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economist sunsuntribune municipal news saturday may 27 2006 heres your chance to sound off on driveways proposed bylaw restricts parking byjoefantauzzi staff writer have something to say about driveways in markham you can attend one of four community meetings that will discuss a proposed bylaw to change how much parking area is permitted on residen tial properties last month town coun cillors gave the bylaw which would peg the maxi mum driveway parking width to be equal to your garage door plus 15metres five feet two readings at the same meeting a task force was set up to gather public input before a new bylaw is passed under the current pro posal residents could poten tially have more permitted space on their driveways which is an increase from the width of your garage town officials have said however residents are ignoring the bylaw by creat ing more paved over area in their front yards so where do you go if you want to voice your opinion may 29 wards 4 and 5 markham district high school hot cafeteria may 30 wards 3 and 6 markham civic centre canada room june 1 wards 1 and 2 markham civic centre canada room june 8 wards 7 and 8 markham civic centre canada room all meetings begin at 7 pm not sure of which ward you live in log onto wwwmarkhamca markhamchannelscouncil wuncihtmfflectoral20mrds to comment on this story email joe fantauzzi atjfantauzziymgcom- 111 salsa tango chacha niteclub more take the lead gome banking partner not required adults or teens gwt studio 415 hood rd 12 call 9054151160 international or social single or couples beginners welcome try our quick start special join us call now our 9 year have some fun as you become a dance floor sensation 9 7 2 3 3 6 5 1 4 6 7 3 5 7 8 8 2 9 1 8 4 1 4 5 6 4 8 2 5 8 2 3 the rubiks cube of the 2 1 st century fiiftty it he yorkregion com it clicks home public meeting cornell planning district revised secondary plan notice of meeting you are invited to attend a public meeting to be held by the development services committee of the town of markham to consider an official plan amendment including a revised secondary plan for the cornell planning district majokjmackenziesdrive v qj c k f d m 9 1 x i rill 14 ifmeemii i yj jzif vej i v i vl jpm higfcttflay7 v vy mil 1 1 v tuesday june 20 2006 700 pm council chamber town of markham 101 town centre boulevard markham ontario l3r 9w3 background the cornell planning district comprising about 694 hectares of land in east markham is bounded by 9th line to the west the future markham bypass to the north reesor road and the boundary of the provincial greenbelt to the east and highway 407 to the south a review of the existing cornell secondary plan is underway to address a number of matters which have arisen since the approval of the secondary plan in 1994 these matters include among others things new provincial and regional land use policy directions recent town land use initiatives regional transit initiatives and markhamstouffville hospital expansion initiatives proposal the draft official plan amendment includes amendments to the official plan to update the secondary plan for the cornell planning district the updated draft secondary plan identifies environmental protection areas and designates lands for urban residential uses community amenity uses institutional uses employment uses and open space purpose and effect of the proposed amendment the purpose and effect of the official plan amendment is to incorporate an updated secondary plan for the cornell planning district into the official plan revised 1987 as amended note regarding official plan amendment if a person or public body that requests a referral of a proposed decision in respect of the proposed official plan amendment to the ontario municipal board does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted then the region of york as the approval authority may refuse the request to refer all or part of its proposed decision to the ontario municipal board and the ontario municipal board may dismiss all or part of the referral of the proposed decision if you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment you must make a written request to the clerk of the town of markham at the address noted above additional information a copy of the proposed official plan amendment is available for public viewing at the development services counter of the town municipal offices between 830 am and 430 pm additional information is available from marg wouters of the towns planning department 9054777000 ext 2758 quoting file number op 06 1 14028 written submissions may be mailed or personally delivered to the clerks department at the address noted above or by email to atari markhamca by not later than 430 pm on june 16 2006 personal information collected in response to this planning notice will be used to assist town staff and council to process this application and will be made public dated may 27 2006 jim baird mcip rpp commissioner of development services george mckelvey chair development services committee j