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THE HERALD January lM Page Four acres in would accommodate three houses Region seeks OMB homes appeal By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Ha I ton regional council has upheld a staff roc to appeal before the Ontario utile Board a Land Divii ion Committee decision concerning clopment of a piece of land near Recently the LDC agreed that Invest Ltd and Senga Construction Ltd two Georgetown firms should be allowed to divide a 3 properly on Side- road 13 east of Stewart town into three lots According lo a planning staff report there are already two run down uninhabited buildings which the firms would like lo demolish New houses would be built on three lots Noting that the prop erly Is not in the George town urban boundary or hamlet boundary but in the rural area planning depart men officials argued t allowing the project to proceed would erode new ly established planning policies Regional and town planning policies tend to discourage residential severances In the rural area and while prop erty la close the hamlet boundary Ihe region is concerned that construct Ion along boundary fringes will only erode the Integrity of Its official Safety Council orphan Johnson But two weeks ago the region planning and public works committee maintained thai with two houses already on Ihe property a third t going to contribute to Ihe erosion of regional or town planning practices In fact the Halt on Hills planning department has no objection to the proposal says Milton Coun Bill John son has described the Halton Region Safety Council as being some what of an orphan In a letter to regional councillors last Wednes day Coun Johnson said that the safety council Is largely Ignored by the administration yet In my opinion It serves a very worthwhile purpose and should be equal lo ihe Ecological and Environ mental Advisory Committee and the Halt on Agricultural Advisory Committee He noted hat Its meet minutes are never included In the regional council agenda and he called on councillors to a greater Interest in the group which among other interests deals with Block Parents school crossing guards and boat safely Mr Johnson was appointed to the safety council last September and of the two of four meetings he has attended be said be was at the amount of work we got through Councillors took a point of view last Wednesday afternoon ask council to defeat motion from the planning committee If we believe In planning at all Joan Little said The secondary plan and the Hills official plan don I allow It Burlington Coun Sieve Tolh added that public has the right to thai planning policies will remain Intact and argued thai even Ihe planning staffs recommendation to allow two lots may Ho said the developers should be allowed to build only one lot Led by Dave tilling Hills councillors Miller and Mayor Pete voiced their opposition to support for the develop ment proposal The region official plan should hove some flexibility Coun Whiting said If It etched in stone we might as will do away with the planning depart and council he said stressing that coun has option or making changes to the document Coun Miller told the council that land is not good farmland and echoed car II to made by Coun Whiting that nearby farmers would probably prefer to see smaller lots than two bigger ones smaller lots arc better maintained by Ihcir he argued If you allow two lots what difference will a third make Mayor asked In a recorded vote councillors Miller Whit ing and fellow reps John McDonald and Mike Armstrong Joined six other councillors in an unsuccessful bid tn sup port the planning coin rucommenda lion Glenn Carpentry ESTIMATES WINDOWS AMD DOORS INSTALL ThaPtauToSanl UWI5 GEORGETOWN 8771186 SHOPfDK SERVICES TW BUSY BADWEATHED7 u You Would In IMS Section 8772201 iTUIiUHIW LOW MOHThir RENT All FREE WATEfl TESTHG SERVICE CARPENTRY Specializing in HOME RENOVATIONS Experts in Kitchen ft Aluminum Limited Skiing Slum Dmii lo llitne OT 5383 HOME OF THE WEEK ANTIQUE REFINISHING Furniture From Old to Young AD Guaranteed Beautifully CaH Ed 8531818 ANYTIME 9 PLAN AREA It WIDTH It I I I Jwon rJ SPANISH STYLE SPLIT LEVEL HOME HAS THREE BEDROOMS MMtntmaauirfli Mnt torn In an atfittiai a ru futon In partial MrMnt htm Tt la and brick nam Ha trick id Bad rati Tha ttwM dtiign It by tithed wiry darn Far tka In r mam ihtoghi Tat mala tatcy kadi lata a in tranet ftrr ad ma tat hit km to Hi nan nan a bit Tat lata ft ratti by mum at a Taa and ilaraja watt i had ham tat intranet dawn which an atdratm ttfltnal rttrubenal M twit it and Iba Hi nam im at rtitmd far no I ant aba irti ran rat Kkid Wart Mi It bam at a am cash a an tiltrtar dick tail igsaaiadialgHHtpatKai Inttodtaf SI 00 Sand tar adWan at auiatkM Malarial daunting and lav wain aaa at Tt ante Ibtta aMotf tba Ham at tat Addrtit a White Unit 1 Insulation GEORGETOWN Thormo Roptacotnont AND DECORATOR lit won NO JOB TOO SMALL FREE ESTIMATES 8775530 If CUSTOM INSTALLED CENTRAL VACUUM SYSTEMS S0LARI DECORATING CaH Jim a