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The Citizen, 1992-04-08, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1992. Brussels students plan Invention Convention BY JEFF ELLIOTT AND TREVOR MEADE Welcome to another exciting review on Brussels Public School's progress this past month. On February 28, the school held a sub-lunch for all students who participated in the magazine cam­ paign. There were prizes such as markers, calculator watches, and a flashlight radio combination. A special day “Sun-day” was held Friday, March 13. Kindergarten to Benmiller Inn hosts tourism workshop The third annual tourism trade show designed for business which serve the tourist industry in Huron County takes place at the Benmiller Inn on Thursday, April 23 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Last year's series of workshops at the Blyth Festival helped encourage businesses and municipalities to promote tourist operations across the county and to work co-opera­ tively on a number of new ven­ tures. Another feature this year is the brochure swap and unveiling of Huron County’s outstanding series of 10 new information brochures - guides to accommodations, antique and specialty shops, art studios and museums, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds and conservation areas, cycling, fishing, Maitland Trail, restaurants and special events and attractions. These brochures were researched and developed by the Huron County Planning and Development Department. Starting at 7 p.m., a guided tour of the historic Benmiller Inn will be offered while the brochure swap is going on, followed by free work­ shops. Those being offered are: “Co-operative Marketing that Works ’, “Designing your own Brochures and Ads”, and How to Improve Customer Service.” These “hands-on” educational workshops are offered to all businesses in Huron County. The third annual tourism work­ shops are sponsored by the Ben­ miller Inn, Goderich & District Chamber of Commerce, Huron County Planning & Development Department and West & Central Community Development Tourism Group. Workshop leaders include Jane Gardner, Director of Commu­ nications at the Blyth Festival, Gwen Kiar, artist and operator of Gallery in the Garden, and Don Hubick, Advertising Manager of the Goderich Signal-Star. “The Tourism Industry holds so much potential for economic growth in Ontario, and therefore deserves more community support, especially at our local level,” says Kathy Nichol, one of the organizers of the event. “One job is created for every $20,000 in tourism expendi­ tures.” In 1989, she said, there were 65,000 jobs in the tourism industry in Southwestern Ontario alone. For every direct job created (lodging, transportation, food, recreation, etc.), about 1.4 indirect jobs are created (agriculture, construction, suppliers, etc.). “This type of tourism event is ideal to develop the kind of support that is needed for growth in the tourism industry in Huron County.” grade eight participated in games for the whole day. They also dressed in jammers, cool T-shirts and weird summer day hats. Some of the games we played were Win, Lose or Draw, skateboard swim­ ming, spongeball volleyball and beach blanket bingo. There was a “fun in the sun” picnic lunch in the gym. Prizes were given to one student from each classroom for the weirdest hat. They received cool summer shades. This fun activity day was to get rid of those cold winter blues. In Intra-mural activities students finished the schedule of floor hock­ ey. In the Junior Division the Cana- diens finished in a well-deserved first while the Leafs were in sec­ ond. They were challenged by a close Flames team. The Canucks finished without a win. In Intermediate action the Bruis­ ers finished first, then came the Sharp Shooters and Vipers who were only divided by one win. The Bone Crushers finished last. In the Intermediate Division there was only a six-point difference between first and last. Last Monday, March 30, students heard a special speaker, Frank Fin­ ley. He came to talk about radiation and the miracles it can accomplish. He told the students that radiation can take bacteria out of food, which makes it easier to get food to third world countries before it spoils. Also radiation can destroy cancer­ ous tumors. He said that everyone and everything is radioactive in varying degrees which surprised everyone. 1992 he said, could be the year of long pants, long sleeve shirts and wide brim hats for pro­ tection from harmful U.V rays, which now reach earth from holes in the ozone layer. This is harmful radiation. Radiation is good, but the misuse of radiation is bad. On April 23 there will be an Invention Convention for all grades. It will be an in-school chal­ lenge. It will start at 1:00 and run to 3:15 p.m. Students will be divided into groups of four. This is being held instead of the usual Science Fair because the staff at B.P.S. thinks it will be a nice and produc­ tive change to encourage a diver­ sity of creative thinking among all students. TOWNSHIP OF GREY PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A PROPOSED ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the TOWNSHIP OF GREY will hold a public meeting on Monday, May 4, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers (Township Shed) to consider a proposed zoning by-law under Section 34 of the Planning Act. 1983. The purpose and effect of the proposed by-law are described below. ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed zoning by­ law. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed zoning by-law is available for inspection between 9:00 a m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Municipal NAME......................................... .................................AGE.................. ADDRESS........................................................PHONE.......................... Chauncey's Hairstyling name..............................................................age............... ADDRESS........................................................PHONE......................... The Saga Blyth 523-4331 Office. DATED AT THE TOWNSHIP OF GREY THIS 6TH DAY OF APRIL, 1992 Bradley Knight Clerk-Treasurer TOWNSHIP OF GREY R.R. 3, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 (519) 887-6268 PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This by-law is a general review and update of zoning by-law 12-1985 for the Township of Grey. Specifically, this amendment contains the following changes: 1. Every occurrence of "Pits and Quarries Control Act" is replaced with "Aggregate Resources Act" to reference the new Act. 2. The "Height" definition is changed to refer to the "Building Height" definition such that there is only one definition for building height. 3. A provision is added to allow a driveway abutting the streetline for parking for residential units with individual private driveways. 4. The provision relating to Dangerous Uses is replaced with a more clear provision to prohibit the storage or use of dangerous substances (e g.petroleum, dynamite, etc.) except where such storage or use is duly licensed. 5. A general provision is added to allow for a building to be established straddling a lot line where the two lots are owned and being developed by the same person. Yards, setbacks, and other provisions shall be calculated for the lots as a whole (i.e. as if the two lots were only one lot). Where two lots are developed as one parcel, but the building will be established in its entirety on only one of the lots, the lots must be deemed (which makes them join) or an appropriate minor variance must be granted. This provision avoids the selling of the vacant lot where that lot is required for yards, setbacks, and other zoning provisions applicable to the building on the adjacent lot. 6. A general provision is added to restrict buildings from being established within 500 metres of the Township's landfill site (Lot 4 and 5, Concession 18) until a qualified professional has determined to the satisfaction of the Township and the Ministry of the Environment that the site does not have any adverse impacts on the surrounding properties in terms of noise, dust, odor, litter, the movement of liquids off of the site, and the release of methane. 7. "Hobby farm" replaces "agricultural use" in the list of permitted uses in an AG4 zone. This change limits animal operations on AG4 properties to non- intensive agricultural uses for recreational or personal purposes. 8. A provision is added to the Natural Environment (NE4) zone to note that proposed structures must be in compliance with the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's fill and construction regulations and with the County Tree Cutting By-law. 9. A provision is added to the Extractive Resource (ER1) zone to permit the exploration, drilling for and production of oil and natural gas in this zone. 10. Following the rehabilitation of a gravel pit, a residence is not permitted unless it is accessory to an agricultural use on the same lot. Any proposed residence not accessory to agriculture would require a rezoning prior to its establishment. 11. The minimum lot area in the Village Residential zone for the Graham Survey is reduced to 4,000 square metres from 6,070.5 square metres. 12. The Village Residential (VR1) zone contains reduced zone regulations (e g. lot area) where the lots are serviced by municipal water systems because the lots would not require both a well and a septic system. However, the Health Unit advises that the standard provisions should apply to provide for a spare area for a future replacement of the septic system. Also, water consumption often increases where municipal water is available, placing additional load on the septic system. Therefore, the reduced provisions are deleted. 13.. Existing undeveloped lots are exempted from the standard lot area, lot depth, and lot frontage requirements provided they have a minimum lot frontage of 18 metres and a minimum lot area of 1,000 square metres. 14. Same as number 12 (above) except applies to the Village Commercial (VC1) zone. 15. The Minimum Distance Separation factor of 1.5 for estate development rezonings is deleted because the doubling of the calculated distance is required by the appropriate by-law provisions (e.g. AG4). 16. A provision is added to zone those lands that are flood-prone as Flood Plain as set out in Schedule "B" Flood Prone Lands. These flood prone lands have the same permitted uses as those found in the underlying land use zone shown on Schedule "A". - The placing or removal of fill in the area zoned as flood-prone lands is subject to the approval of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. The construction of permitted buildings and structures in the area zoned as floor-prone lands is subject to flood damage reduction measures as determined by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. 17. Schedule "B" Flood-Prone Lands is added to show those lands which have been zoned as flood-prone lands. A copy of this map is available at the Township Clerk's office. 18. All references to the former Tree Cutting By-law No. 67 of 1979 are updated to reference By-law No. 23 of 1986. 19. A correction is made to the AG4-1 zone on Part Lot 67, Con. 1 (Key Map 7) to include the entire parcel. Section 7.7.1 of the by-law is amended to change the word "shall" to "may " such that the lot "may be used for a residence and a small home appliance sales and service use." 20. Key Map 21 is amended to rezone a 1.8 acre parcel in the northeast corner of Lot 35, Con 8 from AG1 to AG4 to correct an oversight in the Original zoning by-law. 21. Key Map 36 is amended to correctly zone the Township landfill site on Lots 4 & 5, Con. 18. This by-law amends zoning by-law 12-1985. As a general amendment to the comprehensive zoning by-law, this by-law affects all land within the Township of Grey.