Zurich Citizens News, 1977-11-17, Page 1NO.46
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER •17, 1977
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Clerk finds necessary bylaw
May force sewer hookups
'Do we have the laws so that we
can get tough with these people,'
stated councillor Ray
McKinnon with regards to
property owners who had not yet
connected to the sanitary sewer
at Thursday's Zurich council
meeting.
Council expressed concern
about the legal base in which they
could force town residents to
hook up. Many councillors felt
that the majority of people not
hooked up could well afford to do
so and it was pointed out that
financial aid programs for sewer
installation were readily
available from the village.
Sharon Baker, Clerk -treasurer
was asked by council to look into
the matter.
When contacted by the
Citizens' News on Friday, Mrs.
Baker reported that enabling
legislation forcing a sewer
hookup had existed since 1973
with $200 being specified as the
GOLDEN AGERS PLAY CARDS — Members of the Zurich and Grand -Bend Golden Agers gathered at the
Hay township hall for a pot -luck supper and evening of entertainment, Monday. Playing a lively game of
euchre are Mrs. Myrtle Dietz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Corriveau and Mrs. Lyda Regier. , Staff photo
May implement special fee
for people who let dogs run
In an attempt to curb to the
number of dogs roaming the
town, Zurich council at their
regular meeting Thursday,
discussed the possible im-
plementation
m-
lem nt t'on of a fee
e a i
to be im-
posed
posed upon owners of .dogs ap-
prehended by the village's dog
collector.
Council is hopeful that the
South Huron Veterinary Clinic
which acts as the village pound,
would collect the fee for the
village when owners of
delinquent dogs come to pick
them up. The fee would be in-
corporated into the existing
animal control bylaw.
Clerk -treasurer Baker was
instructed to contact the clinic to
see if they were agreeable to
council's suggestion.
A letter from Canada Trust,
acting on behalf of Katherine
Letts, asked council that the land
surrounding a drainage ditch
which traversed her property be
restored to its original condition.
Isadore Laporte, chairman of
the streets, sidewalks and drain
committee told council that the
land had been restored as best as
possible and that any action at
this time of the year would do
little good,
Laporte proposed that mem-
bers of the works crew return to
the area in the spring to remove
stones and large chunks of clay.
A tender from Arrow
Smile awhile
If you work hard and save
money, when you are old you will
be able to afford the things that
only a young person can enjoy.
The reason people find it so hard
to be happy is that they always
see the past better than it was,
the present worse than it is, and
the future finer than it will be.
Petroleum Limited for fuel oil,
for the village was accepted. The
net price per gallon 45.8 cents,
was over three cents cheaper
than the next closest bid of the
Hesa Co -Op.
n 11The new fuel
contract is effective December 1
of this year.
Tentative approval for the
purchase of street signs for ap-
proximately $1700 was given by
council. Firm prices from
various suppliers would be
sought before an actual purchase
was made.
Members of council endorsed a
resolution as proposed by the
Clerks' and Treasurers' Section
of the Huron County Municipal
Officers Association asking that
both the Huron County Board of
Pick officers
for festival
The 12th Annual Zurich Bean
Festival Meeting was held last
Thursday evening at Zurich
Public School with over 40 people
in attendance.
1977 was another financial
success for the Bean Festival as
well as for all the groups in-
volved. Some of the funds will be
used to update the Festival kit-
chen to meet stricter health
standards.
Contrary to a current rumour
now circulating, the money from
'this year's festival did not go to
pay for the new addition of
dressing rooms at the arena.
The slate of officers for 1978
was elected at the meeting. The
president is Jack Eckel, 1st vice-
president, George Haggitt; 2nd
vice-president, Berdie Fink-
beiner; secretary, Linda Hen-
drick and the treasurer is Betty
Kirk.
Education and the Huron -Perth
Separate School Board have two
dates for the payment of rates in
1978 and in upcoming years.
In other council action, a
of
the
resolutionfrom
Etobicoke asking that the
Attorney -Generals of the federal
and provincial governments take
action on pornography and its
exposure to children was sup-
ported. •
An application for a minor
zoning variance from James N.
Corriveau had been approved by
the Committee of Adjustment, it
was reported to council. The
application involved the increase
in frontage from 65 feet to 75 feet
on the property which Corriveau
intends to keep and a subsequent
decrease in frontage on property
from 100 feet to 90 feet which Mr.
Corriveau intends to sever.
fine for not hooking up (unless
permission for a latter hookup
date had been gained from the
village.)
According to Baker the above
bylaw was amended by a bylaw
passed on October 13, 1976 which
made no mention of a fine being
imposed but was in accordance
with a section of the Municipal
Act of Ontario.
The Municipal Act states that:
`If the owner -of a building af-
fected by a by-law passed under
this section fails to make a
connection within nine months
after the municipality has sent
notice to him by registered mail
to his last known address
requiring the connection to be
made, the municipality may
make the connection at the ex-
pense of the owner, and for this
purpose may enter in and upon
the property of the owner.'
Mrs. Baker said that the village
can collect the amount owed, if
not payed within 30 days, by
adding the amount due plus in-
terest charges to the taxes on the
property providing that the
owner has been made aware of
the village's rights to payment.
Hay residents seek
access to eaches
Workshops on the proposed
Hay township secondary plan
continued with recreation being
the topic of discussion at Thur-
sday night.
The audience of over 40 people
discussed topics of a wide range
of recreational -oriented topics
with the general consensus being
that recreation should continue to
play an important role in Hay
township's future plans.
Many members of the audience
were concerned about access to
public beaches. It was pointed out
that the Planning Act permits
municipalities to claim 5 percent
of land area of new subdivisions
for public use and that the use of
this tool could insure more access
to beaches in the future.
It was felt that members of the
public held not been made
welcome by land owners ad-
jacent to the public areas at Port
Blake and St. Josephs and that
this had contributed to the under -
utilization of those facilities.
Other recreational facilities are
readily available in Hay, it was
felt.
Once again the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority
came under attack, this time for
-the number of beavers in Hay
swamp. It was the strong con -
census of the crowd that this area
should be maintained as a
natural area with no develop-
ment occurring.
Orderly growth for the area
should occur • in Hay while
problems of full-time residential
growth and continued summer
residences should be resolved.
Full. time residential would mean
eventually that water and sewer
systems would have to be in-
stalled with the resulting in-
crease in the tax burden.
Questions were raised as to how
these services should be paid for.
Tonight's topic of discussion for
the workshops is urban renewal.
The meeting starts at 8 p.m. at
the Hay township hall.
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READY TO GO — These cold resistant youngsters hit the slopes Sunday afternoon to try out the first fall of
the white stuff. Ready to go are Tony Laporte, Mark Laporte, Robbie Dickert, Jeff Smith, Paul Dickert,
Darren Creces, Daniel Creces and Mark Johnston, all of Zurich. Staff photo