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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, June 1, 1994 13 » Real Estate Deadlines and Policies Deadline for Wednesday Publication is Monday at 12:00 Noon. Any compensation for errors or omissions by The Canadian Statesman will be limited to the value of the space occupied by the error in the advertisement. ^ Please phone 623-3303 and ask for the Real Estate Sales Department ) Real Estate with Betty Smith WORKING WITH A LOCAL REALTOR If you're a purchaser buying a home in a new area, you need to know as much about your new locality as possible. A good local Real Estate agent can be a quarry of important information and a great asset to you "the newcomer". newcomer". Who better to answer your questions and concerns about schools, churches, shopping, medical facilities, public transit, community and sports facilities etc. - not to mention things like future development plans, zoning bylaws, land use restrictions, local market trends and real estate values. If you're a homeowner planning to sell your property, why not list your home with a local realtor - one who lives in, works in, and cares about your area - one who will take great pride in promoting not only your home, but also your neighbourhood and your town! ! Be a part of our exciting Grand Am Sweepstakes. You could be the winner of a 1994 Pontiac Grand Am SE by listing or selling through me this year - call me for details at Family Realty 2000 Ltd., 1 King Street West, Bowmanville, 623-2000 (24 Hour Pager). Reforms Announced for Planning System - imnnti = =] m d = i = =0^ = = = J mm = J il 51 -- -- =1 =] y The Minister of Municipal Affairs, Affairs, has released a package of legislation, legislation, policy statements and administrative administrative changes to reform the planning and development system in Ontario. "These changes represent a fundamentally fundamentally different vision of how the planning system should work," Ed Philip said. "People have lost faith in Ontario's land use planning system. Our refoim will renew that faith." Today's announcement is the culmination culmination of more than three years' work that began in 1991 when the Government appointed former Toronto Toronto mayor John Sewell to head up the Commission on Planning and Development Development Refoim in Ontario. In December, Mr. Philip released, some of. the Government's decisions on the report and a set of policy statements statements for a 90-day consultation. Today's Today's announcement outlines the Government's final planning reform package. The package is based on three principles: 1) Municipalities will be given greater control of the development process. Under the current system, planning authority rests with the Province (with some exceptions and unless it is delegated). Under the new system, municipal governments will, make development decisions, the Province will set policy and the Ontario Ontario Municipal Board will adjudicate disputes. With greater control, local governments will also exercise great- by Ben Bramble er accountability and openness resulting resulting from Open Local Government draft legislation issued earlier. 2) The environment will be better protected by means of clear policy statements and legislative changes that integrate social, cultural, economic economic and environmental values. Legislation will be changed to ensure that planning decisions are consistent with a new set of provincial policies covering natural heritage and ecosystems, ecosystems, community development and infrastructure, housing, agricultural land, energy and water conservation and mineral resources. 3) Red tape will be cut to make the planning process faster and more efficient, creating jobs in the construction construction industry and other sectors. Legislative changes will set specific timeframes for decision-making by the province and municipalities. And administrative changes (some of which are already underway) will speed up decision-making by municipalities, municipalities, the OMB and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, which will be the lead ministry for planning. "As with any issue this large and complex, it has been tough to please everybody on every issue," Mr. Philip Philip said. "But I believe we have reached consensus on most of the important aspects of our proposed new planning system for Ontario. "I believe the people of Ontario will be better served by this new system system - a system that is clearer, easier, more accountable and more accessible." accessible." LAWYER Peter E. Heslin, LL.B. Real Estate Wills Mortgages Family Law Pickering-Ajax Bowmanville 1305 Pickering Parkway 36 King St. E. Suite 304 623-5554 Call Toll Free - Region of Durham, and Toronto 1-800-567-3926 Housepainting: Some Tricks Of The Trade Admit it. Housepainting looks like a mindless pursuit that demands little know-how and even less effort. HAI The tricks of the trade take years to master and heaven help the novice who wades fearlessly into the quagmire. Undoing a bad paint job requires 10 times the work and patience of applying it in the first place. Scraping off a defective coating and sanding the .surface is mind numbing and muscle wrenching work. Here are a few tips I have picked up from old hands, plus a few I have developed on my own at considerable cost. PREPARATION It takes a real klutz to go wrong when, a job has been properly prepared, but as the pros know, preparation takes longer and is more arduous than the*" laying on of paint. CLEAN the surface thoroughly. This is particularly important in cities where automobile traffic kicks up into the air all manner of petroleum byproducts as fine, greasy dust: exhaust fumes, fine dust particles from rubber meeting asphalt, etc. A sure fire cleaner is TSF (trisodium phosphate) in mild solution. The powder is available much cheaper at your paint store than at a pharmacy. Brush on or wipe on with a rag and rinse thoroughly with clean water from a hose. TSP has the added advantage of eating slightly into the surface of the paint, thus giving a better bite for the new paint. REMOVE all loose paint or protruding bumps with a scraper and/or sandpaper. Dig out any loose caulking around door and window frames as well as loose putty in windows and replace all. FILL all depressions with a filler and putty knife. If parts of a window frame near the sill have rotted away don't despair. Remove any soft or punky wood until you reach solid wood. There are some excellent wood restorers that can replace missing wood with a tight bond and an impervious surface that will not be detected when repainted. These are usually two-part epoxy mixtures, like MINWAX wood filler but they are very user friendly. If you are a car buff you may have some body filler around the house; that works well too. . COVER all areas below the painting surface. The short time it takes to lay some drop sheets to protect foundation plantings and sidewalks is repaid in the absence of lilly-of-the valley suddenly appearing on your evergreens and sidewalk. WEATHER has to be deferred to. Surfaces must be completely dry and this means that in the morning you have to wait for the sun to warm up a surface and remove dew. Painters usually follow the sun around a house when painting. 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Chrome doesn't rust, of course, but because it is porous, water can get through to the metal underneath and rust bleeds out. Penetrol with steelwool not only removes the rust but a coating is left that prevents water getting back at the metal underneath. Neat stuff. m Sponsored by Mulder's Furniture Ltd. Fine Furniture and Quality Broadloom 23 King Street E. 623-5515 Bowmanville CLIP AND SAVE THE ELEGANT TOUCH BOWMANVILLE 3200 sq.ft, of luxury on 1.34 acres. $349,900. Al Beard 987-4035. Hockin Ken Hockin Real Estate Ltd. Realtor 123 King Street E., Bowmanville (905) 623-4115 ^ , s / s XXX.". CENTURY OF ELEGANCE BOWMANVILLE Restored Century home on half acre of treed privacy. $234,900. Rob Perkin 623-3624. PRIVACY WITH A VIEW BOWMANVILLE Custom designed, 3 bedroom home on 8.6 acres. $289,000. George Wallace 987-0512. MAKE IT YOURS - COURTICE Add your personal charm to this lovely home In Courtlce. $193,900. Marg Bain 623-2661. SECLUDED 10-ACRE LOT NEWTONVILLE Unique Spanish style home surrounded by tall pines. $245,000.. Ken Hockin 623-5055. TEXAS SIZE RANCHER PONTYPOOL . Country bungalow offers almost 5,000 sq. It, of tastefully finished living space. $219,900. Rob Perkin 623-3624. <p) TOUCHED BY TRADITION BOWMANVILLE Authentic Victorian Bowmanville homo, tooo qnn Brad Hockin 623-0398. OPEN HOUSE - NEWCASTLE SUN., JUNE 5,1-4 p.m. 491 Regional Rd. #42 Immaculate 3-bedroom, heated pool, private lot. Offered at $199,900. Call Al Beard 987-4035. THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING DEVELOPMENT CHARGE PROPOSAL The Municipality of Clarington is considering passing an amendment to the Development Charge By-law No. 92-105 pursuant to the Development Charges Act. Council will be holding a public meeting, in accordance with Section 4 of the Development Charges Act, to enable the public to understand generally the amendment to the Development Charge By-law. All members of the public are invited to attend the meeting which will be held on: Monday, June 27,1994 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Municipal Administration Centre 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario Members of the public will be given an opportunity at the meeting to make representations regarding the proposed amendment to the Development Charge By-law No. 92-105, as amended. In addition, written submissions may be forwarded to the Clerk, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3A6 no later than June 22, 1994. Written submissions received by the Clerk will be available for public viewing during business hours at the Clerk's Department at the above address. Submissions received in writing and those expressed at the public meeting will be considered in the preparation of the amendment to the Development Charge By-law. The proposed amendment to the Development Charge By-law No. 92-105 applies to the lands identified as those benefitting areas from the Mann Street Storm Sewer Oversizing Works shown oh the attached map (the "Benefitting Area"). The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment to the Development Charge By-law No. 92-105 is as follows: i) To add to the designated services in respect of which development charges are payable in respect of the development of the lands within the Benefitting Area from the Mann Street Storm Sewer Oversizing i-r- -. Works described in the Cost Sharing Report for the Mann Street Storm Sewer Oversizing Works dated May, 1994 and on file with the Municipality's Director of Public Works. At the same meeting, Council will also consider a by-law to authorize the making of a front-ending agreement between the Municipality and Schickedanz Bros. Ltd. with respect to the Mann Street Storm Sewer Oversizing Works which is proposed to have a ten year term. If both by-laws are passed by Council and the front-ending agreement is made, the owners of lands within the Benefitting Area will not be permitted to undertake any development in respect of which a development charge is payable under the Development Charge By-law during the term of the front-ending agreement until development charge and the benefitting owner's portion of the front-ending payment on that part of the benefitting owner's land lying within the Benefitting Area has been paid to the Municipality together with any other front-ending payment that may be required by a by-law passed under the Development Charge Act. Requests for information should be directed to the Public Works Department, A.S. Cannella, Manager of Engineering. CS-3990A g MUNICIPALITY OF y\larinqton Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. 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