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Morris-Turnberry Council approves Bluevale car lot
Morris-Turnberry Council has
approved a zoning request to allow a
used vehicle lot to be built in
Bluevale.
The zoning request and sales lot
have proven to be divisive,
especially among neighbours of the
proposed property.
The sales lot was proposed to be
on an island of land between County
Road 86 and Queen Street in
Bluevale.
Of the seven neighbours who have
come forward and identified
themselves as being affected by the
project, three have said they are in
support of it or will benefit from it
and four have said they have serious
concerns about the change and
wanted council to shut the
development down.
The issue was first brought to
council late last year when
neighbouring property owners
questioned how the change would
affect property values, traffic levels,
noise, lighting, property resalability,
storm water management and what
might happen if the property were
ever sold by the current owner.
After several meetings, including
a public meeting in Bluevale for the
neighbours and developer to discuss
the issue, a list of all the different
uses of the property under the zoning
Village Commercial (VC) 2-14,
which is what the change would
leave it under, was presented to
council.
While it wasn't normal for this
kind of land and usually reserved for
industrial land uses, the Huron
County Planning Department
requested that a D6 study was
completed on the surrounding lands
to see if it would create some of the
situations that neighbours were
concerned about.
Huron County Planner Susannah
Reid presented that study during
council's March 15 meeting. The
study was completed by applicant,
Dwayne Martin's engineering firm
GHD Limited.
Reid explained to council that the
study had found there would be no
noise or dust concerns created by the
presence of a car lot on the land.
Reid also explained that the
planning department suggested that
a change in wording be implemented
that would prevent the land from
becoming anything except a vehicle
sales and service lot or office
building.
Unfortunately, for any member of
council hoping that would solve the
issue, nearby landowners were still
unhappy with the idea of a car lot
being built on County Road 86.
Mike and Becky Golley, who own
neighbouring land, said that nothing
that had been discussed had done
anything to assuage the concerns
they had that highway traffic would
be increased which could cause
unsafe situations.
Mike, who was speaking on behalf
of the couple, also said that having
an auto shop was "the worst case
scenario" as far as the VC2-14 uses
could be considered.
"Who wants to listen to tires going
on and off when they are sitting in
their backyard?" he asked.
Mike was also disappointed that
Mayor Paul Gowing, in Mike's
opinion, had seemed to be in support
of the move because of the tax
dollars it brought in. He said council
should be more concerned with the
happinesss and well-being of
ratepayers rather than tax dollars.
Murray and Donna Snell, who
own the land directly beside the
proposed development, also spoke,
saying they were worried about
people using their land and driveway
to access the site.
Neighbour Lyle Campbell also
spoke against the development.
Council asked if it was possible to
Turbine health issues
presented to council
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passing the motion, council would
have to acknowledge the fact that
complaints have been made. That
fact, Melady said, is undeniable - at
least in her mind.
The group also had another
motion in mind, this one pertaining
to the potential revisitation of a
community vibrancy fund
agreement with St. Columban Wind
Energy.
Several years ago, the council of
the day turned down a fund that
would have paid the municipality
several million dollars over two
decades for hosting wind turbines.
After the 2014 election, one of
council's first orders of business, in
the mind of Mayor Bernie
MacLellan, should be to revisit that
decision and investigate if the fund
would still be a possibility.
No further discussion on the topic
has taken place at the council table.
The group asked council to
officially put the pursuit on hold
until a full report could be delivered
on possible adverse health
effects associated with wind
turbines.
Melady suggested, as her
organization Huron East Against
Turbines (HEAT) did at the time,
that it would be immoral for the
municipality to make money on the
pain of residents.
Melady's fellow presenter Gerry
Ryan said that the investigation
being carried out by the Health Unit
is the first of its kind in Ontario and
maybe in Canada.
He agreed with Melady that it
would be prudent for council to
await a report before making any
further decisions regarding the
vibrancy fund.
While council listened to the
presentation, no motions were
made.
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craft the approval in such a way that
it could not be an auto repair shop,
which Martin had no problem with,
and Reid said it could be done.
However, an auto sales lot is not
defined in the bylaw, so that would
have to be added, which would
likely mean another delay for the
bylaw.
In the end, council decided the
term didn't need immediate
definition and added a clause that
would only allow the land to be used
for either the auto sales lot that was
proposed or an office building.
nick response
A reported motor vehicle collision resulted in the above vehicle bursting into flames in the
middle of County Road 4 just north of Londesborough on Tuesday morning. Fire Department
of North Huron firefighters were on scene almost immediately and had the fire under control.
Just over a half hour later, firefighters were on their way back to Blyth and the scene was left
to the Ontario Provincial Police. (Denny Scott photo)
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