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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday Page No driveway no sale Ian Forbes partowner of a Main St North Georgetown home can t sell his house because it have a driveway The Town of Hills won t issue a permit because a driveway would be a visibility hazard The town also owns a foot wide strip of the property front making vehicle access a trespassing of fence Herald photo Train tragedy A wpman whose name police have not yet released was struck by a train and killed at 30 m near Cumberland and Fairview Roads in Burlington Monday Police say the woman was walking on the tracks at the rear of a local mall The woman was pronounced dead at the scene Positive in dentif is pending Burlington Division 3 police are investigating the fatal incident Nells DRIVING SCHOOL CRASH COURSE Aug 27283031 9 30 to 30 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 fltAltct FREE 2nd SET OF PRINTS With Our 1 Hour Photofinishing We Use Only KODAK PAPER For The Good Look SUMMER SPECIALS ALBUMS FRAMES 20 of I ENLARGEMENTS off mo met CANADIAN MADE TSHIRTS CRAIGS 0 Lack of foresight and red tape combine to frustrate homeowner By LISA The Herald Even if anyone wanted to buy Ian Forbes house the interested person t turn into his driveway Because he t have one Mr Forbes and partner Andrew Fleming have been trying to sell their 32 Main St North Georgetown home since February However the driveway or rather the lack of the dnveway always presents a sale roadblock The Town of Halton Hills will not allow Mr Forbes and his partner to add a dnveway to the residence because the house is too close to the railroad bridge located bet ween Henry and Ewmg Streets on Highway The lot is boxed in bet ween Highway two adjacent lots and the backyard of a neighbor Mr Forbes who previously rented the home to his sister has recently invested in a new roof new furnace and has even re painted throughout the finished basemen But the home continues to sit on the market as it has for the past six months Johnson and Associates real estate representative Ins Irwin has approached the town on several occasions to see what could be done about obtaining a permit to add a driveway It a good little house with all kinds of room but it have vehicle access Mrs Irwin said She added that an inactive market which has produced greater buyer opportunities has only compound ed the ill effects of not having a driveway Nearly people have looked at the home The price was listed at 159 but has since been dropped to said Mrs win adding that the home has an attractive mortgage Two offers were made however both fell through she said Although Mrs Irwin said she is desperately trying to sell the For All Your Fine China Silver Crystal MAIN ST MILTON home she said everyone at the home is told no access is included And she received the same hesitant responses every time Mr Forbes an dent said real estate agents who have looked at the house told him lesser quality bungalows in the same range are selling faster than his home The 30yearold threebedroom bungalow is equip ped with two full bathrooms and two kitchens I ve been told this house is much more liveable than many others on the market Mr Forbes said It just the dnveway Admitting he was inexperienced when he bought the house three years ago Mr Forbes said he didn realize Halton Hills could prevent hts from adding a driveway According to the previous owner said Mr Forbes no one had ever tned to put in a before and didn see any problem in adding one Mr Forbes said the big backyard and good seemed a good investment at the time George Murdych a development technician with the Town of Hills said the town owns a onefoot reserve across the front of the 32 Mam St North property Since that onefoot reserve is owned by the town no vehicle can cross the reserve said Mr Murdych adding that the town is not prepared to issue a permit to build a dnveway the future A permit would never be issued because the house is located at the peak of the railway bridge and anyone driving out of the property has poor visibility capabilities said Mr He explained if the property owners took it upon themselves to drive vehicles on and off the lot and an accident curred the town would not be held responsible Bob a town bylaw en officer said anyone ac cessing the property by vehicle is violating a curb crossing bylaw under the Municipal Act Vehicles can only cross a sidewalk at designated entrances otherwise the town can fine the owners a maximum of said Mr Ustryzycki The municipality also has the right to repair any damages done to the curb and hand the bill to the homeowners he said Mr ustrzycki explained that if the property owners believe they are being overtaxed because they don t have a dnveway they can appeal and have the property reac cessed Stephen Thomson administra tion assistant for the town said the town will likely never release its ownership of the onefoot reserve across the front of the property Mr Thomson said refusing to give up the reserve is a good que to prevent a permit from ever being issued for tie Mam Street address Essentially until the town releases the onefoot reserve it could charge anyone who drives a vehicle onto the lot with trespassing As a last resort selling feature Mr Forbes joked he may just have to add a swimming pool STEVEN C FOSTER B A LL B BARRISTER SOLICITOR 37 MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONT 3G2 873 fax 873 EVENING SPECIAL After Buy One Dozen DONUTS For Only Do null Baked Dally on Pramlwt Guclph St 8731211 looking for a carter and turning to linn t litis hi n good for me in mis of increasing my and making me more Smitten Ontario 519 8841970 Extension For a complimentary copy of the FallWinter Part time Studies Course Calendar or for personal assistance just call us Exploring New Horizons FALL SEMESTER 1990 September 10 December 21 Launer offers courses both through classroom lectures and at a distance through Telecollege We re here to help you achieve your educational goals Classes are available for part 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