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r flue parent families association of canada markham chapter head office 4877976 ii uxbridge pickering real estate ford l3- 1983 v 1 thunderb1r0 from 10389 vayeyouomcnaforolamr salsr- jservke- mv74kmfrfii 20harittgrd 4741350 agpo second section a metroland community newspaper wednesday nov ember 161983 brock street by audrey green uxbridge the busi- ness section of uxbridge is a real mess said ward 5 councillor ian morrison during thursdays council meeting i think we should give some real consideration to cleaning up brock street said morrison during a he ated discussion with council members we dont main tain the street i he explained that shop pers and businesses have been the target of dirt and dust blowing about op a win- dy day and the need for a regular street cleaner was necessary he said the annual spring cleaning wasnt good enough however mayor bill bal- lingers ideas on the situa tion were totally opposite i dont think its a big problem ballinger said brock street would be much clean er if a lot of the business men would pick up their own garbage presently ux bridge has one fulltime em ployee who manually cleans the streets everyday but to have a street cleaning machine maintain brock street on a regular basis would be too costly and too much trouble said bal- linger you dont know the amount of work involved he said every municipal- ity has the same problem morrison said the answer istohavea street cleaner worktheoadwaytfnvregfrr lar basis but bajlinger said it wouldeiitailhavirig ti clear the street of all vehi cles it should be done prop erly therefore if any vehi cles are on the street it be comes totally ineffective he commented if you have one car to go by forget it vthats utopia and that willnever be done rebel- led morrison i he made reference to the town of stouffville being able to keep their streets clean but regional council lor gerrilynh oconnor mentioned how other com munities are not subject to the same amount of truck traffic which uxbridge has we could be out there eight hours a day five days aweek and dirt would still be there she concluded the council passed a mc tion to dicuss the situation further at the next upcom- ingworks and roads com mittee tractor trailer crashes uxbridge a schom- berg man escaped injury when his tractortrailer jackknifed west of marsh hill road in uxbridge township nov ii according to police nor- manhunter lot 28 cone 10 was driving his 1979 gmcwest w regional road 8 when it veered out of control andehded up in the ditch damage was estimated at 2000 no charges were theit a camera and tape recor der were reported stolen nov 9 from uxbridge secondary school police are investigating let make a deal uxbridge to avoid a long drawn out legal battle uxbridge town council has negotiated a compromise with the owner of a local shopping centre complex in a tie vote council mem bers passed a resolution thursday requesting the developerof landawn shop ping centres ltd jerry sprackman to adhere to five specific requests or else the town would refuse deal ing with the company in any future matters its a good deal for all parties said mayor bui ballinger the developer has produced it shows his intent the hwy 47 entrance to the complex where zehrs market is located was to be closed on the completion of a 100000 road widening project this decision was made after sprackman failed to comply with a 1980 entrance permit for a right- handin and righthandout addition in accordance to one of the four requests landawn shopping centres ltd paid the town 5000 which will pay for the new median in stalled at the widened entr ance and agreed to cover any further median costs charged back under local improvement the company also sub mitted a letter withdrawing an objection to the res- tricted area bylaw no 83- 20 which allows ashly 333 company ltd to have two additional property uses- over landawn- landawn must also change the present complex footage to conform to the bylaw forfeit the onefoot entrance reserve into the mail and install a lowbar above the hwy 47 entrance i to restrict truck traffic into zehrs santa arrives uxbridge keeping up with tradition santa claus will arrive in ux bridge early to participate in the annual santa claus parade saturday nov 26 at 11 am santas planned route of travel is from the westend of brock street east to victor ia street around uxbridge cottage hospital to hwy 47 up toronto street to brock street and back to the start ing point we have the best santa claus parade in the whole county said santa claus parade committee orga nizer bill scott its com munity oriented and its a lot of cooperation many of the floats will be designed after this years theme the night before christmas according to mr scott there should be approx imately 80 floats most of which are handmade eight individual bands and many other people participating in the festivities its the parade a local individual event he said after the parade hot dogs and pop will be served to those who were involved in the production with 800 hot dogs on order for after the parade mr scott said he hopes he doesnt run out like he did last year history is alive ill uxbridge uxbridge town council has supported a recommendation by the local architectural con servation advisory com- mittee lacac to desig- filiate theformer commer- ciaj hptel main st kofthuxbridge7under the ontario heritage actav dorothy k fletcher lacac- chairperson appeared before council thursday to outline the his torical and architectural value the former hotel con tributes to uxbridge township r v the twostorey wood framehotel which was built- during the 1860shas now been named hobby horse arms the private owner ronald tindley is presently renovating and restoring the structure to preserve its original characteristics he saidthis is his first attempt at such a project and when the restaurant opens he plans to take active participation in the daily op- erations i just didnt want to see a building like this des troyed he said it was too good to put in a graveyard mfitindley has renor vated the old hotel into ares- staurant with eight dining roomseacfiropmwillbe named after the bight hotels which were operating in the town of uxbridge years ago lacac recommended the hotel be declared an his torical site because its the only building still in exist- ance from the 1860 era and its appearance hasnt been changed drastically 1 throughout the yearsthe committee has also viewed the hotel as a prominent establishment within the town core according to mr tindley he purchased the old hotel in late 1981and he has been working since to keep it as close to its natural state as possible he plans to open hobby horse anns at the end of the month or in early december if the site is declared under the ontario heritage act mr tindley will not be allowed to dramatically change the architectual style or demolish the build- ing without the permission of uxbridge town council