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•T he IFP• H alton H ills, Thursday, O ctober 10, 2013 15• \ HOLIDAY CLOSURE - THANKSGIVING, OCTOBER 14, 2013 The following facilities will be closed on Monday, October 14, 2013: • Civic Centre • Georgetown & Acton Indoor Pool • Georgetown Seniors Centre and Acton Seniors Centre • Gellert Community Centre • Halton Hills Cultural Centre ACTIVAN - 905-873-2601 ext. 2617 ActiVan service will be available on Monday, October 14, 2013 on an after-hours basis. The booking office is closed. CANINE CONTROL - 905-877-6235 FIRE HEADQUARTERS - 905-877-1133 Halton Hills Fire Department Administration will be closed on Monday October 14, 2013. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES - PUBLIC WORKS Public Works After-Hours Contact: 905-873-2600 - press 2 to connect to the Public Works After-Hours Line and follow the prompts. PUBLIC LIBRARIES Acton Branch: 519-853-0301 Closed Saturday, October 12 - Monday, October 14 Georgetown Branch: 905-873-2681 Saturday, October 12: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Sunday, October 13: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday, October 14: Closed Both branches will re-open on Tuesday, October 15 at 9:30 am RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT Acton Arena & Community Centre and Mold-Masters SportsPlex Will be open for Tournaments. No public skating. FOR EMERGENCIES - FIRE/POLICE/AMBULANCE: DIAL 911 104 ______________________________________ NOTICE OF STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING TOWN INITIATED ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN AND DOWNTOWN ACTON DATE: Monday, October 21, 2013 TIME: 7:30 P.M. LOCATION: Council Chambers, Civic Centre 1 Halton Hills Dr. Halton Hills Town of Halton Hills Council will hold a statutory public meeting to discuss a draft Zoning By-law Amendment pertaining to parking requirements in Downtown Georgetown and Downtown Acton. The draft Zoning By-law Amendment: • Specifies that existing non-residential uses within existing buildings and structures in the Downtown Commercial One (DC1) Zone in downtown Georgetown and Acton (as shown on the key maps) would be exempt from providing additional parking if they are switching to another non-residential use that would generate a requirement for additional parking (for example retail to restaurant). • Spec i f i es tha t any expans ions o r enlargements to non-residential buildings within the DC1 Zones are not permitted to remove existing parking spaces unless the same number of parking spaces can be provided elsewhere on site, or if Council approves the provision of cash-in-lieu of the removed parking spaces. • Increases the maximum size of home occupations in single detached dwellings from 15 square metres to 45 square metres in the DC1 Zones in Downtown Acton and Georgetown. This is consistent with the approach taken in the rest of the Town which recognizes that often single detached dwellings can accommodate the increased parking requirement that is required when introducing home occupations greater than 15 square metres. These revisions would still have the effect of triggering parking requirements in the DC1 Zones in downtown Georgetown and Acton for the following: • construction of a new residential or non-residential building or structure; • expansion to an existing non-residential building or structure; and, • conversion of a residential use to a non-residential use. The affected lands are shown as the DC1 Zones on the Key Maps below. Key Maps: Location of Subject Lands Following the statutory public meeting, Town staff will prepare a report to Council which will respond to oral and written comments received, and provide a final recommendation on passage of the Zoning By-law Amendment. Copies of the staff reports and the draft Amendment is available for public review and comment in the Town of Halton Hills Planning, Development and Sustainability Department or on the Town's website http://haltonhills.ca/ downtownparking. For further information on this project, please visit the Planning, Development and Sustainability Department, at the address below or contact: Tara Buonpensiero, MCIP RPP Senior Planner - Policy 905-873-2601 ext. 2214 tarab@haltonhills.ca Steve Burke, MCIP RPP Manager of Planning Policy 905-873-2601 ext. 2254 stevebu@haltonhills.ca Please provide all comments by November 1, 2013. PLEASE NOTE • Notice of the statutory public meeting has been provided pursuant to the provisions of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990. • If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the statutory public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Halton Hills before the Zoning By-law Amendment is adopted: • The person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Halton Hills Council to the Ontario Municipal Board; and • The person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. • If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the Town of Halton H i l l s , P l a nn i ng Deve l opmen t and Sustainability Department, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Ontario, L7G 5G2. FILE NO: D08 DO 105 18 Church Street, Georgetown 905-877-2359 TOOTH CHATTER - georgetowndentureclinic.ca Georgetown Denture Clinic Alexander Trenton, DD, F.C.A.D. (A) Denturist SMILE ADVICE!!! If you're not using your SMILE, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no cheque book. A SMILE makes you look better on the outside and feel better on the inside. Never frown because you never know who may be falling in love with your SMILE. It is easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will SMILE when everything goes dead wrong. It takes seventeen muscles to SMILE, and forty three to frown. Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and innocent. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if the artful but know, is the greatest weapon a face can have. You're never fully dressed without a SMILE!!! WE BUILD BEAUTIFUL SMILES! Consultations are always free!! During Doors Open on Sept. 29-- attended by about 300 peo- ple-- Willow Park Ecology Cen- tre (WPEC) awarded Pat Kelly the Volunteer of the Year while celebrating the Centre's 15th an- niversary. Kelly is active throughout the Credit River watershed and has become an invaluable WPEC Vol- unteer Team member. He consis- tently helps improve park features by preparing and installing habitat structures (e.g. bird, bee, owl box- es). He also engages visitors dur- ing events by providing a unique one-on-one experience making decorative fly-fishing hooks while sharing his genuine interest in the fishes of the Credit River. On October 12, 9 a.m. to noon, join WPEC as it runs its last official Park Stewardship Day for 2013, focussing on fall gardening, signage and monitor- ing habitats. It will help the park get ready for its Pumpkin Day on October 27, noon-3:30 p.m. Online event registration is at http://wwww.willowparkecol- ogy.ca/registration.html or call 905-702-9055. Pat Kelly (centre) was presented with a Willow Park Ecology Centre Volunteer of the Year award from Tunde Otto Harris (left) and Carolyn Martin. Pat Kelly is WPEC Volunteer of the Year