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Page 2, Whitby Free Press. Wednesday, September 13,1995 rn~- 3000 sq. ft. - Falingbrook $219.900 OPEN HOUSE Sun. Sept. 17 a 2-4pmf RON SMALL Exceptional Value! 55 x 120* lot steps frorn park and BROKER school. Ilirce fuli bahs plus powdcr mi. Hi-cl!. Lenriox Accredited Res. Appraiser Pulse lieating plus central air. Skyliglit. kitelhen island plus lothyar mrketng mucli more! Anderson St.. North of' Rossland. Turn on finei q4,iy oes k Bracbrook & follow signs. lt*s one of' the best V\'alu&s in fine'i4lt6yflOfies town: corne sec on Sunday or cal!l fr previcw. 430-900). su gop s s eat ne(05) 430-900 PIUT SALU PAINT SALU M Il STARTING 4PM, SEPT. 15! àii Fri. 4pm-7pm, Sat.& Sun. lOam-4pm M CUNR BARNI i:'I:l~: gàw 1010 Dundas St. W., Whitby WIIS T-UIIYd 3'IYS .LN1Yd ce Comittee reverses position on -signs By Mike Ko»wauuki pemissable for the companys food been granted to Durham College Two monthas after taking a stand court and future gas bar at Paisley and Home Depct, for example, against exemptions ta Whitby's Court and Consumera Drive. while their application was for sign bylaw, Town council was The proposed sign, ta be located something considerably lesu. being asked ta, ignore its earlier at the south end cf the property Home Depot's sign, for instance, decisioxn. fronting enta the highway, would is 35 feet tail, Hogarth said. A recommenciation to tflat effect fro m the planning and development committee was expected ta be dealt with at Monday's coundil meeting. Last week, committee approved an application for a minor variance ta the bylaw which had been submitted by Pioneer Petroleum. Although Pioneer's request was the same as that denied by coundil in June, comxittee recommended that councril take another look at the application after hearing from a company delegation. .Committee members agreed with -the delegation that the intended signa -proimity ta Highway 401 warranted specal attention. On June 26, council flrst considered Pioneers3 application for a larger sign than normally measure 150 square teet and stad 25 feet tail. 1Since this was greater than the bylaw's perrnîtted limits of 107. 6 square feet and 19.7 feet respectively, councril denied the application. Council also went a step further and directed the planning department to draft a new policy goverming business location signa after some councillors, notably Don Mitchell, complained that staff were routinely recommending exemptions to the bylaw. But last. week, Pioneer representatives and sign manufacturer Brill Làight Neon Signa appeared before committee t? press their case for the larger sign. Both Brill Liglit spokesperson Tim Monk and Pioneer officialilm Hogarth noted that variances had Lack of a sign of sufficient size bas not helped business at the food court, which includes four fast-food outlets, Hogarth claimed. "We're getting'a lot of people ccmning in and saying they don't realize we're open," lie said. "We've gone out of our way ta make the building and Iandscaping look good and we feel 25 feet wifl get us there. A 15-foot banner doesn't do it for us n ow.- Monk pointed, out that the Ontario, Ministry cf Transportation allows 35-foot tail signa alongside highways and that this is 10 feet more than what Pioneer is seekring. "We're asidng for an increase of less tlian six feet in heiglit and visibility ta 1,400 feet away as; oppcsed ta 40 feet," said Monk. "This is a highway sign, its not the sanie as a city sign," lie said. "If it was, we wouldn't eakg for it."beakn Planning director. Bob Short said the bylaw does net distingujali between Iighway 401 and Highways 12 (Brock Street) .and 2 (Dundas Street). "Highway 401 is different from any other highway and the bylaw should indicate that," said Mitchell. "Someone on Hlighway 2 could say 'you juat approved that' and t.hen corne ta us for the same thing," he said. After several more minutes discusion, committee accepted a motion fi-cm councillor Joe Drumni ta recommend the variance and ta also ask staff ta draft policy with respect ta signa near Hlighway 401. While he suppcrted the recommendation, committee chair Marcel Brunelle warned bis colleagues ta expect a silar request. from the food coure's neighbour ta the west. "I can see McDonald's comn back and saying'ycu cant see us,' «said Brunelle. "Ini fact, Id be surprised if they dont." For bianket coverage of ALL the homes and/or businesses in Whitby QB to selected areas only, caîl the Whitby Free Press - 668-6111. If you did flot get a flyer which is listed for full distribution, give us a oeil. " One-Thirty Court (selected homes) " Lilian North (Re/Max Summit Realty) (selected homes) " Prince Restaurant (selected homes) " Swish Maintenance (selected- homes) " Brooklin Pharmacy (sele 'cted homes and businesses) I I a IL- in today s pape, r Mayors' Row six FORMER Whitby mayors were honoured as part of Whitby's 1 4Oth anniversary celebrations dur- ing the annual' Heritage Day event Saturday. From Iet are Des N ewman (1966- 75), Tom Edwards (1991 -present), Harry Jermyn (1 950-59), Warren Mowat (1964-65) and Jim Gartshore (1975-80). Photo by Mark Reesor, Whtby Free Press