HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-12-15, Page 19STANLEY MEETING — ResidentsOf Stanley Township gathered at the Varna Community Hall to discuss the
draft copy of the proposed secondary plan for that township last Tuesday. George Penfold of the Huron
County Planning Department was on hand to answer questions that the residents had about the
proposal. Staff photo
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Few major objections on Stanley plan
"The purpose of the plan is to
plan the township for some
years ahead...planning is
something that goes on all the
time", stated Reeve Tom Consitt
in his opening remarks at the
public meeting called to discuss
the proposed draft 9f Stanley
township's secondary plan.
The meeting, held last Tuesday
evening at Varna before a
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weather-diminished gathering of
close to 60 residents, failed to
come up with any condemnation
of the plan as a whole although
there were several criticisms of
specific areas in the plan.
George Pen fold of the Huron
County Planning Department,
the planner in charge of the
Stanley plan pointed out certain
areas of importance in the draft
plan,
According to the draft, the
primary goal of the plan "is to
ensure the continuance of
Stanley Township as a viable
agricultural community and es-
tablish agriculture as the long-
term future of the Township. In
order to achieve this, the prin-
ciples, of this Plan will have to
promote agricultural develop-
ment and support those land uses
compatible to it and prevent non-
agricultural development except
in those very limited areas
where it is already established as
the predominant form."
The plan designates that urban
growth is to occur in and around
the present urban centres,
Bayfield, Brucefield, Kippen and
an area south of Clinton with the
hamlets of Drysdale and Varna
ruled out as areas for possible
urban expansion.
In the section which Penfold
termed "the heart of the plan",
agriculture was deemed to be the
primary use of land while
"commercial and industrial uses
will be encouraged to locate in
proximity to existing urban
areas."
Establishment of commercial
oriented enterprises geared to
agriculture will continue to be
permitted, the plan stated, but
they will be encouraged to
develop in groups and off of
prime agricultural land.
"The initiative of the public is
the most important aspect in the
preservation of the natural en-
vironment" Penfold stated.
The planner pointed out that
now ail areas such as small wood
lots have been designated but
"only the most significant ones."
with the Lake Huron shoreline,
the Bayfield River system and
the Bannockburn Creek, the
large marsh and large remaining
tracts of forest singled out.
In a move designed to preserve
the existing rural housing en-
vironment several areas were
designated rural residential. As
pointed out by Clarence Rau of
Stanley council, there are two
important ways in which the
rural atmosphere is to be
preserved. The maximum densi-
ty for the area to be on a ratio of
1:2 which requires that there be
twice as much open space as
there are lots. "Abutting areas
of Natural Environment owned
by the developer may be used in
calculating density provisions."
the plan states. Lot size is to be a
minimum of 20,000 square feet
with frontage set at 100 feet.
Extractive Resources will be
permitted to expand in the
township but only under strict
supervision by the municipality.
Existing pits will be allowed to
expand with an amendment to
the future zoning bylaw required.
The opening up of new pits will
require in addition to the amend-
ment to the zoning bylaw, an
amendment to the official plan
so as to assess the impact on the
natural environment or natural
features concerned.
Control of seasonal residencd
is one of aims the section of the
plan dealing with recreation. A
minimum lot size of 15,000
square feet is specified and with
an equal amount of open space
available per lot in the area.
The plan states a "bylaw will
provide adequate means of
preventing seasonal residences
from being converted to perma-
nent residences."
One of the points which both
Consitt and Penfold emphasized
in the land division section of the
plan, is that severances will not
be granted if the intent of the
severance is non-agricultural in
nature.
When the meeting was opened
up to questions, several points
were brought up about the land
division section of the plan.
Gord Graham of Bayfield
thought that size of lots specified
in the plan were too large.
The growth of Kippen was of
primary concern to Bill Coleman
as he stated that building should
take place in land that is not
suitable for agriculture, such as
along in the river,
In their reply Penfold and Con-
sitt said that growth should take
place on land that has already
been subdivided.
"I can't afford to give away
my property" was the statement
by Lloyd Jenkins of Bayfield
when he noted his opposition to
the proposed designation of cer-
tain parcels of land which he
owns.
Most of the land along the
south side of the Bayfield River
has been designated natural en-
vironment and it is in this area
that Jenkins owns 25 acres of
land that has aggregate extrac-
tion potential. Jenkins felt that
the proposed plan is too restric-
tive.
In a question of who defines a
farm unit as stated in the land
division policy, Penfold told Bev
Hill that "its up to council to es-
tablish a definition."
The possibility of a limitation
being placed on the conversion of
seasonal dwellings to permanent
residences was raised by Philip
Durand. He stated that it was
difficult to judge when conver-
sion was taking place.
Penfold agreed with this but
said that controls must be placed
on this type of development as
the provision of services to is ex-
pensive. "The intention of the
plan is that the Lakeshore not be
used for permanent residential
dwellings," the county planner
added.
Referring to a section in land
division control, Elmer Hayter
asked "What is a definition of a
viable farm operation?"
"That one is going to take a lot
of thought, we'll have to look at
the proposed gross income and
many other factors. I'm just not
quite sure what that will look like
in the zoning bylaw," Penfold
remarked.
Hill objected to the hiring of a
municipal building inspector and
pointed to the number of
regulations that farmers must
meet when constructing a new
building. "How many inspectors
are we going to have to go
The Huron-Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School board
appointed an ad hoc board
committee on declining
enrolments at its session in
Dublin Monday night.
Trustees appointed are John
O'Leary, Staffa; Ronald Murray,
Dublin; Ronald Marcy, Strat-
ford; and the board chairman.
Delegates will be appointed to
attend conferences on declining
enrolments.
The committee members will
review and discuss all data on the
subject . . , the board decides
alternatives from data . . .
Committee takes alternatives to
the public, reports to the board on
public response and prepares
recommendations for the board
. recommendations are to be
sent to administration for
analysis and response . . .
committee recommendations to
be tabled as motions, debated
and decisions taken . . . The
public to be informed of board
decisions.
In other business the board was
through in 10 years to construct a
building?" Hill asked.
The townshlp has very little to
do with the necessity of having a
building inspector since they are
a requirement of the province,
Penfold replied,
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