The Citizen, 1988-09-14, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988.
Brussels building issue still road blocked
No resolution to the problem of
the building in the middle of the
street leading to the Brussels
industrial park was reached de
spite the attendance of a represen
tative of the building’s owners at
Brussels council Monday night.
Ralph Watson of Topnotch
Feeds, owners of the building that
sits on the street allowance for
George Streetwhichthecouncil
wants to open up to service its
13-acre industrial park said his
company was not too keen on
moving the building, saying the
building has been there for
“umpteen years” and his com
pany has been using it for many
years. He said his company owned
the building but leased the land
Brussels council briefs
Decision deferred on Leg
Brussels Village Council Mon
day night voted to defer a decision
on whether to exempt Brussels
Branch of the Royal Canadian
Legion from municipal taxes to
help the Branch which is currently
rebuilding the interior of their
fire-gutted building.
Eugene Janes, Legion president
andTed Elliott appeared before
council to ask if the council would
consider the exemption. A similar
exemption was granted for more
than 10 years after the Legion
originally built the hall which was
heavily damaged earlier this sum
mer. Two men have been charged
with arson in connection with the
fire.
The men also asked about a
lowering of the building permit fee
on the building. Under normal
rules the building permit for the
$170,000 project would be $682.
After discussing the matter council
indicated it would be interested in
only recovering actual costs in-
from the Canadian National Rail
ways.
Reeve Gordon Workman said if a
person looked along the survey
stakes along the street, it appeared
nearly three-quarters of the build
ing is on the street portion, not
even including the rest of the street
allowance. He doubted if there was
evenroomfor the buildingtobe
moved totally onto CN land.
Councillor Ruth Sauve asked if
there was some other location for
Topnotch to put their building if
that would solve the problem. Mr.
Watson said it would solve part of
the problem. Later he estimated it
would cost at least $20,000 to move
the building, if it could be moved.
“We don’t feel we should pay all
curred in inspections and will see
what these are.
The Legion will also have its
assessment reduced from the time
of the fire to the time the building
reopens, meaning a saving in
taxes. Council agreed to investi
gate the financial circumstances
surrounding the rebuilding project
further before deciding on a
long-term exemption from muni
cipal taxes. Council could give an
exemption for up to 10 years under
Municipal Act regulations.
*****
Council agreed not to get
involved at this time in a complaint
by neighbours about weeds on
vacant lots in the southern part of
the village. Council agreed if the
problem continues next spring to
ask the county weed inspector to
look at the situation but Councillor
Malcolm Jacobs said he felt the
problem might be resolved be
cause some of the lots might be
developed in the next year. It
the cost ot moving it,’’ he said.
Reeve Workman asked if Mr.
Watson had any solution to the
problem since leaving the building
where it was would make the
industrial park unusable. Mr.
Watson said the initial reaction of
his boss was that if the village
wanted to move the building to
some other land and pay for the
move, Topnotch would agree.
Reeve Workman pointed out
that the building was on village
property illegally and somebody is
going to have to pay to move it. “I
have no idea what to even talk
about on it,’’ he said in frustration.
“It’s beyond anybody on council to
know because we’re not lawyers. ’’
Hesuggested thatthe village
would likely make it uneconomical
to harvest hay from the lots as is the
present practice, he said.*****
Council voted to contact a
contractor about replacing the
chimney on the Brussels Library.
The chimney is crooked and council
has been worried for some time
about its safety. The upper part of
the chimney will have to be
removed and a new chimney built.
*****
Brussels will ask the deputy
clerk of Wingham to speak to
council regarding Wingham’s
plans for recycling. Several coun
cillors had attended a meeting on
recycling in Stratford at which
co-operation between municipali
ties, even a joint plan among
Huron, Perth and the city of
Stratford was urged to make the
best use of expensive recycling
facilities.*****
would have to wait until maps
prepared by the village’s surveyor
arrive and then if the company still
feels the village is wrong and the
company right, it would have to
seeklegal help. “We’renotthe
people here to decide it, ’ ’ he said of
hiscouncil. Buthe suggested to
Mr. Watson that “if you hire a
lawyer and we hire a lawyer, then
the winners will be the lawyers.”
Both sides agreed to await the
arrival of the maps before proceed
ing further. The village had
originally hoped to have the
building moved so it would taken
investors from Britain into the
industrial park when the Oppor
tunity Tour arrives in Brussels
tomorrow (Thursday) for a quick
bus tour.
ion tax
Discussion about changing the
village zoning by-law to allow
mobile homes on ordinary building
lots, not just in a mobile home
park, may not go much further than
discussion. After the suggestion
was made at last month’s meeting,
Hugh Hanly, clerk-treasurer in
vestigated the possibility. Council
would have to hold a public
meeting on the proposed change,
he said, and if there wasn’t a lot of
objection it could pass the change
but every time someone wanted to
locate a mobile home on a lot,
another public meeting would have
to be held.
Councillors Ruth Sauve and
Bruce Hahn said they had had
nothing but negative reaction to
such a change while Reeve Work
man said he had had positive
comment. Many people can’t
afford to buy a lot and put a house
on it, the reeve said. Still, he said,
he wasn’t going to push the issue.
Hank Ten Pas of Grey Owl
Industries in Brussels displays the
replica soapstone carving of a
Canadian beaver which the Brus
sels, Morris and Grey Industrial
Committee will present to each
member of the Huron County
Opportunity Tour which will visit
Blyth today [Wednesday] and
make a brief stop in Brussels on
Thursday morning. The beaver is
one of a new line of products for
Grey Owl Industries.
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