Ratepayers concernLed A proposai for a council resolution outlining figures for lot coverage, frontages and sizes was presented to council's administrative com- mittee Tuesday by Planning Director Keith Birch, follow- ing a meeting with the Corridor Area Ratepayers Association last week. The proposed resolution calls for single familydetached homes to have 25 to 30 per cent lot coverage, a minimum of 50 foot frontage and lot size of 5,000 square feet. For semi-detached honies, lot coverage would be 30 to 35 per cent, frontage 30 feet and lot size 3,000 square feet. For link homes, lot coverage would be 35 to 40 per cent, frontage 30 feet and lot size 3,000 square feet. For Town houses lot coverage would be 40 to 45 per cent, frontage 20 feet and lot size 2,000 square feet, while apartments would have a lot coverage of 35 per cent. At the ratepayers' meeting Wednesday Mr. Birch had originally proposed 40 to 45 per cent for apartments. Mr. Birch's proposal came in response to concern expressed by the members of the ratepayers association about a proposal by the town to remove the 25 per cent lot coverage clause from the official plan or change it to 40 per cent. The 25 ratepayers who attended Wednesday's meet- ing strongly supported their executive's stand opposing the proposed removal or change of the 25 per cent lot coverage clause. There was no agreement to support Mr. Birch's proposal, and those present would not give their support to Ratepayers' President John Buchanan's suggestion that the executive study and report on Mr. Birch's proposal. Councillor Gerry Emm and Mr. Birch, in response to questions from the ratepayers, said that a resolution of council regarding lot coverages Continued Page 20 Pat Dooley (centre) explains his position on lot coverages, at a meeting of the Corridor Area Ratepayers Associ;tion, as Planning Director Keith Birch, (left) and Ratepayers Preside:t John Buchanan, (right) look on. Mr. Biech presented a proposal for a cou ncil resolution to the administrative committee Tuesday, but the ratepayers were skeptical about accepting the figures set out in the resolution. Free Press Photo a I Vol. 6, No. 14 Wednesday, April 7, 1976 20 Pages u INSIDE CLC NOT HELPING INFLATION FIGHT.............PAGE 4 BIRD'S EYE VIEW, KALNINS ON..........PAGE 5 BROOKLIN BYLINES.......-.....PAGE 6 HISTORICAL WHITBY, WORDS FROM WEST LYNDE.............., PAGE 7 JAYCETTES CHARTERED... PAGE 11 ENTERTAINMENT................PAGE 16 Dayton strike over A total of 59 office employees at Dayton Tire. Canada Limited returned to work Monday, 10 weeks after they went on strike. The employees, members of Local 743 of the United Rubber Workers, settled for $1.29 over three years, considerably short of what they were after. According to Greel y Sanders, Dayton Tire per- sonnel manager, the three year contract will give the workers, previously earning about $4.08 per hour, increases of 69 cents in the first year and 30 cents ,in each of the final two years. The workers did not get the dental plan they were seeking but did get "some improvement in the pension and welfare plans", he said. "They're all happy", Mr. Sanders said. However, shortly after the 59 employees returned to work, seven were laid off indefinitely, he said. April is Cancer month, and got off to a good start with President Bil Livingstone, and Industrial Chairman John the officiai raising of the Cancer Society flag at the Town Town. The Whitby branch's goal this year is $20,000 hall Thursday by Mayor Jim Gartshore. From left to right and canvassers will be calling door-to-door throughout are Campaign Chairman John Visser, Public Relations April. Director Mike Burgess, Mayor Gartshore, Whitby Branch Free Press Photo Toronto planning consultant: Development will not alter Brooklin's character Residential development in Brooklin can take place without damaging the ham- let's character, according to a Toronto planning consul- tant- James Murray told the region's planning and develop- ment commit-tee last week that the Consolidated Build- ing Corporation, which owns 1,200 acres around Brooklin, has pledged itself to retaining the character of the community while devel- oping it. Speaking on behalf of C.B.C., he told the commit- tee that the company, when drawing up development proposals, will take- into account input from residents, merchants, the town and the region. Mr. Murray said the company is only interested in introducing good and . well-controlled iousing to Brooklin. He feels Brooklin should have three or four neigh- bourhoods outside the exist- ing core, each including an elementary school, day-care centre, park and outdoor swimming pool. Mr. Murray said C.B.C. would lîke a Brooklin of 15,000 to 20,000 but it would be satisfied with a population of 10,000, the 1990 recommended by planning consultant Donovan Pinker. At least 10,000 is needed if Brooklin is to get the sewer mains it needs to replace septic tanks. Mr. Murray said the com- pany plans a wide variety of housing types and styles for Brooklin. According to Whitby Mayor Jim Gartshore, a member of the planning and development committee, C.B.C.'s development propos- als would - establish an "executive community" in other words for people with money. He added that any devel- opment is three or four years down the road. The region first has to complete its official plan, probably after the town finishes a second- ary study on Brooklin which is contingent upon the availability of provincial OHAP dollars. February busy month Almost $2-million worth of building pernits for industrial purposes were issued by the town's public works department in February, making February one of the busiest months of industrial development in five years, according to Director of Development Forbes McEwen. Three permits accounted for the majority of the $1,933,051. Lake Ontario Steel Com- pany took out two permits with a total value of $891,736 for a storage building. A permit with a value of $791,315 was issued to Andrew Antenna for a manufacturing building in Ashburn. Opposition to closing The Dowvntown Action Committee has joined the growing list of groups and individuals concerned about the region's decision to close Whitby's 18 division police station on Rossland Road June 30. The committee, at its most recent meeting, passed a resolution to "express its grave concern to the (town) council on the action by the regional council on the elimination of the continuous police presence in Whitby on a 24-hour basis". It also called on Whitby Council to call a public meeting "on the quality of police protection in the Town of. Whitby in a suitably large building before the situation deteriorates further".