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wi mmatj4twtmmjii jm help us to be the best community newspaper we be we need the most current news as it happens see news in progi call us at 64021 we pay 100 for the best news tip of the month you can remain anonymous if you wish but if not your picture may be published in the newspaper v vol- 103no a metroland community newspaper wednesday january 24 1990 jrpages 50 cents y ik l 1 mm me are flte champions paul guest retrieves the ball from the net while son jeremy 6 millard st fiome ith a friendly yet competitive game of road business on farm a nono tracy kibble staff reporter a hwy 48 potato shed should not be turned into a computer software business and the owners have done everything possible without a permit said ward 1 councillor margot marshall at tuesday evenings planning meeting this whole thing throws me right off they have been pleading innocent all the way along and doing everything without going through the proper channels she added since last september the tsao tseng property located on a threeacre parcel on the east side of hwy 48 just north of st johns sideroad has been discussed extensively in council chambers originally against the opera tion of a business on agricultural lands ward 2 councillor ron robb later revised his statement after a tour of the renovated potato shed office councillor robb said the owners sneaked in a business council members disapprove of computer firm operating on agriculturally zoned land theyll vote on the matter next month when the issue was first brought to councils attention but after the tour changed his stand j i am impressed with the business he later remarked and asked council to postpone its decision and to pass a temporary use bylaw the owners failed to apply for a permit last year and began operating a computer software administrative business on lands zoned agricultural when the building inspector told them a permit was needed ms tseng declared we were not aware we were doing anything wrong although there is little to no traffic at the business location and although the regional health department reported it has no problem with the parking area council would not pass the re quested threeyear temporary use bylaw for the owners tues day night i am definitely against this it opens doors to a lot more of the same coming our way said ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson when it comes to business i really feel the owners are using the system and playing innocent its precedent setting and i dont believe we should even grant the threeyear permit stated coun cillor marshall ward 6 councillor jim sanders agreed it is precedent setting they set up their business then came to the town for an application we have to make sure things are done properly here also we have to protect the rights of residents complaining about this we have to respect their rights coun cillor sanders added but ward 5 councillor doug alles said we have to be careful here we did encourage the temporary use bylaw and to be perfectly fair there were residents in support of the bylaw but councillor marshall main tained the owners have done everything possible to offend the town of whitchurchsfouffville council voted to defer the final decision to feb 6 when coun cillor robb absent at the tues day planning meeting can be present sunday openin sports store charged flea market missed york regional police once again charged stouf miles na tional sports store last weekend for defying sunday shopping laws said sergeant norn miles but the big flea market was given a reprieve by police in light of a letter from whitchurch- stouffville council stating its ap- 1 proval of sunday exemption now police will not charge those merchants at the hwy 47 location although the final decision must be made at the regional level sgt miles said the force will honor the towns request to exempt the auction barns from the law at the jan 16 council in com mittee meeting council voted to approve an exemption but stipulated each business must not be more than 2400 sq ft but because national sports which also opens seven days a week is larger than 2400 sq ft police will continue laying charges sgt miles said the region will vote on the ex emption at an upcoming meeting until then the stouffville flea market is off the hook with police he said information on water available from region tracy kibble staff reporter boiling water suspected of con taining high nitrate levels will not decrease nitrate concentration but will probably increase it reports the york regional medical officer of health helena jaczek writing to a musselmans lake resident in response to sampling sent by the taxpayer the health unit supplied the man with descriptive material about water also listed in the information please see page 3