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markham planning briefs 12storey apartment approved in markham a 12storey apartment building in markham was given the initial goahead by planning committee tuesday after members voted on a plan originating in 1982 the proposal submitted by loc al real estate broker doug meharg is slated for develop ment on sarah jane court south of hwy 7 the original plan calls for an enclosed pool greenhouse and fit ness area in the building updated revisions allow for a driveway realignment and provisions for future tennis courts the matter must still receive final approval from members of council church plan made public a local church and seniors resi dence is planned in unionville markham planning committee was told tuesday officials of st justin martyr parish are considering construc tion of the church and seniors complex on the northeast corner of hwy 7 and village parkway the land owned by the catholic archdiocese of toronto is hoped to be developed within the next few years however a planning informa tion report states that the group is desirous of a land exchange with the adjacent property own ers to best develop the two pro jects planning committee received a deputation from a spokesman for information purposes hearing called for expansion markham planning committee tuesday called a public meeting to consider an industrial complex expansion in buttonville a rezoning proposal by pub lishing firm fitzhenry and whiteside ltd to construct an addition to its industrial building on allstate parkway was referred to the april meeting the firm offered two alterna tive conceptual plans for town consideration the first proposes a fivestorey addition for office uses while the other plans a twostorey complex with mixed office and industrial uses the public meeting is slated for april 21 first building of six okayed the first building in a sixphase office building complex was given the goahead by markham coun cillors this week slated for construction on all state parkway the building rep resents phase one of an office complex to total more than 1 mil lion square feet when complete the original scheme proposed to the town last year by the amer icanbased seltzer organization was approved trial dates set for gambling offences by ed rogers two benches in a newmarket courtroom were filled thursday morning with middleaged men accused of gambling offences nineteen men were arrested in late february after a three- month police investigation and subsequent raid on the satellite social and sporting centre on bullock dr antonio maniaci charged with keeping a gaming house a com mon betting house and unlawful ly selling liquor will be tried october 26 the remaining 18 accused in cluding nicola ferrara also charged with keeping a gaming house a common betting house and unlawfully selling liquor and dominici reali charged with allowing his premises to be used as a gaming house will appear march 19 to set a trial date the other 16 men including 14 markham residents were charged as foundins ed and clatidette why dont we save five bucks and go visit your relatives students stage protest students of st robert catholic high school orga nized a protest in front of their teachers union office on centurion dr in markham to protest the worktorule sanctions implemented by teachers this is the students second demonstration ten days ago they paraded in front of the york region roman catholic separate school board office they say theyre not taking sides in the contract dispute between teachers and the board but resent the fact that theyre caught in the middle grade 13 students also fear their plans to attend university next fall will collapse ifteachers walk out on march 25 the scheduled strike date sjoerd witteveen stouffville planning briefs clubhouse addition approved at meadowbrook meadowbrook golf country club has received the goahead for a planned clubhouse addition and renovations at its whitch- urchstouffville course sitting as the planning advisory committee tuesday councillors recommended meadowbrook be exempt from site plan control for the development on the east side of warden ave south of stouf f vil- lerd meadowbrook representative david pierce explained club offi cials are in a hurry to begin work so that renovations can be com plete early in may to coincide with the start of golf season an addition featuring club- rooms a mens lockeroom and ballroom is expected to be ready by june a total of 8000 square feet will be added to the existing structure which is situated near bruces mill conservation area mr pierce added major landscaping improvements will also be made to the golf course itself master brick plans pending the town has deferred its deci sion on a request for a foundation permit to allow a proposed brick- manufacturing plant near aurora and ram forest rds in northern whitchurchstouffvillc applicant corey lcibel said master brick is short of time on the project because the firm re quires a facility to house equip ment scheduled for delivery in the near future mr leibel explained his firm is anxious to complete as much work as possible before an antici pated labor strike hits the indus try may 1 he claimed theres an acute shortage of the calcite cement brick which the company plans to produce at its whitchurch- stouffville facility parking payment in question planning advisory committee members want to reinstate whitchurchstouffvilles muni cipal cashinlieuofparking fund the municipality previously established such a parking policy related to commercial and indust rial developments then later de cided it should be discontinued meeting incommiltee on tues day members decided the fund should never have been revoked in the first place a motion to restore the pay ment policy comes before council for approval next tuesday plans deferred in other business the planning committee recommended coun cil defer its decision on proposed official plan and zoning bylaw amendments for a planned sub urban residential subdivision acting on a request from brian larkin on behalf of 433405 ontar io inc frank mauro the town will hold its decision in obeyance pending receipt of york regions report on future servicing possibi lities the 192 hectare 48 acre- property is located on the east side of the ninth line north of the dulverton residential subdivi- we deliver wc can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 3942200 or distribution at 2948244 1987 flyers delivered economist suntribune 950900 mebiobnd distributing 22065600 fivers with weekender eatons pascals century 21 charlland hair affair contour window fashions square boy pizza rousseau heritage house ap adam foley