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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-10-05, Page 7• THE 0,O1 ERJCI SIGNAL-$TPiR, T 111, SDA,Y, QCTORER 5, 1975,440.g. Waterfront restaurant proposed • BY JEFF SEDDON If the food is good the view may be excellent at a three storey restaurant and tavern proposed for the Goderich harbolxr - area. The Goderich planning board heard a presen- tation Tuesdaynight for a harbour"front restaurant to be located at the foot of Harbour Street. Nick Hill of Hill and Borgal Architects and Planners; presented a detailed report of the project to be developed by Bob Gib- bons of Goderich. Hill told planning board that his client was proposin-g a dining facility at the harbour area'lfiati' *are- "bold and - challenging step in revitalizing the harbour area as a people place". He said the project was exciting and would "reintroduce diners in the Goderich area to the aesthetic significance of the Goderich water setting". Not exactly the Yellow Brick Road but the same principle. Mayor Deb Shewfelt laid the first block of the new cobblestone sidewalks being constructed on The Square as part of the business improvement area project sponsored by mer- chants in the core area. A four block section of sidewalk is being torn up and replaced with the cobblestone walkway in the first phase of the facelift. Goderich Businessmen's Association, representative John Schaefer (left) witnesses the ceremony along with Ken Hunter (centre) commissioner of works and councillor Dave Gower, chairman of the town's works and engineering committee. (Photo by Rick Shaw) Cottagers join fanners BY JEFF SEDDON A group of cottagers at Bogie's Beach north of Goderich have formed a rare coalition with far- mers in the area to fight a proposed 19 unit seasonal residential development on i3ogie's Beach Road. "The cotta'gers, nor- mally a thorn in the side of farmers for using valuable farmland along the Lake . • Huron 'shoreline, have joined the agricultural community in the Bogie's Beach area • to protect farmland that is slated for use for the development. The cot- tagers feel the Bogie's Beach area ,has been developed to capacity and that further development will mean urbanization of farmland. Olwen Hutton of Brantford, a cottager from Bogie's Beach and a spokesman for • the Bogie's cottage association, said Monday that 40 cottage owners at the beach location `have joined in the fight against the development proposed by landowner Pat Whelan. She said the cottagers had delayed development pending the outcome of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing in June but the hearing was delayed until the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority waterfront study for the area could be completed. She said the hearing is now set for October 23. Hutton said . the cot- tagers are concerned that the 19 -unit development of seasonal residential homes will not remain seasonal residential. She said the cottage owners are convinced owners of the 19 units will gradually make the units their cities for economic and aesthetic reasons and farmland is disappearing as a result. She said rural areas have set aside land surrounding villages for housing development and it is that land, not land in production, that should homes •and turn the -.be used for development. "If people like us don't do something it just goes on scott free and that seems a pity," she said. - The waterfront study the OMB hearing was delayed for, is a detailed analysis of the affects of `erosion on the Lake Huron. shoreline. The study indicates the state of the shoreline' now and what erosion will do to the land along the lake in the future. Mrs.. Hutton said the, study indicates that a large ravine at Bogie's Beach has been allowed to grow to the point where nothing can be done about it. She said the ravine will continue to grow to the point where many cot- tages near it will not be there in 75 years. She added that nothing should be done in that situation to" increase erosion problems and that the natural lie of t(e land should remain. un- disturbed. She said the cottagers are optimistic about their chances of success at the OMB hearing claiming many are bolstered by support from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. development into a subdivision that, once established, will grow. "This chipping away at farmland for urban use can mushroom," said Hutton. The Brantford woman said she has been spending summers .at Bogie's Beach for 20 years and in that time the land slated for development has always been in , agricultural production. She said none of the cottages at Bogie's takes up farmland. She said a 400 -foot stretch of land at the top of the lake bank is slated for recreational use but added that the land is, ,and always has been in production. - "The land should be closely supervised if development is done so that nothing is irrever- sible," she claimed. "If any of it is taken out of production for recreation nothing should be done that would prevent it from being returned to its agricultural use." The cottage owner said "you can almost see the writing on the wall" pointing out that many people are moving out of Yec1o� , \�\ � ose4 tr tr OC OC d1e vp die ai?o, bun s ,nee eYs back. day to aura Sutnm ay $'pod °° hs, ,uYope t Cie Since Wry. geN day' roti art �ea a a f xa St anyt 0 ooe zge1� fac .\" you bs e me,s•1 raoaint ea or laskvii; Oat',e e xeveaay fov,�oitgr \Oen. e cadss.`44 l baa t s tislact,, V4--\\CtI oU�a5blon,�ltb y . OC less my E\ v�e� etoy. -3a 1 On Tuesday, October 10. at 7 p.m. the Committee of Adjustment will meet at the Town Hall. Also on Tuesday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. Committee of Council will meet at the Town Hall • Gibbons' project calls for a restaurant and tavern housed in a three • storey building using the ground floor for parking. Hill said that because of the effects of the river and lake on . soil in the area a highly organic and highly gaseous soil had developed making it difficult to construct anything on the -ground G level. He said the con- struction of a large concrete pad necessary to house the building created a dangerous situation that could result in an explosion as a result of trapped soil gases. He said that because of that _„J situatiouslcj_in was theeproposed The b, levated ottom level of the building will be used for parking. The second floor will house a restaurant with 100 seats inside and an additional 40 seats on a terrace that would be used in summer months: The third floor will house a 96 -seat tavern with an additional 52 seats on an outdoor terrace. Hill pointed out that the terrace setting duringthe• summer months could result in a facility that takes advantage of the lakefront location to the point where it becomes a tourist attraction the whole community could benefit from. The proposal is not without its ' stumbling blocks. The major con- . cern will be sanitary sewage service. The land at the harbour area is void of municipal ser- vices and Hill offered -three proposals to get around that problem. He said the town could install services along with a lift pump to take the effluent to the top 'of the lake bank and dump it in sewers there. Another alter- native is for a holding tank to be pumped. daily. A third involves a septic tank field bed unit that would require town land for installatio n " and a fourth is a package treatment plant large enough to handle development at the harbour area. Rill „said.._- th_v•.,.µ-in-deny the town any use of stallation of a force main its lani.ie said'the lance -'- and lift statioh, financed is now being used in such completely by the town, a manner that it could was obviously the best accommodate both the proposal for his client but town and the developer saidthe septic tank adding that the proposed systemshould not be restaurant is both desired glossed over. He said he realized the town would have to agree to use its land for a sewage system for a private develop- ment but pointed out that the system could -be made large enough to handle effluent from the Beach Hut food booth at the beach and the town washrooms on the waterfront. Another problem for Gibbons is parking. The lot he proposes to use for the restaurant is 85 by 100 feet and can only ac- commodate 27 parking spaces. The size of the restaurant demands ,that 53 spaces be provided and Hill said the developer was looking for relief from the town. Hill pointed out that the surrounding, land was used primarily for parking for people wanting to watch harbour activities from their cars. He said there is ample parking for over 50 vehicles on town owned land adjacent to the building. The architect said he realized the developer needed co-operation from the town in several areas but pointed out that the co-operation would not and needed in Goderich. Planning board members felt that the hurdles facing the project were not insurmountable but offered no indication of support or.- -lack of - support for it. The board will contact the 'Pu'b'lic'" Utilities Commission, the town . engineer and several other agencies with interest in the land in question to get com- ments from those groups as to • problems the project could create. The board promised to make every effort to reach a decision at its next meeting to recommend necessary zoning changes to permit the development or to turn it down. Gibbons indicated he intended to start con- struction on the restaurant in the spring of 1979. f Rescbedruled Vote Red Power Showdown Fri., Oct. 6 At the farm of Larry Pentland 1 Mi. North of Dungannon WE'RE OVER STOCKED SO WE ARE HAVING A MOVING OUT SALE_._. UP TO OFF ALL TROPICAL PLANTS SATURDAY OCTOBER 7th HUISSER'S GREENHOUSE 156 ELDON ST. GODERICH 524-9649 (Across from Racetrack) Art and Gerry Bell from Goderich Township had a large display of apples and other produce for sale at the International Plowing Match last week. They were among the many Huron County people at the Match. (News -Record photo) r IIOTSAVINCS.4'THERES STTE TO BEAT THE TAX INCREASE «,... SAVE 100.00 The Athena' 2000 ELECTRONIC - sewing machine. Our most soph,sh cated machine the Athena is Incredibly versatile yet easy 10 operate Fully elec Ironic Fever priced 500000 iCarrv•rgcase or cab- e' extras SAVE .20.00", SAVE $25.-00 lige Stylist* 111.6r• FREE ARM sewing machine. 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