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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-10-11, Page 3'MEM OCTOBER 111,1095 Variance approved for Bluevale `Granny flat' No negative feedback offered By MARGARET STAPLETON The Advance -Times Turnberry Township Council has approved an application for a minor variance to permit a Bluevale fami- ly to add a "granny flat" to an exist- ing residence. Terry Matz, the applicant, attend- ed the first monthly meeting of Turnberry council for the commit- tee -of -adjustment session, as did Sandra Marks of the Huron County Planning Department and Paul Jo - sling, township budding inspector. In speaking on behalf of the county planning department, Marks noted the department is not in favor of the application. The purpose of the application is to recognize a re- duced rear yard setback of 2.65 feet from the required 26.2 feet to per- mit the expansion of an existing residence. This would result in a 90 per cent reduction in the rear yard setback, Marks writes, for a 276 square -foot, single -storey addition. • "Please he advised that this De- partment is not supportive of the application. This is based on our consideration that the proposal is not nrino.' in nature and does not represent proper planning." she concluded. When he spoke to the applica- tion, Matz explained that he is pro- posing to build an apartment ror his invalid mother-in-law, calling it "a humanitarian thing". He said he had spoken with is neighbors and' received no negative feedback to the plan. As well, he reported. the proposed addition is far enough away from the septic system to sat- isfy Huron County Health Unit specifications. Council members did not appear to have any reservations about ap- proving the application for the fol- lowing reasons: 1) No objections were received. 2) The proposal is of a minor na- ture and in conformity with the in- tent of the Secondary Plan and the Township Zoning Bylaw and; 3) The. addiiion on an existing residence would have no detrimen- tal impact on the area. There is a 20 -day waiting period from the date of passage for appeal. Madill Commencement honors award winners Continued from front page Mrs. Wm. F. MacDonald Award, Alesha Moffat; Alexander MacK- enzie Education Endowment Fund, Duncan Mowbray; Stephanie Lea Henry Memorial Merit Award, Jeff Elliott; Linda Mahood Memorial Award, Yvonne Millen; Beulah Mason Memorial Award, Julaine Mriffith, Kara Kerr; George Menzies Endowment Fund 1wards, Brett Clarkson, Laura ous'ins, Rob Gowing, Sheri nether,' Jennifer Machan.' Erica McDonald, Andy Overholt, Angie Yoon; Louise Patton Memorial Award, Janice Nicholson; Turnber- ry Township 125th Anniversary Award, Kim Bridge; Doug Bieman Award, Blair Bie- man, Todd Edgar; Wingham Opti- mists Award, Stacy King. Micah Hussey; Ladies' Auxiliary to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 180 Award, Eric Deyell; Wingham Li- ons Club "We Serve" Citizenship Award. Lisa Alexander; Royal Ca- nadian Legion (Howick) Award, Patty Bennett; . West Wawanosh Mutual Insu- rance Award, Blair Bieman. Gord Versteeg; Howick Mutual Insu- rance Co. Scholarship, Janelle Gall- away; Auxiliary to Wingham and District Hospital Award, Maria Gibbons; Ron G. Hill Scholarship, Tanya Collison; Michelle Kay Catherine Andrew Memorial Schol- arship, Ibby Omole, Tammy Love; . Dr. Mel Corrin Scholarship, Joy Becker; Paul V. Tiffin Memorial Scholar- ship, Nathan Laidlaw; Huron County Child Abuse Coordinating Committee Bursary, Angie Ortlieb; Bruce County Award, Lori Exel; Crime Stoppers Award, Elaine Armstrong; Doris MacKenzie Scholarship, Amanda Todd; S2 (Successful Stangs) Award. Kendra Merkley. Erin Taylor: ABCD Award, Carolyn Elston: Wescast Industries Inc. Award, Bryan DeBruyn, Jackie McBurney; MacTavish Award for Merit, Na- than Anger, Colin Darling. Chelta Vair; F. E. Madill • Secondary School Teaching Staff Awards. Maria Gibbons, Curtis McKee, Je- nean Todd, Rita Van Den Broek, Angie Yoon; Student Council Awards. Sarah Buck, Lara Fenton, Chris Eigenheer. Senior letters, or "Big Ms", went to: Lisa Alexander, Christie Arm- strong, Sarah Buck, Sandra Busby, Brandon Coultes, Jason Crawford, Bryan DeBruyn, Chris Eigenheer, Carolyn Elston, Larissa Fenton, Maria Gibbons, Micah Hussey, Kendra Merkley, Yvonne Millen, Duncan Mowbray, Janice Nichol- son, Ibby Omole, Angie Ortlieb, Erin Taylor and Angie Yoon. Ontario Scholars for the 1994-95 school year are: Lisa Alexander. Nathan Anger, Christina Arm- strong, Steven Bonsma, Sarah Buck,; Tanya Collison, Colin Dar- ling, Bryan DeBruyn, Christian Ei- genheer, Carolyn Elston, Maria Gibbons, Micah Hussey, Nathan Laidlaw, Kendra Merkley, Yvonne G.G. Award ... win- ner Angie Yoon displays her medal. Millen. Duncan Mowbray, Janice Nicholson, Angie Ortlieb, Thomas Schroecker, Erin Taylor and Angie Yoon.. Angie Yoon also was the recipi- ent of the Carter Scholarship and the Governor General's Award. rHEWINORRI4 ROWINCERINES bounty launches County dears more planning process recommendation Continued from front page use agricultural policies are such examples. "We are trying to give the public the opportunity to identify these is- sues," he said.'Certain agricultural policies have hcen in place for 25 years. "And they have served the county well, The review may not lead to that set of policies changing that much." An example of policies contained under the plan is the .siting of live- stock facilities, Caldwell said. "This hears a fundamental impact for pro- ducers. Now we can examine the trends, if we look at examples from the United States, for example. and seek the appropriate direction." -In terms of environmental issues, the senior planner said concern has grown in all elements and legisla- tion has changed. The county's plan will seek to minimize the impact of these legislation changes, while en- suring appropriate consideration is taken when handling environment issues. Machan described the five point launch and stated that since .the adoption of the current Official Plan in 1973, many things have changed in Huron. "The develop- ment of a plan is an opportunity to focus on community and economic change." "The key to the process," Cald- well said. "Is that we want to incor- porate the views we receive from the public. The advantage to this...is that our goal is to ensure the poli- cies are in place that reflect the wishes of the residents." The process of review is being done within the existing financial resources of the county, Caldwell explained. In addition, liaison with other agencies, such as conserva- tion authorities, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. Food and Rural Affairs, will help keep the costs within a workable range. Machan. who is Wingham's rep- resentative to county council and will surrender his scat as Warden shortly, said the process of the county review will mean munici- palities that intended to begin their own Official Plan reviews may have to defer that process. He said the priority of issues may change once the municipalities receive the county's plan. The economy of Huron is a new arca for Official Plan consideration. Caldwell said the original plan fo-. cused specifically on segmented land use, but not the employment opportunities that existed within Huron. The Launch team is hoping the public will provide feedback to them on these kind of concerns and from there create community eco- nomic development strategies. Once the community action kits have hcen issued, the launch team will then focus on public •work- shops. The time frame for this is Feb. to May 1996. Then for the sec and half of 1996, the team will con- duct topic -specific meetings to al- low for public policy development. At the conclusion of this, they will draft a document and allow the county the entire year of 1997 to re- view.. the proposal. A flexible schedule of Aug. to Dec. 1997 has hcen identified as a possible time frame for acceptance of the plan. IPM site selected GODERICH - A site has been iden- tified by the Huron County Interna- tional Plowing Match Committee as they . make their bid for 1999 match. In a report to Huron County Council from the Agriculture and Public Works Department, the property is located in Hay Town- ship, in the south end of Huron. The site is owned by Earl Becker and is located approximately one and a quarter miles (three kilome- ters) north of Dashwood. The report noted that three other sites were also included in the pro- cess: one in each of Grey, McKil- lop and Stephen Townships. The fi- nal decision was made after five elimination votes. Six votes went to the Hay site, while four went to the Grey location in a secret ballot. The committee said the Hay site offers close proximity to larger urban cen- tres, greater availability to accom- modations, accessibility of piped water from lake Huron and short distance to paved roads. South Hu- ron has never had the opportunity to host the IPM, while North Huron `• D, iii 25% OFF STOREWIDE Get the latest Fall Fashions at Clearance Prices • Dresses • Sweaters • Slacks • • Winter Coats • Blouses • Petites • • Denim • Vests • Accessories • Sale Ends Saturday October 14th. 1995 has hosted it three times. The Hay site is owned by a sin- gle operator, making the "restric- tion of sale clause" easier tom han- dle, the committee reported. Currently there are no other bids• for the 1999 IPM. A presentation is to be made in February 1996 at the Ontario Plowman's Association. By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times GODERICH - The Concerned Citi- zens of Ashfield and Arca continue to lobby Huron County Council in effort to prevent the location of a landfill site in their township. Pum VanDyke, Impacts Studies Committee Chairman for the CCAA. presented six recomincnda- tions to county council at their reg- ular meeting on Oct. 5, In doing so, she also notified councilor two nut - tions her committee passed Ioliow- ing a meeting with 65 vicinity prop-. erty owners. The first motion noted that a mtnthcr of individuals were dissat- isfied with the "content and man- ner" in which the current Keir's so - Please see COUNTY/3 Fire Prevention Week Have Your Heating System's Inspected & Cleaned Annually Call The Professional Randy's Furnace & Chimney Service All Work Guaranteed "Certified Wood Burning Technician" Wingham, Ontario 519 357-1407 Ward & Patti Robertson of Robertson Photographic, Wingham have returned from attending the 5 day 25th Anniversary Convention of' the Professional Photographers of Canada. fofessional photographers from all areas of Canada gathered to hear top photographers from Canada and the United States. 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