HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-02-19, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986.
Last Tuesday was pancake day and in Brussels many people sat down
to a meal of pancakes served by the ladies of St. John's Anglican
Church. Among them were Ann Vader and son Paul. [Photo by Pat
Langlois]
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BRUSSELS NEWS
People around Brussels
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hemingway have been visiting with their son Don
and Family in Winnipeg. They report very cold weather there.
Ken and Dawn White, Randy and Donna White, Danny White,
Calvin and Gail Semple, George Coulter and Gloria White all attended
the 25th wedding anniversary of John and Mae Moffat at the Belmore
Community Centre on Saturday evening, Feb. 15.
These are busy times at the local arena. This weekend will see many
hockey teams continuing their playoffs, the Brussels Figure Skating
Club holding its carnival, featuring Kevin Wheeler and Michelle
Menzies featured performers and the Peewees from Garden City
Michigan will be visiting. For more details see Lois McArter's report
on the sports page.
Ever had the urge to write? The Citizen is looking for a columnist to
write this column on a weekly basis exclusively for The Citizen. Pay
isn't high but you'll have the hidden benefit of being the first person
around to know the news. If you're interested, call The Citizen,
887-9114.
Albert Street dispute
monopolizes council time
The great Albert Street War
will not go away for Brussels
council.
The dispute, which has been
simmering behind the scenes for
years, broke out at council last
month when a complaint about a
dog that a neighbour felt was noisy
and dangerous brought George
Jutzi of Brussels Transport before
council. He spent a little time
defending his dog and more time
blasting out at what he felt were
injustices on the part of the
neighbours who were complain-
ing. Among his charges was a
complaint that a fence belonging to
Councillor Gordon Workman was
on the street allowance. Subse-
quent investigation showed that
the fence may be on the street
allowance but some of Mr. Jutzi's
installations might also be on the
street allowance. Mr. Workman
said he'd move his fence if a survey
showed it was on village property
but would insist that Mr. Jutzi
move his encroaching structures as
well.
Reeve Hank Ten Pas and
councillor Dave Boynton were sent
out to try to calm the stormy
waters.
Monday night, however, John
Pennington, who had made the
initial complaint about the dog was
at the council meeting to accuse
councillors of letting Mr. Jutzi
push them around. He again
complained about the noise from
the dog. "The noise is going
through my house like you would-
n't believe." he said. He also said
that every time he comes out of his
house the dog barks at him.
Reeve Ten Pas said he had
spoken to neighbours who said that
while the dog does bark, it is put
inside the building at night and this
has reduced the noise at night. Mr.
Pennington replied that the dog is
let out at five or six in the morning
and suggested, tongue-in-cheek,
that perhaps he should be expected
to get up that early so the dog
wouldn't interrupt his sleep.
He also complained about the
loading of pigs into the company's
transport trucks on the side of the
street, although he admitted that
in the last few weeks the company
was cleaning up waste straw and
manure from the trucks better.
He wondered, however, if the
original building permit for an
addition to the building that is now
used as a holding pen, had stated
that it would be used as such or if it
had been only as a truck bay.
Councillors indicated that it had
been just for a truck bay but Clerk
Stuart Parker said that despite an
extensive search of the files, he and
Ruth Sauve had been unable to
locate the original building permit.
Councillor Workman reacted
angrily saying that he was not
coming back to council until the
permit was found. "I would hope
that in five years time the motions
we're making tonight would be
able to be found," he said. He said
he was tired of seeing so much time
at council meetings tied up on the
subject.
Council was discussing a zoning
bylaw, he said, and had been told
by Huron County Planner Wayne
Caldwell that businesses that were
already operating would be un-
affected even if they were in a
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residential neighbourhood. If the
current abuses weren't stopped,
he said, they'd be legalized in the
new by-law.
Mr. Pennington claimed Mr.
Jutzi "just seems to get away with
everything up there."
Councillor Betty Graber said
there was little council could do
because it had no laws to back it up.
There is currently no noise by-law
(one is being drafted) and the dog is
tied up. A building perrnit violation
was something that had happened
in the past and council's options
now were limited.
The subject was not so much
resolved as worn out leaving the
distinct possibility that it will be a
recurring subject at council meet-
ings in the future.
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