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Acton Press July Public uses creek for waste bin students must clean it out twice WHEN THE WEATHER IS right then 89-year- the Glenlea plaza Ron Holloway obligingly old Richard Johnston of Scene St Acton went outside to prove he was running no clip hops on his grandson Carls Honda to be joint and Mr Johnston enjoyed both the ride taken for a haircut at Rons barber shop at and the haircut Photo Pink June frost costly for farmers Damage to the 72 Ontario winter wheat crop from the June 10 weekend frost has reduced total expected yield by an estimated bushels or about per cent according to the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board The marketing board has lust North Kent a large area completed a survey of elected part of Middlesex county wheat committeemen Elgin Norfolk andjluron seem to across the province and has have been the hardest nit returned an analysis to them Total expected loss due to As of July survey forms damage bushels The had been returned out of the total total crop Is projected at list of 71 mailed out 13082200 bushels By Dave Pink The 13 Acton High School students who have been working cleaning up the School Creek since the summer break have almost completed the area between Wallace St and Fairy I Five and a half weeks ago the students started work the Free Press with on Fear loss Halton County Council will a resolution asking the provincial government to retain local boards of health rather than moving towards a district board of health concept Provincial appointee to the Board Stu Cramp told members he and other provincial appointees as well as same MOH and board chairman were concerned over the apparent lack of communication that might come about under the proposed system He felt locnl boards would lose some of their say and control of some of the programs Steam roller Reeve suggested it was another example of the province using a steam roller like attitude I think we should support the resolution The province should be checked up Instead of being allowed to bulldoze ahead Opportunities tor Youth grant Since that time debris ranging from water weeds to tin cans has been cleaned out and hauled away The section of the creek flowing along River St has had to bo cleaned out twice because public still continues to use It for garbage disposal Stones have been placed along the bonks to prevent erosion In areas where there was no gross Prevent erosion A number of erosion preventing preventing devices have been Stored in the area between Main and Fairy Lake The students erected a dam that will prevent lilt from flowing into tho lake during the spring thaw The dam Is built in a way that will allow water to pass through but not allow the mud on the creek bottom Deflectors and Jacks were also put in the creek In the same area Deflectors are built Into tho bonks to prevent water from washing thcsoll Jacks also act as retainers but arc placed in such a way as to catch the silt after banks have eroded weeds in the part of the creek flowing between the C N tracks and Wallace St hove been completely cleaned out and most of the swampy areas covered over Land fill was provided by Corporation workmen who are presently building houses along Wullaco St Gross also planted The students also built three bridges over the creek at various points cast of the C cks a re also I for the pollute hero cans on Main St at the School Crock nils week of the students are working In front of the library while the others working in the HI nek Creek flowing between the flour mill and plant Those working In front of tho library have received encouragement from Clerk- Ad minis Joe Hurst who has offered to help to the Main St bridge In front of Acton public They are also planning to built second dam on the library side of the Robert Little School bridge Hie students working In the Black Creek planning to clean it out first then decide what should be done it later Break up grant Opportunities Tor Youth Commission gave them per cent of the grant to start They will give them on additional 40 per cent later next week If they like whats being done They will receive the final per after the work Is completed Dove Hodgson Mark Nielsen and Frank ore Grade 13 graduates working on the project They receive a week for their efforts Maxwell Glenn Iee Sharon Barber Roger McEaehcrn Emily Hodgson and John Klngsmlll are Bill In high school so they cam a week Carol Jones Scott Samcrvllle and Greg ore substituting and receive wages that would normally be given on the project commission seta approximately aside for equipment and building materials and tho Town of Acton and transport also given the students tho loan of tools The students efforts are starting to show now but most of the work will be tested during the spring thaw LEGAL LEGAL 19 LEGAL LEGAL To the Residents of the TownshlpOf with lands abutting the Town of Acton NOTJCh OF APPUCATION to the Hie Ontario Municipal Board by The Corporation of the Town of Acton for approval of a bylaw to regulate land use passed pursuant to Section 30 of The Planning Art TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Aqton intends to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board pursuant to the provisions of Section of The Planning Act for approval of bylaw passed on the 14th day of March 1972 A copy of the bylaw is furnished herewith A NOTE giving an explanation of the purpose and effect of the by law and stating the lands affected thereby is also furnished herewith ANY PERSONS INTERESTED MAY within fqurfeen days Clerk of the Town of Acton of the aid bylaw together with a statement of the grounds of such ob jection ANY PERSON wishing to support the application for approval of the bylaw may within fourteen days after the date of this notice send by registered mall or deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Acton notice of his support of approval of the said bylaw together with a request for notice of any hearing that may be held giving also the name and ad dress to which such notice should be given THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD may approve of the said by law but before doing so It may appoint a time and place when any objection to the bylaw will be considered Notice of any hearing that may be held will be given only to persons who have filed an objection or notice of support and who have left with or delivered to the Clerk undersigned the address to which notice of hearing is to be sent DATED at the Town of Acton this 26th day of July 1972 J Hurst Clerk Administrator Mill Street East Acton Ontario THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF ACTON BYLAW NUMBER 729 A Bylaw to amend Bylaw 1358 as amended Section of ByLaw Number 135s be and the same is hereby amended by adding as SecUon21Bathefollowlngnewsectlon lie la Day Nursery Day Nursery is a day nursery within the meaning of the Day Nurseries Act of Ontario Section of By law Number 1358 be and the same Is hereby deleted and repealed and replaced with the following new section Where a zone boundary does not a lot line street or railway rightofway the said tone boundary shall be scaled from Map Schedule A 3 Section 7 of Bylaw Number be and the some is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words front or rear so that Section will read as follows Uncovered steps porch or platform not exceeding four feet In height above grade and not pro more than feet Into any required yard Section of ByJaw Number be and the same is hereby deleted and repealed and replaced with the following new section 1 Attached Accessory Buildings Where an accessory building Is attached to or connected with the main building the requirements of this bylaw shall be complied with as if the accessory building were part of the main building Section 4 of Bylaw Number 1358 be and the same is hereby deleted and repealed and replaced with the following new section 5 114 Attached Garage Where a garage to attached to or forms an Integral part of a dwelling the minimum side yard required by Section b may be reduced to the minimum side yard required by Section ft Section of Bylaw Number 1358 be and the same is hereby amended by adding as Section the following new section 523 Reconstruction and Repair of Existing Buildings Nothing in this Bylaw shall apply to prevent the reconstruction or repair fit the same location of any existing building or structure that damaged up to per cent of the value of the building by Ore Acta of God or by causes beyond the control of the owner In the case of a nonconforming use audi reconstruction will not increase the height rise volume change the location or change the use of such except In conformity with the provisions of this Bylaw And audi construction must commence no later than six 1 months after the date of the damage Bylaw Number be and the same la hereby further by as Section the fcflowuut new section Visibility on Corner Lots On the corner lot within the triangular space formed by joining the point of intersection of the street lines to a point in each street line measured thirty feet from sold point of intersection no fence hedge shrub bush foliage sign parked motor vehicle or no structure shall be permitted having a height greater than two feet six Inches above the travelled portion of the abutting roadways This provision shall not prevent the planting of one deciduous shade tree within the defined triangular space The requirements for semidetached and double duplex dwellings contained In Section 1 and under the headings Zone aretobcrewordedasfollows Zone RM Zone Semidetached Double Duplex 1 Area ft ft minimum per dwelling unit per duplex Lot Frontage 35 ft per 40 ft per minimum dwelling unit duplex The words Apartments See Note ore to be added to Section under the heading Zone 10 The side vard requirement of feet for semidetached dwellings undtn action a i a Bylaw Number 1358 should be deleted and replaced with the following J I 15 feet each side This requirement may be reduced to feet adjacent loan attached one storey garage or feet where a garage forms an Integral part of the dwelling unit 11 No part of this amending Bylaw shall come into force without approval of the Ontario Municipal Board but subject to such approval this By law shall take effect from the passing thereof READ a FIRST SECOND and THIRD time and finally passed this 14th day of March 1972 EXPLANATORY NOTE Bylaw 729 contains several general amendments to bylaw 1358 which Is The Zoning Bylaw for the Town of Acton The amend ments are contained in numbered sections the contents of which are explained In the similarly numbered paragraphs of this note term Day Nursery which was not previously defined is now given the same meaning as that provided in the Ontario Act regulating this type of Institution 2 The zoning mop attached to Bylaw 1358 indicates that there are several places where the boundary between two zones does not follow an easily defined line such as a railway or street The new section provides a method to locate this type of boundary on the ground and this is done by using the scale Indicated on the map The section deleted provided for determination of zone boundaries along navigable rivers and was removed because Acton does not have a navigable river Where buildings were designed with main entrances at the front and rear By law 1358 permitted uncovered steps porches and platforms under four feet high to extend Into the minimum front and rear yards This amendment affords the same right of encroachment on side yards for buildings designed with side entrances 4 The provisions of section 13 1 of by law 1358 were deleted because they were already covered more completely In the definition and permitted use sections of the by law The new section was added to make It clear that attached accessory buildings such as green houses and recreational buildings could not be located in the minimum required side front and rear yards 5 Under section 13 of by law 1358 addition of an attached garage allowed the reduction of the minimum fifteen foot side yard on one side of a budding to a lesser distance depending on the particular zone and the type building This varied from a reduction to five feet for a one storey single family dwelling in an Rl zone to ten feet for a double duplex in an zone However if the garage was integrated into the budding with living quarters above the fifteen foot minimum had to be observed amendment reduces the side yard requirement in the latter Instance to the same as for an attached garage In addition reference to other types of attached buildings are deleted since they are now covered under section 1 Where a property was being used for a specific purpose prior to the passage of the zoning bylaw and where that use was contrary to the of the bylaw it was permitted to continue as a non conforming use However destruction of the property so that the use could no longer be carried on ended the nonconformity and the provisions of the bylaw became operative This amendment allows the reconstruction of the premises and continuation of the nonconformity within the limits set out notwithstanding partial destruction This amendment is intended to prohibit obstruction to motorists vision on corner lots by allowing nothing greater than two and one half feet in height within a triangle whose pexes are the Intersection and a point thirty feet back on each street Bylaw 1358 established minimum lot areas and lot frontages for a whole semidetached or double duplex structure Since the intention was to have each side equal the amendment divides the minimum In half and relates them to the individual dwelling unit or duplex 9 The zone heading In the Schedule of Residential Zone Requirements being section of bylaw does not Indicate that there is a special set of regulations in effect for apartments This amendment draws special attention to those by reference to their location in the bylaw 10 Under 1358 one half of a required a side yard of fifteen feet unless there was an attached garage whereas the other half only required eight feet Since it is intended that Identical requirements shall relate to each side the amend ment requires the full fifteen feet for each unit unless there is a garage in which case reductions apply equally 19 LEGAL TotheRcsidentsofthc Town of Acton NOTICE OF APPLICATION to the The Ontario Municipal Board by Corporation of the Town of Acton for approval of a by law to regulate land use passed pursuant to Section of The Planning Act TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Acton intends to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board pursuant to the provisions of Section of The Planning Act for approval of by low passed on the 14th day of March 1372 A copy of the by low is furnished herewith A NOTE giving an explanation of the purpose and effect of the by law and stating the lands affected thereby is also furnished herewith ANY PERSONS INTERESTED MAY within fourteen days after the dote of this notice send by registered mail or deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Acton notice of his objection to approval of the said by law together with a statement of the grounds of such ob jection ANY PERSON wishing to support the application for approval of the by law may within fourteen 14 days after the dale of this notice send by registered mail or deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Acton notice of his support of approval of the said by law together with a request for notice of any hearing that may be held Riving also the name and ad dress to which such notice should be given THE AHIO MUNICIPAL BOARD may approve of the said by law but before doing so it may appoint a time and place when any objection to the bylaw will be considered Notice of any hearing that may be held will be given only to persons who have filed an objection or notice of support and who have left with or delivered to the Clerk undersigned the address to which hearing Is to be sent THE AST DATE FOR Fil ING will be August 10th DATED at the Town of Acton thl3 day of July J Hurst Clerk Administrator Mill Street East Acton Ontario THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF ACTON BY LAW NUMBER 729 A By low to amend Bylaw 1358 as amended 1 Section 2 of By law Number be and the same Is hereby amended by adding as Section 2 18 a the following new section 18 a Day Nursery Day Nursery is a day nursery within the meaning of the Day Nurseries Act of Ontario Section 4 2 d of By law Number 1358 be and the same Is hereby deleted and repealed and replaced with the following new section Where a zone boundary docs not a lot line street lane or railway rightofway the said zone boundary shall be scaled from Map Schedule A 3 Section of By law Number 1358 be and the same is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the words front or rear so that Section bt will read as follows b Uncovered steps porch or platform not exceeding four feet In height above grade and not projecting more than five feet into any required yard Section of By law Number 1358 be and the same is hereby deleted and repealed and replaced with the following new section 13 1 Attached Accessory Buildings Where an accessory building Is attached to or connected with the main building the requirements of this by law shall be complied with as if the accessory building were part of the main building Section 4 of By law Number be and the same Is hereby deleted and repealed and replaced with the following new section 5 13 Attached Garage Where a garage is attached to or forms an Integral part of a dwelling the minimum side yard required by Section 8 may be reduced to the minimum side yard required by Section a Section of Bylaw Number 1358 be and the same is hereby amended by adding as Section the following new section Reconstruction and Repair of Existing Buildings Nothing in this Bylaw shall apply to prevent the reconstruction or repair tn the same location of any existing building or structure that is damaged up to per cent of the value of the building by fire Acts of God or by causes beyond the control of the owner In the case of a nonconforming use such reconstruction will not Increase the height size volume change the location or change the use of such building except in conformity with the provisions of this Bylaw And such construction must commence no later than six 8 months after the date of the damage 7 Section a of Bylaw Number 1358 be and the same Is hereby further amended by adding as Section 5 the following new section 24 Visibility on Comer Lots On the corner lot within the triangular space formed by the point of intersection of the street lines to a point in each street PER MONTH RENTS ANEW HOOVER Spin Dryer I option to buy wllh rental re bile tor and Macdonnell LEGAL LEGAL line measured thirty 30 feet from sold point of intersection no fence hedge shrub bush foliage sign parked motor vehicle or no structure shall be permitted having a height greater than two feet six Inches above the travelled portion or abutting roadways This provision shall not prevent the planting of one deciduous shade tree within the defined triangular space The requirements for semi detached and double duplex dwellings contained In Section l and under the headings 113 Zone and are to be reworded as fallows III Zone Zone Semidetached Double Duplex fl 5 Area ft 4000 so ft minimum per dwelling unit per duplex 2 Lot Frontage ft per ft per minimum dwelling unit duplex 9 words Apartments Sec Note arc to be added to Section under the heading Zone 10 The side yard requirement of feet for semidetached dwellings under SecUonb of Bylaw Number 1358 should be deleted and replaced with the following 15 feet each This requirement may be reduced to feet adjacent to attached one storey garage or feet where a garage forms an Integra part of the dwelling unit 11 No port of this amending Bylaw shall come into force without approval of the Ontario Municipal Board but subject to such approval this Bylaw shall take effect from the passing thereof READ FIRST SI- and THIRD time and finally passed this 14th day of March I r Mayor EXP1ANATORY NOTE By law contains several general amendments to by law which Is Zoning By law for the Town of Acton The amend ments are contained in numbered sections the contents of which arc explained In the similarly numbered paragraphs of this note 1 The term Day Nursery which was not previously defined Is now given the some meaning as that provided In the Ontario Act regulating this type of Institution The zoning mop attached to By law indicates that there are several places where the boundary between two zones does not follow an cosily defined line such as a railway or street The new section provides a method to locate this type of boundary on the ground and this is done by using the scale Indicated on the map section deleted provided for determination of zone boundaries along navigable rivers and was removed because Acton does not have a navigable river Where buildings with main entrances at the front and rear By law 1358 permitted uncovered steps porches and platforms under four feet high to extend Into the minimum front and rear yards This amendment affords the same right of encroachment on side yards for buildings designed with side entrances 4 The provisions of section 13 1 of bytaw 1338 were deleted because they were already covered more completely In the definition and permitted use sections of the bylaw The new section was added to make It clear that attached accessory buddings such as green houses and recreational buildings could not be located In the minimum required side front and rear yards Under section 4 of by law 1358 addition of an attached garage allowed the reduction of the minimum fifteen foot side yard on one side of a building to a lesser distance depending on the particular zone and the type of building This varied from a reduction to five feet for a one storey single family dwelling In an zone to ten feet for a double duplex in an zone However if the garage was integrated into the building with living quarters above the fifteen foot minimum had to be observed This amendment reduces the side yard requirement in the latter instance to the same as for an attached garage In addition reference to other types of attached buildings are deleted since they are now covered under section 13 l Where a property was used for a specific purpose prior to the passage of the zoning bylaw and where that use was contrary to the provisions of the bylaw It was permitted to continue as a non conforming use However destruction of the property so that use could no longer be carried on ended the nonconformity and the provisions of the bylaw became operative This aniendtnent allows the reconstruction of the premises and continuation of the nonconformity within the limits set out notwithstanding partial destruction This amendment is Intended to prohibit obstruction to motorists vision on comer lots by allowing nothing greater than two and one half feet in height within a triangle whom are tfat lion and a pent thirty feet back on each street a Bylaw established minimum lot areas and lot frontages for whole semidetached or double duplex structure Since tbt intention was to have each side equal the amendment divides minimum in half and relates them to the individual dwelling unit or duplex The zone heading In the Schedule of Residential Zone Requirements being section of bylaw 1358 does not that there is a special set of regulations in effect for apa This amendment draws to those by reference to their location In the bylaw 10 Under bylaw one half of a semidetached dwelling side yard of fifteen feet unless there was an attached whereas the other half only required eight Since it is tetanoid that identical requirements shall relate to each side the amend ment requires the full fifteen feet for each unit unless there garage in which case reductions apply equally