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A, [if you have recently | | relocated or moved "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2001 - § By |. Peter Hvidsten Weekend Star While at times it may have seemed like the path leading to the construction of a new Canadian Tire store may have been strewn with obstacles, progress is slowly being made for a site south of Port Perry. During a session of the planning com- Consultants Inc., amendment process to permit a Canadian Tire store and restaurant on the lands on the east side of Simcoe St. just south of the Scugog Lumber proper- ty. But once again, local councillors sug- gested there were too many outstanding issues which had to be solved before they would call another public meeting to present the latest plan to the public. Mr. Dyment made his presentation to council before a crowded council cham- ber where he explained that Canadian Tire was applying for a new 35,098 square-foot store and a 9,783 square- foot garden centre in the first phase of development. In the second phase, the square-feet and the garden centre increased to 11,313 square-feet . Access to the new development site would be directly across from Greenway Blvd. and would be fully signalized. A second access is suggestednorth of this tums. in and out. RTE TE IY |W ¥ / IN TOWN? mittee on Monday, the township's plan- ner, Jim Dyment of Meridian Planning 'recommended that. council should proceed with the Official Plan amendment and zoning by-law store would be enlarged to 47,315 entrance and would be limited to right Mr. Dyment explained that the 'Regional (Durham) Official Plan desig- "nates these lands as "employment area" and under the permitted uses, CTC would be permitted as a retail ware- house. He also said that the lands are presently dedicated as "employment lands" in the Scugog Official Plan and among the permitted uses are ware- housing and storage, but that an amend- -ment would be required in order to allow use as a primarily retail business. The township's planning document also requires justification for the pro- posed use of the land in terms of: ~ the need for the proposed use; ~ the extent to which existing areas in the proposed categories are developed and the nature and accuracy of such existing development; and ~ the physical suitability of the land for such a purpose. It is here that council has to decide the merits of a new CTC store, which would be developed by the company Stockworth mbg Limited. Mr. Dyment stated there was no dis- pute that there is a need for a new mod- ern Canadian Tire store in the communi- ty as the existing store is undersized. But, on the matter of finding a loca- tion for the proposed new store, Mr. Dyment said that although a Canadian Tire type store may be permitted in the Community Commercial designation -- which includes open lands to the west of town currently trying to be built upon ~ by Quorum Developments -- the retail- _er-has indicated that the site south of within Scugog or Uxbridge Township... and missed getting your listing in the Bell Book... call our office to be included in The families of Amanda Mullen & Kevin Carkner want to congratulate them on their engagement. Wedding to take place October 5, 2002, the only local 2002 BIG TYPE PHONE BOOK PORT PERRY STAR 3 ---- dh SAN == | 905-985-7383 Happy 16th Birthday Russell & Katelyn November 28 Love Mom, Dad, Tyson, Grandma & Grandpa Till and Council, Canadian Tire continue discussions on new store Port Perry is more suitable for that pur- pose. In fact, in a strongly worded letter to the township clerk's department, Rennie Bugeja, Vice-President of Real Estate Acquisitions for Canadian Tire, said that her company is under a legal agreement with Stockworth to build and develop an initial 36,000 square-foot store at the Simcoe St. site and that the Quorum site is unacceptable from a locational point of view. The letter also asked that council retract a statement suggesting a CTC store is suitable for Quorum site on Highway 7A. "The statement is misleading to both the general public and council and may have a negative impact on our current 'application," Mr. Bugeja wrote. Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt appeared quite annoyed at the the tone of the letter, saying council had never said anything of the sort and had noth- ing to retract. Mr. Dyment also suggested that if Canadian Tire and Sobey's (IGA) want to locate on oné site, the only appropriate site is the lands designated as Community Commercial, which would be the Quorum site. But, he added that if they can exist at two different sites then the Stockworth lands would provide a reasonable alter- nate location for a Canadian Tire store. Philip Niblett, of Niblett Environment Associates Inc., reported that his company had done a 'peer review' of the environmental study undertaken by Stockworth and identi- land. We are committed to making this fied a number of issues and concerns, but concluded it looks like a feasible project. Among his suggestions were a perma- nent fence at the rear of the property and a more detailed plan on how the storm water pond will discharge into the wetlands. Despite the recommendation of its planner, local councillors had many questions regarding the development, in particular about the sensitivity and protection of the Class | wetland abut- ting the site. "We want to make sure a project of this magnitude does not effect our wet- work, but we have to tell the public we are going to protect the wetlands," said Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce. Regional Councillor Ken Carruthers was concerned about the start of "big box stores" coming to the area and sug- gested that while he recognizes Canadian Tire may not be perceived as a "box store", that it really was. P< Councillor Pearce also had concerns about how a new store on the Stockworth site would effect traffic at Hwy. 7A and Simcoe St. Councillor Carruthers summed up the meeting telling the developers that council was not trying to slow down the process, but that there were many mat- ters to be addressed before the project can move forward. 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