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The Clarington/Counicc Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, October 25,1997 Page 13 Take-Out Restaurant Must Not Have Seating, By-Law Says by Laura J. Richards Staff Writer The representative of a take-out restaurant in '.south Courliee was told the current customer scat- „ ing area within the location location doesn't conform to a ■ municipal by-law. Robert Fu appeared before Claringlon's ^Planning Committee to discuss a rezoning application application by a numbered com- ' pany to permit a sit-down '.'restaurant in an existing 'plaza. The rézoning is needed ' so the company can apply for and obtain a liquor Minister of Labor Visits Oshawa Jim Flaherty; Minister of Labour, is scheduled to attend the kick-off of ^Construction Safety (Association Oshawa [Regional Labour- management Health and .-Safety Committee's safety Iweek. [ The.kick-off event is to •be held at 9:00 a.m. ;Monday, October 27, ; 1997 at Durham College's 'Skills Training Centre, 11610 Champlain Avenue, [Whitby, Ontario. ? Also in attendance will [be Gary Polonsky, [President of Durham [College and University •Centre; Nancy Diamond, «Mayor of Oshawa; Tom [Edwards, Mayor of "Whitby; Diane Hamre, [Mayor of Clarington; rArthur Gladstone, ^Director, Ministry of 'Labour; Roy O'Rourke, .Construction Safety 'Association. j Health and safety on , 'the job is an important «factor for Oshawa area" 'construction companies [and their contribution to the local economy. | The highlight of the [Oshawa Regional Labour- 'Management Health and [Safety Committee's education education effort is the annual 'Construction Safety Week :to be held throughout the [Durham Region during -the week of October 27 [through November 1, •1997. > As part of Safety Week 7.97, the Construction ;Safety Association of Ontario's mobile classroom classroom will be at the kickoff kickoff event at Durham College Oshawa Campus, [Brookfield Homes development development site in Oshawa and other area businesses. I The continued reduction reduction of injury on construction construction sites can be traced to [union, non-union workers and the employers working working together as well as efforts in health and safety 'education of students preparing to enter the .Workforce. "This helps the bottom line of companies [and keeps people work- . ing" states Alex Dingwall Health and Safety Representative of the Painters and Allied Trades for Durham Region and the Chair of the Oshawa Committee. "Safety Week and safety education provided provided by the Construction Safety Association of .Ontario is a very important important part of the effort", he says. Art Marl i The Volunteer Committee of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, is holding its 26th annual Arts and Crafts Show - Art Mart. Art Mart will be field at the Gallery, November 1st and 2nd. The admission is $2.00, itnd all proceeds go ioward the Volunteer Committee. ! The hours arc: 10 a.m. to 5 p.in. for this juried ' show, • Admission entitles ticket holders' names to be entered in a draw to win one of five prizes. The vendors for this show live throughout Ontario, with many living in the Durham Region. licence. The application was filed in late August, 1997. The report from the Planning Department notes the plaza in which the takc-out restaurant is located also contains a dry-cleaning distribution centre, a video store, a convenience store, a hair salon, the takc-out restaurant restaurant and a vacant unit. The plaza fronts on Glcnabbey Drive. It is surrounded by residential residential housing and, on the western side of Townlinc Road South, is a children's centre and private school. Fu told councillors on Monday morning, Oct. 20, his client docs not want to set up a bar at the restaurant, restaurant, but wishes to be able to serve alcohol to customers customers requesting it with their meals. "We do not want to set up a bar. If people want a beer, we want to be able to have it so we can serve them," Fu said. He noted the hours of the takc-out restaurant slated to become an eat-in establishment would not change, but remain from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. "We won't extend the hours," he said. Planning Committee Chair Ann Drcslinski and Mayor Diane Hamre pointed out that if seating is provided in the takc-out restaurant, the owners arc "contravening the municipal municipal by-law." Both the councillor and Mayor Hamre explained to Fu that seating was not allowed, even though the owners want to provide it for their customers. During the public meeting meeting on expanding the business business to include a sit-down restaurant, Alan Wilde, of Pincdalc Crescent, told councillors he lives immediately immediately behind the plaza. At this point in time he finds that "the (cooking) fumes are objectionable and spew into people's backyards," due to large exhaust fans on top of the restaurant's roof. Wilde stated, "to turn it into a large sit-down restaurant will destroy the quality of life of local residents." residents." After the public meeting meeting and debate on the application, Mayor Hamre suggested that Fu and the owner make an appointment appointment to talk with a member member of the Planning Department as soon as possible. Also, the rezoning application was sent back to the planning staff for further processing. Dialogue on Breast Cancer Guest speakers Pal Irwin Lycett and Janet Collins chat with Helen MacDonald just before participating in a program entitled: "Dialogue on Breast Cancer: A Global Epidemic" on Thursday night, Oct. 9. FOCUS, a local feminist organization, organization, sponsored the event. Lycctt talked about her personal experiences, the help she has had, and how she is spreading the knowledge she has gained following breast cancer. 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