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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-10-10, Page 11 FIRST SECTION Wft6ass, —W - Odaber 10, 12N Second OMB hearing clears the j way for new Beigrave suam,iry slon After two hearings before the He had thrown out a previous conflict with their farming was not satisfied with the difficulty figuring out the real Ontario Municipal Board and bylaw following a hearing in operation. `developmental' zoning of what concern in the whole piece", delays amounting to over a year, April at which (county Planner The Gnays did not testify at the had been the apartment site and noted the OMB is limited to the way has been cleared for Gary Davidson, while generally hearing last week, but Ronald that Belgrave could not support deciding whether the proposal is construction to start on a sub- supporting the development, had White, a vice president of the more business. an appropriate use of the land in division on the west side of expressed some reservations Ontario Federation of On the other hand lawyer question and cannot make a Belgrave. about the size of the 15,000 square Agriculture, said the federation Robert Campbell, appearing for judgment on whether or not the Hearing officer Douglas foot proposed commercial area. is concerned with the main_ the township, argued that owner development is needed. He also Colbourne decided, following a in disallowing that bylaw Mr. Mance of agricultural land. Lorne Humphrey should be the agreed that any suspicion` about three-hour hearing at the Colbourn had cited size of the It is particularly concerned one most concerned about future the developer's plans in regard to Belgrave Community Centre Oct. commercial block and the with the use of farm land for development of the develop- the commercial and develop - 5, that the new zoning bylaw proposed 30 -unit apartment urban and associated uses and mental area and noted the Gnays mental areas could be dealt with passed by East Wawanosh block. the accompanying harassment of would get another chance to if and when he seeks rezoning for Township meets all requirements Subsequently the township farming operations, he said, object if the lot were rezoned for those areas. and should be approved. council passed another onin � g cit' complaints citing plaints about noise, building. Following wing the. hearing Mr. bylaw rtining the bulk of the dust and odors; "a host of things Mr. Davidson testified that in Humphrey said he plans to begin subdivision for single family that have, happened and from his opinion the bylaw complies work on the subdivision as soon dwellings but deleting the time to time end up in court". with the county official plan and as fine can be arranged, but apartments and cutting the The federation is not happy the uses specified for the com- he co>ited that the delays commercial block to 5,000 square with the present Agricultural 'mercial area—a variety store, have certainly added sub - feet. Code of Practice and while 1t is neighborhood , grocery and stantially to the price of lots. John and Noreen Gnay, who not opposed in principle to the professional offices—are ap- He noted work on a plan of own the farm just south of the extension of hamlets it wants to propriate to a hamlet. He said in subdivision first started nearly proposed development, were the ensure that adjoining farmers dealing with commercial four years ago in early 1976. East principal objectors to both zoning are protected, he added. development in a hamlet com- Wawanosh council later endorsed bylaws, however Mr. Coloburne Mr. Colbourne also heard but patibility rather than viability is the plan and a zoning bylaw for appeared to give little weight to rejected testimony from Matt used as a criterion. the property was passed and their argument that the new Reniers, a planning consultant Mr. Colbourn, who at one circulated in mid -1978. When housing is not needed and could engaged by the Gnays, that he point commenteft was "having objections were filed against the bylaw an OMB hearing was scheduled for April, 1979. The M, BOOK YOUk WINTER VACATION NOW I BUblllttbb U( (�3ai/1!tl ri ffA VZ I SEN W1 Listowel, Ontario.�''. 291-2111 Call ToU Free 141W285,= Si Copy Not Over We °J • decision from this hearing was �y Howick adopts ma 'n not relea`i,ed until last July, at mapping which time a new bylaw was GORRIE — Howick Township hundred year flood plain map- resolution, Paul Statia(i and Ar- drawn up and passed. Objections WON'T GO TOO FAR—David Acheson, Fordwich, Kevin Statia, Wroxeter, and Scat thur Johnston of the Wroxeter again forced a hearing, which Weber from Cambridge tried to get a free ride last Saturday at the Howick Fall Fair. Un - hundred adopted the one in a ping. flood lain committee were was held last week. fortunately, the trio weren't able to travel too far as their horse was still tied to the stall. hundred year flood plain map- "This resolution however, is P , ping for secondary plan ad- not to be construed as providing present at council, declaring RECEIVES DIPLOMA ministration purposes only at its authority or enabling the their support to council for the Ellen Reid, daughter of Mr. September meeting. registration of the above men- one in a hundred year flood plain0 and Mrs. Vern Reid of Leo- The one in a hundred year flood tinned flood plain maps or the fill mapping. New bui"Iding.proves worth....,. pold Street, Wingham, re- Plain mapping was adopted as lines delineated thereon, or in "We are the representatives of submitted by the Maitland Valley any other way to entitle the the village," said one of the two ceived her diploma In recrea- Conservation Authority (MVCA). _ MVCA to administrative men• tion leadership at the 11th The resolution stipulated prerogative or privilege over the Council will now request the convocation of Conestoga C01- however, that MVCA would lands so designated," the Huron County planning depart- as rain h*its How'ietk,Fa lege, Sept. 29, in the Kitche- receive no administrative power resolution read. ment to proceed with an ap- air ner Memorial Auditorium. ' over the lands in the one in a Prior to the passing of the Plication to the Ministry of Housing approval P communuty was mpyed Koepke, Drayton_ ng contest drew a trophies the u�. -- township's secondaryfro plan. of the mun t� Centire e crowd to on Friday Leve Dinsmorerrand fastest Mrs. G oro don ver variety o to 4 A (43 ' opeir - to 1llo�viei • • • CEMETERES nin A new feature of the Howick Steinacker, of Fordwich. Mrs. including children's children's$workk inthe -dents:, ~Mrs. Hardini, Gorrie. Wintario grant s approved and Wallace resi- Council would like input from g d the public regarding cemeteries Fall Fair, the contest proved to Don Koenig and Mrs. .Ted school fair were viewed by the (5) Crafts: Mrs. W. Heimpel, within the township.be an entertaining attraction, Klaasen placed first in the ladies' large crowd in attendance. Wroxeter. along with musical and dance class aind'Don Koeni and Robert To winners in these com ti- (6) Canada Packers champion- • In past discussions, council g g. p pe for I historical pro learned tombstones are too close numbers performed by talented Sanderson topped the men's tions were: ship quilt, Miss Margaret Dane, eet together and the grounds cannot young people from the local area. class. (1) field crop: barley, Elmer Gorrie. be properly maintained by a lawn Each category in the contest G. Tinney, warden of Huron Harding, Gorrie; mixed grain, (7) Junior department: Mar - A grant of $2,250 has been eligible for microfilming will be viewing at the public library and mower. It was noted the had several entries. Bob County, officially opened Satur- Elmer Harding; hay, Bart Scher- garet Thornton, Gorrie. awarded to the Wingham and those published prior to 1967. The the local museum. These files cemeteries are becoming Struthers and Bob Gilchrist rep- day's events. Other platform penzeel, Gorrie; ensilage corn, A display depicting a 50th wed - District Heritage and Historical newspaper and the local histori- date back to 1889. The first Wing- neglected. resented the Lucknow Agricul- guests included Mr. and Mrs. tied, Mel Greig, Gorrie and Oscar ding anniversary was won by the Society from Wintario proceeds, cal societywill each receive a ham tura] Society in a challenge con- Norman Fairies, presidents of Kieffer, Bluevale. Fordwich Women's Instit" The paper was published 109 Please turn to Page 2 culture and recreation minister, copy of microfilm and the master years ago in 1871. Unfortunately test and were presented with the men's and ladies' divisions of (2) fruit: Danny Salter, Isling- Fordwich Senior Citizens' Club Reuben Baetz announced last negative will be held by the On- no files exist for the first 18 years. -' the fair; Stewart Rowley, first ton* entered a very interesting dis- week• tario government archives in To- Increasing demand by re- • • • vice president; Harold Lobb, (3) Flowers, tied, Eileen play depicting "A Fair of My The grant will be applied to- ronto. searchers, teachers, students Truek�trailer oil's'on director for District 8 of the On- Hamilton of Wroxeter and Vera Childhood", a new feature this ward the cost of microfilming Wenger Bros Limited, pub- and the general public for access • • • tario Association of Agricultural year in honor of the fair's 120th back issues of The Wingham Ad- lishers of The Advance -Times, to historical information con -Societies; Don Eadie, reeve of birthday. vance-Times. provided 50 per cent of the money tained in old newspapers has causes minor injury Turnberry Township; Harold The ministry of Culture and required for the project, since created the need for the perman- A Dublin area man escaped Construction of RR 51 Seaforth. Robinson, reeve of Howick Town- 4-H club special prizes were Recreation and the Ontario Wintario grants must be met ent preservation of local weekly with minor cuts and bruises when Mr. Klaver was treated for ship; Bruce Robertson, principal awarded as follows: best beef Weekly Newspaper Association of Howick Central School; Don calf, Steven Shelley, Gorrie; best dollar -for -dollar from private newspapers. This project will re- the truck he was driving collided facial injuries at Wingham and dei calf, Karen McMichael, will work with local historical sources. sult in the development of one of Pullen, Ontario Ministry of Agri- dairy P with atractor-trailer at the in District Hospital. He has been Wroxeter; championship societies, museums or libraries Film of the back issues of the largest sources of local and tersection of Highways 4 and 86 charged with f ailing to yield right culture and Food, Clinton; Miss Pat Ash, Go as stown sholw� to microfilm back issues. Under Wingham's pioneer newspapers regional historical information in just south of Wingham. of way. Grace Bird, home economist for this program, newspapers will be available for public the country. g Huron County; Murray Gaunt, manship of swine, Steven p y. Provincial police report The accident occurred at 9:05 MPP; Robert McKinley, MP; Shelley, Gorrie; showmanship of Geoffrey Klaver of RR 1, Dublin, a.m. Oct. 2. Miss Mary Beth Sanderson, 1979 horse, Carolyn Dinsmore, Ford - was heading east along Highway Another accident which took Fair with; highest aggregate score in 86 and was unable to stn at the place last Sunda afternoon Queen, and Miss J. Siert- gest p y sma, Huron County Dairy Prin- swine club, Trent Foerter, Clif- intersection. Road conditions caused no injuries but resulted in cess. ford; posters, Gun safety club, were wet at the time. a charge against a Belgrave Mrs. William Wright of Wroxe- Ron Lockie, Gorrie. His truck slid into the in- man. Lewis F. Cook was charged "£ Rain failed to dam tersection and struck the trailer with making an improper left ter was presented with an Agri pen the section of a rig being driven by turn after his car was struck cultural Service Award certifi- spirits of the children entering in este for the many years she the Optimists' tug-of-war and Malkits Soomal of Cambridge, while he was turning from High worked with the school fair divi- chicken race and several trium- which was northbound along way 4 onto County Road 20. cion. A cheque was resented to phant kids walked off with a Highway 4. Police report he was hit by q P Janis Acheson of Fordwich There was approximately another car driven by Barry S. the Howick Agricultural Society has graduated with a B.A. in chicken. $5,000 damage in the collision, Bruce of London which was in the by Wes Ball, on behalf of the psvcholoov from the I Inivar- A quilt made by the lady'direc $2,000 to the tractor -trailer -.-Mcg - - - :.vwmr. Lives Ctuu, fur ine new Cvi b vi ule lull oval u was vu uls- r.:,..e�s vi vveru3icmg tum. society. sity of Guelph. Commence - by Eagle- Transport Ltd. of About $1,400 damage was done b Atdithis ng rpoint ected bthehprogam ment exercises were held tpheyp1rockes forets were �the bld on uilding Mississauga and $3,000 to the to the two vehicles in the featuring more young people Oct. 5. She will be looking for fund. It was won .by Mrs. Verna truck owned by W. G. Kelly collision. employment in this area. Galbraith. Fordwich. WINS 1,000—Mrs. Jane Burke, left, was presented with a $1,000 cheque after winning the golf and curling club lottery. She was handed her winnings Friday noon by Mrs. Marilyn Wood, president of the curling club. Council passesbylaw rezoning land for plaza One of the last obstacles to con- str©ction of a small shopping plaza in Wingham has been removed with town council's passage of a bylaw rezoning the land. Unless there are objections to the bylaw work on the development could s,art before the end of the month. Council passed the bylaw Oct. 3 during a special meeting with members of the town planning board and Gary Davidson of the county planning department. The meeting was scheduled to clear up one contentious point in the draft bylaw. The bylaw must now be circulated for 21 days, during which anyone opposing the measure may file notice of his or her objection. After this the matter goes to the Ontario Municipal Board for provincial approval; if objections are received the OMB will schedule a hearing on them. Mayor William Walden reported he has talked with developer Jerry Sprackman and he is set to begin construction as soon as he gets a green light. He would start tomorrow if he got the go-ahead, the mayor said. The rezoning bylaw, which had been forwarded to council with a recom- mendation for passage by the planning board, was stalled at the regular council meeting Oct. 1 when a number of councillors objected to a section specifying permitted uses in the area rezoned. The bylaw specifies 12 permitted uses in the plaza: a food retail store in excess of 1,000 square metres, a drug store, fabric store, industrial supply store, pop shop, fast food outlet, financial in- stitution, barber shop or beautician. sporting goods store, hardware store. photography shop and business or professional office. Councillors felt they had no business deciding to let one type of business into the plaza and not another and suggested it be thrown wide open by adding `retail store' to the list of permitted uses. However they wanted to talk the matter ^ ^- t[,C vianning board before making the change and decided to set up a special meeting. At that meeting Mr. Davidson told council that by removing all restrictions it would just hold things up since the province would not approve the bylaw. He pointed out the amendment to the town's official plan, which was the first step in clearing the way for the plaza, requires that the exact types of uses permitted be specified in the zoning bylaw. , "if you put in retail outlet as a per- mitted use then the bylaw doesn't con- form to the plan and it would just hold things up," iv% said. "If you get an ob- jection and it goes to the OMB you wouldn't be able to sustain the bylaw." He added that if council amended the official plan again to permit wide open commercial uses outside the downtown core the province would not approve the amPn,imn..♦ The purpose of specifying the per- mitted uses is to allow a plaza in town while avoiding any bad results, such as drawing business out of the downtown core, he explained. Solicitor Robert Campbell, who also attended the meeting, added it is possible for council to add to the list of permitted uses at any time if the developer wants to put in a business not currently on the list. Councillor Allan Harrison, who had previously condemned the bylaw as too restrictive, said he was satisfied with the explanation and moved that the bylaw be adopted. However Councillor' Jack Bateson still wasn't convinced. "i don't understand all the fancy words you've been using," he told Mr. Davidson, "but i like to think 1 have common sense and there's no common sense to this at all."