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A new c onunercial development is •
being considered for the former
Huron Motor Products Ltd. property
at the corner of Main and Simcoe St.
While a development was con-
sidered some time ago, that plan was
dropped when the developer decided
to establish on the site of the
Pentecostal Church and adjoining
properties.
The new development is being con-
sidered by-Cooper-Wemken and was
outlined recently to the planning ad-
visory committee by Ric Knutson and
Mr. Cooper.
Knutson said the plan calls for the
existing Texaco to remain and house
both a gas bar and a convenience
store. The latter would be operated by
Hasty Markets, a chain which now
has over 100 atones,
A new commercial building would
be erected to the oath of the existing
facility and would be about 4,758
square feet. When quizzed as to the
number of uses proposed for the new
building, the developers advised that
it was negotiable at this time, but all
tenants would be In with
the C-1 zone uses.
Knutson advised that he was re-
questing approval in principle of the
development so certain conditions
could be withdrawn from the pur- ) 7
chase and sale offer on the property.
He said he was aware that council ,
would have to endorse:it at a later
date and a site plan agreement would
have to be signed for the
development.
Chairman Dave Newton commend-
- ed the developers for the proposal,
saying it would be good for Exeter.
The committee recommended to
council that the development as pro-
posed be approved in principle and
that a site plan agreement be entered
into to govern development. in accor-
dance with the zoning bylaw and ap-
propriate planning requirements.
In other action at their January 8
meeting, the committee:
Granted a ,minor variance to
Robert and Jean Jolly at 26 Nelson St.
to create an undersized corner lot
with a lesser lot area and frontage
than required to enable the creation
of two new building lots.
Approved a request from Landrush
Inc: to create one new lot on Riverside
Drive subject to the owners etxtet'ill far three previous Mut liea- ' 249M14ain St. S. Member Don Winter
into a service t with the tugs be withdrawn. notad that the application provided in-
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FAIR BOARD EXECUTIVE — New officers for 1986-87 were named at Friday's annual meeting of the
Exeter Agricultural Society. Back, left, vice-president Adriaan6rand, school division president Doris
Weigand and past president Gordon Jones. Front, Homecraft president Barb Passmore, president Roy
Conn and secretary Gwen Coward. T -A photo
TIMMY iN ACTION — Josh Watson will be the Timmy to represent
area crippled children at the upcoming Lions Sportsmen's Dinner. Josh
suffering from spina bifida and without the use of his legs is a goal
tender for the Exeter tykes. He is shown here on the ice talking with
Lions dinner chairman Gerry Prout. T -A photo.
Air opposition in colorful terms
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EXETER. ONTARIO. January 22. 1986
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Truckers want- to koep
'complaint from our neighborhood
about :tight or sound of our truck,"
they w . adding that the new
dixhene being considered could
r , , ple needing vans or pickups
businesses from buying pprt't�
because they wove
=under the restrictions.
MacCarters said they had
many, 'compliments, and no com-
plaints, from neighbors about their
truck. "Being free to choose where we
live, Exeter is our choice. Why would
we be expecting to be governed by a
London (the bylaw was taken from
that city) bylaw? Are Exeter and
London comparable in size?"
Irvine, noting he parks his truck at
his residence for security, service,
repairs, heat and convenience, warn-
ed that "if council keeps screwing us
around, I wiltbe forced to rezone my
property to commercial. I think if a
council member had a barrel of ap-
ples and one apple was rotten they
would throw out the whole barrel".
Noting that his truck is his
transportation to his job, Darling said.
that for more information, members
could call him "or ask me in person
if you dare". He signed his objection
"a large taxpayer in this wonderful
town".
Crawford' defiantly pointed out he
planned to park his truck "until I am
no longer a trucker", while Moore
said most people on the street thought
the bylaw was "a big joke". He urg-
ed council to listen to the majority in-
stead of the minority.
Beecroft said the law could force
him to sell his house and move his
family from town, while the Mines
said they do not agree with the so-
called "upper-class imposing their
upper class values on the middle class
population and if they do not wish to
live in our area they have the option
of forming their own subdivision with
their own standards and living
regulations".
Hern noted that the problem could
be dealt with using existing bylaws
regarding noise and property stan-
dards and suggested that Exeter
ratepayers have a vote ofn the truck
parking issue.
Rohde explained he was protected
Some you win, some you lose and The committee recommended that mercial acid questioned why they had
others you tie. the zoning be left as Rl. to go through the entire proceedings.
That about sums up the recommen- The loss went to Raymond and again.
dation received by council this week Marjorie Bennewies, RR 2 Ilderton, The committee recomme that
from the planning advisory commit- who argued unsuccessfully against the area be rezoned as dF�ft in the
tee regarding the comprehensive rezoning Main St. from Victoria to amendment. 6 '•
review<e€et rtent ' We'ittltgtoff air'eontineret�l .td` ' - The ti"e' ij tt`f !'a ,
zoning bylaw. residential. mercial truck owners who voiced
The win went to Peter and Maude The couple own a house in that their verbal and written objectionsio'
Connon, who argped against a plan to block that they presently rent and a plan to prohibit commercial
rezone the Taylor Apartments at the feared that commercial development' vehicles from parking in residential
entrance to the community park. could deter renters "Which would zones.
While noting a plan to change the destroy part of our livelihood and The amendment being considered
zoning to high density would not would leave us in a precarious finan- places restrictions relating to the
create a problem now or in the im- cial situation". measurement of vehicles and not
mediate future, they argued the They also objected to having to ob-
"potential for unwanted problems ject, noting they had previously ob-
down the road is considerable". jected to the area being rezoned com-
School board sets
four percent goal
Although it hasn't heard anything may be considerable increases are in
about grant increases from the pro- industrial arts in elementary schools
vincial ministry of education, the and additional secretarial time. Both
Huron County, board of education has subjects are being studied further by
gone ahead and limited increases for board committees.
1986 to four percent. "Our intent is to give a bit of a
guideline," said Allan.
The school board followed a similar
budgetary process last year, and it
seemed to work.
The director anticipates an in-
crease of about five percent in school
board spending, but he doesn't know
how that will affect the amount the
local taxpayers pay in education
Some, of those areas where there taxes.
At its January 13 meeting, director
of education Robert Allan recom-
mended that if any group or in-
dividuals within the school board's
departments want an increase greater
than four percent, they have to make
a similar reduction in their budget
elsewhere.
gross weight as previously.
In view of the opposition, the com-
mittee requested secretary' Brian
Johnston to obtain commercial park-
ing regulations from other
municipalities and submit them for
review of the committee.
Objections were received by some
truck owners who had immunity to
the existing bylaw through the grand-
father clause. Several owners of
smaller delivery vans also voiced
their objections this time.
Written objections were received
from Don and Jean Papple, Laverne
and Marion McCarter, Glenn Irvine,
Jim Darling, Ronald Crawford, Lloyd
Moore, Kirk Beecroft, James Guen-
ther, Hopper -Hockey Furniture, Alan
and Nancy Hines, Leroy Hern, Doug
Rohde and Algoma Tire.
The Papples noted that the only
problem encountered in town in the
past related to a dispute between
neighbors and they suggested it could
have been handled more effectively
and less costly through a charge of
unnecessary noise. "We have had no
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STARTING BREAKFAST - Passing out oranges to start Thursday's pyjama party breakfast at the Sun-
shine Kids nursery school with the help of teacher Ruth Mercer is Jennifer Inman. Waiting patiently
ore Christ Gielen, Corrie Debont and Jennifer Melnick. T -A photo
Driver didn't wait for charges
Fortunat•Iy line not busy
Fortunately, the line wasn't busy day at 3:30 p.m. on Canada Ave. in
when a motorist decided to "use " a Huron Park.
phone booth in Ilensall on Tuesday. Drivers involved in the crash were
The unknowq motorist smashed into Gordon Bieber, RR 2 ',man, and
the booth and left the scene. Damage Mary Foreman, Zurich. Both escaped
was set at $1,000. injury and damage was listed at
$2,000.
During the past week the local
detachment officers investigated 34
general occurrences including five li-
it was one of two collisions in-
vestigated by the Exeter OPP this
week, the other occurring on Thurs-
guar act investigations, two missing
persons, two break and enters and
one narcotic control act investigation.
Forty charges were laid under the
Highway Traffic Act, three insurance
act violations, five liquor license act
violations, one motorized snow vehi-
cle violations and two charges under
the narcotic control act and one under
the criminal code.
Commercial expansion approved
On.pcukhig
under the grandfather's clause, but when it is blowing snow out of their
was sticking up for the other truckers laneways".
that live in town and those who might The owners of Algoma Tire explain -
like to move here. Claiming his truck ed that if truckers were forced to
was not unsightly, he advised it was move out of town, they, and many
also less noisy than his snowblower other businesses, weiiild suffer from
l'and,lt d if Whet' the heighberc•: est sales and services,_ ikz =
Handicap fails
to daunt Josh
Area crippled children will be
represented at the 1986 Exeter Lions
Sportsmen's dinner by an en-
thusiastic youngster who enjoys lift
and sports despite a physical
handicap.
He is seven year-old Josh Watson,
a grade two student at Exeter Public
School who is suffering from spina
bifida.
The fact he has no use of his legs
doesn't stop Josh from being the
goalie and a good one, too for the Ex-
eter tykes hockey team. He slides
around on his knees and does not
allow very many goals.
in addition to his hockey playing,
Josh enjoys riding horseback and is
involved in choir singing at the public
school and Exeter United Church.
Josh, the son of Russ and Betty
Watson will be one of the popular
guests at 'he 13th annual dinner set
for the South Huron Rec Centre on
Tuesday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m.
A FAIR AWARD — Dolores Shapton and Gordon Jones present. the
Exeter Agricultural Society certificate of merit to Donald Dearing.
He has been a member of the local fair board for 33 years.T-A photo.
Group home permits
push total to $4 million
Building permits valued at $185,870`4"Was 813,000.
were issued in December, bringing
the annual total in Exeter to just over
the $4 million mark.' That's the
highest figure ever recorded in the
municipality.
The December permits included
two institutional projects at $161,92x,
two commercial at $12,000 and two
residential at 811,950.
The two permits approved for in-
stitutional facilities are for the two
group homes being planned in the
north east section of town by the South
Huron Association for the Mentally
Handicapped.
The 1985 building ,total was
$4,056,889. The previous record was
$3,858,545 in 1978. In 1984 the total was
only $2,100,517. The lowest figure
recorded since 1974 was $803,049 in
1981.
In presenting his annual report to
council this week, chief building of-
ficial Brian Johnston noted that some
of the major projects during the past
year were the new nursing home,
donut shop, Perry's Originals, Stan-
dard Trust, the Doug Parker four-
plex and 18 single-family dwellings.
in highlighting the planning
changes, Johnston noted there were
five official plan amendments, eight
zoning amendments, 11 minor
variances and five consent
applications.
Looking ahead to 1986, Johnston
said he anticipated "a very busy year
also".
There were 268 building s permits
approved during the year as follows:
18 residential dwellings at a value of
$1,313,258, 149 residential renovations
and additions at $456,378, 27 commer-
cial at $344,530, six institutional at
$1,616,273, six industrial at $224,000,43
tool sheds, carports, sundecks and
garages at 874,330, five swimming
pools at *19,500 and 14 demolition per-
mits at 812,600.
Total revenue from the building
permits was 819,851.72. The budget
Thirty-two permanent signs were
approved and 124 temporary signs.
Johnston indicated he made 1,663
field inspections and had 624 office ap-
pointments, plus 1,522 telephone
messages.
Only, one complaint was received
under the property and maintenance
standards bylaw and it was suc-
cessfully completed. in comparison,
there were eight complaints in 1984
and the record was 17 in 1982.
Only two applications were approv-
ed under the Ontario Home Renewal
Program, compared to five the
previous year and the record of 15 in
1976 when the program was initiated.
The number of swimming pools in
Exeter increased by only two in 1985
as four wer installed and two were
removed. Records indicate there are
84 private outdoor pools and four in-
door pools in Exeter.
Asked to find
new location
Due to lack of proper vehicular ac-
cess, the organizers of the Christmas
Bureau will be asked to seek a new
location next year rather than use the
lawn bowling club house. •'
The action stemmed from com-
plaints received from Dorothy Simp-
son over the fact those who visit the
bureau drive on her lawn.
The club house has no driveway of
its own and Mrs. Simpson's is adja-
cent, hut it does not extend to the club
house.
However, she reported that does not
stop patrons of the bureau from driv-
ing through her drive, over her lawn
right to the club house.
Board members agreed Mrs. Simp-
son has a problem and decided the on-
ly solution was to find another loca-
tion for the bureau, if possible,
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