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Whiby reePress, Wednesday, September 11, 199t, page 3 Bced& breakfast draw opposition from neigbors' imv«&-- u - lem i>y MDIiKIOWaIsk An application to legalize a bed and breakfast one- ration in an historiecWhitby home has pitted neighbour against 'neighbour. Town council'a planning and* development commit- tee heard opposing views from residenits of Welling- ton Street last week on whether the business detracts or enhances 'hi nehog thernAjority have no objection to Edward and Mi Wood continuing teopre a bed and brakastont of their 239 Wellington St. home, a few strongly disagree.' Pears were -expressed that council could be open- ing the door to commercial development and a su)> sequent lowering of their property values if it approves the Woods' rezon- iný &ajplication. i rm resdential area in Whiu-tby,» said Bob Sawden of 235 .Wellington St. "If the application is granted it would have a significant negative affect on real estate values,» Saw- den charged. «Hf this is permitted now, what's nextr ýhe asked? "I'm surprised and shocked that the Town is even considering it. This is not a commercial area . it's Items from Whitby couneil agenda(s) Recommendations from the Planning and development COMMittee mhat a site plan application tram the Town of Whtby ta permil: expansion of the Iroquois Park recmeationcomplex ta include three new lce rinks ' change roomns and eatlng establishments be appro- ved. The $7.6-rnllIlon project Is scheduled ta, be open ln September 1997. Cald mhat amnendments ta the permanent slgn bylaw be appraved for the followlng: ta allow third party dîrectional slgns an permltted slgns owned by a govemmient autharfty an the raad allowîance on which the slgn (s Iocated and ta allow third party advertlsng on transit sheters owned, leased and/or permitted by a public transit authorlty or the govemment authority havlng jurlsdiction over the public road. Carried Recommendations from the operations committee That a bylaw be brought f6rward ta amend the Town's trafflc bylaw ta establlsh Crawfarth Street between Andersan Street North and Bowman Avenue and between Bawman and Thlckson Road North as a through highway; establlsh a faur-way stop at the Intersection ai Bawman and Crawforth, and establlsh a stop slg n -faclng eastbound traffic at the Intersection of Glen Hill Drive and Melissa Crescent. Carrld mhat Meadowcrest Public School ln 'Braoklin be establlshed as a cammunfty school. Due ta recent cutbacks by the Durham Board of Educatlan, several pragrams offered ta, area reskdents wem Iln Jeapardy. Wth the establishment af a communfty schaol and executlve, exlstlng pragrams will continue ta operate this faîl and new programs wlll be affered next January. Carled That a $750 donation be made ta the South Durrphrles Disaster Relief Fiind toalad residents Wha suffered hardshlp as a resuit af damages caused by a severe wlndstorm last May. South Dumphrles Town- ship ls located north of the Brantford. C.rod That, a $1,500 donation be made tothe Sagu enay and Lac-St-Jean Disaster Relief Fund to aid residents. wha ,suff&ed, hardshlp -as a resuit of recent floods ln eastem Quebec. Carriod mhat, two stop slgns for eastbound and westbound trafil at the Intersection of Hlgh and Mary streets be approved. SInce the apenlng ai the court on the south end aif Hlgh Street. public works staff have'noted difficulties due ta, the lack of trafflo contraI devices at the Intersection. Carried .residential.». 1 Until foroed, to stop last month when a complaint was lodged with the muni- cipality, the Woods had bee operating the bed and brekfstsince August of last year. 1Two bedrooms in their 160-year-old house north of Giffard Street were refurb- ishedr te proviçie accommo- daton to, travellers on a Name afer-Whitby's third mayor the Ezra Annes House 6ia been fea- tured in several- publica- tions and is one of il Whitby residences included' on a house tour this coming Saturday te, raise money for the women and children of Davis Inlet, Labrador. Mary Wood is one of. the founders- of Innushare which helps the residents of Davis Inlet. Yet, despite endorse- ments from the Whitby Chamber of Commerce and local restaurants grateful for the spinof business, John Wootton of 233 Wel- lington St. told committee he was responsible for fil- ing the complaint. "Itfs ludicrous and ridicu- bous te allow such a rezoni- mng," said Wootton. That's why bylaws are in pac, prevent dus.» The Woods are seeking ant exemption te the Ri residential zonngtopermit a permanent bed and breakfast establishment. "People expect the area will retain its amenities end pleasantness when the1 buyf» said Wootton. 'YÏéelitwould be a breach of faith te the owners of other, properties te approve this rezoning application,»he said. «Wellington Street is a dead end street that doesn't allowitself te commercial. "To allow -a bed and breakfast would allo "w other commercial development inte the area and if you allow onïe bed and break- fast, how could the Town refuse others?» Councîllor and committee chair Marcel Brunelle replied that council would not be setting a precedent if it approves t he rezoning. «It does not necessarily mean the next door neigh- bour can do the sanie if this- is approved,» said Brunelle. "Each application is assessed on its own merits.' Wootton then criticized the Woods for the manner in which 'the application came forward. "It appears the appli- cants were 'mte confident they would Ge allowed te continue,» he said. "They renovated the house and carried on in this fashion until an objection was made to the Town.» Sylvia Stylianoudis of 224 Wellingtn St. lent her support te the Woods' pro- posa.' "This innot the typîcal bed and breakfast, -she protested. "The roomsriare beautiful and the. quality of people I -see arriving I would ertainly have in MY house.' .«I support the applica- tion" agreed Andrew MLi~e of 216 Wellington St. «It celebrates a century- old home in Whitby and puts Whitby on the travel INapS. N SMANGEENT - SEIRM TPANNN «You're onlyta1ktinq one or two cars a day, that snot a lot of traffic,» he added. Admitting they operated the bed -and breafst ille- galy, Ted Wood said he and his wife wanted te first determine if there was a market for the- busin*ess before seking arezoning. Wood saidthe majority of their custemers arrive dur- ing the summer months and stay for only a few days at a tune. In addition te, producing letters of support from the aforementioneéd chamber of commerce and restaurant owners,, Wood said he per- sonally survyed all home- owesliving on Welling- ton northof Giffard. ".Kot of the people on the street had no objec- tion,» he said. «Ail com- plain ts are coming from the two gentlemen who have spoken.» Adamant that they were «not runni a rundown- operation,"» Wodsaid -the house is the «moot expen- sive and probably the R.A. Hutchison on list Committee handling school closures holdk By Mlark Reesor A Durhamn public school board ad-hoc committee for- med te handle the politi- cally-charged issue of school, closures met for the first time Monday after- faon. A staff report in April which identified six ele- mentar schools, including R-A. Hutchison in Whitby and four in Oshawa, drew a firesterm, of protest, espe- cially from Oshawa trus- tees. The board backed down and voted -to suspend the ichool closure policy until a cornmittee could review it and suggest changes. The members 0fI th e com- nittee -- Ajax trustee Col- leen Jordan (chair), Picker- In trustees Susan Kular a gd Ruth Ann Schedlich iLnd Oshawa trustees Mike ,icholson and Kathleen 4opper, aloniz with ope- ations officer Nornu ?Ã"wers -- did little more ,han review thet former >olicy and prcedures te hiange it at Monday after- knon's 45-minute meeting The former policy, afp- ed in 1984, simply states hat "the procedures for losing sehools shall be con- stent with ministry of ducationgidelines.n (S ntbard staff pre- ,re detailed regulations bat govern how staff andle situations such as chool closures, taking inte ccount boardpolicy) Nicholson, t hema oa iti. *of the report, was iore mnterested ini discss- tg the wisdom of closing ie sehools. «We're. here te educate te kids, not' save a few cks by closing a school... it coots us a few dollars ore te keep them in brick iildings with. adequate- MAZ13RY 6713 1 c t a a r p ci nt te CI th~ ha Bc ac en thl bu, if: Mu sfirst meeting washrooms and oryna- siums (instead 0 por- tables).. "That's what we're here for is their education, fot te sae$100,000 80 we can go out and build a staff build- ing or- keep more people ernployed,» he said. Hopper suggested, board planners should work closely with municipalities to find out what's planned for an area before recomn- mending closures. "It doesn't matter if an area is, stagnant for two or three er if five or 10 years cJown the road a huge development goes in and we close a sehool,» she said. "We're going to be stuck for space and it's not goig ta be cheaper, itrs going te be more expensîve because we're going te have te find a place for those kids,» she argued. Two Oshawa city council- lors attended the meeting te underline their couzîcil's opposition te, the four sehools in their area being closed. 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