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RBC Donation
Following a celebration
of their renovations, the
RBC Royal Bank donat-
ed $1,500 to the
Salvation Army food
bank. Regional VP for
Huron, Perth and Oxford,
Tom Parisi; Laura Gainey,
Regional President, and
Marj Wise, Branch
Manager, made the pre-
sentation to Captain
Krista Andrews.
Coundil pulls no punches with scrap yard
Gerard Creces
signal -star staff
Goderich Town Council has gotten scrappy with the
enforcement of their comprehensive zoning bylaw.
Salvage yard operator Jake Huvius was told he needs
to clean up his scrap yard at the November 30 session
of Goderich Council, after months of deputations from
concerned neighbours.
The Anglesea Street scrap yard Huvius operates was
slated to be cleaned up and closed as of Nov. 30, how-
ever, he took advantage of his deputation to seek a stay
of the date.
"I do want to clean it up, but I [couldn't]
by Nov. 30," he said. "It's about 80 per cent
done"
Huvius has been handling scrap metal from
Volvo, taking it to the Anglesea yard where
he cut it down to size to ship to Hamilton.
He said the last of the loads are coming, and
more time is needed to process them.
"Are there any opportunities to cut it and
take it from there (Volvo)?" asked Council-
lor Heather Lyons.
"No. I asked," Huvius replied. "The bins
now are just loaded on a truck from Volvo."
A petition signed by nearby residents of
Gloucester Terrace and Cambria Road found
weight at the council table, as time ran out
for the site to be cleaned up.
The current zoning bylaw has the area
zoned for residential, with an allowance
being granted to Huvius until the site was
cleaned.
Over the last few months, residents have
aired their own concerns about the site, say-
ing it demeans the natural vista surrounding
it.
"The property has had car wrecks, boats,
trailers, assorted piles of junk and recently
large garbage bins have been placed on the
property," writes Brian Larstone in his peti-
tion to council. "This property is right next
to a public vantage point where visitors can
view the scenery. (It) is certainly not what
visitors should be viewing.
"We request that the Town of Goderich
not allow any extensions for any business of
this nature to be conducted at this location."
The addition of the garbage bins and intro-
duction of other waste was the catalyst for
council's decision.
In a unanimous recorded vote, coun-
cil opted to uphold the bylaw and held
Huvius in violation.
Goderich bylaw officer Chris Basden said the busi-
ness was an anomaly, as the current bylaw (38 of 1985)
already prohibits such use.
"Basically, the bylaw states (Huvius) can't be there,"
Basden said. "We are going to do what we have to do
to remedy that"
Basden and the town's lawyers put their heads to-
gether to determine what needed to be done to exercise
the bylaw. He said meetings are taking place to deter-
mine what actions need to be taken.
"We're really not clear on it yet," he added.
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