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GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Secretarial Swvlcas 8772282 DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too ill vounci a itd Downtown 2761 Home Newspaper of Hills Established WEDNESDAY PAGES Owner of illegal apartments fined A Toronto man has received the largest fine in the town history ever issued for illegally converting an Albert Street house in Georgetown into three ipart Eddie Compos was ordered to pay the town after being found guilty on seven counts of building code violations two counts of bylaw infractions and one count of contravening a zoning bylaw The town gave Mr Compos every opportunity to comply with order to seek a zoning bylaw amendment and a building permit but the owner refused the town building code enforcement officer John Holmes says After receiving information from several home owners on Albert Street thai Mr Compos was building illegal apartments last June Mr Holmes nformed the owner that Albert Street only zoned for houses rhe owner was told to seek a bylaw amendment which turn would allow him to apply for an building perm But in stead Mr Compos obtained a building permit for a second floor bathroom said Mr Holmes It was a blatant skirt ng of law he said Although the apartments are occupied it s for sate on condition it be converted back to a house Mr Holmes acknowledges Georgetown is facing a nous ng People are desperate If so has a basement apartment no problem renting it But he emphasizes that apart ments have to meet safety stan or else the town 11 have a to the recent room house fire that k lied several occupants in Toronto If the own lets apart ments go unchecked ust because their need for housing somebod going to from the stuatlon said Mr Holmes He also said that legal place an unfa ax burden on homeowners Wecome to the 90s That right ft a girl Hills Kruysse is the town a New Year baby The lbs took her first breaths of good old Hills air at the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Jan S at exactly 2 a The proud mom and pop are Cathy and David KruyBse of Georgetown Welcome Wagon Coordinator Debbie Butler visited mother and daughter at the hospital and presented them with several gifts Monday morning Herald photo by BenDummem If someone converts a house located in an area zoned for single dwellings then the landlord required to pay the equivalent amount of municipal tax hat a home owner would have But landlords normally pay higher taxes because there are more people in an build ng more of the town services than famih he said should someone suite other peoples ignoranc and stupidity said Mr Holmes town is currently in gating 11 possible building code violations But Mr Holmes on Page New Years baby born 248 am Jan 5 Better late than never as the ing goes Hills finally got its New Jan Alyssa Kruysse must have known that the people of Halton Hills were wondering who would be the town s first New Year s newborn The tiny lbs 2 baby girl was so anxious to enter the new decade she forced her mother into premature labor Alyssa was born a week earlier than expected Mrs Kruysse and her husband David arr at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital shortly before lam and Valerie Kumar along with Dr Paul Zeni performed an emergency caesarean section To mark the occasion Welcome Wagon Coordinator Debbie Butler visited Mrs Kruysse and at the hospital bearing a vanety of gifts Monday morning These included a month supply of Bentley s Spring Water a gift pack from Young Pharmacy a pizza from Guios Pizza a dozen from Nectar a rattle from Discovery Toys representative Debbie Macken and Burger King Georgetown Food Market and Art Effects gift certificates Mom and daughter are current y resting at Georgetown hospital Mrs Kruysse will be released at the end of the week But she said Alyssa might have to stay in the hospital a tittle longer because of her small size The Kruysse s who already have a two year old son chary have lived in Georgetown for four years