rroiessionai riannmg ADiiiiy Guides Orderly Area Progress In its bi-monthly public hear ings of r e z o n i ng applica tions and the discussions am ong m em bers of the Oakville P lan ning Board, the surface working of this m unicipal body can be easily observed. Not so readily observable a re the established planning princi ples and the factors th at guide the board planners in their re com mendations tor individual changes in land status. The planning board's recom m endations m ust consider n o t cully the. interests of residents in an im m ediate a re a w here a high rise apartm en t m ay be olanned; it m ust go m uch deep e r and attem pt to reconcile con tinuing developm ent with a well ordered economic plan f o r Oakville. Industry and com m erce a re very m uch to the tore in board thinking. Before am algam ation of Oakville an d the form er T ra falgar Township th ere w ere two planning boards and naturally enough the T rafalg ar board's concern w as largely with t h e rural north of Halton while the Oakville board had a ra th e r dif ferent set of problems. Now, with am endm ents, rezonings. changes in planning re quirem ents (including a change f r o m residential one-family home subdivision development to the em ergence of the rise apartm en t era) work new board is m uch m ore plicated. CHANGING TRENDS and in this connection Mr. Cum m ing notes th at while there m ay be plenty of opportunities for Jobs in industrial a n d com m ercial establishm ents, the planning board would find a welcome addition to the a re a in such a stru ctu re a s the head office of an insurance company, for exam ple, w here jobs would be opened for a num ber of of fice workers. D uring the last seven o r eight y ea rs the board has had to re consider the question of w hether there is a place In the a re a for certain types of industries, and if so, w hat w as the m ost suitable l o c a t i o n for them. These studies, background of the day to day work of the plan ning staff, continue without in terruption. One ea rlier decision w as the case of railw ay storage y ard s when the board cam e to the conclusion th ere w ere places in the a re a w here these should be accom m odated, and o t h e r sites w here they should not. Planning changes w ere m ade accordingly. INDUSTRIAL ZONE and locations and m eets w i t h th e firm 's representatives in an effort to reach a m utually satis factory siting of the plant. TOWN IS CENTRE Changing housing habits and industry, and not least of all em ploym ent a re all planning board concerns. "In preparing a plan the board and its em ployees m ust consider where people a r e going to work as well as w here they a re going to live and play." says E. R. (Ed) Cumming, planning board direc to r since 1956. With a fund of experience and knowledge gain ed through the trying period of am algam ation, a point noted by M r. Cumming Is th a t "W hether y o u 'a r e considering people who a re working locally o r not, you have to establish a relation be tween opportunities for employ m ent and a place erf residence. We a re trying to provide em ployment opportunities for resi dents of this area." The job level, for example, m ay be high as it is in Oak ville in the early m onths of 1965 Another move initiated by the board was the foresighted one of establishing an industrial zone in the eastern p a rt of Oak ville n ea r the Queen Elizabeth Way w here new firm s -c a n lo cate advantageously n ea r t h e huge Ontario R esearch Founda tion project on the north side of the QEW. Transition of other p arts of the land along t h e QEW from com m ercial to in dustrial is also p a rt of t h e long-term planning. Still another phase of the "background" of planning board operations is its vory close liai son with R. J . Cooksley, direc to r of Oakville's Industrial De velopm ent D epartm ent. This es sential partnership between in dustrial development and overall a re a planning is greatly fur thered by the sim ple fact that both departm ents occupy space in a rented building on the South Service Road, in which Mr. Cooksley's office* a re a m ere dozen steps to those of Mr Cumming. When consultations a re held in connection with a new indus try th at w ants to locate in Oak ville, probably through the m is sionary efforts of Mr. Cooksley in selling Oakville's unchalleng ed advantages, M r. Cumming's departm ent advises on zoning "One of our m ain objectives h as alw ays been to reinforce the Oakville a re a a s the centre of Toronto-Hamilton strip ," says Mr. Cumming. "T h at m ean s not only attractin g people to live here in surroundings they de sire and can afford, but also to work here, thus expanding the range of industrial and c o mm ercial development. W hat's m ore, adds M r. Cum ming, " I think this a re a enjoys the sam e attractions as Toronto Township and Burlington and our land uses a re organized to accom m odate t h e s e develop m ents b etter in som e respects, than those of our neighbor m u nicipalities." M r. Cumming sees another change from the pre-Ford days of Oakville in th a t Ford and several other larg e industries a t one tim e located here without any reference to the la te r trend of industries to spread o u t from the central Toronto core. T he trend now is of course well established and augurs extrem e ly well for Oakville's industrial future. With each added indus try moving here interest by still others in the advantages con cerned can be sparked, planning officials feel. M r. C u m m i n g is oonfident that, with sound planning, there is no reason why Oakville can't retain its traditionally desirable residential features and t h a t t h e s e can com bine with factory and com m ercial effic iently and conveniently, without intruding on the parallel growth of residential Oakville. "B ible" of all planning policies in Oakville is t h e "official p lan " or m a ste r plan which it self h a s grow n in size and scope to keep pace with the times. It covers a re a conditions a s a whole, extent of u rb an a re a de velopm ent contem plated a n d the quality of th at development, land use, the agricultural use of land, a s w-efi a s industrial, com m ercial and residential uses. I t also defines the roads sys tem s, open spaces needed, am e nities. redevelopm ent of some sections, servicing, and staging. E ven the town council is not a court of la st reso rt howrever, because a s a creatu re of the province, the town itself can be overruled bv the Ontario Muni cipal B oard, the provincial ag ency under which all planning by m unicipal bodies is scrutini zed. W hatever those disappointed applicants m ay feel about some of th eir decisions, m em bers of the Oakville Planning Board over the y ea rs have acted as a body with public spirited un selfishness, giving m uch of their tim e and business acum en and experience for the benefit of a progressive Oakville. OAKVILLE STORAGE FORWARDERS LTD. Offers you ' STORAGE ·CARTAGE · FORW ARD ING * IN TRANSIT HANDLING in the When Buying Y o u r · LIF E · INSURANCE CAR · INSURANCE HOUSE INSURANCE MILTON G LEN W l Kaiser History Oi Expansion Remarkable Oakville Record No industry in Oakville can boast of a m ore consistent ex pansion record than K aiser Re fractories Co., a division of K aiser Aluminum and Chemical C anada Ltd. By next Ju n e its seventh plant addition since 1954 will be in operation a l o n g the C.N.R. m ain line n ea r the Q u e e n Elizabeth Way, thus m aintain ing a unique record of adding a new building a t least every two years since it originally lo cated in Oakville. The latest evidence of t h e com pany's healthy growth since it began operations here a s Re fractories Engineering and Sup plies Ltd., is an ultra-m odern structure (No.7) m easuring 160 by 70 feet and providing 12,000 m ote square fee* of space for production. P rim ary p u r pose of the addition is to obtain a g reater Canadian content of the com pany's products, says G. W. Paterson, plant superin tendent. Work on th e n e w building began last Septem ber and when it is finished and ful ly equipped will represent an other $250,000 investm ent b y K aiser R efractories in its Oak ville activities. When the firm moved to Oak ville because of the town's cen tra l location in th e industrial belt betw'een Oshawa and the N iagara peninsula it selected the present 22-acre site to allow for growth. And growth certain ly followed. The com pany uses specialized equipment to p r o duce refractory specialties -- plastics, castables and cem ents. Spaced within the buildings is m achinery to produce m ortars, ram m ing m ixes, plastic fire bricks and types of insulation am ong others. Head office of the company moved here from Hamilton in 1958 and 40 employees a re en gaged in Oakville operations. There is storage for raw m at erials, enabling the com pany to ship in any quantity at a n y tim e to its m ost im portant m a r ket th e 100-mile radius f r o m Toronto which is the receiving end for 76 per cent of m ore than 100 refractory products. Designed tor flexibility to pro duce the specialty products of three U.S. m anufacturers, under franchise, the plant largely gets the raw m aterials it needs from Canadian sources. Occasionally when this is not possible m at erials a re im ported from licen sed associates. All products are carefully quality controlled for sale under a perform ance guar antee. Active in the Oakville complex of the com pany is an engineer ing division from which trained personnel a re available to assist in planning and installing indus trial refractories, boiler settings and applications w here h i g h tem p eratu re linings a re speci fie d . Greater Oakville" Area ETOW NOHVAL BRAMPTON fr'BRA^TALEA-----------o w valc H ow much insurance should I have? 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