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Pre -Christmas Savings of 15% Our Targe assortment of Mirrors, Medicine Cabinets and Vanities Hurry for best Selection - 5 p.m. -- Sat. 8 a.m. - 12 noon [GODERICH BUILDALL ASSOCIATE STORE, 155 Angeles at Cambria Rd. \ bA thA `t u IPaALI ` h tott VAIO Goderlch PAGE ift-OODERICI• SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1974 UDIRA report sparks continued from page 1 that more land surrounding the five major growth areas in the county ---• Exeter, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and • Wingham — be slated for ur- ban development in the years ahead. "Our planning is ,still urban oriented," Ginn insisted. "I had hoped the UDIRA study would be more rural." It was explained to Mr, Ginn that 'despite what was common opinion, it was not the growth of urban centres which would eventually take th;emost agricultural land out of produc- tion. The problem, according to the experts present, could be . traced to scattered random 'ur- ban -like developments throughout the rural areas. This was termed `.'nibbling away at farmland" and is the type of rural land use the 4JDIRA study seeks .to. control. According to Steven Janes, study director for MacLaren, there has already been some in- dication from Toronto° that broad land use policies are corning . from the provincial level. With 'the UDIRA study in * Huron being the pilot project in the province, Mr. Janes has ex- pressed his hope that the "per- spective methodology" developed by the study here will be adopted across the en- tire province to achieve "a new rationale for rural planning": He has asked county officials and other 'interested persons to examine the methodology in the study and to forward all ob- jections and suggestions to the study team by 'February 28, 1975. . This report deals with such things as potential planning , perspective ' in Huron County; the agricultural perspective; ur- ban, perspectives as they relate to the fringe areas;, recreation perspective; and the evaluation of existing policies affecting ur- ban development in rural areas. By •Mr. Janes' own ad- mission, the document is • * LAST NIGHT 4( TONIGHT THURS. DEC. 19 *. I LINCOLN • GREEN • ALL.IN ONE • BREATH 4, FABULOUS FRI. SAT.' * • DEC. 20, 21 * MON. DEC. 23 ,* THURS.—SAT. DEC. 26 - 28 .. l� lengthy and complicated. It will involve some lengthy, in- tensive study by county coun- cillors and others. The report itself sets out one main- objective: • "To resolve conflicts between competing land uses in a rural area requires the setting of land use priorities just like priorities are set for an urban area. Portions of the urban environment for example, are designated as residential areas. Within these areas the residence has. top priority and only supporti 'e or -° complementary uses are per- mitted. Other areas are designated: industrial with a different set of use restrictions. Cases of conflict are resolved in favor of the priority land use and long range goals." Whether or not Huron County farmers are ready for this type of land use planning in rural areas has vet to be • determined. There was some argument at Thursday's meeting which would i'ndreate that while farmers say they want to protect and preserve agricultural land, they wish to retain the might to make their own decisions about their own property Without any planning restrictions to hamper them. Reeve Deb Shewfelt called it being "strangled". ' He was referring in the first place' to the feeling of some urban cen- tres that they are being "strangled" from further growth because of the desire to save prime agriculture land for food production, while in the second place rural dwellers feel "strangled" because. urban development is encroaching on prime farmland. But while the Countryside Planning report brought before the meeting clearly showed that the fringe areas around the five towns would have some far- mland slated .for. urban development in the future, the fear was soon expressed by some representatives at the meeting •that farmland within that designated fringe area would immediately become more valuable than the same type of farmland outside that fringe area. What are the attitudes of Huron County residents towards the major issues un- derlying the proposed methodology of land use plan- ning? 'Dr., Hadwen's• study team . talked to 400 persons all across the county'r- 80 citizens in ur- ban areas, 80 cottagers, 80 far- mers in a recreation -type area, 80 farmers adjacent to urban areas, and 80 farmers in strictly rural areas. According to Dr. Hadwen the findings , showed that in general, the public is informed about the need for land use planning in rural areas, and •is "pretty willing to think about _it". ig ROCK Bq JD We are cio se • Please Note: -* Harbor report -1c NEW YEAR'S EVE * 'and All Week Mon. -Sat. Dec. 30 - ' Jan. 4 .� McKENZIE WE ARE ALSO OPEN * NEW YEAR'S DAY • '0 December 4 - the George Hin- dman arrived light from * Toledo for salt. December 6 - the Ruth Hind- * man arrived from Saginaw * with a load 'of .corn.. December 7 - the Algorail' arrived light from Sarnia for * salts, 4( December 10 -• the Westfale * arrived from Thunder Bay with a load, of grain. * -£ December 11 - the Franklin * v arrived from Thunder Bay with * _ a load of" grain. December 12 - the Chicago Tribune arrived from Thunder' Bay with a load of grain. December 15 - the Agawa Canyon arrived light from Chicago for salt. „ December 17 - the Thornhill arrived light from Hamilton for salt, comment...... "The average Huron County citl`len is nut mired in the past," said 1)r Hadwen "People here are not resistant to change but want it to be con- sistent with the hest of the past." "On the whole people . of Huron County have pretty com- mon agreement about major issues," Dr. Hadwen told the meeting. "Oh most issues where planning is concerned, you are not going to find really gro,, differences amongst and het - ween the people of the county - Dr. Hadwen also alluded to a study he has been doing'concer- ning the attitudes of Huron County, citizens toward municipal government here "They have epormous con- fidence in municipal govern- ment in this area," he told the „ .meeting. He promised to have a more detailed summary of his findings to present to county council early in the new year. The following are the con- clusions found, by Dr. Hadwen in his study into the attitudes of Huron residents concernin land use planning: s "Without repeating the - detailed analysis •contained in the .preceding sections, it seems appropriate at this point to sum up some of the major findings of the study. , "There was - general agreement amongst all the types of respondents inter- viewed that agriculture must remain the principal use pi rural land in Huron County because of the availability of good productive farmland in the . area. The decision to protect agricultural land was thought by most to lie one which municipal or possibly county government should make, though present county land •use regulations, and' government policies in general, were already perceived to be • helpful. "Farmers, whether located in primarily agricultural areas, in areas where towns and .agriculture are adjacent, or in • areas.,where agriculture and cottags are adjacent, are very receptive to the general notion of restrictions on the sale of farmland , which limit it to agriculture or agriculture related use. They seem open to the possibility that housing for non -farmers, retired' farmers, and even hired men might be tied to existing towns, villages and hamlets. • "They • oppose unrestricted development along highways •and are unsympathetic to the hydro's need. for rural, property, but support,the need for conser- vation of water and forestry' resources. . •"Fa'rmers differ markedly from townspeople and cottagers in the degree of their opposition to the sale of farmland to non - ELM HAVEN MOTOR HOTEL CLINTON BIyIh Inn Hotel on Hwy 4 in Blyth Country & Western at ifs best THIS WEEK! FRS. SAT. LESPERA'NCE TRIO FINE FOOD — GOOD TIMES GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR OUR New Years Eve. Special NOVELTIES, HA"SS, ETC. DINNER SERVED AT 1:00 A.M. Happy New Year For All *00 PER COUPLE farmers, though they are prepared to see pockets of poor land. such as ravines, sold to such individuals. A ;atrrrt prul)leh :vitt rut al . land use planning was revealed h` the conflicting value positions_, taken by many respondent; , in this survey. There -is general support for some form of protection for far- mland,'and for the notion that once such land is sold little can be doiie to controj its use or resale: but on the other hand many people still balk at the thought that landowners might he faced by regulations telling them what they could and could not • do with their property. "This conflict appeared, not so much in response to questions regarding specific land use issues, but when general attitude questions were' asked, which suggests' that planners• should. be aware of a contradictory emotional field underlying the apparent willingness of •the public to en- tertain• more in the way of land use regulations. _.-"engagers--may betty people coming to Huron from elsewhere, in that they are not so supportive of protection for farmland, but are willing to entertain restrictions on the use of land. They may want to be able to buy land, but appear to dislike the notion that the character of the surrounding countryside might change in a way dnattractive to them. "When the whole issue of non, -farmers, moving into the were concerned that an in- , tease of nun -farmers, might reate a traffic problem, while the townspeople and cottagers wrre°e\en more conscious than the farmers that non -farmers trespassing with snowmobiles might create dissension. "This Survey revealed a good deal of public' interest in plan- ning the future of Huron County, but little demand for more than moderate growth. Most respondents were anxious to see something like ten year plans developed for the towns and for the Iakeshore, but only in the case of townspeople was thio. because their personal property plans were thought to he aected. I'1ff�ere was no general sup - for encouraging population t; ,w'th, though a minority thought it dpirable, There was a belief that more employment is needed, and that therefore industry -should be assigned the se, and land use priority ,behind ▪ aw ulture, though farmers in primarily agrictiltural: areas and cottagers had mixed t,•elirigs• about the latter. �icai of fi�r�trnty_lanrd e -regulations- --- County irco presently `thought to be some help to industrial development, while government 'policies in general are seen as dis\ ouraging, with townspeople the group most- pessimistic in this area. -Residential land use was also seen by most respon- dents as somewhat aided by aunty regulations' but discouraged by government policies. "Only farmers living close to towns differed in their belief ' that existing policies hive en- couraged the residential use of rural_ land. This same group of farmers wished to see most forms of development, in- cluding industry, held -within the present limits of their nearby towns, while town- speople were willing to see, small industries located as .far as 1,i' mile •out of town. "There •was substantial agreement amongst all those interviewed that county towns and villages should avoid enlargement if that evolves' additions 'like. , trail r . parks, be placed county was seen as well/suppor- ted by county regulations and government policies but was assigned the lowest priority by -most respondents, behind agriculture, industry and housing. However.: farmers in predominantly agricultural areas and cottagers had .very mixed opinions as to the impor- tance of recreational land use, and fanners living near the Lakeshore did_appear as one group which felt new recreation areas should be added. "On the whole farmers near the lake see growth along the shoreline as a healthy develop- ment, •especially if it ini'ludes public beaches and access, while the cottagers-by contrast dislike the prospect .of ad- ditional cottages and a larger summer population, and prefer private beaches and access. Both would prefer new cottages to follow the present pattern of strip rather than cluster development "As a final comment, it may be said that The sample inter - countryside was explored far- mers, 'wherever located, `fixed - the acceptable --proportion of non-farm residents in a rural area at between five and ten percent but tended towards the lower figure. It is interesting that townspeople' in Huron County would set this figure Slightly higher, but still in the vicinity of ten percent. "Both townspeople and cot-;, tagers doubted that non - farmers were very different kinds of people from farmers, nor were farmers much concer- ned on this point, though those close to towns or the lakeshore were more consciG = f. dif- which should inst ferences. so dista ."There were, however, Recrea 'o -nal several potential conflicts of in- terest mentioned, usually more often by farmers than by other respondents; such as the effect non -farmers can have on the price of land and the likelih!:j)d of, their complaining about farm odours. (While farmers thought any kind `of facming should be allowed within :3 miles of a town or 1/2 mile of the lakeshore highway, some of the townspeople 'and cottager~ . did wish hog and poultry .operations farther away.) "Farmers near the lakeshore let Me do the Dishes SPEEDQUEEN PORTABLE DISHWASHER Lighten kitchen chores with a Speed au'een por- table dishwasher. High washing and drying tem- peratures assure clean, germ -free dishes. 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