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PAGE 2, WIITBY FREÉ PRESS, WEDNESDAY, jANUAIIy 10, 1990 Town to buy new parking meters HEATNGM & AIR CONDITONINO WINTER CLEAROUT SALE Buy now before the 1990 price increase Lo ilià0agil * l 1 1/2 and 2 ton units SAVE $250. 2 1/2 and 3 ton units SAVE $300. Incudes Air Contrais 5year warranty HUMIDIFIERS Reg. $169. NOWf $149. instailed ALLERGENIC AIR CLEANERS Reg. $299. NOW $249. n*tle HOME COMFORT SPECIALIST Cali us for a n'y of your heating, air conditioning and heat pump IFriendly, Personai Service 24 Hours - 7 Days a week VAU.EYFAR FROZEUG 1U KG BAG EGG- DINNIR ROLLS 6 for BOLOGNA lOOg POTATOIS 10 LB BAG EA By Rob Gerlsbeck Bankr machines are.appearng at ga» bars in. Ontario, but an application te recognize an exist- ing bank machine at a Whitby gas bar has prompted Town planning staff te further study such use. Whitby's planning and deve- lopment commimttee on Monday held u an application byComi- trade eoleum fInc, te recognize the bank machine as an excep- tion te, the GB (gaz bar) zoning at its service station on the northeast corner of Taunten Rd. E. and Thickson Rd. N. Bob Short directer of plan- ning, noted tle growing trend of service stations te provide more accessory uses such as con- venience stores and bank machines. «We can see these changes coming through in the industry, not just in Whitby but in other municipalities as weII,» said Short. He added that if Comtrade is allowed to keep its bank machine, planning committe. should consider changes te the present byýlaw. Whitbyl currently does not allow gas bars te have bank machines 'on their property. Dave Powers, owner of the gaz bar, said the bank machine was *CLEARANCE' * P5O% OFF infants Up To Size 18 * Ifans@*Outerwear a Suits * Dresses* *Casuals * Esprit * Buffalo e Manhattan a Schwab and many moree PBJBONS& RMSCALS 39 Bond St. East, Oshawa Mon.-Wed. 9-6 rf $je T57is.54359-9, installed several months agoa evn hoh it was contrart Wib yaws. "They'rèe in almost every other municipality in Onaro but not in Whitby," said Powers.p Councillor Dennis Fox voiced concern that the combination of a gas bar, a mini-mart and a bank machine might encourage cri- minai activity. «For the crimminal element this could be an attraction,» saiâ FOX. Powers replied that the bank machine was controlled by the bank and gas station attendants had nothinig te do with its ope- ration. Planning committee concluded that a r;,port s2ouldle forw*r- ded trdu' glim tdretail cbnvenienoe gooda and banking man is robbed in restaurant Whitbynaws injured and robbedof about $1000 in a restaurant washroom fast weelc. The 37-year old victim was hit with a beer bottle, and 22 stitches were required te close the wound. He had been drinking with two men at the Golden Gate Res- taurant on Brock St. S. about 5:40 p.m. When he went te the wash- room he was followed, then attaciced and Tobbed.,-t Towiivn to study bank machine use at gasbars BREAKFAST SAUSAGE By Scott Laurle Whitby residents will soon paLy $1 per hour for street side park- ing when the Town instalis i ts new electronic parking meters. It was revealed a t Monday's meeting of the operations com- mittee that the new electronic meters will cost $105 000 and the conversion cost wâill b bet- ween $45,000 and $50,000. Ope rations committee recommended the new meters. Whitby council last year deci- ded to raise on-street parking rates while eliminating fees in municipal parking lots in order to avoid. paying the Province's commercial concentration tax. Most discussed by councillors Monday was the power source for the meters: batteries. According te the director of public works, Dick Kuwahara, the meters take two 0-celi batteries which should last for one year before replace- ment.. He suggested that, for cost. efficiency, they ail be replaced at the same tinie. For even greater coat effeciency, councillor Marcel Brunelle suggested the use of rechargle batteries which are also saler for the environment. Unique te .the new electronic nieters is the ability te accept any Canadian coin (excluding the penny), and the time provided is directly proportional te the 'coin inserted. There is a possibility with the new system that the 12-minute çrace period may be cut. Accord- ing te the chairman of the com- niittee, Joe Bugelli, «whenever you give gratis time, you are open ýte people abusing the sys- tem." About the proposed cuttingof the free time, councilloriTom Edwards felt that council should keep the downtewn businesses informned and make reports avail- able. He also recommended that they talk te, the Downtewn Busi- ness Improvement. Area (BIA) before killing the tume. FEE collection machines at four municipal lots in the downtown area were dismantled and reinoved last week as free parking began in lots under a bylaw amendmnent passedl late Jast year by Whitby council' so the Town could avoid paying the Provmnce's commercial concentration tax. Under the bylaw change, however, on-street pakig rates are to double.Pak,. Fr.. Pv.photo 'EA LB