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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-12-06, Page 5CO)TMC)2E0 THIS SET FEATURES A FULL WOOD DE ',CRAFT CABINET. -26" SCREEN -1. YEAR PARTS & LABOUR WARRANTY -6 YEAR PLAN ON PICTURE TUBE -C-11 CHASSIS PRICE $599.95 WITH TRADE SEE THESE MODELS AND OTHERS AT - 111010aNITV SALES StSERICE ELECTROHOME ,,.,,w.,, IEEN STRREIIII.YTH,ONT. pi.got,523-9640 IF IT WERE. IN HER HANDS h.' HER GIFT WOULD COME FROM . • • SHOPPE THE a EE • GODERICH 2 I eA e e • OPEN - THURS. & FRI. HITE 'TIL 9 , DURING DEC. & ALL DAY WEDNESDAY $3 million plaza gets Goderich Township nod Township Council had gone to officials asking for .4 zoning bylaw for their township and up to this time there was nothing done for them," claimed Smith. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 03,. 187-4 Rockledge Properties Limited has received a permit from Goderich Township Coun- cil to build a $3,000,000 shop- ping plaza on a 20-acre site just east of the Town of Goderich. across from Sheaffer Pen Com- pany. According to Vice-president of Rockledge, Gordon Smith, Goderich, the Wilding itself is proposed to cover three and a half acres, All services for the complex will be supplied by Rockledge and parking will be provided for up to 2,000 cars. Although there is presently a "freeze" on commercial development in Goderich Township imposed by Hun, John White last Thursday just minutes after the Rockledge building permit was issued, Smith feels there is a good chance the Rockledge mall will receive approval. Smith said the matter is presently before the courts and decision is expected within 30 days. He said construction will begin immediately upon receipt of the approval and he estimated that completion date would be approximately nine months from the starting date. In a prepared press release, Smith attempted to "clarify some of the misunderstandings and misinterpreted information that has reached the public this past week." "I would first like to acquaint myself and family to the folks in this area who don't already know us," said Smith, "My wife and self were born, raised and educated in Goderich. Since finishing school I was employed by local people. Later I owned, operated and built my own businesses for a good 14 years here." With his parents, Smith owned the Bluewater Lounge which catered to dances and banquets. "Later beside the lounge I built, owned and operated the Bluewater Motel which is south on Highway 21," said Smith. "Selling the motel, the family and myself moved to Goderich. Here under Viceroy Construction, I was a building contractor and under the same name operated a backhoe business." "As you can now see we are no strangers coming into town and trying to put a tran- sgression over on our local mer- chants, town, town council and Mr. White," stated Smith in the written release. "We are at- tempting to make our area grow for the better." Smith squelched rumors of animosity between Suncoast and Rockledge. "Ken Hutchins and I have worked and done business with each other quite often," said Rockledge Vice-president Smith. "We are not in rivalry with Suncoast as indicated by the news media. Competition to me is not bad, it just makes one toil harder at the task he is doing." "I would also like to point out that there has been a lot of work, time, money and plan- ning spent by our company to bring to this area a high calibre and suitable shopping plaza," said Smith. "We are endeavoring to bring to you a new and major food chain store," said Smith. "Ae present food stores will be left in their present locations." The Rockledge spokesman I defended the choice of site on Highway 8. "In surveys taken it shows that the hest location for a. shopping plaza in this area is Highway 8," Smith stated. "At- tending a special meeting in Goderich Township recently, the Huron County planner was present. He was asked with location of the two proposed 'shopping plazas he would con- sider as a planner for the county to be the most suitable and he stated that Highway would be the best." Smith made further reference to the Huron County Planning Department in his release. "Some 18 months prior to this issue coming up, Goderich After weeks of intensive study by the Huron County Board of Health chaired by Gerry Ginn, deputy-reeve of Goderich Township, members of county council tur- ned down the proposed plumbing inspec- tion bylaw brought in for consideration at the November meeting held Friday, November 30 in Goderich. The Board had hoped to establish plum- bing inspection in Huron by May 1, 1974 with two inspectors, qualified to do Public Health Inspection and Plumbing Inspec- tion, hired to handle the new department. The office had been proposed for Clinton's Health Unit Branch Office. Dr. Frank Mills, Medical Officer of Health for Huron, said the proposed bylaw was simply a rewrite of the 1961 bylaw with the fee structure updated in an attempt to make plumbing inspections self-supporting. In turning down the bylaw, Reeve Bill Elston said the county really does want plumbing inspection but was unhappy with the bylaw as presented. "I hope the doctor isn't too soured on this," said Elston. Elston charged the bylaw as presented was "too vague" and urged. that local councils be given an opportunity to peruse the bylaw before it is passed at the county level. The entire matter was referred back to the committee for "discussions." Dr. Mills then asked that the 1961 bylaw be rescinded and that plumbing inspectiOn be stricken from the board of health con- trol. "There was a statement made that the Goderich Town- ship Council did not give any thought to this project before they issued a building permit to us," continued Smith. "I would like to state that this is definitely not true." County turns down plumbing inspection "Why don't we just drop it and be done with it," said Dr. Mills. "Obviously the county just don't want this kind of con- trol.'' However, council did not rescind the bylaw. "If the doctor isn't soured, I sure am," said Deputy-reeve Stan Profit, Goderich. "It is inconceivable that what took place today did take place." Following the meeting, Dr. Mills said it will be up to the Board of Health if and when the proposed plumbing bylaw will be presented again. He said that in his opinion, the whole matter should be "shelved" until later. He noted the proposed bylaw had been carefully studied and prepared and he doubted that much change could be made in it.