Times-Advocate, 1978-10-05, Page 1 (2)•
Zoning prohibits bank, toy store
Bylaw could stifle shopping
Exeter's new official plan
and inning bylaws came into
effect Monday night, but
minutes alter giving the
documents third • and final
reading. council members
adntitted that there will
probably pe objections
raised. despite the fact that
only a couple of appeals had
not leen. satisfied in the
mane amendments made
over the past month.
"l in happy they're
passed. btu 1'1)1 not happy
with the documents," Mayor,
lirtice Shaw commented.
Ile had said during the
discussion that the county
Planning department.. would
SOD -CHAMP Exeter Mayor Bryce Shaw topped 12 en-
honts to win the mayor's class at the International Plowing '
iskalch et Winghunl. Saturday. Hes shown here reenacting
,the steady hand u d keen eye v. hich ca.., led him to the -vic-
tory Staff photo
There's no acc aim..
for plow champ' • n
l':xeler \la%ur 13rure Shaw
has often been called upon to
offer congratulation.s •to
local champions and has
been generous -in his.cunl
-
rneadation •on such oc-
casions
Monday night. when an in
(emotional award winner
appeared at council. the
words pi praise for achiev-
ing such high acclaim wire
missing
• 1n fact. the recipient'ot- he
award. faced hale but dis-
paraging remarks -from
members of council
The award winner in this
case was Shaw. who Satur-
day. afternoon lopped 12 en-
trants' to win the mayor".
Seniors
get grant
A group of .retired people
from Exeter is among 66 in
Ontario to receive New
Horizons grants announced
bs Health and Welfare
Minister ..Monique Begin
A total of $555.249 in
grants was awarded to the
groups in Ontario
Golden Hours. the 'group
at the senior citizen
apartments on Sanders St
• E. received $3.929. to es-
tablish activities including
social events. game nights.
picnics. and' an exercise
program
New Horizons is a federal
government program that
enables retired peoplo to.
create projects of-theii Own
choosing It offers grants to
groups of retired who Under-
take aetrvities for the
benefit of themselves and
others in their community
The accent is on local needs
as seen by older people and
nn their willingness to meet
such needs.
•
•
class .at the International'
Plowing Match at WInghatn
"See what our flavor
brought horse front the
plowing match"..asked
Deputy -Reeve tion
\1o' ;regor as he held high
the Irriphv won by Shaw
Ken Ottewell immediately
wanted to know if the'Mayor
-had won by default..
-II was a wen' tough c'om-
petition." commented Shaw
tlernbers of the gallery
foiled in the -praise"'. ad-
ding their quips winch rang-
ed from lIlt'. ions _about the
fudge's eyesight to -the abili-
ty of the other competitors
4o know one end of a plow
tram the other.
Shaw 'said he was pleased
to return the trophy to Ex-
eter. noting it had been won
by his predecessor. Jack
Delbridue "i'm pleased to
'he equal with him on that
level at least." the ?-Livor
commented
MacGregor was the Ione
person in the audience to
ciimmend the Mayor. noting
that •one n1the competitors
was a man who farmed 600
acres
Actually' Shaw indicated
he was surprised as anyone
with his victory He went
into the -competition with no
experience behind the wheel
of a tractor at all. having
missed a jraining session he
•had lined up Witt) an area •
farrier for Friday
Ile .was. however. one of
!be more deliberate
plowmen at the event. tak-
ing more time than most in
completing the task
That wasn't because he
was more cautious with his
furrows. He was just fearful
of stalling his tractor if he
attempted to shift out of low
gear. and he wasn't sure he
knew how to get it started
' again.
r
probably have nightmares
trying to straighten out sonic
ut
.the final changes ap-
proved al Monday night's
meeting.
'The main objection to the
zoning bylaw is expected to
conte from Ilawleat
Developments,. owners of the
!with end shopping plaza.
Member's ,, of c,-rouncil
learned atter app- wing the
documents that two of the'
three businesses slated to
!love ►nlo the. plaza aren't
permitted rises under C3
e highway commercial)
zoning. ,Council had turned
down a request to have the.
plaza area -zoned as Cl.
- 11 was indicated that a toy
Blore, bank and a restaurant
were expected to open in the
plaza, but )tie former t%o are
not permitted.
('(u ncillor Ken Otlewell
suggeslecteouncil should get
advice from a lawyer on -
handlulg that situation, but
Councillor Derry Boyle said
the documents were quite
clear, -
"Anyone who -contravenes
the hvlaw. should he
charged." Boyle said.
\favor Bruce Shaw said it
appeared that at'" (he
moment, the toy store and
bank could not he permitted
to -locate in the shopping
f'elin'e:
It had beery reported that
renovations sere already
underway for the.establish-
mcnt of ,the- toy store.
although no permit had been
taken out tor the work.
Please most
While the new documents -
niay stifle some commercial
development in the north end
shopping centre. council's
decision 00, the commercial
prnpier•iles on Main St.
between Wellington St. and
the• river could 1e`jd to
development. in that area.
The: question of the
commercial properties in
that area had been one of the
most contentious issues.. and
most of the owners were on
hand at Monday night's
PUC gives
town break
Flye---F Teter Public
1' ilities Commission agreed
-this week to permit the new
antenna for the Exeter
hookup into the new. Huron
police communication
system to be installed on the
local water tower.
Chairman Murray. Greene
suggested the town -"-he
charged a rate equal to that
now paid by- Canadian
Canners ( $350) for use of the
water tank. but - Chan
Livingstone suggested a fee
of only $1 00 "it's just tak-
ing u hut of one pocket and
putting it in another." he
said in reference to the fact
the local taxpayers would be
paying the bill one way or
.the other •
it was agreed to 'charge
the nominal fee, with the
town being asked to pick up
any legal costs involved in
preparing an agreement and
also for the use of the hydro
required to operate the com-
munication system.
Members were advised
that a PI'(' employee had
asked for a ruling on what
policy should be followed in
regard to an Exeter citizen
hauling town water: to his
.farm in a nearby municipali-
ty
Livingstone suggested the
owger should be advised
that he would face a double
water rate if he continued to
truck town water to his
farm
(
TAKING CARE OR'APPETITES the Exeter Heritage Foundation operated a very successful
food booth cit last week s International Plowing Match at V)/ingho0).Sholwn above dishing up
the goodies ore Doug Gould, Louise Collin and Pat Solo n - T -A photo
meeting to see what action
catmcil would lake.
'They were all pleased
w hen council approved
zoning them as ('1 (core
curirmercia`l l•, although the
1)ow-nlow11 usiness
Improvement Area board of
directors had argued
strenuously• against such
zoning
Several • residential
property owners had also
appealed to council riot to
lune the area as_Cl, but (hey
too appeared satisfied that
each property . was
designated and the balance.
of the street .was left as
residential.
Ed Gac•kstetter, who had
"presented - council with a
petition not to have the entire
Ana zoned as commercial.
said "were quite well
satisfied'', after "council
No1answers yet!
While plans for the new.
police corllllltIni('atlorl-
system 111 Huron continue to
make headway. Exeter
council were advised this
week that the same type of
progress is not hetng.lrtacte in
regard to the problem of
answering lire calls.
"I should have an answer
about an answering service
by now. but I 11,11 ('1(4, "
commented Deputy-Iteeve
Don tlacGregor However.
he addi'd that the area fire
board hopes 10 h,ive an
answer on the situate 1 this
month.--
.111e
onth.- 111e police system
('(rule's into operation. it is
expected that firs.' Lorna
Dade • will' terminate her
anS wcrrng service, through.
which lire calls are now
rereI%ed
MacGregor said other
people have indicated an
rr+ierest. but nothing definite
has taken place as yet as to a
replacement for the present
system.
Councillor Derry Boyle
wondere(I if it he fire hoard
tial given up on a suggestion
to use the local hospital
services 10 handle Im'c.c'alls
'MacGregor said 'au' price
of Suomi per year was "too
clear..
"Is there any other sway.
skirl] as phones in firemen's
lumiu�""' . asked Councillor
'fed 1\1-lgh+, a member ber of 1Ile
local tyre department
- We"re looking at alter-
e.a t Ives.'". MacGregor
replied.. saying that visits
had hien made to %less the
systems used in relu•r
nnonctpalille's
trade the decision.
Then, businesses receiving
('1' designation include Gord
Beultenmitler (George T.
Moore Insurance office
building). Dobbs Motors,
Lorne Johnston. Sherwood
(Exeter) 'Ltd.. Tim
MacFarlane Real Estate.
Ben Hoogenboom. (Exeter
Flowers greenhouse).
Whiting's. Warehouse.
1•'RO. Huron Retstaurant
and Jerry Mathers
Tvpewriters • ,
Atter the property
owners had been given C1.
zoning. Mayor Shaw
questioned whether they
-should be required to have
setbacks, noting that no
setbacks were required in
such a zone. •
It was finally agreed that a
front. side and rear yard
sot back of four metres would
to required
It was at this time that
Shaw suggested the planner
would ••have a nightmare
trying to. get the proper
wording into the new
documents,
"He'll shoot us. com-
mented Harold Patterson.
Parking authority
t•ha irnia11 Bill Batten
suggested ,the CI zoning in
the area could lead to
problems because therewere
no parking requirements.
• However. clerk Liz •Bell
said the entire town was
Ames
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 5, 1978
One Hundred and Fifth Year
ct.
Wellington St. area businesses win battle
plaza tenants
covered by a development
bylaw, and before
development could take
place, council could set the
terms to be met by any
developer. .t '
She also pointed out that
some of thn businesses in the
area would now be non-
-conforming uses (such as
Sherwood ► and nn expansion
of such businesses could be
permitted.
Council received three
petitions on the matter at•
Monday night's meeting:
tine contained 21 signatures
and the other had 22, in-
t.
IT' WAS MORNING
Flow, ri..Il ,
tine• r( t.. ,•
dicaling that 'most property
owners in the area would be
satisfied to have the existing
businesses ' given com-
mercial status as long as the
remainder of the area was
lett as residential.
"'They've been coin-
mercial for -100 years and it
would be ridiculous to make
them residential,- Boyle
said in particular reference
to the tour corners at
11'ellingtdn and Main St.
Shaw. who. suggested the
businesses_ be given Cl
status. said such a decision
would maintain the integrity
of the area while at the samb
time it would not -allow for
commercial expansion onto
neighboring residential
properties. '
Ile admitted that the
downtown merchants would
oppose such a designation..
During the discussion, it
was noted that several of the
commercial businesses in
the area were in con
trayention of the former
4)ylaws... .
There ''were few other
contentious issues -in the new•
dccutnents, council having
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IT WAS SLOPPY GOING
we'(uthe, except for two br iel •n
afterncnrn are Swan flu' i.i' I
Would employ 100
1978 I, te,nati000t Plowing Match enjoyed excellent
.s• sloshing through the mud rate Wednesday
d Lisa Miller Dashwood 1 A photo
Industry scared off?
Picket Irt(•idents ,r1 the
lengthy Fleck Manufac-
turing Ltd strike at Huron
Park have caused a lyindsor
firm 10 hack out of an
agreemenl Tri lo•ale•here. an
Ontario Development
.('ornor a Iron r OI)(' t
spokesman said %.ednesda>,
OD(' - director HnsS.
%%"added said the autonu ii.ve
plant w(Ht1i1 h,,tie• employed
ahr+ur 1(441 persons.
But he said the OD('•is still
hoping to salvage the
ai!ree.nlc'nl 14 ith the com-
pans, which he declined to
name heel's(' i(, "could
Iertpardve negotiations "
Ta with the first are
conlin(nng- and "the door is
riot closed he said.
Thieves still busy .
Thefts continued to in-
crease during the 'past
month. according to
statistics supplied by. Chief
Ted j)ay'in his September
report for Exeter council
• There' were 17 thefts with
the total loot being $1,343. of
.which $346 has keen"
recevered One auto was
also .stolen.' but later
recovered -
The" iqc Bence. of --wilful_
damag(r also took; a "jvtilp
wda('ing/JO"Month'.' with five
rt;ports from private
citizens viiith damage
• amounting •tri $305 There
were three siillot damage
incidents on public property.
With damage .)mounting to
$90
tither .statistics for the
month were :is follows' nine
ac('iftents with two injuries
and property damage of $4.-•
985. 12, warnings and 32
charges under the Highway
Traffic Act. two, impaired
drivers. three .atfimal- ct)ttl-
plariiit4. 22 -parking tt('kets.
-six hike riders Gaut oned:
Iwo incidents of trespass.
one mischief complaint and
one youth charged with
«shoplifting
•
although if theconlpany does
change its mind and agree to
the move it may be 'on a
smaller scale
Ile said the company
decided not to relocate in
Huron Park after picket line
Incidents during the Fleck
strike closed roads. to the
industrial park.
' Waddell, saidthe fjrm -had
been considering renting
about 40.(x11) square feet and
expected to employ about 100
tirtd. with the possibility of
douhlling the number of
employees in the future
t1PP Auk Riddell iL-'--
Huron Middlesex 1 said the
tact the/firms don't have to
invest in constructing their
own J)uildings not only.belps
. then) 10 locate but offers few
obstacles when they mote
.(1U1
.. Riddell said he didn't think
legal !action to force the
Winds. -r firm to._ stand by
their original agreement to
fova(e at Hoorn Park would
accomplish mulch for the
park as a whole.
Please turn to page 3
It's the moment of truth
...but only one is ready.
Exeter Councillor Ted
Wright advised his fellow-
. members Iters week it was
"time for truth" on the
matter of whether they
would be running for council
again next year and "only
fair to make up our minds'
so the public know •
With that comment.
members eagerly awaited
his decision on whether he
would be a candidate again
for the upcoming nerntnation
and they all broke out in
Iant:hler when he then added
''1 hasen't !lade up my
md"
in"\ ou"d tetter -stay on. with
'0 politician's statement like
that" c'hided.('ouncillor Ken
(rttewel l
As members then an-
nounced their plans. only
Councillor Lossy Puffier
tailed to follow Wright's suit
She said she had made up
her mind and would be
• lakrrlg •nut nomination
papers In a hid for Tier third
term
Most trustees
seek re-election
By JEFF SEDDON
All but three of 15 Huron
county, board of Education
trustees at Mondays board
meeting announced plans In
seek re-election 1n the board
in November's municipal
elections.
Board chairman John
Elliott asked trustees at the
end of the meeting if They
would he interested in
slating their intentions for
the upcoming election. Both
Goderic'h trustees.-('ayfty.
Hill and Dorothy Wallace.
and Clinton trustee Dorothy
Williams. Said they were
undecided. Hill said he would
like to run for re-election but
would _have- A.() wait until
Mnseir tthe O'tnbe) .16
noininafiin irate Vfore_
deciding- Wingham trustee
Murray Mulvey was absent
from the meeting!
Those seeking another
Ierm•on the hoard aro Jack
Alexander of Wingham. John
Elliott o( Blyth, separate
school supporter trustees
Eugene F'rayne and Charles
Rau. Exetej trustees Harry
Hayter and Clarence
NCDonald. Colborne and
Goderich township trustee
Shirley" Hazlilt, Brussels
trustee Don McDonald,
ITayfierd-iriisf"ec-R. K. Peck,
Zurich trustee Herb
Turkheim, Ashfield township
trustee Marion Zinn and
Seaforth trustee John
Henderson.
councillor Harold Pat -
and Deputy -Reeve
Don MacGregor both said
they. were unsure. while
Councillor Ken tit Lowell had
pre%rotusty- announced he
%(Auld retire
"1 nu said 1 was allowed to
be eccentric... (yUncillor
Derry Boyle tog Mayor
Bruce Shaw "let's leave 11 at
that'.
Shaw asked •whether it •
-could be taken from that that -
Boyle would .be .stepping . '
down -
"We"tt•Ieave•it at- that,"
replied Boyle.. who. has .
previously indicated -he will
not be running again. •
Heeys' Sr Simmons.was not
at Monday's meeting.
Shaw. who this week "won : -
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Some would tell lie
to escape dog tax
' social services committee
`chairman Lossy Fuller
advised council this week
that discussions are un-
derway to Improve the
overall • ('1tcctiveness, of
Exeter's animal contr.ol
system. 114)1ing I)kit early
indications point 10 a need to
imprnse the' prrx•edure'' of
1at'.ging dogs
However. she commented
this may be difficult. as
many dog owners are un-
willing to admit ownership.
She indicated she was •
perturbed to find that •some
lex a l cvtizern would even - ..
strip to lying to children in
an apparent hid to escape .
paying 1or a dog tag
'Mrs Fuller reported that
the Exetor. (rubs had been
enlisteu-
indoord surreyto tondertake determineadoor
the dog pl)pula1I.Q in Exeter.
In one incident. a citizen
advised_ the boy at. the door
that he did not own a dog.
However. while the lad -was •
still Blanding at the door, a
canine' ran out of the house
Pa.'''.
1111)1
"Hiles do you overcome (he
drshnnesty of people''''
questioned Mayor Bruce
Shaw
Mrs Fuller said many dog
owners are not being fair in
Iiyrng up to the meal bylaws
which stipulate that a dog
'tag mist be purchased each
year prior to March t and
said 1t may be necessary to-
.- c 11ir•e someone to go to each ,
house to sell tags in the
future '
Councillor Ted Wright said
thai In some townships. a •
dcig' tag 'is automatically
issued to each household and
it is d lien up 10 the Fesidekt t''0
.• prove tjtal. Us:etpe$ )'t, 0%0 a`' •
ctng '
II was explained by the
committee chairman that
problems do arise because
clogs arc not tagged The
local -polrc'e recently spent
one hill clay trying to locate
tt1e owner of a dog which had
bitten a child.
Mrs. Fuller said the search
would -have been much
easier if the animal had been
wearing a tag.
She advised council that a
complete report on the
system • will-- he presented
before the end of the term
and received approval from
council to send thank yeti ,)
letters to two of the Cubs who
completed (heir survey. Don
Kells and Paul Chapman.
CROSS COUNTRY Jon -
Mellec-(e-ot South Huron drs-•
tricot High School heads
around a turn in a recent
cross country meet at
S.H D.H.S.
Pit by Terry Sthw ,Irenlruher