Times-Advocate, 1988-03-16, Page 4Page 4
Times -Advocate, March 16, 1988
County recommends site plan control
Huron County. planner • Patty
Munkittrick attended Hensall
Council's March meeting on Mon-
day to recommend that the village
pass a site plan control bylaw for
the entire. village, with the excep-
tion of medium and low-density
residential areas.
Munkittrick said that the county
is reconimending site plan control
to most municipalities because
this allows council to sec all appli-
cations for building permits and
.prepares property owners for the
possibility of dealing with council.
-"It makes it fairer for thc proper-
ty owner," said Munkittrick. "He
knows he may have to provide
these plans."
Council must decide on.all build-
ing permit applications within 30
days, or the property owner can ap-•
peal to the OMB. • This prevents_
unnecessary construction delays.
CounciIlor. Peter G root asked
Munkittrick if she knew whether
Clinton, which has site plan con-
trol, has experienced any difficul-
ties with delays for minor variance
hearings caused by the bylaw.
"Not that I'm aware of," an-
swered ti1unkiltrick, "but I haven't
asked them."
Councillor Butch Uoffman won-
dered about any potential disadvan--
tages site plan controLmight
cause. Reeve Jim Rohinson point-
ed to the obvious problem of
builders having to wait for the next
council meeting.
"If somebody wanted to start
something tomorrow, they would
have to wart a month," said Robin-
son.
obinson.
Roffman agreed, but noted that
most property owners, once aware
of site plan control, would gear
their work around the meetings.
Brad Oke has withdrawn his ob-
jection to the OMB over the com-
prehensive zoning bylaw because
he is no longer purchasing a prop-
.crty from -Taylor Industries. Mun-
kittrick advised council to retain
their lawyer in case an OMB jiear-
ing could not be avoided.
The property and finance commit-
tee, consisting of councillors Irene
• Davis and Cecil Pepper, presented
their budget for 1988. A total of
53,580 will be given in donations
and grants to organizations, includ-
ing $1,000 to the Township of
Tuckcrsmith as a recreational grant
and $950 to the Hensall and Distract
Horticultural Society.
• A total of S14,700 is .scheduled
for improvements to the town hall.
Six thousand dollars will go toward
roof repairs, and 54,500 is for a new
fable "and • chairs in the `council
chambers.
A 3239 upholstered chair was
available for council's testing at the
meeting.
Council also agreed to have a gen-
eral contractor examine the town
hall's bell tower, soffit and fascia to
determine whether or not -the wood-
work can bc repaired and painted, re-
placed, or covered with aluminum.
"There are areas geeing bad up
there, no question about it," said
Hoffman.
The Hensall Parks Board pur-
chased three new furnaces for the
arena at a cost of •r,630 from Bai-
ley's. The Letwox furnaces are
claimed to bc two to three percent
more.efficientthan their competi-
tion. The furnaces were installed
before March 1.
The Exeter Midget team has been
billed by the Parks Board for one
hour of cleaning for messing up an
arena dressing room in February.
Hensall has gone on record as
supporting the Association of Mu-
nicipalities of Ontario's -hid to re-
turn the decision on Sunday shop=
ping to the province. AMO does
not believe the issue should he left
for municipal referendums.
A petition from the United
-Church signed with 70 names op-
posing Sunday shopping altogether
was accepted by council.
Hcnsall Business improvement
Arca appealed to council to send a
letter to all local businesses request-
ing that employees not park on
King street- Or, if council prefers,
ONE SIZE FITS ALL - Students from Northwestern College in Iowa per-
form a play before a small SHDHS audience.
Play runs into scheduling problems
Poor scheduling spoiled an en-
tertaining performance by a troupe
of travelling dramatists who pre-
sented a play at South Huron Dis-
trict High School on Thursday.
The troupe of 15 performers was
disappointed with the small turn-
out for their play entitled One
Size fits All, because scheduling
put it in direct competition with
the students' other pastime: lunch.
Beth McGee, the director of the
show, explained that Exeter was
the last Canadian stop on the tour
after performances in St. Catha-
rines, Woodstock and Harriston..
The Croup was from Northwestern
College in Orange City, Iowa.
Because Northwestern is a Dutch -
Reformed Christian college, the
play naturally centred on fitting
Christian issues into modern life,.
One ,Size Fits All was about a
group of high school students
stranded at a weekend retreat.
The players matched their parts
so well that, before thc perfor-
mance was to begin, one of the
actors, through a case of mistaken
identity, was put on detention by
a teacher for loitering in the halls.
Crime Stoppers
Police arc looking for the
thieves who, during the period of
September 4, 1987 and Septem-
ber 11,1987 stole a white 74 HP
•Chrysler outboard motor worth
S4,000. The outboard motor was
taken off a boat that was at the
Dashwood Service Centre for
servicing. The electrical wires
and fuel lines had all been cut.
If you have any .information
about this or any other serious
crime, call CRiME STOPPERS
OF HURON COUNTY toll-free
at 1-800-265-1777. You could
earn a cash reward of up to S1,000
if the information leads to an ar-
rest. Callers will not be required
to identify themselves nor testify
in court.
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the BIA would like to see a two-
hour parking restriction posted on
the street. -
"People are vying to get deliver-
ies on main street and we can't -
move these vehicles," agreed Groot.
"i find it strange that the- BIA
can't write to their own members,"
remarked Hoffman.
"if you put two-hour parking on,
who's going to enforce it?" said Ro-
binson, adding that without enforcc-
ment.the restriction might as well -
not be there. -
Council agreed to.send the leiter,
as requested, in thc hope employees
could make better use of the.Well-
ington Street parking facilities,
A public meeting will be held on
March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the town
hall to discuss the rezoning of a
Brock street property so that Bill
Hay can build and olx.ritc'a car care
centre.
Rohinson also wished to bring to
council's attention a problem with a
request from the Ausahlc-Bayfield
-('ori,servation Authority that the
representative for the 1989 hoard he
selected before the: 1988 fall munici-
pal elections.
"What's the ix►int in us deciding
something that the next council
niay change''" asked Robinson.
Council agreed with Robinson's
concerns and voted to infonii the
ARCA and the Township of Tucker -
smith cif their feelings on the mat-
ter.
in support of Local Government
week from April i 1-14, Hensall
will ask the public school if they
could -help set up a mock council to
give students an idea of what goes
on at village council. Rohinson
also said he was willing to speak at
the school if requested.
Council could not keep a straight
face .when clerk -treasurer Luanne
Phair presented an item of corre-
spondence from the ministry of the
solicitor -general declaring March 30
to be Tornado Awareness Day.
The •letter, which includes infor-
mation on tornadoes for emergency
services, was dilly noted and fdcd.
WIN BASKETBALL TOURNEY - The boys basketball team from Lucan-13iddulph schools won the champion-
ship. of a recent Medway invitational. Back, left; Brian Heckman, Darcy Maguire, Mike Munro, Greg Bo-
shart,Nathan Ryan and coach Larry DeMay. Front, Ben Loveday, Jason Dayman, Brad Coughlin_, Mike Lindsay,
Gary Haskett and Neil Froats.
OPP investigate two vehicle accidents
Damage was moderate and Wil-
liam Tillman of Bayfield suffered
only minor injuires when the vehi-
cle he was driving went out of con-
trol Saturday on Concession 2-3 of
1 -lay. township and entered the "ditch:
_ During the week, officers investi-
gated 44 general occurrences: They
issued 12 hour driving.licencc sus-
pensions to eight drivers, laid 67:
hway "Trailic Act charges: issued
.CORRECTION
Ushornc township reeve Gerald
Prout asked for clarification of the
report on councillors' remuneration
in last week's issue, which he
thought might be misleading.
-He stated that when he attends a
convention .as a Huron- county
councillor, his expenses arc paid
by the county.
Prout said he•did not attend con-
ventions as a representative of Us -
borne township in 1987-, giving
preference to other members of
council.
18 1 fTA warnings and seven Liquor
Licence Act charges.
Only two accidents were investi-
gated this week by officers of the
Exeter detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police. -
Vehicles driven by Randy Griz.-
dak, Scaforth and Margaret Ste-
wart, RR 1, Hensall-collided.Mon-
day, March 7 at the intersection of
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