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thinking seeing or buying williamson behax all stubs realty inc i i i i i mercedes benz repair specialist l72bullo0wtuntt3l- markham 4718660 post office not a meeting place opponents of local closure told tracy kibble staff reporter if the cancellation of retail service at the downtown cana da post office takes business from stouffyilles central core the town has only itself to blame local officials heard this week canada posts york region communications manager jim craig also told local politicians that his corporation cant be held accountable if people have no where to mingle on their daily errand trek we are not in the meeting place business we are in the postal service business craig told officials during a delega tion tuesday night craig and two associates were asked to meet with offi- cials to- discuss canada posts widelycriticized decision to stamp out retail service and open the office doors only to rommercial customers ward 6 councillor ken pren tice told craig the decision is a swipe at the downtown area this is a death nail for our downtown prentice said but craig said the decision was nothing personal but instead based solely on the eco nomic fact that retail business is minimal at the main street office the vast majority of retail postal business is already being done at one of your area stamp shops craig said he added that more thah 50 per cent of all revenue generat ed at the main street office is commercial with customers dealing in thousands of dollars each week the business side of the rev enues are well beyond the majority of business derived from this office we are taking in essentially only business revenues craig said when officials complained the service change removes foot traffic from main street craig said the blame there lies with council and its planning deci- sions if all the anchor businesses are located at one end of town thats the responsibility of council through its planning process he said craig went on to say that having stamp shops located in various local retail outlets strengthens whitchurch- stouffville businesses we took a very serious look at this before we made this move to leave it commercial only and there is enough commercial business there that we didnt close it down alto gether craig said please see page 3 town orders church st owner to alter home tracy kibble staff reporter the town has ordered a church street builder to dis mantle a section of his partly- constructed house after increased pressure from neigh boring homeowners that the structure violates the ontario building code bylaw the tri- 6iirie learned yesterday pouticians ordered a new survey be taken after neigh bors produced an independent computer document which showed the house violated the towns restrictive 35percent land coverage ratio by nearly one per cent in light of the new evidence the building department hired an ontario land surveyor wednesday to remeasure the house which was indeed found to be in violation of the building code by 355 sq ft chief administrative officer merlin dewing told the tri bune a small problem does exist with the structure size which led to the immediate issuance of a order to comply to builder ken nastor nastor has agreed to take off a portion of the front porch and remove its roof in order to bring the structure back into compliance dewing said dewing said the problem stems from a discrepancy in the land purchase agreement which states the lot width measures 495 feet but according to the survey it is only 4866 feet wide dewing said the lot size is different than what ourassessment maps say the legal description is wrong dewing said church street residents diane morgan dr don mor gan and corky laing have been pleading with the town to have the house remeasured since construction began near ly one year agb tuesday night the trio plead ed with politicians to have the construction of the 2855sq ft home halted until the struc ture is remeasured someone is not doing their job heres somebody who is blatantly breaking the law over and over who is walking all over the town and nothing is being done this is not fair to anybody here the town bylaw enforcement moves are not being made actions are not being taken a frustrated laing told politicians but during the tuesday meeting building director bob bennett said his hands were tied because he couldnt prove the builder has broken the law f there is no proof that the builder is doing anything wrong i have no legal avenue to put a stop work order on this bennett said but diane morgan insisted please see page 3 claremont man identified police have identified the body of a man found in a stouffville field as a claremont resident the body of william edward mcdonald 57 was dis covered sunday morning by a horseback rider just inside stouffvilles east border near hwy 47 mcdonald lived alone at lot 23 concession 9 clare mont an autopsy showed death occurred by natural causes markville makes it happen fl markvblle makes i happee 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