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i i'itiiv , '4w ! «ëlliÜÜtiiUi 111 BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1.05ac ! Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 $100 GST Included Wednesday February 2, 2005 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard. Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Not in has relatives at that school. ■ . Durham Region seeks public input at workshops on alternatives to landfilling in Michigan and Eastern Ontario Durham residents are encour- Councillors found themselves themselves defending front yard swimming pools at Monday's council meeting. The matter was raised as a result of aBowmanville couple's couple's request to have their Committee of Adjustment fees waived. The couple live on a corner lot in a subdivision. subdivision. By virtue of the way the builder elected to situate the home on the corner lot, what normally would be a side yard, is now a front yard. Clarington's Director of Planning, David Croome, explained to councillors at Monday's meeting that by default, the narrowest frontage on corner lots auto- . matically becomes the front yard. This is an anomaly, according to Croome, who said one in a hundred subdivision subdivision lots are like this. Since Clarington by-laws prohibit the installation of swimming pools in front yards, the couple had to apply for permission to the Committee of Adjustment-- which is under the umbrella of the Planning Committee, for permission to build a pool in their side yard, which technically technically is their front yard. After the couple received permission from the commit- FRONTYARD see page 3 WHITBY, ON, January 28, study. ?nn's "The Reeion of Durham Durham Region currently aged to attend the workshops Bestir. 35 s as? FS2 55 : participate in a series of three site. By addressing the soctal thisijornt CA Study. Lo.Uhr.ns to discuss options economic and environmental I he li st woiksnop wm SEæs = cling and composting. Assessment (bA> Study, The Region is conducting alternative approaches to these workshops as part of a waste disposal can be exam- Residual Waste Disposal Environmental Assessment (EA) Study. Feedback ob ined. The participation of Durham Region residents is I /V I jIUUYi I vvuuwviv v « .1 • t tained from these workshops key to the success ol tins will be used to develop the EA Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference for this (EA) Study, lo this cllect, bustion or other energy from waste technologies . Criteria or methods to consider consider in order to compare alternatives and determine the best solution Interested residents arc encouraged to register for the Types of alternative disposal local public workshop at the approaches and tcchnolo- Garnet B. Rickard Complex, gies to consider Methods of managing garbage remaining after 60% diversion by residents Technologies to consider such as gasification, com- What's Inside. ing: to be held on Thursday, February 17th from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Registration deadline deadline is Wednesday, February 16, 2005 . Fun at the "Friends and Fun" program See page 3