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r _or, -0 d - t f 1 .,.,a.1 er-- a wn d. -0býý ere o'. lx, ByMike Kowalski The owner of an east. Whitby - trailer park has been. ordered' W correct potentiallydneruélectrical problëeaon the property. Unless repaira to the SubwaLy Mobile Home Court are Made to the Town's satisfaction owner Doug Hugn will be charged under Wib~ property stliaÎ&~ blaw. A notice of violation, outlining four speciflc bylaw infractions, was served on Huggins last month. The notice states the property -does fot comply with the byaw in the following areas: *exterioir electrical wmring, connections, caps and enclosures are damaged and bare and require repair; * exterior electrical wirinj is ini a state of dierepair and la incapable of, providing adequate and' safe electrical supply; *hy4ro poles are leaning and m* poor condition reyiring straightening and/ or replacement; driveways and' parking,,areas are damaged and require repair. MTe driveways and parkting areas should be free from potholes and unevenes, states, the notice.) .Acting Town administrator -Ai Claringbold saàid the notice stems fromn charges laid aganat4s MHuins ý by Ontario Hydro iast year. Hw*s was charged and subsequntly convicted unde thePowe Coporations Act because of several fire hazards, including bare wires.. «There was a conviction, whatever the deficiencies were they have flot been rectiied,» said Claringbold. "TAs is a continuation of that process, to the beat of our knowledgethe repaira have, not been done.n Accordig to' the notice, HMis must a pear before Whitby's proîerty standards-officer March -1in. con- nection wththie alledged infractions. Yf the probiems are not'corected within1 a «reason-. able time period", Clarngbold said Huggins will b. charged. ~a~ingd could not comment on the safety aspect, of the probleme at Dundas St. E. trailer park. 'Tm not qualified to say how'dangerous it might b.,' said Claringbold. Although HMgins could b. -facing, charges, Claring bold did not expect it to have anY bearing on expansion plan for the park other than what Town, council previously stipu a Léast June, council approved a rezoning a plication, ailowing' Huggins to bjuld a commrial deveélopment and townhousie on the site. However, a holding designation on the land- will not bIe Il:ifte until* 67* trailers now occupying the property SER PAGE 26 t, If f f ~ i f.' FALLTNG tree Ui accidents and seve failures in Whitbh were the resuit of Sunday and Mondu ès, minor traffic Uine superintendent John Heldane: mral hydro power si rw were busy -restoring y andi elSewhere - pwer from 4:30 a.m. to 9, p.m. on' f nee nrain-on onday. xy. Wbitby Hydro' Vhdeu lovie photo No plan -to shut p ost Office Massive .'development for Whitby' By ,MkeKNowalsi A subdIivisioncapable of hous- ing almost 9,000 people is plan- ne oxorthwe;st Whîtby. A rposai from Erin Milis ~Deveiopment Corp. will be the sject of a. public meeting Mrch 18 before Town councils planning and developnient comn- mittee. Erin Milis is seeking amend- ments te, both Whitby's and Dur- hanRegion's officiai plans te aliow construction of the 2.,392- unit deveiopment. Thepropsed site is located west oCohrane St., between RossIand Rd. and. Taunton Rd. on what is now primarily vacant farmiland. The 'application from Erin Milis will~ seek te. increase 'the population density of the area frm 5,500 people te 9,000. The site has a residential designation in both officiais plans, but far a Ipwer density. If approved, the subdivision will consist of 1,062 single fiamil homes, 332 semi- etache houses, 102 interiot dweiling-s, 189 tewnhouses, 413 multiple faxnily units and 294 apart- ments. Company spokiesman ]Rand Grifin said the development wifi be phased-in, based on prevailing market conditio. "It will take another year or. two before we sée housing because the land needs servlcing,. but wed like -te see it -as faut as we can,» said Griffin. 1Althouh the comp>any hias- not yet hearfrom ne*igo îg resi- dents 'who -may bboncerned about such a great influx of people, Griffun is not worried about posible opposition, te the proposal Hlesaid* Erin Mille built a «flrst-class» deveiopment lu Mis- sissauga and Whitby will be the sanie. "I think the Town will b. quite pieased with the development when it's. completed,» said Grif- fin. Councillor Ross Batten, plan- ninjg and deveiopment committee. chairman, said hie has not heard SER PAGE 10 The union,, however,. does not expect this situation te last long. "It willstay that way until they flnd someone te bu the. buildings,» said Bill Scott, president of CP Local 571. «Obviously they will not use 'the buildings for juat counter servce. It's even* in their long-range. plans te get* rid of Oshawa downtewn,w Scott à .dded. cotadmitted the union has not been teld officially that Whitby will close, yet «said ik is only amatter of time. «They haven't teld us a. date, but. Oshawa (ciosing) is within twmo years. There' no- date.on Whitby but I would imgnutpret so. Canada Post spoesan Joyce -Wells denied the Crown corporation has *any «firm planse wth resett ht "Ail I can tell you. is .lm the news release. There are no furmplans for any change<a Whitby),» said Wells. However, Wells 4dded that Whitby is.included. in the corporation's current reviewo t Canada-wide operations. "It's no -secret that- everything is. being reviewed, Whitby is no exception, but there, aren't any other plans," saidWells. SUE PAGE 10 By Nue Kowaid Although its lettr camrera are movig else- where, VVhtbfs office wnil remain open for the immediate futue. Despite union dlaims te the contrary, Canada Pos deies having any plans te close Wh1itys, downtown post office. Whiie thfe Canadian Union of Postal Workera (CUEW) admits it has, not been formaily advised that the post office is closing, the union, expecta' it to happen within tw years. The closing, if it does occur, is part of Canada Postes long-ranp privatization program, which is gradually eliminating jobs, charges the union. 1Canada Post, meanwhile, says it is only responding te public demand by contracting-ot service, previously performed by postal workes te private operaters. .Effective'.March il letter carriers who now pick up mail at the *itby and Stevenson ]Rd. (Oshawa),post offices will b)e-transferred te the am mifacihity in downtown Oshaa According te Canada Post, this -"internal restructuring has been promWte by the pat- tern ofgrodh in.the Oshawa WIutjbyarea. Letter carriers will no longer wýork out of the two buildings, but counter service operations. and lobby mafibox access will not be affected, adds Canada Post in a press resese. fshionS