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"A Family Tradition for 133 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 27, 1999 - 3 Council hears proposal for 19 new houses in Port Perry By John B. McClelland Port Perry Star A plan to develop 19 residential lots on Pine Street in Port Perry has been presented to Scugog council. Pine Street is now an unopened road allowance that runs north and south between Ash and Gibson Streets, and Alma and Scugog (Highway 7A) Streets. Port Perry lawyer Michael Fowler, acting for developers Bill Tripp, Miriam Price and Susan McGill, told council and people in attendance for a public meeting that the lots will have 50-foot frontages at minimum, and be .17 acre in size. All lots will be developed for single family homes, he said, and will have full municipal services. Mr. Fowler said the developers acknowledge . that homes cannot be con- structed on the lots until the Port Perry sewage treatment system is expanded. With the development of the lots, Pine Street will become a municipal road. But it will not exit onto Hwy. 7A to the north because of the potential traffic problems, said Mr. Fowler. The exit would be in almost the exact loca- tion of the school cross walk on Highway 7A. This cross walk is used by stu- dents from RH Cornish and Immaculate Conception Schools. Instead, he said, Pine Street will be a cul-de-sac, with the only exit onto Alma St. Members of ccuncil Machete in car leads to charge Durham Regional Police arrested a Toronto man after he was found to be in pos- session of a weapon. Police say that a 20- year-old man was pulled over in his 1989 Plymouth around 4 a.m. on April 19 near the intersection of Simcoe and King Sts. While stopped for a routine traffic offense, the Toronto man was found to be wanted on an outstanding warrant by Metro Police. The driver was arrested and the car was impounded. While a search was conducted on the car, a large machete was found under the passenger seat along with a ball pean hammer. A screwdriver was also found in the back seat, say police. The machete was seized and the 20-year- old Toronto man was charged with one count of possession of a dan- gerous weapon. He will appear in an Oshawa court on May 20. expressed no concerns over the proposal, as it is in an area of the community where new homes are des- ignated. One resident who lives on the south side of Scugog St. objected strongly to becoming a rural waste- land like Whitby or Brooklin" with too many new houses going up. "I didn't move to Port Perry to look at another housing development," he said, adding the land should be left as a park. "We don't need to devel- the proposal, stating Port Pérry is "in danger of Have the kids gr warm weather at Brox op every square inch of land in Port Perry," he said. Another resident point- ed out that if Alma St. is the only exit, many cars from the development will get to Hwy. 7A via Old Simcoe Rd. He noted that there is already a serious traffic problem at the intersection of Old Simcoe and Hwy. 7A. He said it is time that signal lights are installed at that intersection before there is a serious accident. Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt answered that the provincial highways department is constantly monitoring traffic flows at that intersection, and to date has indicated there is not sufficient volume to warrant traffic signals. Council is expected to make a decision on the rezoning in the near future. | bo % off N ADIDAS & FILA* om ; excluding Shon ~ILA spring dresses | i Junior girls SK, Hollywood Produce, Classic Fresh Pooh Boys fashions by Dillon KRICKETS and Pickles Pickles Baby outfits by Minitogs 7 % Baby ® sleepers by Osh Kosh, Colimacon, Classic Pooh, Baby's Own | OsHKosH By! Plus...stop in to see our great selection of kids sandals and canvas runners at Brock's on Foot!! Sale ends Monday, May 10/99 BRESRS AAO IVIT-Ta RST 0 alo a fl ol-TdaVAC I LR RK TL 168 Queen St., BR@CK'S Port Perry 985-2521 NYORN IRON QUART AYN IT AG RIN IG) {ols Kids 174 Queen St., Port Perry 985-8797