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10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 1, 1987 Zoning change sou A dozen area residents left a publjc hearing before council Mon- day afternoon apparently satisfied with explanations given by 'a neighbouring landowner who wants to operate a school bus depot on his property. ' Mike Freeman, who purchased a 50 acre parcel of land at pt lot 1, Con- cession 8 on Scugog Island a month ago, is attempting to change a small parcel of the property from an RU (rural) zoning to one of M3-14 (rural industrial exception 14), which Group home re-zoning (From page 1) five locations across Ontario in- cluding Maple, Toronto, Orangeville and Thomasburg. Last January, a centre was opened in Caesarea. As an organization, they are recognized as a leader in providing services to those suffering from autism, their families, the school system and other related profes- sionals. It was the Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services, by whom they are funded, who re- quested they open another centre in this area as they did not have the facilities to do so themselves. The program at Seagrave will have five young adults living at Ocean View and travelling, on a dai- ly basis by van, to their farm in Caesarea and, where appropriate, to work places in the community. \ \ allows for the operation and storage | 360' from the road to the south, 670' of school buses. Freeman told the meeting he is seeking the zoning change only on a 120' x 300' section of his property, which would be used to store the six school buses and two vans he uses to operate the business he has taken over from his father, George Freeman. He pointed out that the 50 acre parcel is well treed and gives the privacy he desires. The section up for rezoning is 'well hidden from view" according to Freeman, some Program director Susan Repa in- dicated clients at Caesarea are presently employed with such places as Denis Anderson Chev Olds in Port Perry and Coles Books in the Oshawa Centre. Repa stated the young people are likely to be living together at the Seagrave location on a long-term basis. She added the program likes to keep the number of people living together to four or five to foster the forming of a family-like environment. There will be one staff member for every two clients during the day and evenings and one person awake at nights'with an extra on call in the house for assistance. The program is supervised 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In principle, Kerry's Place support local businesses, and a * SHUR-GAIN from the eastern boundary, 987 from the western and 860' from the north. "I have no intention of changing the land now or in the future, or tak- ing down any trees,' said Freeman, adding, "I plan to build my home on there too." Speaking for neighbouring residents, Bernard Upton stated he had chosen to live in the area five years ago for the peaceful environ- when fully operational will provide employment for 21 full and part time people. The clients are selected on the basis of their ability to live in a type of setting such as Kerry's Place of- fers. Compatibility is stressed to en- sure a pleasant atmosphere. Dave Shepherd, minister of Seagrave United Church, and resi- dent Bill Barr both voiced their sup- port to the location of the centre in Seagrave and urged council to ap- prove the rezoning. Likewise, Jill Coffey, who is a neighbour to Ocean View, indicated the program had so impressed her that she had offered her services as a volunteer worker when the home opens. Mayor Jerry Taylor said council would be dealing with the rezoning application within the next few weeks. 2 ght for Island bus depot ment it offered. Upton resides on the south side of Concession 8 opposite and to the west of the proposed driveway entry to the Freeman pro- perty. He said he felt the washing of vehicles, spillage of diesel fuel, gasoline and oil would find its way into an environmental protection zone surrounding the Freeman land. But Freeman indicated his vehicles were washed, gassed and maintained in Port Perry and that they would continue to be done so. Answering charges that the road in front of the property would deteriorate, he said the buses would be empty while traversing the road and would weigh four tons, twice that of a car. He added that with the wider tires, the displacement of weight would be such as to inflict less damage than the average car. In a letter to council, William Samells expressed concern that a zoning change could have impact in the future. He asked what guarantee neighbours had that the land would not be used for something other than thé storage of buses sometime down the road. Mayor Jerry Taylor stated that the M3-14 zoning made exception for school buses only. If anyone wanted to use the land for any other reason, they would once again have to app- ly for additional rezoning before the township. Samells stated his second concern was regarding the "dangerous bend" which exists on the conces- sion road. He said it was difficult to see traffic coming from either direc- tion at present and that the added traffic of the school buses would op. ly aggravate the situation. Freeman admitted the curve was dangerous, but said this was main. ly because shrubs and low hanging branches of trees on the curve had not properly been trimmed. He fe]t that if this was done, there would not be a problem. If there was, he add- ed, he would be pleased to deed over a section of his land at the curve to allow the township to straighten out that section of road. In answer to councillor's ques- tions, Freeman admitted the land he wanted rezoned could hold up to 10 buses, but said he did not anticipate growth on the Island to reach the point where he would expand in the near future. He affirmed his con- tract was to bus Island youngsters to school and that he did not enter into any charter business. After a half hour of questioning, Mayor Taylor told those attending the meeting that the rezoning ap- plication would be dealt with by council within the next few weeks. Handicraft Guild meets The Louise Patterson Handicraft Guild will be holding their next meeting Sept. 9th. This will take the form of a Pot Luck Luncheon. 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