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BY JEFF SEDDON
The Goderich Planning
Board learned Tuesday
afternoon that there will
probably be at least one
objection to a proposed
harbor front restaurant
being promoted by Bob
Gibbons. The board
received a letter from
George Parsons,
president of Goderich
Elevators Ltd., ex-
pressing "complete
opposition" to the
restaurant.
Parsons said in the
letter that he had read in
the newspaper that a
request for a zoning
change of land close to
the firm's elevators at the
harbor had been made to
permit construction of a
restaurant. He said the
two types of businesses, a
grain elevator and eating
establishment, are
"totally incompatible"
because of noise and dust
difficulties . and many
types of future com-
plications envisaged.
If objections cannot be
resolved by Gibbons and
the president of Goderich
Elevator the restaurant
proposil could be delayed
from six months to a year
until an Ontario
Municipal Board hearing
could be held to decide
the issue. AN public
meeting on the land
be held December 5 at
4:30 p.m. and if any
objections to the change
are made the OMB
hearing will have to be
scheduled.
Nick Hill, of Town and
Country Planners, ar-
chitect for Gibbons, told
the board that the con-
cerns raised by Parsons
may not be as difficult to
resolve as they appear.
Hill said he and his -client
were in the process of
havIng an air
management engineer
investigate the dust
problem that could arise
and if that study shows
that dust may not be a
problem because of air
current o at the site
Parsons may not be so
adamant i* his ob-
.- jections. Hill added that
he hoped to meet with the
president of the firm to
discuss the project and
what it could mean to the
grain handling company.
Roman Dzus of the
Huron County Planning
Department told the
board that anyone in
Goderich had the legal
right to object to the
change in the official
plan. He said the plan-
ning process requires a
public meeting to be held
when any changes in the
official plan are
requested and if no ob-
jections to those changes
are made, and planning
board is in agreement,
the necessary bylaws are
passed altering the of-
ficial .plan. Once the land
is designated commercial
then a zoning change is
required to permit
construction of the
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restaurant. The zoning
change will require all
landowners within a
specified distance of the
site to be notified of
exactly what is planned
and an opportunity given
them to comment or
object to the plans.
Dzus said the whole
process is required by
law under the Planning
Act and will probably
take two to three months
if no objections are
raised. He added that if
someone objects the
process may take more
than a year.
The land in question is
now -designated industrial
in the town's official plan
and 'must be re-
designated commercial
to permit the zoning for a
restaurant.
Dzus pointed out that
Goderich Elevators has
the. legal right to object to
the zoning adding that the
firm may be planning
construction of 45 foot
grain elevators that
would obscure the
restaurant's view of the
harbour that is the tnain
selling point for the
proposed business.
Mayor Deb Shewfelt
was disturbed by the
lengthy process required
by the board ,and
suggested that the matter
be expedited. The mayor
suggested that a bylaw
making the changes on
the land's designation be
drawn up and circulated
so the board can find out
who it's dealing with. The
mayor said the board
should "package it,
circulate it, get the
hearings over and get on
with it".
Shewfelt said the town
very nearly lost out on the
senior citizens project
through the same
.problem and suggested
that the board was
prejudging by assuming
pe*ple had letitimate
complaints when letters
were sent to the board.
He said the town had an
OMB hearing Tuesday
morning with five ob-
jections and nobody
showed up. He said that
"cost a lot of money for
nothing". -
Gibbons also was put
off by the news of Par-
sons' objection pointing
out that twice Hill had
asked board members if
consent of neighboring
landowners was
necessary and twice was
told it was not. He said
had he known this
problem could have
arisen he would have
made an effort to resolve
the problems with the
firm to avoid delays like
this.
Board chairman Tom
Jasper explained ' that
under the planning act
the board could require
Gibbons to get comments
from neighboring owners
before making a
presentation to the board
but pointed out that the
board didn't abide by that
polity. He said that route
merely helps to expedite
the matter by giving
board and the developer,
an idea of what" tY•
pe
reaction to expect from
development plans.
Dzus defended the
planning procedure
pointing out that a
developer comes to the
board with a presentation
that may have taken six
months to a, year to
prepare and is made with
the best interests of the
developer in mind. •He
said those developers
come to the town -and -ask
that decisions be made by
the municipality in five
minutes when the Project
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may have very serious
complications.
"You've got to go by
the seat of your pants
once in a while," said Ken
McGee. "The town is
always trying to en-
courage this type of
development and when it
is fairly obvious the
development is beneficial
sometimes planning
board can make
judgement decisions to
avoid delays like this."
"You don't want a
restaurant telling
Goderich Elevator they
have to shut down at
certain times," argued
Paul Zurbrigg. "We have
to look after the interests
of businesses already
operating near the area."
Huron County Warden Gerry Ginn and his wife
Jean were presented with this gift at the Warden's
banquet last week in appreciation for their work on
behalf of the County over the past year. Warden
Ginn is retiring 'from politics after a career that,
spanned 23 years a public life. (photo by Dave
Sykes)
RE-ELECT
DEB SHEWFELT
MAYOR
A MAYOR WHO SUPPORTS:
1- OPEN DOOR POLICY AT COUNCIL
KEEPING THE PUBLIC DiiORMED
2 - A "TEAM" EFFORT WffH COUNCIL
3 A COMMUNITY OF "PEOPLE" WORKING
WITH "PEOPLE" FOR'THE BETTERMENT
OF GODERIC
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