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Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - Page 35
Building renovations partially -approved for downtown business
Gerard Crews
signal -star staff
What was intended to create a unified front
in the downtown core is causing some dis-
chord with one Goderich business owner. ,
Dean Whalen of Lighthouse Money Man-
agement was before council Dec. 14 to ask
that restrictions on building renovations be
lifted under the Community Improvement
and Heritage Goderich plans.
Whalen, who qualified for a facade im-
provement grant for the business at 124 The
Square was stymied in his attempt to change
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the upper` storey of the building.
He and his wife sold their home' to rlo
into the apartment above Lighthouse,
looking to make some changes to the
exterior, he said. His intent was to remove
two windows and replace them with a single,
larger window in order to allow more daylight
in and a better view of the downtown core.
"I do not understand why we did not meet
with full approval," he said to council. "There
needs to be a fair balance between resident
needs and heritage concerns"
Currently, the. Community Improvement
Pi + irs facade improvement grants to
wners, provided they are in keeping
'architectural theme of the occupied
e window Whalen wants to put in
is not in keeping with buildings on the same
block, however they match those of the build-
ings directly across East Street.
"It's been a consistent message from the
Heritage Committee that these windows are
not supportable," said town planner Denise
Carnahan.
"But half a block away you have the win-
dows Mr. Whalen is proposing," argued Coun.
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to be continuous?"
Whalen said the natural light in the apart-
ment is not even half of what is required in the
building code, and again asked council take
residents into account over heritage.
"Heritage Goderich did not take this appli-
cation lightly," said chair Barry Page.
'The entire application was not out of hand.
(Heritage committee) has approved the lower
facade and remedial brickwork."
The issue is expected to be back before
council January 11.
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