The Huron Expositor, 1995-02-08, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, F.bruary 8, 1995
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Horses may call Stanley home
BY TIM CUMMING
Expositor Editor
Horse lovers (and their horses)
could be calling Stanley Township
home if a local development propo-
sal is successful.
Stone Lea Holdings Ltd., a group
of nine local investors, plans to
provide serviced lots attached to a
communal fann located two miles
cast of Bayfield, north of County
Road 3. As part of the development
proposal, professional staff will care
for the horses of property owners.
The fate of the proposal may be
partly determined at a public meet-
ing on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7
when the developers will seek to
have a zoning and official plan
amendment made by the Township
of Stanley. The rezoning would
change the affected properties from
their current agricultural designation
to an agricultural classification
which would permit special uses,
such as horses and houses attached
to a larger farm.
One of the big question marks for
the proposal is how the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) will
respond.
The proposed development, at the
top of the bank of the Bayfield
River, will take about 21 acres out
of agricultural production and con-
vert about 250 acres from crop
production to pasture land.
Stone Lea Holdings President Tim
Beard said the project combines
community development with the
legitimate agricultural practice of
providing farm land for horses.
"To say pasture land is not agri-
culture is a disservice," he said. In
an interview with The Huron Expo-
sitor last week the graduate of a
rural economic development pro-
gram referred to Stone Lea as a
niche market, commercial livestock
operation and "specialty crop."
The concept of Stone Lea is a
`recreational residential
community'.
"There's a housing component, a
farm component and a recreational
component," said Beard, who lives
at RR 1 Bayfield.
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DEVELOPMENT ENVISIONED - Tim Beard, President of Stone Lea Holdings Ltd., points towards an
area where he would like to create a recreational residential community built around a farm for horses.
The proposal is coming before a Stanley Township public meeting.
The promoters of the project see
the 460 -acre proposed development
as a viable economic opportunity
for an agriculturally -based area.
They envision incorporating the
complex with a network of recre-
ational trails.
The development could create
around 500 person years of employ-
ment and more than 75 full-time
jobs, according to figures supplied
by Beard. It would also produce
more than $400,000 in taxes to be
divided between the municipality,
the school boards and the county.
To make Stone Lea a reality the
developers must extend a serviced
water line to the site. They would
create a communal sewage treat-
ment plant which the municipality
would have to agree to assume.
The proposed 150 houses to be
built on the fully -serviced lots are
expected to be a combination of
full-time residences and homes for
part-time use (such as weekends
and summers). The project could
accommodate 300 horses, said
Beard.
The developers held an informa-
tion meeting on the proposal on
Wednesday, Oct. 26. More than 100
people attended the meeting to hear
answers to questions about the
proposal.
There was no opposition to the
plan in principle, said Beard.
The proposed development will be
located above the top of the bank
along the Bayfield River.
"We're not intruding into the
river valley," emphasizes Beard.
"We do not want to damage the
river valley, we recognize it to be a
valuable resource."
Beard says the Stone Lea devel-
opers will create corrective drainage
to redirect water so it doesn't go
over the valley bank. A profitable
residential development may have
more funds to stop soil erosion than
existing farms, he said.
Beard, who has a degree in agri-
cultural economics and rural devel-
opment and an MBA, started work
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He argues that Stone Lea is a
"manageable and sustainable econ-
omic enterprise."
The project will not change the
agricultural flavour of Stanley
Township, Beard insists.
"We don't want to change the
land use designation, we don't want
to interfere with the neighbouring
farmers' right to farm," he said.
"We want to integrate this thing so
it fits in with the environment."
The Stone Lea development could
become a reality within two years,
said Beard, but only if all the regu-
latory hurdles are overcome.
Surprisingly, the development is
not being started by horse owners.
"We're not doing this because we
like horses," said Beard. "We're
doing, this because we see it as a
viable and responsible business
proposition for an agricultural com-
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