HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-07-18, Page 3Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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House party gets out of control
after parents leave for weekend
EXETER — On July 13 police were called to a
residence on Hazelton Avenue in Exeter regard-
ing a large fight that had spilled into the street.
With approximately 200 teens in attendance,
members of the Huron OPP attended along with
several Middlesex units. Upon police arrival there
were numerous youths on the street and it was
apparent a fight had just occurred.
A few males had bloody noses and ripped shirts.
All males refused to provide names of who were
the instigators.
Further investigation revealed that parents
were away for the weekend and the party was not
intended for such a crowd. Police reported a
group of 15-20 people arrived from Mitchell.
The groups began to argue and a fight ensued.
The party was shut down and cabs and parents
attended to drive remaining youths home.
Numerous youths left on foot.
Nothing was broken at the residence.
Minimum lot sizes increased for villages
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building official can't issue a
building permit to allow the
construction until council
approved the minor variance,
which it did at last week's
meeting.
"Until a building permit has
been issued," Dodds' report
states, "the applicant is build-
ing illegally."
Dodds' report included photos
of the construction.
Neighbours offered no objec-
tions to the minor variance.
Other council notes:
Minimum lot sized
approved
Council also approved new
minimum lot sizes for Crediton
and Centralia, in light of the
fact lots will no longer have to
be sized to accommodate septic
systems because of the sewer
system being installed in both
villages.
The new sizes for properties
connected to municipal water
and sewer include a minimum
lot size of 760 square metres
with minimum frontage of 20
metres. Before the change, the
minimums were an area of 796
square metres and a frontage of
23 metres.
Dodds described the changes
as relatively minor and added
the bylaw amendment was
municipally -driven. She said
many lots in Crediton are very
deep and could allow for fur-
ther development in the future.
Property owner Ken Palen was
on hand at the meeting repre-
senting a numbered company
called 1028094 Ontario, which
is planning to develop a plan of
subdivision on an 88 -acre par-
cel of land in Crediton south of
Victoria Street and east of King
Street.
Palen said his family has been
working on the proposal for 12
years and, with sewers now
being installed in Crediton,
wants to go ahead with the sub-
division project. Palen said he
and his company support the
new minimum lot sizes as long
as they don't apply to new
"internal" lots such as those in
a plan of subdivision.
Local support
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Vanderwoude of Kincardine,
Dianne McLeod of Kincardine,
Dave Cann and Mary Ann Hogan of
Goderich and Kevin and Nancy
Kale of Goderich.
Kurbatova added the children are
all having fun and have made
friends with the children of their
host families.
Kurbatova added after so many
years, the children think of their
host families "as their Canadian
mom and dad. This explains a lot."
Dodds said the new lot sizes
apply to existing Village
Residential -Low Density lots
and, with Palen's proposed pro-
ject, there are significant
opportunities for development.
She said he would have to go
through a plan of subdivision
and a stormwater study, but
there are opportunities for
smaller and "alternative" lot
sizes in internal developments,
and a High Density zoning could
be applied.
"Double wides" allowed
Council approved a zoning
bylaw amendment allowing for
"double wide" park model trail-
ers to be installed at the Birch
Bark Trailer Park on Dashwood
Road.
A zoning amendment on the
trailer park was earlier
approved in 2004 allowing the
park to expand from 100 trailer
sites to 150. That zoning
allowed "single wide" trailers.
The new zoning amendment
allows "double wides" that can
include closed -in additions
and/or decks.
Dodds recommended the
amendment be approved by
council and said there is signifi-
cant demand for such proper-
ties in South Huron. She said
the park will remain seasonal
and the zoning amendment
does not approve year-round
use.
The "double wides" would
have a maximum floor area of
100.3 square metres.
The park is serviced by
municipal water and a commu-
nal septic system. Each site has
a hook-up to both municipal
water and the septic system.
The trailer park recently
installed a new entrance to the
park in part to accommodate
the turning of "double wide"
trailers.
Answering a question from
Coun. Tom Tomes, Dodds said
the municipality's chief building
official will issue building per-
mits for every trailer installed
in the park to ensure they con-
form.
Airport Line closures
Council gave approval to con-
tractor D'Orazio Infrastructure
Group to close sections of
Airport Line to non -local traffic
during construction of the
Exeter to Hensall water
pipeline.
Council approved the request,
although Coun. Jim Dietrich
wanted to ensure farmers will
still be able to
use the road
during the
closures.
Chief adminis-
trative officer
Larry Brown
confirmed
that farmers
can still use
the road,
which will be
open to local
traffic even
during the
closures.
Specific
dates of the
closures
weren't pro-
vided.
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Specializing in:
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PHONE 519-229-6845
Located: 5 miles E. of Exeter on Hwy. 83
(4th Place past the Weather Station)
REGIONAL WRAP UP
Annual event draws
big crowd
CLINTON — The Clinton and District Kinsmen and
Kinettes hosted its 11th annual PlucKinFest from July 5
to July 8, reports the Clinton News -Record.
The event drew thousand of visitors to Clinton for the
event.
The festival, being called "a chicken pickin' good
time" was packed with several activities, featuring a
ball tournament, a street dance, a parade and a chick-
en barbecue. The idea for the name first hatched in
1997, a name derived during a Clinton and District
Kinsmen and Kinettes brainstorming meeting.
With Clinton central to many chicken farmers, the
clubs says it seems only fitting to pay tribute to the
chicken. Since then, Clinton has become the home to
PlucKinFest.
OPP need witnesses
to car crash
MIDDLESEX — The Middlesex OPP are seeking wit-
nesses to a crash June 30 on Longwoods Rd. near the
Driftwood Diner in Middlesex Centre.
The crash involved a red 1997 Hyundai Accent and a
blue 2007 Saturn Vue. Both drivers were male.
The OPP are seeking witnesses of the collision.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the
Middlesex OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
Medquest camp starts
HURON — The second Medquest camp began last
week with about 30 Grade 10 and 11 students from
throughout Huron and Perth counties trying various
medical careers, according to The Huron Expositor.
Students learned about diabetes and various surgical
techniques, shadowed medical professionals and also
learned about disabilities, obstetrics, casting and
splinting, x-ray and other medical tools, speech lan-
guage pathology and did a simulated disaster in
Seaforth.
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