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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-24, Page 33• • ational Farmers' s one of several County farm ons and commodity which presented is to the Huron welopm rt Com - arch II. U brief, dealing use, hydro plant nt and health care, erred to the various of county council erest in the brief, planning board, the health and the nt committee. ters brought forth f should then come resen� to the entire county council for discussion by way of committee reports. The next regular county council session is scheduled for Friday, March 25, The NFU brief is as follows: "We wish to congratulate the County and the Planning Board for the effort made to get an official plan working. As the townships in Huron County adopt secondary plans, zoning by-laws will be incorporated into the plans and a plan Is only as good as Its zoning bylaws. "Huron County being '89 nada guest. n Fisher widely "Mr. Canada" will est speaker at the eting of the South - Ontario Travel . This will be held is Golf and Curling Sarnia starting at on Wednesday, probably no one in ore qualified to ravel Association. recall his radio "John Fisher which he praised ple and all things His main purpose e his countrymen s potential and he ely successful. ving five years as Director of the ourist Association isher became Centennial Com - In this position he idely and aroused a spirit in Canadians which resulted in thousands of projects in commemoration of Canada's 100th birthday. He is theCanadian most in demand on the U.S. lecture circuit and was guest speaker.. at many U.S. Bicentennial conventions. He has conveyed his feelings and knowledge about Canada to more American audiences than any other man. John Fisher's wide experience and travel has made him keenly aware of the tourist industry. He is highly respected for his wit and candor and his message to the Southwestern Ontario Travel Association should be enlightening and informative. The public is invited to this meeting by making reser- vations through the Sarnia Golf and Curling Club at 336- 2201 or the Southwestern Ontario Travel Association in London at 679-0211. MAYrAG AUTOMATIC WASHERS & DRYERS PORTABLE WASHERS & DRYERS WRINGER WASHERS PORTABLE & BUILT-IN DISHWASHER IN SINK FOOD WASTE DISPOSERS the Dependability, People at- CHINSON APPLIANCES TRADE INS ACCEPTED N RD. 524.7831 percent Class 1 and 2 agriculture land, we expect agriculture will be the predominate industry in the county, taking precedence over • other purposes using prime agriculture land. ' "We hope it is the Development Committee's intention to retain the present type rural communis we have in the county, ana to create a climate that will allow the family farmer to remain in control of our agriculture land base. "If this is our goal then simply zoning our prime land agriculture is not good enough.' Rules have to be written into the zoning bylaws to accomplish this. "The following points we hope will be adopted in the zoning bylaws in the county: • that there be an upper limit no greater than 500 acres that any one individual farm family can control. " • that a family farm be classified as one that the family operates by the fact that it is in financial control, provides the decision making and supplies most of the • labour. ' • that any livestock or poultry unit must either own or have under long term lease enough land to handle the manure from the entire operation. • that where land is zoned for livestock or poultry, the farmer who follows an ac- cepted code of practices have re assurance the zone will of be changed. el, only classified family arms be -eligible for tax ebates, special, incentive ans, improvements °grants, le loans, farm. -subsidies, etc. • that only farm related ommercial corporation be lowed to operate com- ercial enterprise in the gricplture zone and these be refully screened for need.. • that severences not be anted to accommodate ditional residences on class tnd 2 agriculture land; if it desirable to build an ad- ional house, then it would ecome,par of tl e„ faun,. t n f r to ti c al m a ca gr ad • is dit b " • if in the future any agriculture land must be rezoned for urban develop- ment, the farmer receive full value of the land for farming purposes plus adequate compensation for all in- conveniences that may be imposed upon him. "• we seriously question the advisability or necessity for land developers to own land for the purposes of urban, industrial or recreational.•: development. We believe that. such development should be. publicly planned and that the public should acquire land, for future use for such purposes. The role of private developers would then be tq contract to make the necessary improvements to such land. Experience has. demonstrated that allowing private developers to acquire and own land leads to speculation in land for the purpose of capital gains, irrational land use and poorly planned communities, DETV CT RELUCTANCE "We detect a reluctance ori the- part of our municipal politicians to show any real leadership when it comes to having the above points in- corporated into our zoning' bylaws, we feel that a toothless bylaw will, in the future, regulate the family farmer, at best, to a manager of an agriculture unit, or at the worst, a hired man, and the charmed circle of ownership will be lost to the future generations of the present owners in our county. "If the farmer is to give up some of his speculative rights in order to keep a reasonable food resource base, to grow the nation's food, then our senior levels of government must develop and legislate a realistic stabilization plan based on the cost of production including a fair return for labour and in- vestment. "Realistic stabilization must 'go along with zoning, and the township councils, the county council and the far- mers themselves must in- form both the provincial and the federal governments that only with stabilization will zoning Huron County agriculture be acceptable. "For `too long our nation's farmers have had to carry the -cost of a ',cheap food 'policy • while everyone else involved in the food industry make a profit once food left the farm gate. PROPOSED GENERATING STATION "We wish to reiterate our views expressed to this Leigh Neille needed a nursery. 1 Leigh Neille received an three ounce baby boy, doz- wishes and a husband with a He. What she needed was a team thought so too. That's 9�w ows a lot about peo- said: E'! rik or blue: ple's needs. We also know a lot about money. That's our business at Niagara. Mortgage money, money for a new car, money for home improvements, for your child's education, or, if you're like Leigh *Nellie, money to welcome the newest NIAGARA loans, .Mort cs,SalefInancinig. IMoneyinaction. • member of your family. if what stands be- tween you and what you really need is a thing called money, come in and sit down with the people you've come to know at Niagara. We know that one way to fulfill a need is to put money into action. GQDERICH SIGNALS' n for develo Committee previously. "In the interest of .Huron County— retaining a rural predominance, we believe any future plans to build a hydro generating station must be blocked.. "Any planning authority existing in Huron County. should exercise every clause possible in the Planning Act to prohibit hydro from building a proposed generating station. "In the first place, it rural municipalities do have the control, as the provincial government claims, and if the area for such a station is zoned agriculture, such a development would require a zone change to industrial - or whatever. Secondly, severances would probably be required. "We are saying Huron County should persistently refuse to yield to a development that will only facilitate the destruction of rural Huron. HEALTH CARE "The Huron County Plan is really a form of regional government on a much smaller scale than the Provincial Government would prefer to shove down our throats. For purposes of health care we strongly recommend this is the way it should remain. "Again, we wish to reiterate our views expressed to this Committee last year on coordination of hospital !boards. :' • that a District Health Council be made up of one member from each of the existing hospital boards and one nurse from each hospital. • that each hospital should not try to be proficient in every specialized function; but that each should specialize in certain services that,will best serve the public efficiently. • that active treatment beds not be used for non- active treatment, and that other facilities be found to accommodate these patients awaiting treatment in other centres. • that Huron County should FOR SA4 BRAND NEW BRUNSWICK Billiard Tables, Shuffleboards Saunders Pro Rep. .F. M. 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