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Ba Al ll RE ai Fe aan > pears dm wi ee Si data SA sb a i bal iii aii tab hibit iia Sabie SS LSE BS sil a i ESS SL GAA SiS ai eR A RS 20 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 25, 1989 Region approves councillor's retirement lot Durham Region council has over-ruled its planning de- partment to grant a farm retir- 'ment lot to Scugog area council- lor Don Cochrane. The severance application on Mr, Cochrane's Scugog Is- land farm had been approved by the Region's Land. Division Committee, but opposed by Township council, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the Region's Planning Depart- ment, The Planning committee (made up of Regional council- lors) voted last week to grant the severance, and that recom- mendation was endorsed by the full Regional council April 19. Planning Committee chair- person, Newcastle Mayor Marie " Hubbard, said last week she personally was not in favour of the severance, but a majority of the committee felt otherwise. The Region's planning de- partment wanted the severance approval by Land Division ap- pealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, on the grounds the par- cel is not large enough to be con- sidered a bona fide farming op- eration, A majority of the Planning Committee felt Mr. Cochrane is a bona fide farmer and there- fore entitled to a retirement lot. Although the farm itself is just 41 acres in size (nine less than the minimum require- ment) the Committee has rent- ed 89 acres of land for farming for the past decade, and some years has rented a further 100 acres for his veal farming opera- tion. And prior to buying the farm in 1972, Mr. Cochrane had been involved i in-farming with his family much of his life. And in a letter supporting the severance, Mr. Cochrane's lawyer notes that since retiring from General Motors in 1980, farming has provided Mr. Co- chrane with the highest single TA SENOS INN NO J 5 § ORE EFLV 230) OF) BEN Uecra-toc PAVING STONE PRODUCTS Installation Seminars Saturday April 29th - 10:00 a.m. Z 4 From putting in the proper base & subase, laying the stone, | compact ing the base. cutting the stone 2 scaling the of igh IES All Decra-Loc orders -- on Saturday will receive a 10% discount. Durham's only one wg Inst yi e Rental of Stone Cutters & Compactors Decra-Loc Shop insecticide for birch leaf miners and other suckin insects. Long lasting, not affected by rain. 250 ml bottle Reg. 11.29 Save 2.30 Other Items For Your * Delivery of All BB Retaining Walls Pressure Sealer & Rollers (Curbing Treated Timber Ties allation That We Feature dase Material Required Selected HY "Upright S78 Junipers Reg. 39.98 WIN WITH DiC 'RA-L.OC PAVING PRODUCTS ation of independent Canadian-owned garden centres VISA (hore ¢ a 5515 Thickson Rd.N. Whitby (Just 2 miles N. of Taunton Rd.) 655-3304 Open 7 Days A Week formofincome. The letter goes on to say that Mr. Cochrane is now retir- ing from active farming due to arthritis problems, and once the retirement lot is severed, he - will build a new house on itand sell the remainder of the farm. The farming operation con- sists of raising 60 head of cattle for veal and growing hay and mixed grain crops, according to thelawyer's letter. The Land Division's deci- sion to grant the severance last month was passed unanimous- ly. Also, last week, the Region- al council over-turned a recom- . mendation from the Planning department and granted a re- tirement severance from a 31 acre parcel in Pickering. (RR 1, Ashburn) The application was filed by Marta Gill. The Planning Dept. sug- gested an appeal on the grounds the severance is on a parcel just 31 acresin size. However, like the Co- chrane application, the plan- ning committee heard that Os- sie Gill had been a bona fide farmer all his life, and at times had rented additional lands for his farming operations. Whitby two weeks ago. Computer wiz Jade Herder of R.H. Cornish Public School recently won first prize In the Durham Computer Fair in the practical soft- ware applications category. Jade produced his own newspa- per on computer and was awarded first at the fair held In FRESH MUDCAT are in! includes: MW VIDEO HEADS CLEANED The GALLEY FISH & SEAFOOD 161 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY 085-8647 icencepbyLLso. VCR CLINIC APRIL 24 to 28, 1989 =2800 PLUS TAX ® AUDIO & CONTROL HEADS CLEANED ® TAPE PATH CLEANED & ALIGNED 8 MECHANISM LUBRICATION H ; M BELTS and IDLERS REFURBISHED LJ (Offer applies to VCRs in working order only) 985-8641 VHS & BETA 1/72 PRICE 72 WATER SREY: PORT PERRY, ONT Picture Parfoct TV 985-9500