Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-09-23, Page 7"It's the man about the wiring, ma'am." It's true, living in any older home without up-to-date wiring just doesn't hold a candle to truly modern electrical living. The changes that electrical modernization brings will brighten your life throughout every room in your home — for years to come. You'll have more outlets and switches where you want them, better performance from your appliances and you can even add the year-round comfort of electric climate control. And rewiring an older home needn't be complicated 1, or expensive, The cost will probably be less than you imagine, and the Hydro Finance Plan makes it easy for 4/4 you to budget. For greater comfort and convenience — and Nve) an extra Margin of safety, too — call your 1 qualified Electrical Modernization contractor, E LECTRICAL Or ask your Hydro. Fred J. Lankamp AGENT Imperial Oil Ltd. * COMPLETE FARM SERVICE * COMPLETE HOME COMFORT * 24 HR. HOME HEAT SERVICE Located in Exeter to Give Complete and Fast Service PHONE 235-2380 NOTICE Regarding. Building Permits THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF EXETER BY-LAW NO. 17, .1971 A by-law regulating the erection of buildings within the Municipality of the Town of Exeter NEW ARENA CLOCK — One of the improvements currently being completed at the Exeter arena includes installation of a new scoreboard and clock, Above, John Roelofs and arena manager Alvin Willert put the new board into place. 1-A photo At home this week -end Rain stalls Dashwood teams poned because of heavy rains. Despite the fact it was raining the game. After forfeiting their practice time because of the hour, the and the field was extremely game was officially cancelled muddy when the Dashwood club when the Tigers appeared on the arrived in Kendall about 15 field. minutes before the 4.30 starting The first ganie will now be time they were forced to dress for played at the Dashwood ball park, Saturday night at eight o'clock. It is expected the second contest will be played back in Kendall the following Saturday afternoon. The Dashwood juvenile ball club fared a little better than their senior counterparts, the Tigers in provincial playoffs, Sunday. But, not too much. The district juvenile club coached by Joe Fulop were leading Welcome 3-1 in Port Hope Sunday afternoon when the rains came. The Tigers failed to get started in a scheduled game in Kendall. The juvenile game, the first to determine the OBA "D" champions was called in the bottom of the second inning. The Welcome club will be in Dashwood Sunday afternoon for a doubleheader to get the best-of- three series underway. Game times are set for 1.30 and 5.30 p.m. Lefty Jim Guenther was on the mound for Dashwood in Sunday's abbreviated contest. A man with three dependents who earned $5,000 in 1939 had $4,941 left after taxes. Today, to net an equal amount of spending money, a man with three dependents must earn $14,282. Taxes take $2,083 and inflation takes $7,258. Schedule set for SH teams The Huron-Perth Conference football season officially opened Wednesday with the South Huron Panthers playing to junior and senior clubs from. Stratford Central. The other two home games for the South Huron clubs has Listowel teams here on October 7 and St. Marys on October 28. The SHDHS team will be in Wingham, September 30 and Goderich, October 14 for doubleheaders while the seniors are in Seaforth October 21 and the juniorstravel to Clinton the same week, with the exact date not set as yet. The complete Huron-Perth girls basketball schedule has also been released and is as follows: September 28 - Seaforth at South I-Iuron October 5 - South Huron at Stratford NW 13 - South Huron at Mitchell 15- Stratford C at South Huron 19 - Goderich at South Huron 25 - South Huron at Wingham 29 - South Huron at St. Marys November 2 - South Huron at Clinton 4 - Listowel at South Huron Farm truck fees reduced Reductions in licence fees for farm trucks with a registered gross weight of over 5,000 pounds were announced today by the Hon. Charles MacNaughton, Okario's Minister of Tran- sportation and Communications. Mr. MacNaughton said the reductions were being made "because under existing fee schedules, Ontario farmers are at a distinct competitive disadvantage with farmers in all other provinces except Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island." The new schedule was developed after consultation with the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and other representatives of the farming r industry, Mr. MacNaughton added. The new fee schedule will apply to eligible farm truck owners for 1972 registration. Some examples of the changes are: 6,000 lbs. gross weight reduced from $44, to $37; 7,000 lbs. from $52 to $39; 8,000 lbs. from $61 to $41; 10,000 lbs. from $78 to $46; 12,000 lbs. from $95 to $50; 20,000 lbs. from $195 to $75; and 28,000 lbs. from $295 to $100. There are similar reductions throughout the entire fee schedule. For vehicles of 5,000 lbs, gross weight and under such as half-ton pick-up trucks, the fee will remain at $30. Farm owners and tenants on farm properties coming under Ontario's Farm Tax Reduction Program will be eligible to apply for the reduced fees. Excluded from the reduced fees are farm .trucks operating under a Public Commercial Vehicle licence and farmes who use vehicles for transporting commodities other than farm supplies and products. Mr. MacNaughton said the Department of Transportation and Communications will mail eligible farmers a notice form setting out details of the new fee schedule. Notification will be sent to eligible farmers by the Depart- ment before March 1st, 1972. Farmers who do not receive notification by March 1st should contact their local licence issuing office. Bill: Did you hear about the moron who said "no?" Fred: No! Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 See ae '72 General Motors CARS at ae Szetel 71e,:z Snell Bras. LIMITED 235.0660 Exeter WHEREAS by Section 388 of The Municipal Act, the Corporation is given the power to regulate the erection or use of buildings within the limits of the Municipality and it is desirable that the said power be exercised: NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Corporation of the Town of Exeter ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: BUILDING PERMITS Every applicant shall submit with his application, drawings and specifications of the proposed work in sufficient detail to enable the Town Council and the Building Inspector to obtain full and complete information as to the extent and character of the work; and it shall be the duty of the applicant to satisfy the Town Council and the Building Inspector that the restrictions provided by this By-Law are not being contravened. The Building Permit, when granted, is to be displayed in a conspicuous place on the building site and the approved plans shall be available to the Building Inspector, while any inspection is being carried out. The building permit is valid for a period of six (6) months from the date of issue for commencing the work and a period of twelve (12) months for the completion of the work, Within the limits of the Corporation of the 1 own of Exeter, before any work commences on the construction, alteration, repairing or moving, the tearing down, wrecking or removing either in whole or in part, with the exceptions noted below, the owner of the building shall obtain a permit issued by the Town Clerk and approved by the Building Inspector. A building permit is not required for exterior painting and decorating, interior painting and decorating, sidewalks and driveways, and minor repairs or renovations to existing buildings where the total cost of material and labour does not exceed $200,00. A building permit is required for locating or building any portable or prefab outbuilding, including metal tool sheds and the relocation of any existing building. No entrances to driveways, filling, grading or any alteration to the topography of the Town boulevard shall be attempted without prior approval from Town Council and/or the Town Superintendent and carried out under their supervision. Roofing is to be inspected to insure that it conforms to the fire zones and eavestroughing is to be inspected to insure that the water from the downspouts does not enter a sanitary sewer. Alterations and renovations shall mean the changing of the floor plan or any change in the inside or outside dimensions of the rooms or building in any way by the removal or addition of partitions, doors, ceilings and insulation or any change in the interior or exterior wall. The Building Inspector must be satisfied that any used material is structurally sound and does not present an unpleasant appearance. Where Public Utilities facilities are required the permit must also be signed by a Public Utilities Commission official. Application for a permit shall give such full and complete information as to the work as may be required by the Building Inspector and/or the Town Council. When such application is made, the applicant shall pay to the Town Treasurer the following sums: For works costing One Thousand Dollars ($1,000— or part thereof, the sum of $3.00 and an additional 50c for each additional One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or part thereof. Where the application is for wrecking or removal of a building, the costs for this purpose shall be the estimated value of the building to be wrecked or removed. In the event of any dispute about the value of the building to be built, wrecked or removed or for the value of alterations and repairs the decision of an appraiser appointed by the Corporation shall be final. The Town Council and/or the Building Inspector and the Fire Chief shall have the right to enter upon and examine at any reasonable time any building upon which construction, alteration, repair, wrecking or removal is being carried out and if, in the opinion of the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector and the Fire Chief, any building is during the course of such operations or thereafter, in a dangerous condition or unsafe for the purpose for which it is being used, the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector and the Fire Chief shall notify the owner of such conditions and require him to remedy the same forthwith. If the owner neglects or refuses to remedy such conditions within a reasonable time thereafter or if in the opinion of the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector, the immediate application of the precautionary measures is necessary to avoid such danger, the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector shall have the power to forthwith take such steps as are in their opinion necessary to avert such danger and all costs incurred thereby shall be borne by the owner. "No permit shall be granted for the construction, alteration, repair or moving of any building or any property within the Corporation limits in violation of any By-law respecting the erection or construction of buildings." Where in the opinion of the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector it is necessary for the public safety, the owners shall cause to be erected on the street line adjacent to any building being constructed, altered, repaired or wrecked, a suitable type board fence at least six feet (6'0 in height and with sufficient overhead boarding to protect passersby, and no such fence shall be removed until the work has been completed and permission for that purpose has been obtained from the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector. No unused building material, debris, materials from buildings being wrecked, or materials from excavations shall be placed on or allowed to accumulate on any public street, alley, or lane and no building material shall be placed on any public street, alley, or lane until permission therefor has been obtained from the Town Council and/or the Building Inspector. A sufficient number of red lights shall be maintained by the owner at his own expense from sunset to sunrise on all building materials placed on any public street, alley, or lane. INSPECTIONS The Building Inspector has the right to enter the property and make an inspection at any reasonable time and as frequently as he shall deem necessary to completely inspect all construction details. For a new single family residence this shall generally necessitate the following five calls: 1) plan, lot layout, and footings 2) completion of foundation 3) completion of framing and closing in 4) completion of insulation, vapour barrier and roughing in of wiring and plumbing 5) final It will be the duty of the builder and/or the homeowner to notify the Building Inspector a reasonable time in advance when the building is ready for an inspection. The inspector shall leave with the builder, or mail to him an inspection form indicating any deficiencies which shall be con 'cted before proceeding with any further work. These correcttons must be approved by the Building Inspector before being obscured or covered over by further work. Excessive callbacks of the Building Inspector due to faulty work or violations, may at the discretion of the town's Council, result in a charge of $5.00 per call to the builder, If the work is proceeding contrary to the procedures set out in this Building By-Law No. 17, 1971, of the Town of Exeter, Town Council and/or the Building Inspector may issue a "Stop Work Order", which shall remain in force until the necessary corrections are made and approved by the Building Inspector. Thie "Stop Work Order" is to be either delivered to the builder or the owner or posted in a conspicuous place on the said building. A copy of all inspections and "Stop Work Orders" (showing deficiencies), are to be kept in the clerk's office for a period of one year after the completion of the work, ZONING REGULATIONS AND BUILDING STANDARDS 1. The location on the lot and, type of building must conform to the regulations of the Town of Exeter Zoning By-Law and to the policy established in the Official Plan. 2. Buildings shall conform to standards as defined in the National Building Code, Notwithstanding National Building Code regulations, the following will apply, SEWERS, SEPTIC TANKS AND PLUMBING All sewers, septic tanks and plumbing shall be installed under the supervision of the Huron County Health Unit. Connection charges shall be $135 for sanitary sewers and $135 for drain connection where sewers are unavailable, A permit must be obtained to connect to the sanitary sewers. MINIMUM ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW OR ALTERED DOMESTIC SERVICES HYDRO: (A) Any installation or alteration of the electrical wiring of an existing or new building must comply with the Ontario Hydro Electrical Inspection Safety Code. (B) Before hydro facilities are installed by the Public Utilities Commission to a new building, the owner will sign an application card at the office of the Exeter Public Utilities Commission. WATER: (A) Before commencing construction of a new building, the owner will sign an application card at the office of the Exeter Public Utilities Commission. (B) New service location shall be specified by the Exeter Public Utilities Commission or its representative. (C) All service piping from the lot line to the building are to be either copper or cast iron. (D) All copper services that are buried are to be coupled using only corporation (flared) fittings. (E) The size of piping from a lot line to the building is to be approved by the Exeter Public Utilities Commission or its representative. (F) A suitable globe or gate valve shall be installed at the point of entrance to the building and shall have facilities for draining the customer's piping in the building. (G) A union or corporation coupling shall be installed at the forementioned valve. (H) Where possible all water lines from the lot line to the building must be at right angles to the road. (I) No water service shall be laid on soft earth or in the same trench with any other service. (J) Depth of water services shall not be less than 4'6" or greater than 6' unless there are extenuating circumstances. (K) The cost of the water service between the lot line and building is to be borne by the customer. (L) If the Public Utilities Commission elects to install a water meter, the customer shall provide a space suitable to the Commission and the customer will install the meter when piping in this building is being installed. (M) No piping is to be covered with earth or other material until it is inspected by a representative of the Commission. (N) When piping is covered, the initial cover shall be placed by hand shovel to avoid stones damaging the pipe. SWIMMING POOLS 1. A privately owned outdoor swimming pool means any body of water, above or below ground level, permanently located outdoors on privately owned property contained by artificial means and used or maintained for the purpose of swimming, diving, or bathing. No person shall maintain a privately owned outdoor swimming pool in the Corporation of the Town of Exeter, unless such pool or the land or a part of the land on which such pool is located is effectively fenced, and maintained at all times in accordance with the following provisions. (a) Every fence shall be not less than 60 inches in height. (b) Every fence shall be so constructed as not to have openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in its shortest dimension. (c) Every fence shall be so constructed that all horizontal or diagonal structural members of the fence shall be located on the inside or pool side of the fence. (d) Every fence shall be so constructed that it cannot be used in a manner similar to a ladder, (e) A dwelling, house, building or accessory building may be utilized to effectively enclose any pool. (f) Every fence shall be so constructed so as to have as the only means of entry by gates or doors. ( i) All gates or doors shall be equipped with a self-closing device and a self-latching device on the pool side at the top of the gate to the intent that all gates or doors will remain securely closed when not in actual use. ( ii) All gates shall comply with sections (a), (b), (c), and (d). (iii) Part (i) shall not apply to the door of any dwelling house which forms a part of the enclosure. (g) A boundary fence which complies with the provisions of this section shall be deemed a sufficient fence. 2. Water that is supplied by the Exeter Public Utilities Commission for privately owned outdoor or indoor swimming pools that are either above or below ground and are permanently located either indoors or outdoors will be supplied on the following basis: (A) The pool may be filled prior to May 31st, by means of either existing domestic service or connection to a fire hydrant. If the latter method is used, the cost of providing fire hoses and the labour of a fireman shall be borne by the customer. Exception to the above date may be made at the discretion of the Public Utilities Commission, for filling new pools. (B) Water will be provided through the customer's service and billed annually, at the rates determined by Public Utilities Commission. (C) It shall be the responsibility of the consumer to contact the Public Utilities Commission office prior to filling the pool. (D) If, due to the type of construction, it is necessary to fill a new pool immediately after installation, a temporary fence, approved by the Building Inspector, will be allowed for a period of no longer than 45 days. In any case, approval by the Building Inspector must be given the Public Utilities Commission, signifying that the pool is properly constructed and fenced and authorizing the Commission or its employees to fill the pool. This by-law shall replace and make invalid By-Laws No. 9, 1956; No. 4, 1960; No, 22, 1961; No. 16, 1963; No. 33, 1966; and No. 22, 1967, and shall come into force and effect on the final passing thereof, PENALTIES Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law shall, upon conviction thereof, pay at the discretion of the convicting Provincial Court Judge a penalty of not more than $200.00, exclusive of costs, for each offence and every such penalty shall be recoverable under the Summary Convictions Act of Ontario, all the provisions of which shall apply, except that the imprisonment may be for a term of not more than twenty-one (21) days. J. H. DELBRIDGE Mayor E, H, CARSCADDEN Clerk The Dashwood Tigers had a long trip Sunday in hopes to start the Ontario Baseball Association Intermediate "I)" finals in Kendall, All it turned out to be was a long trip as the game was post- APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1971