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VOL. 11, No. 15, 17 Daybar Avenue â€" Phone 247â€"6137 Off Martingrove Rd. 1 block South of Beifieid YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY from $1990 Westonâ€"York Times THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1972 Tachauer; Eddie Biddle, lead hand; Jim Pealow and Tony DiFabie. “&q ng but also sucâ€" cessful in the course are John Boddington and Howard Sinnott. J oS Hollis Hall will not be sold. Council voted last week to retain the borough owned lands, upholding a recomâ€" mendation by the Legislation and Property Committee to change the zoning byâ€"law to permit a dayâ€"care centre. Council‘s decision not to sell is comâ€" patable with residents and businessmen in the immediate area who attended the planning board‘s public meeting on March 2, objecting to the sale of the land. Objections were based on the problem of heavy traffic during rush hours at the corner of Locust and Weston Road, lack of parking facilities and interference with any future commercial and highâ€"rise developâ€" ment in the area. Alderman Jack Gallichan told the board he felt dayâ€"care centres were a necessity in the borough but that he opposed the selling of the land because "once this was done it would not be economically feasible to inâ€" clude it in an assembly of land for highâ€"rise and commercial as designated in the proposed Official Plan." Mr. Gallichan Carried out by an independent consultant, at the expense of the applicant, the study would be considered by planning board and council prior to the approval of the apâ€" plications to which they apply. benefit study of every proposed highrise apartment rezoning containing 100 or more dwelling units and on mixed residential commercial buildings containing 100 or more dwelling units be included in the proposed Official Plan. by Dawne Moss Controller James Trimbee voiced strong opposition to a recommendation by Plan ning Commissioner Peter Allen during last Thursday‘s planning board meeting against moving to Phase II in a study on the Levy ‘This is the biggest site we will ever come to grips with," said Mr. Trimbee. "There are as many uses (in the study) to keep it industrial in my opinion.‘" Mr. Allen agreed that there was no question the site could be developed for industrial use, but maintained that high density residential combined with comâ€" mercial development on the Weston Road frontage would be most appropriate. "At this point I am not willing to continue through the phases," said Mr. Trimbee. ‘‘There is no industrial use left in the Borough of York." We seem to want to put this off," said Alderman Fergus Brown. ‘"‘We ‘do need some kind of development in York and I think Mr. Allen‘s conclusion is reasonable and we should move to Phase II." The controversial Levy site has been an issue in the municipality since an apâ€" plication to rezone the Levy Site was received in July, 1967. Since then applicants have been working with the planning staff and ‘other borough departments to resolve problems of their proposed plan. On October 14, 1971, the planning board redesignated the site from high density residential to a study area in the proposed Official Plan. Subsequently, the comâ€" missioner of planning recommendéd that the study be carried out in four phases consisting of appropriate land use, design criteria, economic study and processing of the application. the completion of Phase I, Mr. Allen recommended high density residential including a variety of housing types, combined with commercial, be regarded as an appropriate land use for the purpose of Phase I, and asked the boards approval to proceed with Phase II. The report gave seven uses for the property, classing high density residential combined with commercial top priority, In his report to the planning board after Planning Board has recommended a cost Hall not to be sold Cost benefit study 426 241â€"3581 f 180 CHURCH ST., wssrou.onnmo‘ the proposal. He stated that the maximum of 55 children that would be attending the centre would range in age from nine months to nine years. He said that the children in the centre would be supervised and fenced in, they would not be allowed to play in the street and that no children from outside the centre would be allowed in. Mr. Anderson stressed that the Departâ€" ment of Social Services has a record of no accidents elsewhere in Metro and that some centres are located at much busier in tersections. He explained that the province would provide 100 percent subsidy on a purchase basis or 80 percent on a lease basis. Although council has rejected purchase of the land, negotiations could resume for leasing and the dayâ€"care centre may yet become a reality. + Industrial use was placed third in the report. The views of the manager of the Metropolitan Toronto Industrial Comâ€" mission were obtained as to the suitability of the site for redevelopment to new industrial uses. His report stated that it was unlikely any one manufacturer would be interested by buying the whole site, but that in view of the demand for renteble singleâ€"floor inâ€"| dustrial space, developers would be inâ€" terested in building such space speculatively. Recommendation was made by the board following a request from the York Federation of Ratepayers. The Federation maintained that the study would give planning board and council close control on apartment assessment and servicing costs and should provide a clearer picture of the impact of each apartment proposal, eliminating much of the controversy and doubt which surrounds apartment issues and greatly assisting planning board and council in their decisionâ€"making process. suggested negotiating a lease containing a demolition clause. Metropolitan Commissioner of Social Services, Mr. Anderson appeared at the same planning board meeting in support of would be a visual improvement. Planning board voted in favor of Mr. Allen‘s recommendation for high density residential including a variety of housing types, combined with commercial and approved proceeding to Phase H of the study (the design criteria for the projec.. with Mr. Trimbee voting against. was given to high density residential combined with commercial to provide a strong community focus, with social and environmental improvement of the whole district west of Weston Road. It would assist in fulfilling York‘s obligation as part of Metro to provide increased housing stock taking advantage of extensive parklands in the vicinity. It also maintained that the location for high density relates to proposed GO train system and the high density would increase viable commercial uses, adding assessment. s » wrecked vehicles presently on the site, almost any new industrial development Mr. Allen‘s report concured with the opinion of the Metropolitan Industrial Commissioner that the Levy site is atâ€" tractive for secondary industries requiring singleâ€"level floor space. Main benefits he stated would be improved assessment and an additional employment source conâ€" venient to borough residents. The report also mentioned that in view of the unsightliness of stored auto parts and applicant proceeding with any other type of development and that the final decision on the appropriate land use would only be made following Phase III of the study. (The economic study demonstrating the impact of the proposed project on the borough). noting that there was little chance of the The report maintained that preference SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS F it