PAGE 2, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1977, WHITIIY VFREE PRESS REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT WITH RESPECT TO YEAR - ROUND MOBILE HOME PARKS PUBLIC MEETING COUNCIL CHAMBERS REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 605 ROSSLAND ROAD EAST WHITBY, ONTARIO 7:30 P.M., TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1977 The Department of Planning and Development'of the Regional Municipality of Durham was instructed in 1976 to prepare a study on year-round mobile home parks. The study is now com- plete and a report has been prepared. The report contains certain recommendations which after discussion with the public may form the basis for an amendment to the Official Plan of the Regional Municipality of Durham. The purpose of this meeting is to present the study recommendations which are as follows: 1. Mobile home parks shail mean land that is owned and operated by a person(s), a co-operative or a condominium corporation for the purpose of providing residential accommodation of double wide mobile home units or modular home units. Such units shall mean a transport- able factory-built single family dwelling of two or more components that are joined on a permanent anchoring foundation and connected to service systems approved by the Ministry of the Environment and the Region of Durham so as to be suitable for year-round occupancy and are constructed to meet the standards of the Ontario Building Code, the Electrical Code, Plumbing Code as well as ail relevant by-laws of the municipality. 2. That mobile home parks, if deemed desirable by the Council of the respective area municipal. ity and subject to their inclusion in a district plan, may be permitted in those areas designated residential in the Officiai Plan. 3. In the case that a Mobile Homa Park is deemed desirable by the Council of the respective area municipality, a special -.oning category shall be instituted as per Section 35c of the Planning Act. In addition, area municipalities are encouraged to enact such oning categories through by-laws in accordance with Section 35a of the Planning Act. 4. A site plan agreement which is registered on title shall be a condition for the approval by an area municipality of a rezoning or subdivision application for mobile home park development. 5. Such site plan agreements shall be in accordance with the relevant by-laws of the area munici- pality and the criteria established by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation publica- tion, "Site Planning for Mobile Homes - A Supplement to the Site Planning Handbook" as may be amended from time to time. In addition to site planning details, the Agreement shall contain provisions for: a) acceptable guarantees to the area municipality and.the Region to be filled with the res- pective area municipality and the Region to guarantee performance of all work to be completed pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, and b) the payment of applicable development charge levies. In addition, Regional Council shall require that the applicant(sý enter into appropriate agreements which may include such matters as Regional services, Regional levies and Regional road facilities. 6. Mobile Home Park development shall be treated in the same manner as any residential devel- opment for the purpose of assessing municipal park requirements, school requirements, ser- vices, utilities, amenities and any other requirements under the Planning Act. Written comments should be submitted to the Regional Municipality of Durham, Department of Planning and Development, 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, L1N 6A3, by May 12th, 1977. Information regarding the study can be obtained by calling Mr. J. Moyer, Department of Planning and Development, Regional Municipality of Durham, Whitby (416) 668-7731. Copies of the study are available at: The Regional Dopartment of Planning & Development; and the Office of the Clerk in Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Port Perry, Uxbridge, Beaverton, Cannington and Sunderland. r IL Brock Street work starts next week Reconstruction of Brock Street North, one block at a time, will begin during the second week of May, says Gerald Haley, construction supervisor for the Town of Whitby. During the first week of May, John and Chestnut Streets will be paved, and restoration work will be done on Mary and Maple Streets, he said. Starting the second week of the month, reconstruction will begin on Brock Street in the block from Chestnut to Maple Street with the south- bound lan1à left open for traffic and northbound traffic detoured by John, Perry and Maple Streets. The reconstruction of Brock Street to four lanes will take place one block at a time, with about three to four weeks to complete each block, says Mr. Haley. Reconstruction will include installation of storn and sanitary sewers and paving. A more detailed list of when the varous blocks will be reconstructed, will be issued soon by the public works department. All Whitby residents who re interesting in participating n the Whitby-Longueuil twinning ceremonies this year are invited to attend a public meeting at the municipal >uilding May 10 at 7:30 p.m. The dates of the twinning visit have been established as ruly 1 to 3, with Whitby being the host to the visitors rom Longueuil, Quebec. Whitby's twinning with Longueuil dates back to Sklar Furniture,of Whitby, was fined $35,000 last week by the Anti-Inflation Board for paying its 593 employees increases larger than allowed by the wage and price control program. The AIB had cut wages for members of Local 50 of the Upholsterers International Union of North America from I 1.5 per cent in a one- year contract to 10.3 per cent. 1969, and has been faithfully attended by a number of Whitby residents. The town is hoping for a particularly large number of residents to get involved in the program this year. Longueuil's Mayor Marcel Robidas was in Whitby in March to participate in the twinning ceremonies with Mayor iErnest Hutchison of Whitby, England, and will lead the delegation from Longueuil in July. A union appeal of the pay cut failed and resulted in a further decrease to 9.6 per cent by the AIB. The company was fined, howçver, because it continued to pay raisés above the AIB ruling while the settlement was under review. Sklar plans to appeal the fine, and is currently study- ing the seven-page decision handed down by the AIB. J. Anderson CHAI RMAN Wm. F.H. McAdams COMMISSIONER Fwmnnîng meeting is called for May 10 Sklar fined by AIB; will appeal the ruling