PAGE- 6,TUESDAYJ UNE 30, 1981.WHIITBY FREE PRESS To three residential developments.... Public pressure turns int.o no voti Public opposition has9 caused Whltby Town Council to deny three applications for residen- Uial development. At its meeting last week, council denied applications to con- struct 13 three-storey apartment buildings at the corner of Thickson Road and Mary Street, as well as a proposed building on Rossland Road at Brock Street and an addition to an existing building on St. John Street. At a recent meeting of the administrative committee, over 200 people showed up to voice their disapproval of the Thickson Road - Mary Street proposai made by Markborough Properties and Creson Investments Limited. Council concurred with 'the committee's recommendation and rejected a plan that called for the construc- tion of 54 one bedroom and 96 two bedroom apartments with rents in the $45 to $500 a mon- th range. Residents described the proposai as a "white elephant" and claimed that they had been given assurances by the developer that rentai not be built in the Bluegrass Meadows subdivision. However, area residents did say that they could support this type of development 50 long as it was "owner- occupied." Public opposition was ite council's decision to turn down a proposai by Jovial Investments Ltd. to build an apartment building on the south- west corner of Rossland Road and Brock Street. Centre Street area residents called the building a "sore SYSg> Pop People Pop BROWN'S FOODMASTER CAE F 2-WozBOTLSBROOKLIIN 655-4521 $4.99 & de p. CASE 0F 24-10 oz. BOUTLES $4.49 & dep. ASSORTED FLAVORS 8:30 amn to 6 pm Except Thurs. & Fni. Nights til 9 pm that a general clean-up of the subdivision will also be donc. As soon as the developer receives ten- ders, work wilI begin on the construction of a fence surrounding the area as well as a walk- way. This will also be completed sometime in August. "We've corne a long way since we started on this, " Bugelli said. 1' es thumb."' Tom Brumwell, a spokesman for the residents, said that they wanted homes with 50 foot frontages to be built on the site The spokesman added that ebjîdren living in t.he apart.ment buildings would add to the already overcrowded conditions in neighbourhood schools. Councillors rejected the proposai that the planning department said the developer claimed to be "good quality development. " Harry Van Den Boom, the owner of an apar- tment dwelling at 305 St. John Street West had his request to add two more units to his existing six turned down. In objecting to the ap- plication, area residents said that the building was not being kept properly in its present condition. King 's Gate will be f ixed Up The developer of the King's Gate subdivision has told Whitby Town Council that it will commence work on ian- dscaping and a fence. Cadillac Fairview Corporation made the statement after the town threatened to draw upon a letter of credit from the company and do the work themselves. Residents living within and around the subdivision have com- plained about the lack of landscaping around the homes. West Ward Councilor Joe Bugelli told council that the land around the homes resembled "Fir- st World War trenches. " He added that the condition was "dangerous" to children wh 1o use nareastee ofM