Zurich Citizens News, 1976-08-11, Page 21'a» 21 'iicn' News, August 11, 1976
Building permit issued
for Hensall apartments
A new 18 unit apartment
building in Hensall came closer
to reality Monday night when
village council agreed to issue a .
building permit to Gerri Glenn of
Dungannon.
Glenn plans on beginning
construction of the apartment
complex by early fall with an
expected completion date of
March 30, 1977.
It will be located at the in-
tersection of Wellington and
Queen streets behind Hotel
llensall.
The proposal to council by
Glenn was backed with an
illustration and large scale
drawings by former Huron
County planner Nick Hill who
now is the owner of Town and
Country Planning Consultants.
Hill said the design of the new
building would follow the
character of existing buildings
and would follow the theme of -
Hensall which is "predominantly
brick".
Ile continued. "The aptirtment
is adjoining the traditional
husiness section of Hensall which
has a fine late nineteenth century
,;treelscape and every effort has
been made to fit the design of the
Tax reform
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public prop. rtimpatent-
ed lauds, cem, !cries and high -
,:vs, It wet td include such
properties as t \ersit\ t•esidenc-
-s, chronic hospitals and honks
t n• the aged.
As in the present case,
churches, cemeteries and proper -
held in trust for a band or
body of Indians \vill be tax
exempt. All other presently
exempt property will he taxed at
100 of market value, except
residences, which will he taxed at
50"!, of market value. This means
levying full taxes 00 such organi-
zations as the Red Cross. the
Navy League. the YMCA. the
Canadian Legion, Girl Guides
and Boy Scouts.
8. A unilornt method of
phasing -in the nC+ tax system
over a period of up to five years
w ill be available to prevent
abrupt tax changes.
9. Assessment rolls will be
returned and enumeration will
he performed every two years to
coineidc with local government
."le ctions.
10. Assessment on provincial
government property will be
pooled and assigned between the
public and separate elementary
schools in the same proportion as
the taxable assessment assigned
by the owners and occupants of
residences.
11. Costs shared among muni-
cipalities will be shared on the
basis of the assessment on which
taxes and payments in lieu of
taxes are based. •
12. Where assessment 'is to
be used to determine the grant
to he paid to 0 nnticipality. the
assessment used will be the
assessment on which taxes and
payments in lieu of taxes are
based.
13. The provisions of the
Assessment Act will apply to the
assessment of all real property
in Ontario, including areas with-
out 111unicipal organization,
14. Public bodies which re-
ceive provincial grants, such as
school boards, will be allowed to
include their property tax pay-
ments as allowable expenses for•
grant purposes.
)Darcy McKeough, Treasurer
of Ontario. has admitted there is
a danger some people will react
negatively and quite emotionally'
to what they assure will happen if
these proposals arc adopted.
For example, the proposal to'
make taxpayers out of many
institutions which are now ex-
empt. Some people are sure to
see this as a threat to the well
being of these agencies. Accord-
ing to Mr. McKeough, it is no
such thing, rather it is a move to
"provide visibility and a rational-
ity (0 0 system of subsidies which
are acknowledged on all sides to
be worthwhile and desirable,,"
How the people of Ontario will
react remains to the seen..
apartment building into this
setting."
The structure will be two and a
half storeys high faced with brick
and an open stairwell.
The apartment site comprises
19,928 square feet and is basically
four two-bedroom and two one -
bedroom apartments with the
exception of a laundry and one
bachelor apartment in the
basement.
The parking lot for 20 cars will
divided into three distinct areas
building, parking and open space,
The three floors will consist of
be paved and landscaping will
include a 175 foot cedar hedge on
the south boundary of the
property and a 90 foot similar
hedge on the north side
Canvass
for arena
Hensall council will be meeting
with the village's parks board on
Monday, August 16 to set up a
committee to canvass for funds to
repair the Hensall arena,
At Monday's regular meeting
of council, reeve John Baker said
"we are waiting for a report from
engineer B.M. Ross of Goderich
to tell us what work is necessary
on the arena to bring it up to 1975
building code standards."
The reeve said he felt the basic
arena was in "good shape", He
added, "The roof on the main
arena is good. I expect most of
our problems will be small, but
they will be costly. Our main
concern is the roof over the
equipment rooms and the seating
in the arena is well below stan-
dard."
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