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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-03-14, Page 5THE HURON EXPOSITOR *********>r *** k* Baby Bloomers* • Pamper yourbaby with the * ft choice;his world clean. ' 7OQso% cottonand cloth help.keep diapers * with veicroclosures available Vic: * XS -XL, white or printed. *, * Also available - Gift cer # tifioates, shower :basltets.;& '= • doll diapers. gall * ;Maureen Barclay , • * * ® 522-0186 — * _4( Ir************* . MARCH 14, 1990 — A [LECTRIC , LT • 229"8222 • •Electrical Contractltlg; Mai°nirenance.. *Elelctric motor sales & service *No 'Lina Construotlgn *E.ucket Truck Service' '•$'Hour grnerger cy Servic® 1°-8OO-2.65.2938 after s Qo PM- aii— - TOM ISON x$7,1643.; BEAVER SLEEPOVER - Members of the Seaforth Beavers Chaperoned by leaders and parents, the Beavers participated spent p nt arida Friday all. The bundled occasion i n sleeping wasping bags at ee the sleeforth pover. h in a number of games, exchanged stories and generally just P had a good time. Robinet photo. Zoning approved for Tuckersrnith gravel pit A public meeting was held during Tuckersmith Council's Tuesday night meeting to consider a zoning change ap- plication by Don Heard. Council passed the by-law which changes part of the north half of Mr. Heard's property at Lot 26, Concession 4, Tuckersmith from 'D' (Development) to 'ER1' (Extractive Resources), allowing him to remove sand and gravel from the property. Mr. Heard informed Council that he has applied for a "B" License which for the extraction of 20K tonnes of gravel or less per year from the property. He figures that the site, an abandoned gravel pit, con- tains approximately 50K tonnes of gravel. Mr. Heard also cited the Ministry of Natural Resources policy which will pay • Tuckersmith 1/2 cent for every tonne of gravel extracted from the county. The Ministry also pays money to the county towards reha!i •!'tatlon of the roads used for hauling the product. "Sure, it's going to be tough on the roads, but it's like everything else..the resource is there," Roads Superintendent Doug Poulton told Council. As far as rehabilitation of the site is con- cerned, Mr. Heard assured Council that he will be treeing the land after all gravel is removed, as .the property would be un- suitable for agriculture. Carol Leeming ex- plained that Mr. Heard can either look after rehabilitation himself and have the Ministry of Natural Resources reimburse his costs, or he can pay into an annual change by-law which would allow him to fund and leave the rehabilitative respon- construct an accessory residential addition sibility to the Ministry, onto his general contracting business. The gravel deposit is in a knoll which is Council passed the by-law, changing the divided by a property line fence.' A zoning of Lot 21, 5th .Avenue, Vanastra neighbour whose land abuts "the knoll ex- from VM2 (Vanastra Industrial) to VM2-1 pressed concern that Mr. Heard would be (Vanastra Industrial Special). able to extract gravel. sliding from one side .Carol Leeming; Planner for the County of the property line to the other. He was of Huron, was on hand at the public assured by County Planner Carol Leeming meeting with a report prepared on the sub - that recent gravel pit regulations ensure a ject property. The report stated that amendments made to the the Tuckersmith Secondary Plan in October, with -regards to "Cottage Industries in Vanastra", permits Council to consider, the construction of "ac- cessory residences" (le,'small apartments or attached living quarters) in conjunction with with commercial industrial areas. However, the property must be abutting or opposite to lands zoned 'residential'. Mr. Barraclough's property is, directly opposite VR5 zoned land (Vanastra Low Density Residential), and fulfills that re- quirement. However, this caused some con- cern among Council members, w wondered about the proximity of a general contracting business to a residential area. Mr. Barraclough assured Council that all work would be carried on inside the building, and that any materials were to be stored outside, "..they would be fenced in in a manner that's compatible with everyone." A copy of the Planner's report has also been sent to the Ministry of the Environment. 50 foot buffer zone extending to the fence line. In addition, old barn foundation pieces that have been dumped in the pit will be used to shore up the far side of the pit and prevent landslide. Council approved the zoning change by- law, but noted that an agreement should be drawn up between Mr. Heard and the neighbour through whose property the ac- cess to the site has been established. At present, the access is through verbal right- of-way, and a written agreement will be necessary. Mr. Heard has submitted a Site Plan to the Ministry of Natural Resources detail- ing topography, contours, dimensions, acreage, location and all buildings, wells, entrances and exits from the site. A rehabilitative plan must also be detailed, and copies of the Site Plan will be submit- ted to the Planning Department and Tuckersmith Council. Art Barraclough also appeared before Tuckersnlnith Council to for a land zoning Recycling coy tinues at Wa&t01 landfill Despite recycling problems that are be- g encountered province wide, the Walton Landfill Committee has decided to con- tinue, at least for the time being, Ito recycling program which was initiated in September, 1 r. The Committee feels that there has been so much time and effort put into recycling by the councils, landfill staff, volunteer groups, and the general public that it does not want to simply sus- pend the program because of depressed markets. ,sig• When the program was initiated, $25 a ton was received for all recyclable newsprint, glass and metal cans. Present- ly $25 is being received for the cans, the newsprint is being given away and due to the risks associated with glass contamina- tion, i.e. ceramics, light bulbs, etc. the committee is unable to find a broker to give the glass to. Glass that is currently being recycled at the landfill site is color sorted and is being stored for the time being. The recycling of glass is probably the` most frustrating aspect for the Committee. Consumers Glass in Toronto is the only purchaser of recycled glass. Any ceramics found in a Toad of glass will result in the rejection of the entire load. Ceramic glass doesn't melt down' with the rest of the glass and it creates problems with respect to damaging machinery, and weakening containers, etc. Due to these strict re- quirements, brokers are somewhat leery of shipping 40 ton loads because of the high rejection rates and associated costs. Therefore, the answer to glass recycling at the present time seems to be a careful inspection of all glass .being brought in to the recycling bin. However, this job is somewhat difficult because some people seem to be over zealous in their recycling efforts and try to include a number of non - recyclable glass items such as window panes, ceramics, etc. Another problem be- ing encountered is with glass that is broken or crushed and the attendant can- not distinguish the type of glass that it is. This problem is usually encountered with people who haVe stored their material for a length of time or with commercial car- riers who dump into containers on the vehicles. It is very disappointing to so- meone who has faithfully separated their glass, but if the attendant cannot distiguish the type of glass that it is, he is under strict orders to reject the material - we TR6ANG LE DISC0UN tIII,I *Includes up to 5 Litres of OH *New Filter ALL FOR ONLY CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS twice Dept. now open Saturdays till 1:00 p.m. SEAPORT SEWI GCE 9NVITES YOU TO A Spry g Festival oio E just can't take a chance with it. All signs indicate that the market for newsprint will recover. At the present time there is simply a surplus of material for the number of p is that process it. However, new processing plants are being built and the current glut of newsprint is thought to be tem, ,racy. It should be noted that only newsprint is being recycl- ed - envelopes, fine paper, magazines, glossy flyers are not able to be recycled with newsprint and the public is encourag- ed to send newsprint only. The Committee received sever com- p ints from individuals concerning the lack of storage at the landfill during the Christmas break and the first two weeks of January. The recycling bin was full and the paper mills were closed over the Christmas holidays. This created a backlog, and the landfill's recycling broker (Brian Leyser Recycling, Stratford) was tunable to move the recycling bin. The at- tendants were bagging tin, placing tin in barrels, etc., but they just simply ran out of room. 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