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HERALD Wednnday July MM Environment awareness leads to changes The increased awareness of the need to protect the environment has started to lead to changes in the province Recycling is becom a way of life for many Leaded gas has given way to unleaded Backyard composting is slowly becoming a big city reality What is most interesting to watch is the reaction of various sections of the business community Business people have been grappling with the new environmental realities for some time now and the process will obviously go on for some time yet Green Products are advertis as a regular feature now and Hewitt lawsuit still before courts A strict interpretation of the On building code act should determine if Halton HUls should allow town councillor Joe Hewitt to construct a square foot house on his property on Prince Street in Glen Williams Hewitt lawyer argued during a hearing Friday in Milton Steve Foster argued before a Milton court judge that the building code act stipulates a town can only deny someone a building permit if the proposal contravenes any of the town s bylaws Ac cording to Mr Hewitt the proposed house abides by the area s zoning the building code and the Regional health requirements But the town argues it needs ap proval from the Credit Valley Con Authority to grant the building The Prince Street property falls within the CVCA jurisdiction according to the town The hearing will resume this Tuesday at which time Mr Foster along with the lawyers ting the CVCA and the town will all submit written arguments to the judge Town solicitor John Schaljo countered Mr Foster argument explaining that whereas the courts held a restrictive interpretation of the building code in the past now they hold a more liberal inter pretation Mr Schaljo cited a re cent case in which a municipality was allowed to deny an applicant a building permit because the pro posal contravened the Ontario Heritage Act It follows then Mr Schaljo said that although the pro posal might not infringe on any of the town bylaws the town can deny him a building permit if the proposal contravenes another piece of legislation in this case the legislation defining the jurisdiction of the CVCA Mr Schaljo s argument hinges on whether the judge determines if the CVCA has jurisdiction over the Prince Street property The town and the CVCA argue the property comes under the authority s jurisdiction because the CVCA map includes the proper ty But Conn Hewitt argues the pro perty doesn t come under CVCA jurisdiction because the map s companymg schedule or written list of included properties doesn t include Mr Hewitt s property Mr Schaljo argued Friday that the map and schedules each other The crux is that the schedule describes the jurisdiction by lot and concession and in addition the maps include properties that are within the cut and fill lines of the flood plain The town and CVCA argue Mr Hewitt property falls within the cut and fill line But Mr Foster argued the cut and fill schedule accompanying the map showing the cut and fill lines don match Mr Hewitt s property is excluded from the cut and fill schedule he said Help Spread The Word WW over rmtton cannot read or More than 100 of school age between and have no place loam It Dm CODE literacy Si Ottowo Ontario WeUmafe it and right 71 Rd ft Georgetown Ontario Unit L7G DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC AW TRENTON 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY SB ANDCULTURALCEN 8772359 J ELLS DRIVING SCHOOL CRASH COURSE Aug 28 30 31 9 30 3 30 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 vironmental reality with their torn line It must be admitted that some are being more successful than others and all are involved in the continuing argument about whether green products are an environmental benefit or a marketing ploy An article in a national newspaper the other day il the creative energies of business and just what business people can do when they get the bit between their teeth The story concerned a designer who had been hired to produce the plans for a green Community Up to now most environmentally sensitive houses have really been energy efficient homes with such extras as added insulation and heat pumps The new proposal goes much farther The whole com of about homes will at tempt to relate to the surrounding environment The will be preserved with walking rails added Lakes will be established among the houses and to preserve the ecological balance residents will be banned from us chemical sprays on their lawns The houses will be sold with water conserving showerheads garbage separation facilities high efficiency heating and cooling systems and heat pumps The social environment will be aided by a community centre which will offer a day care centre health cen tre with counselling and fitness facilities This is just a start the right direction but it does indicate where the development industry could go if it wanted to demonstrate en vironmental sensitivity New methods of building 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