

In an effort to improve monitoring of vacant and boarded-up heritage buildings, the city's Heritage Matters Task Force has created a list of vacant, designated heritage properties in Ottawato set a baseline for future intervention.

The list of 28 buildings includes Broadview School, Somerset House and some other properties that have made headlines for controversies over their heritage designation or allegations of so-called demolition by neglect. It also includes properties that have been overlooked.

CBC News has turned the data into an interactive map. Have a look at the vacant, boarded-up properties and the features that resulted in their heritage designation.

List to be presented to Planning Committee Tuesday

A heritage staffer was put in charge of a survey of all known vacant designated heritage buildings, identifying their heritage attributes and issuing property standard orders to make a list of properties.

The resulting list is being presented to city council's planning committee on Tuesday. It will serve as a "baseline document and guide" for monitoring upkeep and improving communication with owners of the affected building.

In the process of making the list, the city issued 10 property standards orders to ensure compliance with proper maintenance.

The report to planning committee says the city is in the process of exploring ways other Ontario municipalities encourage heritage property owners to maintain their buildings. That study is expected to lead to another report this fall.