Times Advocate, 1991-11-20, Page 3IN'LLL YET - -t Times -Advocate._. N_"ember 2°' 1991
Zurich
man wins
fight for
business
sign
ZURICH - Home business opera-
tor Dave Schilbe returned to coun-
cil Thursday evening to present a
minor variance application to end a
several -month old dispute over a
sign in a residential area.
Seven people attended the public
meeting, but only one man had a
comment, saying he couldn't see
any harm in allowing Schilbe his
proposed one square metre sign.
At the same meeting, council
passed a new, final sign bylaw stip-
ulating that home business signs be
no more than 0.3 square metres in
size. Schilbe, however, was al-
lowed a variance on the bylaw to
accommodate his larger sign to ad-
vertise his home seafood sales op-
eration.
Schilbe asked council if a formal,
public complaint had been put be-
fore them before they pursued the
action against him last summer, de-
manding he take down his sign.
After being told there was no for-
mal complaint, he then asked how
his sign came to council's attention.
"People (camel up to me and
asked how come you could do it
and no one else could," said Fisher.
Schilbe's business is on Zurich's
Main Street, Highway 84, in a resi-
dentially -zoned area only a short
distance from the village office.
Councillor Marg Deichert asked
Schilbe how his sign would hang
from his house, whether it would
protrude from the house wall, or if
it would be fully attached.
Schilbe agreed it would be at-
tached and parallel to the wall, after
which council approved the vari-
ance.
Fisher noted that similar bylaws
in Hensall and Exeter all specify
that signs in residential areas do
have to be fully attached and paral-
lel to the walls of the house, and
are usually quite small in allowable
size.
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Cause of accident unknown
GRAND BEND - What caused
an accident which claimed the life
of Michael Montgomery, 29, of
Goderich is still unknown.
Friday morning at about 5:40
a.m., Montgomery's vehicle crossed
into the southbound lane where it
was hit head-on by a tractor -trailer
on Highway 21.
The Grand Bend fire department
was on the scene quickly at the ac-
cident which occurred about five
StLiestdence ,.
Continued from front page
ket".
Self-imposed deadlines for get-
ting clients into SIL residences
meant that Community Living did
not have the time to go through a
rezoning process anyway.
Grey said he felt council "could
have had a broader view" of the
SIL program, and noted that other
municipalities do not consider SIL
residences group homes.
kilometres north of the Pinery Park
entrance.
Although some reports said
Montgomery, who was on his way
to work, swerved to miss hitting a
deer, Pinery Park OPP would not
confirm and said the reason for the
accident is still unknown.
Robert Wilson, driver of the trac-
tor -trailer was taken to the South
Huron Hospital in Exeter.
1
•aim drOptZur1ch;
"We've got to hope society as a
whole is going to change its view-
point," said Grey.
CLSH administers SIL residences
in Exeter, Hensall, and some in Zu-
rich who live in apartments and do
not fall into the bylaw category.
But Grey said that does not mean
Zurich is alone in its opposition to
re -interpreting its bylaws. Exeter,
for example, still requires group
homes to be rezoned as institution-
al.
But Grey maintained SIL resi-
dences are quite different from
group homes. Only the fact that
they are supervised by a Comniuni-
ty Living staff member differen-
tiates them from any other rental
housing. The client pays for all
normal living expenses.
"It's actually a lot more cost ef-
fective means of service," said
Grey.
51,500 development charge
put on hold by council
Continued from front page
Hundey said an advertisement of
the meeting had been published in
mid-October.
"I think there's a lot to digest,
whether it's right or wrong," said
Darling. "Certainly I would be
against it because I'm against any
fees being increased," said Darling.
Veri also said he wasn't aware of
the change to the development
charge until he received a personal
letter from the town administrator.
Reeve Bill Mickle argued the town
had fulfilled its legal obligations in
notifying the public of the charge
and the personal letters were above
even those requirements.
Jack Taylor said he considered
this proposal in the middle of a re-
cession as "inopportune".
"I'm surprised you can break an
agreement," said Darling, who said
he needed time to seek legal advice
on whether the town's bylaw ap-
plied to his subdivision agreement.
"I believe theloriginal impost fee
you set up was to cover the original
services," said Darling. "The origi-
nal
riginal subdivision you approved
should not be part and parcel of
this."
Mayor Bruce Shaw said the town
has to take very seriously the im-
pact of growth.
"We're told the [water and sew-
age) projects could cost $3 million
each, that's $6 million. Where are
we going to get the money? That's
the bottom line." said Shaw. '
Darling argued that the present
undeveloped subdivisions are part
of the present capacity.
"People are using more water,
more services than before," said
Shaw.
"Charge everyone a little more
for water," said Veri.
"That'll happen too," said Shaw.
"That's what I was afraid of," re-
plied Veri, who also asked that at
least the mobile homes should get
some consideration, especially
since the developer often has to
carry the costs until they are sold.
"Whatever fee is implied, it
should be on an occupancy permit
and not before," said Veri. "Al-
though I want you to know I think
they're too damn high."
The developers got their wish,
and maybe a little more to boot af-
ter council made a muddle of a mo-
tion to table the bylaw until the
next council meeting.
After having tabled bylaw 55,
Hundey reminded council that the
existing impost fee bylaw will be
null and void after November 23,
effectively removing even the
present $750 lot fee.
Deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller pro-
posed the present bylaw be extend-
ed to cover the "gap".
Hundey suggested bylaw 55 be
adopted with the existing charges
in place instead of the updated fig-
ures, but council could not decide
on how to proceed with the an
amendment at a later date.
Councillor Dave Urlin eventually
made a motion to extend the exist-
ing fee schedule until December
15, council agreed. but still re-
mained uncertain as to whether the
motion was legal and binding.
Hundey said after the meeting he
was surprised how much opposi-
tion the $1,500 per lot development
charge drew from the local devel-
opers considering that many Onta-
rio municipalities have charges of
nearly $10,000 or more.
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