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37| O akville B eaver | T hursday,O ctober 11,2018 insidehalton.com AyA Kitchens of oAKville 1195 north service roAdwest 905.847.1522 ayaoakville.com travel to the hotel by tran- sit or will be dropped off and not require a parking space as a result. Ward 4 Town and Re-Ward 4 Town and Re-W gional Councillor Allan Elgar said cutting parking at the proposed site may have significant conse- quences. "We have another loca- tion in the ward, the Wa- terford seniors' residence, and the parking there is an absolute disaster even though it met all of the parking requirements at the time," he said. "I really feel it would be good to cut the number of rooms so you could make it fit and that is why we havefit and that is why we havef bylaws and we say how many parking spaces you should have. You are sup- posed to have 134 spaces and you are cutting it by 29 per cent down to 95. That's not a minor deviation." Ward 5 Town and Re-Ward 5 Town and Re-W gional Councillor Jeff Knoll also voiced concerns the parking situation would be exacerbated by the hotel's one rentable meeting space, which is large enough to accommo- date 20 people. He said typically a guest at a hotel hosts the meet- ing with the other attend- ees driving their cars there from offsite to attend.from offsite to attend.f Burton eventually pro- posed a motion calling for a deferral of the matter so the developer could at- tempt to reach a shared ac- cess and parking agree- ment with the westerly abutting property owner whom it was argued will be receiving the benefits of possible business from the hotel guests. He said it would also give council the opportuni- ty to examine the develop- er's traffic study in detail. "I do believe there is much to be appreciated here in this application and think the project would be an asset to the town, but we have had a master class this summer in what happens when there is not enough park- ing and people start get- ting towed and the in- flamed feelings that areflamed feelings that aref aroused," said Burton. "It seems it would be a really good use of the pre- cautionary principle to stop, take a breath and ex- amine this parking as- sumption ourselves." Council voted unani- mously to defer the matter. Continued from page 36 We dig deeper on the issues that matter to you. VISIT INSIDEHALTON.COM TO READ CURRENT AND PAST INVESTIGATIONS DO YOU CRAVE A MAJOR SAVE? Serious shoppers keep coming back to Save.ca for a great deal and a great deal more. For name brand flyers and tempting coupons, come back to Save.ca every day! SAVE MORE WITH THE Save.ca MOBILE APP Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. SATISFY YOUR LOVE FOR FLYERS, COUPONS & DEALS.