Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 20, 1976, p. 29

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delegation opposes zoning land as hazardous plan another meeting Several concerned citizens of land designated hazardous land which could be affected by severe storms found a sympathetic ear with the Eramosa township council Monday evening concerning the proposed zoning of their land and will gather at another public meeting on the subject early in the new year The long awaited Restricted Area Zoning by law which had been worked on for three years by the Era Planning Board and council with input from Rock wood and Eden Mills re gulates the use of land within the township After the by law is passed no land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected altered or used In any manner of this by law according to the general regulations of the by law as published in a summary It further stated standing the foregoing the by law shall not apply to hinder the continued use of any land building or Township of Eramosa zoning maps Dave Masson against Everton Inn owners Councillor David is a little more than wary of allowing the owners of the Everton Inn to continue on with work renovate the budding and turn il into a restaurant At Monday evening township council meeting Mr Masson charged the owners the Brothers of Ft to be not good corporate citizens He said he felt thiyway because last April Russell appeared before council and explained he would co operate with the council fully in he procedures and requirements needed to the land in question Mr Powadiuk at this time was surprised there was a by law forbidding anyone to live on the property and pro mised the tenant would be removed Mr said Soon after Mr again appeared before council and the same con versa look place The resident promised to do everything he could to cooperate with council and to remove the tenant from the property Mr Masson pointed out that a registered letter had been sent to the landowner requesting the tenant removal The township received no answer On July 28 the councillor pointed out another letter went out to Mr Powadiuk with the same request but Still no answer Council received a letter from A Hacker on behalf of Mr Powadiuk this week which w 12 written on October The letter explained that the tenant had moved out in the middle of September and the land owners were now awaiting the zoning amend ment Mr argued that it look too long lo rectify one particular situation they said would be taken care of as soon as possible Ik also was annoyed at the thai council had not had any acknowledgment of Ihcir two registered letters and look Mr Powadiuk two weeks after the tenant moved out notify council I just do not get the feeling ihey want to cooperate with us as a municipality We do not have the site plan control we want Mr stormed He said he did not know how the township was going be able to control the property If this is the way they are going lo operate I do not think we should accept their zone change Kill It Councillor said he was more forgiving lhan Mr he was willing to for give their inadequacies and okay the zone He asked Mr Masson if he wanted to post pone change or kill it altogether lo which Mr Masson replied Kill it for good Deputy Reeve Betty Clark interjected and said Ihe council had led these people on We have told them we would do something if they did something and Ihey have done it she reasoned Mr Hewitt fill to hold up IhL projecl any longer would be cut our own Ik pointed out the loss of I axes on Ihe propcrl Mr again said he hoped council could control the property did not know how He pointed lhaialready the owners have not done something else they win willing to do in the spring Mr Masson claimed thai Mr Powadiuk had slid a parking lot would be built the rear of the building and as of yet it is not Mrs Clark fell that could not put the parking it in until they got their zoning change Again Mr brought up the question of properly control Mr Hewitt ex claimed lhat the township has a by law enforcement officer and a building inspector in one Glen Grebn are we paying him for if he cannot control the property Mrs Clark agreed wilh him If we cannot handle this one Mr continued We handle any thing In the end Mrs Clark and Mr signed a to allow Ihe zoning change pro cedure lo continue while Mr officially rrnde it known he was against it lure which on the day of the passing of the by law was legally used or erected for any purpose prohibited by this by law so long It con tinues to be used for that pur pose The by law however will serve to prevent expon sion of any such use of land or a building or structure ex under certain condl tlons Permission must be acquired from the County Health Unit the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Eramosa township before any building can be put up after the by law is passed Group attends Some 20 people attended Monday s council meeting to have a voice on the matter Art Harris was appointed spokesman for the group He fell Ihere were errors in the by law and conflict of deflni He commented on the September M meeting held in Rock wood Centennial school when only interested citizens showed up to discuss the subject Mr Hams asked that another public meeting be held some lime in January with the new council and that the township residents be given six weeks notice He ex plained they needed this time to gat facts together lo pre- Additions deletions A Ahmed project engineer for the Ministry of the Environment told township council Monday evening that at Ihe lime the sewers and waler contract was awarded lo Cons I ruction Ltd some residents had ap proached the Ministry re questing hook to unused lots Mr Ahmed said he lold the residents there would have to be an to the sewers water by law and suggested a petition lo council ite had a list of the additions and deletions of sewer and waler Additions will be made for water he said on parts of SI Cithenne SI St Carole St Pas more St Clara Si and Main Si Deletions he said would be made to lane way ease ments on George St to Main Si These are all subject lo Ihe Ontario Municipal Board he Additions will be made for sewerage sections of Brady SI Catherine St Carole St There will be one deletion lhat of an easement through a lane way These also are subject to the approval of the Mr Ahmed said sent to the council at time concerning their pro perty The councillors felt a spec lal meeting should be field with the council and have the matter settled before the new one takes office Various guests had various opinions on when the next meeting should be held bul all agreed with Deputy Reeve Betty Lou Clark that flyers should be sent doortodoor Appreciation night Eramosa Appreciation Night has been set for Satur day November 20 and town ship councillors ore busy making preparations At Monday evening meet ing of the council the group discussed the night Coun David told Ihe other memberflht is getting sick and tired of beef or turkeys at such gatherings and wondered If It would be possible to have some other food He was going lo look Into the matter Councillor John Hewitt said he was in favor of the even but under a certain con dition He wants local people to do the catering rather than township caterers All agreed with him After further discussion the council decided to hold Appreciation Night in the Eden Mills Community Hall the same place as last year and have a disc jockey rather than a band Mr Masson reluctantly volunteered to head the committee on the organizing He said he would took after the liquor and wine Deputy Reeve Betty Lou Clark volunteered to get the flowers for the ladies with clllors Alan Burnett and John Hewitt purchasing the door prizes Invitations will be sent out to all who have served on township committees or helped the council in any way Miller going to region council made It last until November 11 unless official at a meeting on Oct Hill returns to active council 12 Acting Mayor Rush duly before thai Miller will be going lo At the meeting Hill sec regional council as ailing Cathy Mayor Tom Hill a replace- reported the mayor is ex peeled to be out of hospital Miller s appointment will before the end of this month SEE and HEAR AT THE CONN ORGAN in Larry already making hit mark n muical circles Lurry J keyboard Include popular old favourites and concert played on CONN ORGAN MONDAY NOVEMBER 8th AT 8 pm ACTON MUSIC CENTRE ADMISSION FREEBY TICKET ONLY AVAILABLE AT WATSONS MUSIC 3 ELGIN ST ACTON Authorized or Conn In Arcs OPEN TUES SAT rather than the usual news paper advertisements am appalled that less than 10 per cent heard about the last meeting Mr Harris said Councillor John Hewitt felt the low attendance was not due lo poor advertising but rather that no one thought the subject was important enough come out Harry Schelke told the councillors the by law definitely affected him and his future life Not aware He also felt that this was Ihe considered opinion of the people living In hazard zone Councillor David told the group some people are even aware their pro perty Is considered hazard land One man lold the council that his property is in the res tricted area yet it is higher than the main street of Rock wood not considered re stricted He claimed a line was drawn and his land was in the middle of it Council made a resolution to have council set a meeting as early in the new year as possible giving the citizens a minimum of three weeks notice Reeve Bill Adsett read era letters from affected citizens and passed around a petition with almost names on it The letters will be passed on o planning board and acknowledged by mail The Acton Free Press Wed October B13 No approval township council has accepted a recommenda Hon from planning board not to accept an ap plication of Bert Seharf for a subdivision to be named Planning Board ruled the submission is premature at this tutu and suggested it should be resubmitted upon completion of the sewers and water project OF Lay Ruffle Potato Chips OF AND ONE OF AT NO CHARGE ROASTS 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