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Acton Press Wednesday February 7 Planning Board accepts revised Hill plans Mr outlined the because the development changes made and planning two years away and figures board members were satisfied showed an eight per cent rate of with the results Inflation which was compounded Vicechairman Vic by the escalating price of lumber noted that the revised plans Roger Cunningham of Wlndland reduced the total number of units Associates agreed He said there been per cent In In the last month Acton planning board has recommended that council ac cept the revised plan of phase three of Hill Estates which was presented to them by Mike of Associates at a special meeting Thursday Planning board members this would affect the eventual lumber prices If in 111 vl critical first draft of plans price of the Mr The board was also assured for phase three of the subdivision said It would not He said they that adequate parking space was and recommended several had planned to make full use of Included in plans one space for changes which they felt would all the land In the original draft each unit and an additional space Improve the area including but revised plans also gave the tor each five units changing a street so It did not area a more open look which Phase three of Hill become a speedway creating planners requested Estates encircles Board chairman Sid noted Cemetery with some streets that price was irrelevant now Intersecting at Cobblehlll Road llll III Survey people in zones for views on development Residents of C1H zones In could see enough difficulties on Acton will be asked to determine Mill Street to keep commercial whether they to keep development going without ad- present zoning want it altered or ding extra streets to possible obliterated in a survey development commissioned by the planning GO growth board Areas affected include Mr Muckle warned that Acton portions of Mill Bower and was on the threshold of growth Church as well as bisecting with GO trains scheduled to start streets In the fall and growth could mean Answers to the could the present downtown core would determine the direction not be adequate If the board commercial growth in Acton will decided the C1H zone should be take either confined to the changed they should also make present downtown core or provision for future to the east end of town commercial growth A special meeting of planning Chairman noted that over board to discuss ClH zones the years there had only been one Thursday decided to Initiate the application for a change In survey when the mayor residential zone In the downtown explained he felt ClH zoning was core but many applications for imposing unfair restrictions on strip In the east end of residents who have lived in town town We tried to promote the for some time hampering them downtown but no one wanted to from Improving homes go there he said In the beginning the first town Mr Muckle said It was up to the planning boards set ClH lots planning board to provide some aside for expansion of the present direction because Acton would downtown business section but soon have many more people to Mayor felt they had been attract businessmen Bower He suggested many Avenue has several stately of the homes would never be homes which he felt should be required for commercial preserved At the same time he development and the CH cloud thought there were some places should be removed from over on Church St which would be householders heads better replaced with department Residents in ClH zones must stores apply to the committee of ad Councillor BUI Coats long and if they want to add advocateofgivingmoredlrection garages or porches for Instance to developers said he thought Members of planning board planners had been also contend that the ClH zone optimistic about growth of Ac- takes In several of Actons most tons business section but he also stately homes which should be thought It passible some preserved rather than altered or residents may believe it is an torn down to make way for because commercial establishments property values could be higher Manipulating live He agreed the town was coming Mayor Us led off a two into a period of growth which hour discussion on the matter would attract commercial type declaring he felt the municipality development and recognized was manipulating the lives of builders would prefer to build on people in ClH tones vacant land As a result he felt unnecessarily Some people in the town would be faced with the zone had approached him more and more requests to build who hesitated to Improve their In the east end of town homes because of the Start saying No uncertainty He hoped discussion if they decided commercial of the problem would Justify development would be mainly removing the ClH zone from confined to the downtown area their residences and resolve the Coots believesthey t start saying No to Questioned by board member development in the east end I Dave Muckle the mayor said he believe developers will buy felt the holding zone should be downtown property then he concentrated on Mill Street said suggesting a survey of Streets such as Bower and property owners in zones to Church should be In residential get their opinion zone Bower is definitely a Councillor Norman Elliott residential street after the reminded the board that If they reconstruction he declared The cut down on the downtown area to has similar plans for would force developers to Church St the east end He saw the ClH Board chairman Sid Saitz zones as logical extension of the present commercial area and If the commercial zone was cut to Mill St residents on back lots racing Church and Bower would be faced with growth detrimental to the residential character of their homes There are still many lots to develop along Mill the mayor felt enough probably to handle the expansion which he estimated could double the population over the next five years Mr Muckle suggested doubling the population was an enormous project for a town Actons size He felt some protection should be afforded for Actons stately homes In zones to ensure we have some of our history left The mayor felt development on Bower and Church streets would compound the parking problems It would be hard for me to ac cept a store front on Bower Avenue he reiterated Get big plaza So far as member Lou was concerned it was Inevitable that the town would get a big plaza If there was extensive population growth He said plazas in other communities were attracting Acton shoppers now and only comparable facilities would keep them here I said almost the same thing before said chairman Saitz and some merchants said they hoped I was misquoted We may have to face the fact the commercial centre of town might have to be moved eastward said Mr In the mayors opinion the downtown core would never lose its relationship with the size of the towns population He foresaw 6000 people within the present town boundaries and if the urban area was enlarged as far as the Fourth Line population could reach as high as 15000 BINGO JACKPOTS 20 GAMES TEH Games TEN 00 Games No Admission Chorg CARDS FDR 100 Burgundy Club Monday A Tuesday 8 pm We may double the population he sold but we will never double the size and the downtown core would never be far from new development Councillor Elliott noted that with the advent of regional opportunities to get things going there They are just waiting he stated But chairman reminded the board and members of council that the governments regional proposal would leave Acton only part of the area planning board It will be out of our hands he forecast New policy We arc slowly a new policy on development Councillor Elliott felt but If- commercial development allowed only on Mill residents on the back of lots might be driven out by the undesirable facets of commercial growth in their back yards such as some on Church St were contending with now He suggested the town would go to the east either by erosion or by policies which would drive developers there Dont think in are not happy about commercial development in the east end said Frank a resident of the east end He said residents there appreciated recent development In the east end They found It more convenient to have a medical centre drug store and other new businesses within walking distance and more development would likely be favored In the chairmans estimation the direction of discussion made it Imperative residents in zones would be surveyed for their ACTON lsfe KINGHAM HILL ESTATES only minutes to Toronto MORTGAGES from percent CARRYING CHARGES from per month including taxes and maintenance ELECTRIC HEAT LOW DOWN PAYMENT STORMS SCREENS Fully Decorated FURNISHED MODELS NOW OPEN CONSTRUCTION Phone 8530190 8532680 opinions and the board should encourage participation by the public in the decision We should also get the feeling the merchants and other businesses possibly through the Chamber of Commerce agreed Councillor Elliott After more discussion the board decided to Instruct the secretory to initiate a survey A committee composed of the chairman Mr Muckle the secretary H Councillor BUI Coats was appointed to arrange mechanics of the survey It was also suggested that the advertise for briefs and other interests and possibly resolve the ClH issue the March meeting Is annexation a dead Issue then asked member Lou before the committee concluded business There is nothing to be done on annexation until regional government is resolved answered the chairman Holidays Next holiday for public school students is winter break March to March Lost day of school is June better buffer zones using houses categorized as R R 3 and But the main objection was based on density of population which services would be Ill- equipped to handle The board felt the flow of houses would also be Improved If the planners adopted their recommendations which would reduce the number of row houses ani population density from about 1100 to people Double ad Super salesmanship 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