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PAGE 4, WHLTBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987 Last minute appeal fails to save gas, lube bar bid Despite a last minute plea by representatives of Canadian Tire, Whitby council last Tuesday turned down an application from the com- pany to locate a gas bar and lubritorium at Dundas St. E. and Bowman Ave. GRAND OPENING SALE Oct. 28 - 31 Wednesday 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thurs. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 10% off all Racing Harness & Halters MANUFACURING STOCI LINE AND WLL MAKE TD ORDER RACING AND SHW HARNESS. TOP QUALTY LEATHERS AND SOME SYNTHEHCS USED. WE STOCK A FULL RANGE OF ACCESSORY iTEMS IVR TRAILORING AND TRAINIG AND CARRY A WIDE ASSORTMIENT OF HARNESS EQUIPMENT. We would be pleased to accept telephone and mail orders. A orders under $500. C.O.D. Cone by and see us today for the best service available by knowIedgeable equine personneL Kestrel Leather Manufacturing Corp. 210 Willmott Rd. Box 927, Cobourg, Ont. K9A 4W4 (416)372-2166 "That is no place for a gas station," said councillor Joe Drumm, after Paul Johnston, plan- ning consultant for Canadian Tire, ate iempted to get council su' 'r'orl. Johnston said the Town's propo- sal conforms to official plan while the current special purpose com- mercial zoning would allow other uses on the land that would attract more traffic than a gas station. To permit the gas bar, the land would have to be rezoned. Sixty to ninety per cent of the users would already be in the area, he added. He also noted that plan- ning department previously ap- proved the application and three residents in the area approved of the use. Johnston said Canadian Tire would monitor the traffic flow and if it became necessary, would con- struct a ramp which would prohibit traffic from turning north onto Bowman Ave. Two weeks ago, administrative committee recommended against the application, saying the gas bar would create traffic problems in the area and specifically on Bowman Ave. The entrance would be off Dundas and the exit onto Bowman. Planning department recommended approval of the ap- plication. "There are already five gas stations serving that area. There is no need for another one," said councillor Gerry Emm, adding he could "not buy the argument" that the gas bar would not create a traf- fic increase on Bowman Ave. "We now have problems there with exiting and entering onto Bowman," said councillor Joe Bugelli, asking "Does the com- munity need a gas station at that location?" Johnston pointed out the proposal would not create a new gas station, only replace the station' and lubritorium now located on Brock St. N. Councillor Tom Edwards replied that no date has been set for closing the Brock St. location. Edwards also described as "reprehensible" the company's tactics of calling councillors and residents for suppoert. "They phoned me and I don't like being phoned by developers," said Drumm. "I take exception to that. You have a process to go through. I have no sympathy for the ap- plication," he said. Bugelli said he, too, was phoned by the applicant, but he did not mind. "I have no objection to the ap- plicant trying to make his case," said Bugelli. Councillor Marcel Brunelle also noted that on a Saturday, at the Brock St. location, line-ups for an oil change sometimes spill onto the street. "You have one bay at the old location and the plans call for one *bay at the new. That will create the same problem," said Brunelle. Lorne St. Louis, director of development and operations for Canadian Tire, told Brunelle the new location would cut.down on the line-ups. "This is a new design. It is more efficient in time allotment to get customers through and we have more property to work with," said St. Louise. The new location would be 20,000 sq. ft. while the old is 9,000 sq. ft., St. Louis told council. Edwards told council, before the vote on the matter, that two of the three residents who supported the proposal do not live in tþe area. He said one is a business owner while the other rents out a house. Council unanimously turned down the application, but noted that other businesses such as a fast food restaurant or furniture store could locate without a rezoning. "There are more'concerns now than before. There is a problem there. Denying this is not getting rid of the problem," said Mayor Bob Attersley. Report on mailbox snow removal. Whitby's public works depar- tment will investigate removal, by the Town of snow from around Canada Post community mail boxes during winter. That suggestion was made by councillor Joe Bugelli at last week's council meeting. Council was deciding whether to enter into an agreement with Canada Post the upkeep of the boxes. "That would not take hours but days," he said. Instead, Bugelli suggested the Town clear the snow around the boxes while it is clearing sidewalks, then charge Canada Post for the work. He said it was*"not efficient" to have the Town notify Canada Post about the need for snow removal, and then have Canada Post notify a sub-contractor. =-7- ý7-