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A 4 - The Oakville Beaver, Tuesday D e c e m b e r 30, 2003 Mayor wants Province to preserve lakefront property (Continued from page A1) taken with its Subwatershed Studies of identifying environmentally sensitive core areas as we develop north Oakville." said the mayor. Coinciding with the greenbelt study is a one-year freeze on new urban develop ment on rural and agricultural land in Ontario. The only exception is land already zoned for development. The moratorium will prevent site alteration, such as grading or removal of topsoil. as well as tree cutting or removal within the greenbelt study area. The study area includes Toronto, Durham, York, Peel, Halton, Hamilton, the Oak Ridges Moraine, the Niagara tender fruit lands and the Niagara Escarpment. The Town is now drafting its second ary plan for north Oakville -- which has already been earmarked for urban devel opment -- and will be conducting public consultation through this winter and spring. The Town's goal is to have a plan that features the natural heritage system and pays heed to many of the new directions identified in a recent Suzuki Foundation report on urban sprawl. Mulvale said she also hopes the greenbelt study will preserve key lakefront areas such as the 10 acres of lakefront lands known as the former Shell House lands. "The former Shell House lands must be a prime candidate for the Province's preservation efforts," said Mulvale. At the same time, Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn said he's investigating to by one-storey links) of 12 to 15-storeys in height. "The former Shell House Area residents are irate about an lands must be a prime obstructed lake view, loss of shoreline and trees and potential traffic congestion. candidate for the Province's While the Region of Halton made preservation efforts." inquiries about purchasing the land in the · Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale wake of Crombie's report Shell Canada, which owned the property at the time, see if new provincial rules could save the didn't want to sell. former Shell House land from develop The Town's Official Plan and zoning ment. by-law deem the property to be low den The MPP said that should the sity residential to the west half and pri Province declare a provincial interest in a vate open space to the east. piece of land, it would allow the Province Unless the Towfi is prepared to buy to instruct the Ontario Municipal Board the land deemed private open space, it is (OMB). obliged to consider a development appli Flynn said he's looking to see if cation for the property. David Crombie's Royal Commission If the entire property were to be low report on Lake Ontario waterfront regen density residential, about 30 homes could eration in the 1980s -- which recom be built there. mended the former Shell House land be No matter what happens the develop purchased by government for public er must give 15m of lakefront land to the parkland -- "could be construed as a Town for the waterfront trail. provincial interest." Last fall, the Town returned Palm Developer Palm Place Developments Place Developments' application which Inc. has an offer to purchase the former seeks an Official Plan change and a zon Shell House land from landowner New ing change, as incomplete. The develop Province Homes. That's the same er headed to the OMB to appeal. landowner that's seeing Metrus It's expected that it will take several Developments put 1,400 homes in months to get to the OMB pre-hearing Lakeshore Woods to the north of conference stage and several more Lakeshore Road. months to get to a hearing. On July 18, Palm Place Recently Town Council met to hear Developments filed a development appli residents and then went behind closed cation with the Town of Oakville to put doors to develop a plan of action. 1,000 condo-apartments on the property. While Council wouldn't reveal that Two configurations were provided plan because of confidentiality issues, it four, 25-storey apartment buildings or assured residents their wishes were being four buildings with eight towers (joined heeded. 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