p8 tribuneeebruary 23m994 rw town of whitchurchstouffville ontario ontario municipal board commission des affaires municipales de iontario at the request of dufferincustom concrete group north york sand gravel ltd markham equipment sales limited and others the honourable minister of municipal affairs has referred to the ontario municipal board under subsection 17111 of the planning act rs0 1990 cp 13 proposed amendment no 84 to the official plan for the town of whitchurchstouffville ministers file no 10op0032084 omb file no o 930064 -and- 893472 ontario limited has appealed to the ontario municipal board under subsection 3418 of the planning act 1 983 against zoning bylaw 9055 of the town of whitchurchstouffville omb file no r 900307 -and- pitway holdings limited north york sand gravel ltd 893472 ontario limited and others have appealed to the ontario municipal board under subsection 341 9 of the planning act rs0 1 990 cp 13 against zoning bylaw 92112 of the town of whitchurchstouffville omb file no r 920503 notice of rehearing conference the ontario municipal board will conduct a prehearing conference respecting these matters if you do not attend the prehearing conference the ontario municipal board may proceed in your absence and you will not be entitled to any further notice of these proceedings time and place of prehearing conference a prehearing conference will be held at council chambers municipal building 19 civic avenue stouffville ontario on monday the 28th day of march 1 994 at 1000 am purpose of prehearing conference the conference will deal with preliminary and procedural matters including thefollowing identification of parties these persons have the right to participate throughout by presenting evidence questioning witnesses and making final arguments in order for the board to determine your status for the hearing you or your representative should attend the prehearing conference and ask to be added as a party groups whether incorporated or not who wish to become parties should name a representative parties do not need to be represented by lawyers identification of participants persons who do not wish to participate throughout the hearing may attend the hearing and make a statement to the board such persons should also attend the prehearing conference identification of issues start date of the hearing duration of the hearing directions for profiling of witness lists expert witness statements and written evidence possibility of settlement of any or all of the issues the hearing of motions such further matters as the board considers appropriate everyone present should come prepared to consider specific dates for proceedings in this matter evidence evidence or formal statements may also be heard at the prehearing conference in an attempt to settle the matters in dispute note that even if no settlement is reached the board may make a final decision on the evidence it has received all parties or their representatives should attend the prehearing conference if any party or participant requires assistance or information regarding the prehearing conference please contact the ontario municipal board at 655 bay street suite 1500 toronto ontario m5g 1e5 telephone 41 6 3266800 fax 41 6 3265370 pour recevoir des services en frangais veuillez communiquer avec la division des audiences au 416 326- 6800 au moins 25 jours civils avant la date iixee pour iaudience dated at toronto this 8th day of february 1 994 diana macri secretary explanatory notes official plan amendment no 84 amendment no 84 to the official plan of the town of whitchurchstouffville applies to all lands within the town which are presently designated extractive industrial the purpose of the amendment is to replace the existing policies regarding extractive industrial land uses or uses permitted in that designation lands presently designated extractive industrial would be redesignated extractive rural by the amendment the effect of amendment no 84 is to update and revise the policies that govern aggregate extraction and the use of land once aggregate extraction has ceased the policies of opa 84 with respect to extractive rural lands are 1 to encourage permitted rural uses once aggregate extraction has ceased 2 to prevent the use of lands designated extractive rural for asphalt readymix concrete plants or transfer stations or storage of recyclable materials and similar uses nature of referral amendment no 84 has been referred to the ontario municipal board by certain landowners the basis for the appeals is that amendment no 84 will reduce the number of permitted land uses in an extractive rural designation including certain uses such as batching of asphalt and concrete the processing of offsite aggregate materials once extraction has ceased and transfer stations and that the amendment may be in conflict with the provincial mineral aggregate resource policy statement bylaw no 92112 zoning bylaw no 92112 applies to all lands within the town of whitchurchstouffville which are presently zoned industrial extractive in the towns general zoning bylaw no 8734 bylaw no 92112 implements official plan amendment no 84 by deleting the industrial extractive ie zone and creating a rural extractive re zone and by establishing the permitted uses and regulations for the re zone the purpose of bylaw no 92112 is to permit aggregate extraction and accessory uses on licensed land designated and zoned rural extractive and to permit only rural uses once extraction has ceased asphalt plants readymix and concrete manufacturing transfer stations the storage of recyclable materials and other similar uses would be prohibited by the bylaw nature of appeals bylaw no 92112 has been appealed to the ontario municipal board by various landowners on the basis that the bylaw would prohibit certain uses which are presently permitted such as an aggregate transfer station batching of offsite aggregate materials and the stockpiling of aggregate materials the appellants further believe that the bylaw is contrary to the mineral aggregate resources policy statement bylaw no 9055 zoning bylaw no 9055 amends the general zoning bylaw no 8734 of the town of whitchurchstouffville the effect of bylaw no 9055 is to 1 establish a three lot separation distance between group homes 2 permit accessory business offices rather than business offices in the industrial extractive zones 3 establish a minimum gross floor area requirement of 100 square metres in an rr7s zone and 4 establish a minimum gross floor area requirement of 139 square metres in an rr14 zone mature of appeal bylaw no 9055 has been appeaieu to the ontario municipal board by an owner of land zoned industrial extractive on the basis that it deletes business offices from the list of uses presently permitted in the industrial extractive zone the appellant believes that the prohibition of standalone business offices will detrimentally affect its land and believes that it was not given sufficient opportunity to address this issue before the bylav was passed- v child tax benefit replaces tax credit the child tax benefit pro gram that took effect in jan uary of 1993 replaced the old family allowance child tax credit and amount for depen dent children lower income families now receive much more on a monthly basis than they did under the old system but others with high incomes may receive nothing at all although the program is meant to deliver benefits where they are needed many lower income families are no better off than they were before it is true that the monthly payments are higher but this extra money comes it doesnt cost a fortune to start making one investors has helped over 500000 canadians achieve a more secure financial future for as little as 50 a month call donna painter bus 05 7378966 exl 250 res 905 6493417 jlnvbstois r group building futures since 1940 from the elimination of the child tax credit which many depended on in 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