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Orono Town Hall BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY ^ 62 Temperance St. • • Bowmanville, Ont. L1C GST Included Wednesday June 4, 2003 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Golf balls drive south There will be change in the It was so bad at times, said direction golf balls are flying at Easton, that staff had to hide the Cottage Drive Driving under trailers to avoid getting Range this year. hurt. Driving Range owners had To avoid the cost prohibi- to apply for another three year tive changes required by the temporary rezoning, before the Municipality, Di Adarno has range could open up for busi- decided to change the orienta- ness this year. The Municipality Municipality would not renew the three year temporary temporary rezoning rezoning on the Highway 115/35 driving range, until modifications were made to the netting on the west side of the driving tion of the driving range from a south-north direction to a west-east direction. Easton feels "...it was so bad at times... staff had to hide under tha ! hia . f ^ and liability tVQllÇYS to avoid concerns are being addressed with the re-orientation re-orientation of the driving driving range, "As long as nobody getting hurt. " -- Mark Easton range. The Municipality is trying to do malicious dam- required Di Adarno Holdings, age," he said. Netting will now owners of the driving range, to be required along the easterly extend the 30 foot high netting, limits of the driving range. The shielding The Pines and Clarke land to the east of the driving High School and businesses range is a hay-field owned my along the west side of the range . Mr. Hugh Allin. Allin has stat- from travelling golf balls to ed in writing that he understand forty feet. some golf balls will enter his Nine-year-old Nicholas Mulders participated in Saturday's Antique Tractor Show at Doc Ville last Saturday. Mulders competed with is 1950 Massey Pony. Outstanding charges delay sod farm application Mark Easton of Easton Cap property but that nevertheless, Sales, located between the driv- he has no objection to the reori- ing range and the highway, entation of the driving range, confirmed in a phone interview With the n^w three year re- with the Times on Monday, that zoning anticipated to be his business suffered 'tons of approved at next Monday's damage' over the last three council meeting, the driving years from miss directed golf range hopes to be up and run- balls. ning in the next few weeks. While no one attended Monday's public meeting regarding an application by Vissers Sod Farm to separate a housè and lot from their farm, Council voted to put the application application on hold. The property, formerly known as the Eikens farm on the comer of Towline Road and Taunton Road was purchased purchased by Vissers Sod Farm in December 2001. The former Eikens farm is approximately 140 acres, and is one of six owned by Vissers, the others being in the Hampton area. The house on the Orono property property is not needed for the sod growing operation, therefore Vissers would like to separate the house and an acre of land from the existing farm. Clarington councillors voted to delay further processing processing of the application to sever the lot till some outstanding property standards issues are dealt with by Mr. Tony Visser. The report issued by Clarington's Planning De- partmnt states that Mr. Visser has been charged by the local conservation authority, the Department of Fishereis and Oceans and the municipality for actions undertaken in March of 2002. At that time, the report states, Vissers cleared approximately 8,000 sq. meters of woodlot, and filled in a tributary of the Soper Creek which ran across the property. If convicted, Visser could face a $1 million fine or six months in jail. Councillors refused to authorize further processing of Vissers application lest it negatively impact on the Municipalities court action. A portion of the Soper Creek tributary, Visser's is charged with filling in.