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Too many houses Board turns down Mountainview plan Wednesday IMS Plfel 1 might suggest that conn up with plim to lop his property ate A visit to the aite of a proposed 110 unit housing development on the northwest corner of Mountainview load and River Drive by members of the town subsidiary planning board failed to press the board members enough to give their approval to the yearold proposal nils Is nothing but billy goat land said Councillor Em Hyde as he strolled across a small section of the steeply banked property One leg will be shorter than the other if we keep this up much longer But to the chief architect of the scheme Jack Klein the contours of the land which he agreed are pretty wild offered the developers a chance to come up with a unique townhousc scheme which will preserve a beautiful wooded area while still providing needed housing tor Georgetown The development of the area is being proposed by Tom who with Mr Klein took the planning board members on a tour of the site last Tuesday evening Councillor Hyde had requested the on site In to show the other members of the board some of portions of the land developments with Street urea another near the and River Drive corner and the third along John Street The three small areas would not create the immense problem of glutting the land with houses is presented in he present proposal Hyde added Hyde contended hat the units pir acre iwragc was too high although Mr noted that the wrigt of on non portions of the property was approximately units per lores Which is still below the 17 limit Its still not as far as I concerned replied The developer and architect of the proposal expressed extreme disappointment and a of bewilder mini upon hearing of council decision We Ion know where to go with It com mented Mr We have been given absolutely no direction by the board If we were told what level of houses per acres they wanted could at least plan for that But we Just don At their request we cut the number or null from to 120 and now they want more out But how many more While it may be bock to the drawing board for them Mr noted that they were far from giving up It an important project wc want to One firm step that did come out of the meeting was a recommendation which was to have come up before council the Region of Hal ton to enter into an agreement with Hills for the reconstruction of the Mountainview Road and River Drive intersection Councillor File Morrow who made the suggestion noted that the work is presently planned to start three or four years from now If we press upon them the safety aspects of Improving the corner we might be able to convince them It should be included In the 1976 works budget He added that the work should be financed strictly by the region and the If we include any developers In the financing the whole deal may become too cumbersome A HELPING HAND FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT On site Inspections can be a strenuous business as Councillor Mike Arm What the designer called wild were actually high hills that had to be climbed by the planning board other town officials and tatives from the company that had hoped to construct a subdivision in the area to the northwest of the Mountainview Drive and River Road intersection Ron Burnett lends a needed hand to help Councillor Armstrong up the steep side of the countour The councillors prior to their short tour were shown a model of the proposed development by Mr Klein and photographs of tiered homes of the type planned to be built on the widely varying heights of the property In one particular instance the homes to compensate for the sharp fall in land wire built three on top of each other Also on hand for the tour were Ron Burnett assistant town planner Doug Colli son the tawn recreation director and Dick Austin town engineer planning board first Inspected the southeast corner of the property and then drove to John Street where they saw the top portion of the heavily land Preservation of the natural Mr Klein emphasized throughout the tour is one of our major In developing this property A heavily wooded section which runs through the centre of the property would be preserved completely he said in hopes of developing it as a town ad ministered active park Although the problems of the steep drop of the land and the dangerous intersection at Mountainview and River Drive were noted during the In by board members it eventually was the number of homes that arc planned for the development that caused the board to flatly refuse the scheme despite the fact that the planning department had recommended that It be ap proved Discussing the proposal later at the rcaular board meeting at the municipal office on the Seventh Line Councillor Hyde said I would suggest that the developer come back with a proposal In which the number of units Is reduced drastically FANTASTIC WALL TO WALL SALE Everything Goes Nothing Held Back Nothing Reserved ALL IN VAIN Jack Klein chief planner for plan during an on Kite 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