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Whitby Free Press, 18 Feb 1976, p. 1

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Zonn poicyeunder pressure again For the second time in as from Evelyn O'Leary to pietea eany imi n/i. in an obvious departure Council denied an applica- no longer oppose...separ 91% - - 4 ý - il-- I" . - . - - - - - 1- &. -- 1--. " - --& d"% l- - 4- - . eL - -." many ilonths, the Town of Whitby's zoning policy has corne under pressure. The most recent incident restted from an application rezone a lot on the west side of Shepard Road south of Stevens Road in Macedonian Village,-subject of a special study expected to be com- Standards bylaw A draft bylaw, prescribing If the owner or occupant standards for, the maintenance of the property fails to comply and occupancy of. ptoperty with--ân order to repair or within the Town of Whitby demolish from the Property and, prohibiting occupancy Standards Officer, the Town- or use of property that does can, subject to appeal by the not conform to the standards, owner, repair or demolish the hasbeen prepared. property. The bylaw will require that Any cost incurred by te property below the standards Town will remain as -a lien is to be repaired or any or for against the property and may any structures or debris be collected as municipal thereon to be cleared. taxes. The rezoning would allow -the severance of two lots for residential purposes from the property, presently zoned agricultural. drafte d Before the bylaw is passed, a public meeting will be held, the date to be announced in the future. A copy of the bylaw is available on request from the Clerk's office at 405 Dundas Street West. Anyone wishing to submit comments regarding the bylaw should do so in writing to the Clerk before March 11. from its previous stand, the planning department last week recommended approvalofrthe, rezoning application by Ms. O'ILary, saying that the pro- perfy fell within a special study area and that it was in a built-up area., In late January, council okayed one such application while turning thumbs down on another, both of which the 'planning department opposed. Council approval was given to an application by Brian Craddock on the grounds tha7t the parcel in question had been severed before the establishment of the policy prohibiting rural separations. tion by Robert Gale on the grounds that the property lay on a regional road and regional policy prohibits such rezoning. Last week's recommenda- tion by the planning depart- ment to approve the O'Leary application aroused the ire of some councillors who charged that to stymie one and endorse another was unfair. The most outspoken opponent to approval of the O'Leary application was Councillor Tom Edwards ' ho said that, if this -pplication was okayed, he would move that council reconsider the Gale application. "If you pass this, I will ations ir the rural areas , Councillor Edwards said. "If we allow one such application, how can we refuse the application of a next-door neighbour?" he asked. eCouncillor Edwards warn- ed that approval, would eventually lead to separated scattered building in the rural areas, wùich, in turn, would increase both -the demand for servicing and the tax burden on devleoped portions Councillor Don Lovelock agreed, saying "this vascilating creates uncertainty" Council finally decided to table the matter, pending completion of the special studv. Vol. 6 Nô. 7 Wednesday, February 18, 1976 Twenty Pages Rev. A. R. McNalley and his wife Ruth finish some of oceupys the frnier St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, at the painting work in their church, Grace Cathedral, in time Byron and St. John Streets. See page 16. for the church's first anniversary Sunday. Grace Cathedral Free-Press Photo Cadbury employees are back on the job while Dayton strike now in third week Production at Cadbury a'iost unanimous approval Schweppes Powell Limited is from employees; represented expected to return to normal in the dispute by Bill Overy. within a week. after striking Production of Bar Six, production and maintenance Crunchie -and Coffee Ripple workers ratified the latest candy bars will resume once company offer Saturday. the lines are again set up, The agreement brings to sometime within a week, an end the three-month-old according to Mr. Tonellato. strike by 105 members of "le strike by 59 office Local 647 of the Teamsters workers, members of Local Union. 743 of the United Rubber Contract talks broke down Workers, at Dayton Tire in December when the two Canada Limited is in its third sides could not agree on the week with no immediate end wording of security clauses. in sight. John Tonellato, company Audrey Donaher, President personnel manager, outlined of Local 743, said that, since the details of the contract the strike began on January early this week. 30, "there las been no real The two-year collective negotiations" between man- agreement calls for a 50-cent agement and union. an hour increntent over the The striking workers are first year with a possible seeking a settlement similar addition of 30 cents, subject to that attained by the to approval of the Anti-Infla- factory's production workers tion Board. in September when they were Members of the local will awarded a three-year contract get an extra 60 cents in the calling for an average wage second year of the contract, of $6.03 per hour for the once again subject to board first year. approval. Management has offered In addition, employees the office workers $1.15 over on the company payroll on three years which would up May 23, 1975, will receive a their wages from the current $300 lump sum payment. $4.08 to $5.18, Mrs. Employees previously earn- Donaher said. ing $3.10 to $5.66 per hour The office work3rs are not will now make $3.90 o satisied with this figure $6.46 in the first year and because it would mean that $4.50 to $7.06 in the second they would be earning less in if the- Anti-Inflation Board the third year of the tlree- approves the contract. year contract than the The contract, which, production workers are earn- expires February 14, 1978, ing in thé first year of their also includes improvement of three-year contract. benefits such as total pay- Other disputed items ment, by management, of include cost of living, pension employee Ontario Health plan and dental plan. Insurance Plan premiums, Meanwhile, there seems to previously split evenly be- be no immediate possibiity tween the two sides. of the recaîl of 95 production -According to Mr. Tonellato, workers laid off on January the contractt r met with 30. 111 -11

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