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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-05-09, Page 16PAGE 16 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974 County planners tell Hay to refuse permit (continued from page 1) urban activity and accordingly the location of the proposed development is not in conform- ity with the County Official Plan that designates the area for agriculture. The policies of the Official Plan specify that urban develop- ment, such as the proposed sen- ior citizens home, should loc- ate in the existing towns, vill- ages and hamlets. The nearest urban centre to the proposed development is the village of Zurich which besides providing an array of social, commercial and rec- reational facilities that elderly people need, has also just completed the installation of a sewage system. The village of Zurich, therefore, is able to provide all the facilities that the proposed development requires. Three other considerations should be discussed in evaluat- ing the location of the proposed development and these are the existing Blue Water Rest Horne opposite the proposed develop- ment, the urban facilities that elderly people need and the feasability of extending full services to the proposed develop ment location. Opposite the proposed develop ment on the north side of Prov- incial Highway 84 is the Blue Water Rest Home. This is also a senior citizens home and accommodates sixty-five res- idents. The home was built in 1966. The functional relation- ship between the proposed senior citizens housing compl- ex and the existing Blue Water Rest Horne will be limited. To quote Mr. Risi, the Superint- endent of the Horne, "we intend to keep them as independent as possible." Accordingly it is not intended that there will be a sharing of medical, dining or social facilities between the two projects. The existing and proposed senior citizens homes are quite independent of each other. Of significance is the fact that the proposed development is in the countryside and not in a village or town. This is dep- arture from the approach of the Ontario Housing Corporation which builds many senior cit- izens homes in the Province and which always attempts to locate the homes within est- ablished urban centres. The feasability of extending services from the village of Zurich to the proposed site is technically quite possible but has serious planning implicat- ions. The first part of the sect- ion stressed the differentiation of urban and rural land use and any consideration of extending urban services outside the vill- age is in direct contraventinn of the County Official Plan. Boundaries of urban centres are most important and if an ext- ension was considered it would 30 THE SQUARE `PHONE 524-7811 AIR CONDITIONED MAYS -14 AWARO INCLUDING ( BEST ACTRESS ai Sc REDFOJRO 'E WAY __.. .. . WEREs IOMINI!IONS Bluff STIEI$AND MAY 15 - 25 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT Escape Is Everything! ALLIED ARTISTS presents STEVE mcQUEEA DUSTID HOFFDN Ina FRANKLIN 1, SCHAFFNER FiIm PAP1LLDN ONE SHOWING NIGHTLY 8 P.M. EXCEPT FRI. & SAT. 2 SHOWS 7:30 & 9:30 be a prelude to urban ribbon development along highway 84 that would result in a loss of more prime farmland and a weakening of agriculture in the Township. This report has attempted to overview the proposed develop- ment and the planning consider- ations. The developer (Bluewat-, er Rest Homes) has achieved a pleasant design for the senior citizen housing complex and the Planning Department has received full co-operation from the Board of the Bluewater Rest Honie in writing this report. It is unfortunate, however, that prior to so much work being done, that the Board did not consider more fully the polic- ies of the County Official Plan and the whole thrust of land use planning Huron which is to pres- erve agricultural land, prom- ote the agricultural economy and guide urban development to the towns and villages of the county. Agriculture is the back -bone of the County's economy and the Planning Department are committed to strengthening agricultural land use. An infilt- ration of urban development into the agricultural areas, as represented by this proposed• development, is directly in conflict with the Official Plan and its objectives. Attending the council meet- ing on behalf of the Blue Water Rest Home were chairman, Dr. C.J. Wallace, secretary Gerald Gingerich and Home Superintendent Josef Risi. Since no application for a building permit has been rec- eived as yet by the council, no further action was taken on the report. 0 St. Boniface CWL elect officers (by Mrs. J. Sweeney) The May meeting was opened by the League prayer and a hymn to our Lady. The new president, Mrs. Case Van Raay welcomed the 27 members present. 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