PAGE 4, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDY, MARCH 151989 Builders have to April 1 to qualify for lower levy Builders in the Durham Region area have until April 1 to get their subdivisions approved or they will be paying almost double in lot levy fees, the money a municipality charges for deve- Ioping land. Durham Region council gave SHOULD I WAX MY NO WAX FLOORS? The other day a customer was telling us that her No Wax floor was losing its lustre. Is there anythig I can do to get the shine back" she asked?. Fortunately there is. What happened is that the grit carried in on the bottoms of shoes had over a period of time gradually ground the protective coating off the floor. The resuit was a loss of shine, and dirt becoming imbedded in her floors was not readily removed. 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A number of builders, who will not have their subdivisions ready for approval by April 1, appeared at council's meeting last Wednes- day claiming outside agencies have held up their approval. Gerard Gervais of the Maxion Corp. which is building a 45-unit subdivision in Pickering, told council his approval is being held up because a comment has not been received from the Ministry of Environment while Bob Schickedanz said his company, which is building a 233-unit sub- division in Newcastle is waiting for a comment from the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. Whitby councillor Joe Drumm, who is a member of CLOCA's board, was upset with Schicke- danz's comments. "The Conservation Authority has problems with the applica- tion. I don't like the authority being put down," he said. Councillors were told builders in Durham had been warned last November that a substantial in- crease in lot levies was being considered bv Durham. "That could be called discri- minatory. When a federal government brings in a budget there is no advanced warning. It is privileged information," said Oshawa ayor Allan Pilkey. Staff had compiled a list of builders they felt should be given the 1988 levy cost because they felt those builders would make the April 1 deadline. Council voted to remove the list. "It may be proper and the fairest way not to have a list" said Pickering councillor Bob Mitchell while Oshawa councillor Nancy Diamond commented "You're either in or you're out." Council voted 18-9 to remove the list. Severances approved in Garrard Rd. area Whitby council has given approval for the severance of two lots in the Garrard Rd. area, overturning its recommendation of two weeks ago, when council voted not to allow the severance. Council rejected the severance applications by Colin Campbell, 217 Garrard Rd. and D. Polzin, 229 Meadow Rd, two weeks ago by a vote of 4-4. But Monday night, mayor Bob Attersley said after looking at the area he did not see the severances having a detrimental impact on the neighborhood. Councillors Joe Bugelli, Dennis Fox, Lynda Buffett and Joe Drumm, along with Attersley, approved the severance while councillors Tom Edwards, Marcel Brunelle and Ross Batten opposed the severance. (Attersley had voted against the severances two weeks ago.) "Mr. Campbell has gone through considerable aggrava- tion and we have to be consis- tent," said councillor Drumm noting that council had recently approved a subdivision in the area with smaller lots than the 55-ft. lot Campbell would have after severing his property. Councillor Batten said the Garrard Rd. area had been desig- ned with larger lots and he predicted a pproyal of the severance would set a precedent. "There are 70 lots there that could (apply for a severance) and that is the door we are opening," said councillor Brunelle. "Are we satisfied with chang- ing the complexion of the neigh- borhood?" he asked council dur- ing discussion on the matter. But Attersley, who had the deciding vote, said he did not think the decision would harm the neighborhood. Hideaway wants to relocate Owners of the Hideaway Bingo establishment now at Thickson Rd. and Dundas St. E. recently made application for a new loca- tion, to include a banquet hall, on the east side of Sunray St. in south Whitby. But representatives for the Soccer City indoor stadium, now under construction across the street, say the bingo/banquet hall will have inadéquate park- ing space as proposed and will devalue Soccer City property. A total of 259 parking spaces (127 for bingo and 132 for ban- quet) have been proposed. The Hideaway owner said approval of the Sunray location by the Town will likely mean closure of the existing Hideaway location. "It's a very nice building," he SEE PAGE 13 $1 million garbage study FROM PAGE 1 rema. As part of the year long study, Leitch said MacLaren will hold public meetings in late March and early April throughout Dur- ham to explain the study and get public comment. Leitch told council the Minis- try of Environment has indicated they will fund 50 per cent of the study. Last week, he told works com- mittee the study will give coun- cillors a comparison to any recommendation from the five regions in the Greater Toronto Area which are now discussing the problem. Headquarters FROM PAGE1 the subject of a dispute in 1987 as both Oshawa and Whitby vied for a new location in their res- pective municipalities. After months of meetings, pre- sentations and discussions, Regional coe ncil voted 15-14 to remain at the present location, adjacent to the Whitby uiia building on Rossland Rd. E.Ipa