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Lewis Dr residents object to 38foot wide lots NEWMARKET Over half the homes planned for an subdi vision on a culdesac off Lewis Ave will go on lots with a 38foot frontage if the subdivision is approved it was revealed at council Monday Town zoning bylaws in the area call for a minimum foot frontage Confirmation that homes are planned on 38foot lots came during a series of probing questions to council levelled by John Hoskin 111 Lewis Dr who led a threeman delegation to I opposing the lots The is Con- Ltd The subdivision plan has already received draft approval from the On tario Municipal Affairs department and town council has approved a sub division agreement with However one of the conditions of the draft approval was that the zon ing bylaw be changed to allow the nar rower lots The Ontario Municipal Board and the Minister of Municipal Affairs must still agree to the zoning change before the subdivision is giv en final approval by the municipal af fairs department Mr objections must now be sent to the Ontario Municipal Board and if board members feel his or other abjections if there are any are valid they will call a hearing Mr Hoskin said area residents are not opposed to the subdivision but are opposed to a change in the zoning bylaw At first Mayor Tom Sur told him none of the lots were narrower than feet and that this was only because the lots must be pieshaped because they are on a cul- desac Mr Hoskin asked what would if the 50foot minimum was enforced and was told the developer would lose a lot He then asked the clerk to check a map of the planned subdivision and it was found that six of the 11 lots would be feet wide at the street In a written objection filed with council the Hoskin delegation said lots would require highei They will stand out like a sore thumb It said the extra two homes al lowed by the smaller lots would mean more traffic in the subdivision pre vent good home design leave less room for trees shrubs and grass and decrease the value of the home and other homes in the area The existing bylaws were cre ated to protect those of us living In crowding like in the city to maintain a low type of ra ther than tall homes and to establish a priced ranged home that will attract lesidents who will take pride and look after their homes said the Newmarket hydro goes up Aurora holds line AURORA Aurora residents face no immediate increase in hydro rates despite the possibility of deficit spending by the towns hydro commis- THE VOL NO A Newmarket Aurora ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER Sidewalk for sale NEWMARKET The own his feet of spare sidewalk and is looking for a place to lay It down It seems somebody made a mistake and bought 300 yards of new sidewalk for Timothy St when only 300 feet were needed Some of will be put on Charlotte St where the sidewalk at south end Is bad and Mayor Tom suggested more might be used on the north side of Bolsford St at Main Newmarket will raise rates by an average cent starting Jan MERCHANTS TELL COUNCIL per Both Aurora and Newmarket hydro commissions will have to pay more for wholesale electricity next year according to a general seven per cent cost increase announced last week by Ontario Hydro which sup plies power to municipal Aurora Hydro hopes to avoid a rate hike at least until man ager Charles told The Era this week After raising local consumer rates by 10 per cent last August it would be unfair to the people to in crease the rates again within another year said Mayor Dick a member of the hydro commission However both Mayor and Mr said Aurora Hydro may have to operate in the red next year in order to avoid passing on the increased costs to its consumers We had a net profit of two per cent last year said Mr You cant operate on a two per cent profit You need at least 10 per cent So we raised our rates per cent and now this the wholesale price hike comes along to offset it If the August rate increase is insufficient well just have to go into the red again Mr Main St mall imperative now NEWMARKET A permanent downtown mall has become impera tive a Main St merchants committee told council Monday night The letter from Jack Groves chairman of the Newmarket Down- Mall Committee drew acid agreement from some members of council Reeve Clare Salisbury said the idea has been promoted for a number of years by several town councils but it always got a lot of static from the downtown merchants This letter reminds me of the boy who at wondered how his fa ther could know so little and at wondered how he knew so much said Its interesting to note that they are now interested I think we should give them what support we can he said Councillor Seneca Cook asked if the merchants had considered the need for an arterial road system If we hadnt in August we definitely would have ended the year with a deficit the mayor said But this new increase from Ontario Hydro caught us com pletely by surprise Well just have to try to live with it he added Somewhere along the line youve got to try and think of the consumers Newmarket Hydro this week an nounced a rate increase that amounts to an extra three cents per day for an average residential consumer Mini mum monthly bills have been raised from four to five dollars for residen tial customers In announcing the provincewide hike in wholesale hydro costs Ontario Hydro Chairman George said It does not mean immediately or latically that consumers will pay will be able to absorb all or portion of the increase under their existing rate structures said Mr Gathercole Others will be forced to pass it along In the long run these higher costs will affect municipal rate structures See editorial page Running for money Newmarket Track Club members are training for the biggest run of their lives Club members are planning a marathon Nov 20 and they hope to find enough sponsors to raise a sizeable sum mile barrier in John Mark and running Terry Martin Mike Peter Stanton Kevin Adams Murrant John Caldwell and Richard White Photo do with the Owe us drop in centre teenager and to get it going fast 17yearold Mary OGrady a representative of the nowdefunct teen dropin centre told the town fathers Monday night And when they didnt jump to it she blamed it on the generation gap- Every time we hang around downtown you yell at us for blocking the shopping well its your fault were blocking the shopping not ours the teenager told town council Miss OGrady a pert and loqua cious Huron Heights student said We dont feel the kids of Newmar ket should have to work their back- Maybe it was a costly decision faun Scutia Santa NORTH POLE November 11th Dear Boys and Girls Well goodness me how are you all Its been so long since 1 have written you hasnt it But we get so busy up here at the North Pole some times there just isnt time for Santa said to me this morning that I just had to write to you today for sure because it is only two weeks before we come to see you in the big parade in Newmarket Yes on Saturday Nov 21 youll have to bundle up warm and come out to see all the lovely things were having for the parade this year We are hoping that we will have lots of snow by then in fact I have sent our Magic Fairy down to New market to see if she can hurry the snow along and Im afraid that shes lost Have you seen her I dont know what can be taking her so long to find Jack Frost We hope she gets back before the parade Keep a watch out for her NEWMARKET Town plan ning board doesnt want to share its Christmas cheer with other town officials but their aloofness may end up costing them money Council decided to organize a joint Christmas dinner for mem bers of all its committees and boards this year Other years each group held its own Council sent out letters of invitation to the din ner several weeks ago Monday night the council lors learned planning board mem bers turned them down Why asked Mayor Tom Herb a member of both council and planning board said board members turned down the free dinner because felt that this is their last year and they wanted to have one on their own Municipal planning boards disappear under regional govern ment Their Job will be done by a councilappointed committee I wonder if they are aware that in approving their budget we didnt approve money for their Christmas dinner said the mayor sides off for any kind of She argued that the town sup plies the arena free to hockey enthus iasts so should supply free facilities for other teenagers Miss OGrady and several other teenagers had come to the council meeting to ask council if they had to pay a water bill for the dropin centre they claimed they only used ihree coffee peculators full of water but were being stuck with paying for a broken toilet in the towns part of the St building and to ask if they could use the building during Councillor Doris Blair asked Why you children place so much em phasis on adults giving you some- Miss OGrady said my parents think theres something wrong with me if I sit around the house Then its your parents fault retorted Mrs Blair Seneca Cook added When we were young we found our own fun But years ago even three years ago there was nothing but fields around where live Its progress and when you have progress you have to give people something to do said the teenage spokesman Mayorelect Bob told the teenagers council realizes there is a shortage of recreation facilities in the town pointing out a fund drive to raise money for a community centre only raised We feel the best thing would be to use thechools but he reminded the delegates the town recreation de partment has been advertising for two weeks for participants for its winter recreation programs He also pointed out such programs as minor hockey and swimming pay their own way Mayor Tom Surgeoner finally had to threaten to call a police officer to remove the teenage delegation so council could continue with its agenda Miss OGrady and Marly Cocker later returned and thanked council and a number of other citizens for assistance earlier in the year in estab lishing the dropin centre around the mall What do fie we take off the mall he asked Councillor Doris Blair a down town merchant said the road system was a top concern of the committee She said they envision the opening of a road west of the railroad tracks to take traffic around the mall Mrs Blair said the merchants didnt want the mall immediately She said they felt it should be a four or five year plan In the meantime they plan to Man dies in Sutton fire Marshals Office claimed the life of Sutton area man Saturday night The fire in a 50yearold two storey Hedge winterized cottage south shore of Lake Simcoe i Briars Golf Club was completely de stroyed by fire which began at ap proximately pm according to the Sutton Fire Department LOT LEVY- SCHOOL BOARDS ACT OF DESPERATION By EVELYN BUCK AURORA The cost of an aver age new home in York County will be boosted by still another if the latest attempt bv York Board off The price of a home built today already includes Federal tax on build ing materials provincial sales tax the cost of underground wiring oversized senicing and in Aurora a 600 municipal lot levy all of which is eventually included in market value assessment for taxation purposes Letters have been received by several municipalities within the re gion informing them that the board will not approve any further plans of subdivision unless a levy for capital cost of school construction or an equi valent grant from the municipality is forthcoming The boards action is a measure of their desperation Stephen director of planning and pro gram development told The Era this week We will go bankrupt if some alternative method is not found to fin ance the cost of school construction for new development- The board fully realizes that they do not have the legal force to compel the developers to pay this charge Only the municipalities have that power We are hoping for their cooperation The school board submitted a brief supporting the proposal to the municipalities of York County last spring It was given a cool reception It was circulated to other school boards within the province for It was submitted to the Depart ment of Education for approval To date no action has been taken In answer to questions at public meetings Minister of Education Wil liam Davis has replied School Boards have no place in municipal planning and development In the same ans wer he acknowledged the need for an alternative source of revenues other It is nut the prerogative of the school hoard to interfere with pal development he said The com plications of collecting such a lot levy are tremendous How for example would the monies be distributed be tween separate and public school boards But if the principle is ac cepted the legislation must be enacted at the provincial level It cant possibly be left to individual municipalities page KENT ELECTED Former Mayor A Bert Kent won the recount and the ninth on Newmarket council by six votes last Wednesday Mr Kent and Ellerby each polled 1580 votes in the October election On the recount Mr Kent finished with Mr with 1429