Huron Expositor, 2009-09-30, Page 2Page 2 The Huron Expositor • September 30, 2009
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OMB chair says subdivision will have 'no negative impacts'
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Atcheson said no evidence was pro-
vided to prove there were any con-
tamination concerns from _ a gas
station that was located on the
property while the school
board owned the prop-
erty.
"The board is satis-
fied that section 3.23
of the development
agreement adequately
addresses the method-
ology and process to be
followed if any contam-
ination is found on the
site and that this is an
accepted and preferred
way of dealing with
this issue and is to be
preferred in this particu-
lar circumstance," said the decision.
Atcheson said both engineers
Frank Berry and Kyle McIntosh
gave "uncontradicted evidence" .that
there will be no negative or unsafe
impacts from traffic and that there
are no servicing or infrastructure is-
sues that would prohibit the devel-
opment.
"The board would note that Buller
Street was never opened during the
time the public school operated the
site and heard no evidence that ac-
cess was ever a problem," said the
decision.
Atcheson said that while the board
understands and accepts that the
appellants would prefer only single-
family development, it is
satisfied with the gra-
dation in density in the
development.
He said it "is good
planning and in keep-
ing with the zoning
found in this immedi-
ate area of the Seaforth
ward and will result in
no negative planning
impacts on existing de-
velopment in the area."
Atcheson said a tech-
nical detail put forward
by Datema that the nomenclature
used to identify the special zoning
designations had already been used
was correct but not sufficient to de-
feat the zoning bylaw agreement.
He ordered that the numbering be
corrected by the municipality during
the next 60 days.
Developer Brian Barn m. said he is
happy with the OMB's conclusions.
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gives me direction. Before that, I
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couldn't plan anything," he said.
Kathy Pletsoh said the neighbours
thought they had valid concerns
about the development whether
or not they were dismissed by the
OMB.
"We worked long and hard and it's
difficult to see it dismissed. We be-
lieved our arguments were good. We
spent hours and hours on this," she
said.
Pletsch added that the lack .of
green space on the west side of Sea -
forth remains a concern for her and
her neighbours.
"We don't think we should have to
drive children to play across town
and they can't play on the lawn
bowling greens," she said question-
ing the classification of some of the
properties in town as green space.
"This affects everyone in Seaforth,
not just the people who raised the
appeal," she said.
Local driving schOols..getling
calls about examiner strike
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ink the G1 road exam. This length of
time can be reduced to eight months
if the new driver completes a driver
education course.
Drivers with a G1 licence are al-
lowed to drive while accompanied by
someone who has been fully -licenced
for a minimum of four years. The
new driver is allowed on any road in
Ontario except the 400 -series high-
ways and high-speed expressways.
They're also not allowed to drive on
any road between midnight .and. 5
a.m.
After obtaining a G2 licence, new
drivers are allowed on all Ontario
roads anytime without an accompa-
nying driver.
Cleasby says she received a call
from one teen who considered trav-
eling to Montreal to take the exam.
But Cleasby says the driver would
need to have a permanent Quebec
address for that to happen.
Taylor Williamson, 16, from Sea -
forth, says he made an appointment
to take his G2 test the first week of
September, but the strike has left
hien waiting for a resolution before.
he can take the test.
Williamson works at the Seaforth
arena 25 hours a week and was hop-
ing to be able to use his new licence
to drive to work.
He currently works at the conces-
sion stand but says with a G2 licence,
he would've been given more duties
and possibly more hours.
"They wanted me to drive the zam-
boni," he says. "But without a licence
I can't ,do that."
Dominion Driver Training instruc-
tor Carol Blake, who's based in Clin-
ton, says the strike hasn't affected
her day-to-day operations.
"There are still plenty of students
coming in," Blake says. "But we'll get
the odd college student who wanted
to get a G2 licence before going off to
college, but now they can't."
Blake says students can still take
the in -class training, which are of-
fered at Central. Huron Secondary
School, before attempting the G1
written exam.
She says what they'll learn will
help prepare them for what they can
expect to see on the test.
She also says that if the strike con-
tinues for months,
it may negative-
ly affect driver
schools and in-
structors.
According to
a. message posted
on www. drivetest.
ca, "all road tests
scheduled during
the labour dis-
ruption may be
rescheduled at no
additional charge
upon the resump-
tion
esumption of services."
The website's
message also
says the auto-
mated road test
booking systems
will remain avail-
able online or by
phoning 1-888-
570-6110 or 416-
325-8580.
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