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RESIDENTS GIVEN SNOW JOBS lite were given planning board approved the re- zoning in Sept but as it was presented in the architects plan and if the residents councillor Ray Twin- joining the property approved of the plan The architects sketch showed a lowprofile two and three storey building Recently participation in the The Taylor letter i the April edition aid be wished to clear up any regarding this project and my participation in boxtype building was erected on the site Mr Taylor said approval of the neighbors for the archi- Bob Forhan said the 1966 town council of which Mr Tay lor was a member only ap proved the rezoning in princi pal No rezoning bylaw was passed He said the site was zoned for apartments the following year in a new townwide zoning bylaw which implemented the thennew official plan By then Mr Taylor was off council He said on Sept 15 Mr Taylor a town councillor presented detailed plans for a 33unit apartment building to planning board seeking the re- zoning The board recommended the rezoning provided a public hearing was held if neighbors objected None did Council ap proved it in principal with the same stipulation Neither action formally tied the architects sketch to the re zoning There was never a speci fic of that land it came in as part of the new of ficial plan that year said the mayor have the architects sketch was legally bound to Issue a building permit to the owner for any apartment he wanted to put up Mr added that the firm Mr Taylor represented in the rezoning application accord ing to planning board minutes was Stanfred Construction Ltd and at no time did Stanfred own that property He charged the property changed hands quickly after had been approved in principal by planning board and council It was then he made the job charge THEERA VOL NO IB I NEWMARKET PAGES ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 5 15 CENTS NEAR HERE DEVELOPMENT SPURS SPECULATION New store plans flood Newmarket Speculators could cost us millions Burrows NEWMARKET Georgina Township Mayor George Bur row last week warned York Re gional Council to beware of rural property without pay ing for the needed services Georgina fell victim to sev eral of these jokers in recent weeks Mayor Burrows said but his council and the province have taken steps to curtail the The loophole plugged last week by new provincial legisla tion had allowed developers This would allow the origin- Under normal a signs an agreement with the munici pality binding him to pay for such services as roads water and sewage facilities Mayor Burrows told Within a week the scheme snowballed and a total of lots had been registered i herself a speculator the mayor triggered speculation that word has leaked from Ottawa or some other source of a large new de velopment probably the new international jetport to be lo cated in this area Ottawa Is reported consid ering an airport site in the south under consideration This site would be astride the northern section of propos ed Highway which Ontario government highways depart ment officials said as long ago will be frozen There are at least seven plans for new commercial floor space in Newmarket currently in some stage of consideration by town planning committee in cluding a major hotel a major new shopping centre and a ma jor shopping centre expansion Here they are a hotel shopping centre with at least one major store and automobile service centre com plex on Vonge St south of recently announced by rezoning of a site on Davis Or opposite Newmarket plaza This proposal included a bank as would cover acres There is a rumor that K- stores is considering locat ing there A KMart store offic ial would neither confirm or de ny the report last week the owner of the northeast of Davis Dr and Alex- East Gwillimbury Township spe cifying that it would be allowed to build the plaza and Newmar ket which took over the area Jan 1 will probably honor it The firm has already paid to the township for dealerships Two highlyplaced York Re- well as the Safeway i likely location nouncing freezes half the township SUTTON Town ship Council met briefly Mon day night long enough to freeze almost half of the township as farm land and vote in a fee on all new buildings Discussion had proceeded earlier in committee of the whole on both of these matters On advice of Regional Plan ning Commissioner Murray Found the committee zoned most of the old Town ship agriculture with the The affect building in this to freeze all a subdivision agreement Mr Pound emphasized that that was only a temporary mea sure until the area could be on a more rational basis He stressed that this was the only way to prevent lots dividual I We zoned them into moose pasture and hope they sit there for 100 years said Mayor Bur- Commissioner Murray Pound told The Era after the meeting If they want to build farms on one acre lots let them try it he said But in fact he said the ac tual subdividing was meant to encourage residential these lots said Mr Pound The new bylaw effectively prohibits the issuing of building permits for residential use of the lots he said It will require an Ontario Municipal Board See SPECULATORS page for the airport and tors agree Newmarket realtor Robert Armstrong for instance said last week he has received some definite hints to this effect Mrs Murcielle Burrows a realtor with Thos Shea Ltd said there have been few definite indications in that but hotelmotel sons PointSutton area have ceived large offers of recently There has been some picking of farms in the arc but no freezing she said Mrs to build stores and a- on the vacant town- owned St frontage and the town is known to be seeking more commercial pro posals for the site talks arc going on for a new municipal f i commercial Main St opposite a developer has recently pur chased land at the northeast corner of Davis Dr and Sutton and he told The Era last week he will seek rezoning to local realtors feel build stores on the site The pro- are looking at sites in Newmar ket A Toyota dealer is consider ing a location here and a Gene ral Motors ChevroletOldsmobile dealership is exploring sites In addition a store has ann to buitd in Aurora Added weight was given to the airport speculation last body established by and closely associated with Ontario government thinking sugges ted that the new international jetport must be located to the east of Highway with direct access to the highway Transport Minister Donald Jamicson has said he is consid ering four sites for the airport and as recently as last week in dicated no decision has been Treasurer denies chairmans limit NEWMARKET Town treasurer Stu Parks Monday night denied a threeweek old statement by council finance misunderstanding It should i will be made I but said he had indicated at the time of the midApril a tide that no decision had bci made and it still has not been However Mr Steele was not so rcticicnt at the time He said the province says the maxi mum we can go up is three mills in the new areas and we cant go down more than three mills in the original part of town He said the province hasnt specified the limits He said finance will meet municipal affairs partment officials next week t situation and he the annexed areas then However neither Mr Parks nor any other council member suggested The Era misquoted council Mr Parks who was also commenting on a letter to coun cil from W Dr a copy of which ap peared in the April Era pain ted out that people who receive sewers and water services pay for them they are not paid for the general page See SPECULATORS page tide that no decision had been discuss the tax situation and he out of the general tax re York farmers give away food to protest prices IbBllllwSStl ill IK NEWMARKET Members cents a dozen It of the York County local of the nt pay to produce eggs the low prices farmers receive for their produce The giveaway began at 245 pm at Newmarket Plaza when farmers their wives and children began giving away turnips potatoes and pork Pamphlets also were distri buted outlining the farmers pro blem It said that farm prices this year farmers received increase of cents per pounds of milk The dairies then raised the price of milk two cents a quart the pamphlet showed There are quarts in 100 pounds of milk The dairies lined up truck loads of produce at Newmarket Plaza last week nJl farmers Above Keswick fanner Mel Ley l l potatoes Others away turnips and pork white photo dozen It just does- pay to produce eggs accord ing to farmer Mel Ley of Kes- is bought for 22 cents a pound from the farmer which makes it uneconomical to raise hogs because the barely covers costs for the farmer said Garnet Meyers another Kes wick farmer who is president of the local NFU group He told The Era that this was one in a aeries of demonst rations to be held across the province by the to drama- The demonstrations remain- Then the farmers drove along in front of the stores distribut ing produce to shoppers Afterwards they moved to Main St where they gave away the rest of the produce In all they doled out 435 threelb bags of potatoes 1214 bushels of turnips 200 lbs of pork and halfdozen boxes of eggs Township councillor Gord Clark a contractor poinls to a halffinished septic tank Work on the new tank has been frozen by a tightening of health department regulations Bernard photo Septic tank work halted 75 protest SUTTON Seventyfive irate Keswick residents overflowed Sutton municipal building Monday night to demonstrate their concern over health regulations en septic tanks A sudden stiffening of the York Region Health units requirements brought construction and repair of septic tanks in the Keswick area Mr Davies then listed all the businesses that could be affected by the new regulations Every business from building suppliers to painters and landscape contractors would feel the pinch lie said The delegation also expressed the fear that land in the area would all be expropriated so Ihe area could provide the landing approach for the new airport The people realize that it is not the council bat is responsible for this However the statement concluded Committee chairman Regional Councillor Bob Pollock replied to the statement by having the clerk read a Utter sent to the Council letter explained the regulations and the reasons In recent months the number of applications this office MOID has received in respect lots of this nature has In view of this we have reassessed our policy in this respect the letter said It went on to stale minimum lot sizes needed before approval could Ik- obtained for septic tank providing water level and elevation of the land abided by standards Ami that the it its of the problem because most of stalled applications an- for owners whose tanks need to be rebuilt land where the newly enforced Many of Itiont regulations moke replacement of septic tanks impossible Councillor Pollock and Mayor George Burrows both expressed concern for the plight of the residents and assured them their land is in no danger of expropriation Both the mayor and the regional councillor told the delegation the health unit would permit them to repair the existing septic tanks though would be a violation of the health regulations to do so Councillor Clark a contractor himself whose business Is installing tanks took exception to this as did some members of the public who said their applications had been turned down that very day debate Later Councillor Clark told The Those answered I phoned the MOD today and the permits were still refused There has been no relaxation of the rules and the people knew that when they left Ho related how one Keswick resident went to Florida for three weeks only to find a condemned sign stapled to his house when he returned Its a problem for family needing new tank which has worked well up to this year needs to be re paired but the contractor cannot get health unit per- The tank Is a basic lie- One such family lives at Adeline Dr Youngs Harbor Edward Grlffen his wife Elizabeth and his old est child moved up there from Toronto three years ago Wo couldnt afford a house in the and lived in an apartment But we wanted a place for our kids to play and moved up here Mrs Griffin told The Era Her husband is a bus driver with he and commutes to the city every day They have two child ren aged five and two The septic tank system recently and the toilet flush es but we dont know how long it will be before we have to have it pumped out again Mrs Griffon said It costs septic tank pumped out get a The Griffons like hun dreds of other families liv ing In south shore areas are wondering how long they will continue to get by with pumping out and what will happen to their dream of a home in the country when the lank ceases to function completely Crackdown could condemn homos