HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-07-19, Page 2NOTICE TO BRUSSELS
RESIDENTS
RE: PRIVATELY OWNED
OUTDOOR SWIMMING
Council of the Village of Brussels has passed By-Law #11-1995,
being a By-Law to require the fencing of privately owned
outdoor swimming pools that are more than 24" In depth. A
complete copy of this By-Law can be obtained at the Municipal
Office, 399 Turnberry St., Brussels, Ontario or by calling (519)
887-6572.
Council of the Village of Brussels
Openings are still available for Session #3 lessons
July 24 - August 11
for the following colours Bubbles,
Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, Grey
Stop by the pool to register by July 21
Brussels
Eleanor Hemingway and other
members of the family attended the
marriage of her grandson Allan
Hemingway and Carla Ftaser in
Boissebain, Man. on July 3.
U-PICK
RASPBERRIES
(formerly Hunter's
Berry Farm)
L. & H. Koelen
R.R. 3, Brussels
887-6549
Hours: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday: noon - 8 p.m.
VILLAGE OF BRUSSELS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A
PROPOSED ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the
Corporation of the Village of Brussels will hold
a public meeting on Tuesday, August 8, 1995
at 7:00 p.m. In the Municipal Office, to
consider a proposed Zoning By-Law
Amendment under Section 34. of the Planning
Act, R.S.O. 1990 as amended.
The proposed by-law would change the zoning
on the west part of Lot 28, RP 192, corner of
Thomas and Elizabeth Street known locally as
the "Old Fire Hall" property from C4 (Core
Area Commercial) to C4-5 (Core Area
Commercial - Special Provision) to allow for
the establishment of an automobile washing
establishment. The definition is amended to
prohibit the sale of fuels to motor vehicles.
The number of minimum vehicle waiting
spaces would be reduced to 2. The minimum
rear yard requirement shall be reduced to 3
metres and the minimum Interior side yard
shall be 3 metres.
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 by-law is available from the
Municipal Office during normal business
hours.
DATED AT THE VILLAGE E OF BRUSSELS
THIS 19TH DAY OF JULY, 1995
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DONNA M. WHITE
CLERK-TREASURER
VILLAGE OF BRUSSELS
(519) 887-6572
PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1995.
Brussels council briefs
Man won't pay late fee
Happy to be here
Eileen Exel, right, looks at a book on Switzerland, given to her and her family by their guest
Simone Gruber, left, here on exchange with the Lions International program. Also pictured is
Eileen's sister Malinda.
Swiss youth visits Canada
By Bonnie Gropp
The vastness of Canada seems to
be one of the first things to impress
visitors from foreign lands.
Simone Gruber, a 19-year-old
youth visiting here from Switzer-
land through the Lions Internation-
al Exchange Program is no
exception. "Everything is so far
away." To put it in perspective, she
says that to cross the land from
where she lives in Steinebrunn,
which is situated on a lake in the
east, to Geneva in the west would
take four hours to travel by car.
Since arriving here on July 8,
Simone's host family, Henry and
Margaret Exel of Brussels, have
been showing her some of the near-
by sights, such as the lake and
museum in Goderich and the
farmer's market and Doon Pioneer
Village near Kitchener.
And of course, the mall.
To a young woman raised in a
country of lakes and picturesque
mountains what she has noticed
about this particular part of Canada
is how flat it seems.
She has been impressed with the
people she has met thus far. "The
people are very nice. When I got in
stores and at the museum they have
been friendly. In Switzerland I
think they are not so open to
strangers."
Marg said when one of the peo-
ple at Doon heard that Simone was
an exchange student, he gave her a
book about the village that was
written in German. "She's doing
very well speaking English here,
but I'm sure that was a nice thing
for her," Marg said.
Though Simone has studied
English for the past five years in
school (in addition to her mother
tongue of German, she also speaks
French, some Italian and some Rus-
sian) she knew little about Canada
before coming here. "I bought a
book to know something about the
land."
Simone found out about the pro-
gram through her director at school,
who is a member of the Lions Club.
He asked her if she was interested
in going on an exchange and after
getting her mother's approval she
agreed. Simone's older sister and
two younger brothers also felt it
was an excellent opportunity for
her. Though Canada was not her
first choice, she was interested in
visiting California, it was a country
she wanted to see.
This week Simone will be seeing
some of the bigger sights in the
province when she attends camp
with the rest of the exchange
youths here. They will be going to
Niagara Falls and Toronto, among
other places, before returning to
spend two more weeks with their
host families.
So far, Simone's visit has been
interesting and exciting she says,
sometimes too much so. When
mention was made of Thursday
night's storm, she said, "We have
storms like this but they are not so
fast"
A sports enthusiast who likes
basketball, Simone is keen to see a
baseball game, something that is
just catching on in Switzerland. In
the town where she goes to school,
Simone says a baseball club started
just one year ago.
This was Simone's first world
travelling experience and despite a
communication problem with a
customs official upon arrival,
which was a scary beginning, the
flight was great, though long, at
eight hours and 40 minutes.
Having had the chance to sample
a small portion she agrees that
someday it would be nice to return
and see a little more of this vast
country.
A Brussels-area resident who is
refusing to pay a late fee for not
buying his dog licence on time, will
be receiving a visit from the animal
control officer — backed up by the
OPP.
Council received a letter from
Tom Seeds objecting to the size of
the late fee ($15) being too high.
He refused to pay the fee and the
original licence when approached
by Bob Trick, the village's animal
control officer. He wrote a letter to
council refusing to pay the amount
and threatening court action if the
village tried to seize his dog for not
having a licence.
"The idea of a high late fee was
to encourage prompt payment,"
said Councillor Joe Seili.
Given the options of taking the
dog owner to small claims court,
inviting the owner to council to talk
about the situation, calling the
police for an escort for the animal
control officer to seize the dog, or
just plain giving up on the fee,
councillors chose to ask for police
assistance. "It's not a matter of let-
ting it go or we would have to
refund all the other owners (who
paid the late fee)," said Seili.
***
Council voted to begin action
under the property standards bylaw
to get three property owners to
clean up their yards. Council will
ask Property Standards By-law
Enforcement Officer Paul Josling
to begin action against Bill Little,
Jim Bridge and Mike Albert over
the condition of their yards.
***
Murray Cardiff will be chair of
the organizing committee for the
1997 Homecoming in Brussels.
Council amended its committee's
bylaw to appoint Cardiff along with
co-chairs Paul Mutter, Merle
Hoegy, Gerry Wheeler and Frank
Stretton as committee members.
***
A bylaw was passed to assess
property owners along George St.
for the costs of the sewer extension.
Property owners can pay in
advance or have the $2,500 per lot
charge added a little at a time to
their monthly bills.
***
Work goes on calculating the
repayment costs for those who
would like to pay off their ongoing
charges from the original installa-
tion of sewers in Brussels goes on
slowly. Donna White, clerk-trea-
surer, told council that there were
more properties involved than she
had expected when she began the
project. A total of 303 properties
are still paying monthly install-
ments on the 40-year charge. On a
typical lot the original charge of
$495 has only been reduced to
$459.46 with most of the payments
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