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On Call
The Livery is set to begin
its double bill run of Black
Comedy and
The Death of Me Pg • 3
Earth Day
• Countless residents were
out in force last week
promoting Earth Day Pg•4
• Sports
pg 28
■ Editorial pg 6
t Entertainment ... pg 34
Photo by Denny Scott
The last march
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109 teamed up with the Royal Canadian Naval Association on Sunday to present the final
chapter of the Battle of the Atlantic parade and service. The event has taken place in .Goderich for 63 years.
Affordable housing project clears zoning hurdle
Dave Sykes concerns over site plan issues. Site
signal -star publisher r plan concerns must be resolved by
Goderich town council has cleared the parties and presented to council
the way for the Maple Tree Housing at its May 11 meeting.
Corporation to convert the former. At issue with neighbouring prop -
Maple Grove property on 45 Nelson erty owners is the number of parking
Street into a 12 -unit affordable hous- spaces allocated at the front of the
ing complex. building, allowance for a natural buf-
The not-for-profit organization had fer and relocation of a children's play
asked for an amendment to the zon- area.
ing bylaw to permit the high-density While area residents did not op -
residential conversion of the proper: pose the use of the property for low-
ty that has been vacant for over three income housing, they were looking
years. The property had been oper- for council to delay third reading
ated as a nursing home. of the bylaw amending the zoning
Approval of the zoning amend- while the parties worked out details
ment followed a public meeting dur- of the site plan parking issues.
Mg which proponents of the project Retained by neighbouring resi-
and opponents were allowed to voice dents to sort through zoning issues,
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Beate Bowron told the public meet- snow removal and storage of snow.
ing that the use of the property was Former county planning direc-
not in question. tor, Gary Davidson, told council the
"People are not opposed to this use issue is about site planning and re -
and Goderich needs housing," she zoning and advised council that two
said. 'The building exists and there readings of the zoning amendment
are tight property lines so we just bylaw would give the two sides time
want to make sure that the new use to work out site plan issues without
fits the surroundings." jeopardizing the project. Tom Troyan
The two sides have met and agreed told council that there are 30 to 35
on a relocation of the playground area people living on the block between
and also came to terms on fencing North and Victoria Streets and that
and operational issues, Bower said. adding another 30 residents to the
Since there were issues stemming street was another issue that had to
from the previous use of the build- be considered.
ing, area residents wanted more time Kim Payne and Doug Culbert
for discussion of issues relative to al- of the Maple Time volunteer board
lowing eight parking spaces instead asked for council to move on the re -
of the proposed 12 and discussion on See GODERICH, Page 8
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