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three- fig public meeting called in battle over roadway tracy kibble staff reporter a threeyear battle between whitchurch- stouffville and- ward 3 resident david fockler ended in a tentative truce last tuesday night backed by 40 supporters in the lemonville community and his solicitor mr fockler learned the town may not charge him for being in violation of build ing and zoning codes ward3 resident david prbbert asked why council has put his friend through the clothesringer and pleaded with the town to help the family before they have to dig for gold to pay legal fees mr probert said mr fockler bought property in baker hill but could not get a building permit because the town claimed the lane that leads from hwy 48 to his home is not a public highway and according to the towns official plan a home cannot be built on lands unless the property fronts on a public high way therein the problems began the town would not accept the laneway as public and mr fockler grew impatient mr fockler became frustrated with the process and began to build his home any- way now he is facing charges of violating the building and zoning codes and is to appear in court in may but tuesdays meeting may have resulted in a breakthrough in the battle after town officials agreed to set up a public meeting for a zoning amendment if the amendment is granted mr fockler will no longer be in violation and can retroactively obtain a building permit staff officials said stephen dagostino mr focklers solic itor had previously asked council to give the road driveway status and to let mr fockler finish building his home mr dagostino succeeded in convincing local officials to proceed to the public hearing stage of the planning process lets just say who cares if it is a public road or not lets just solve it so the municipality and mr fockler are pro tected mr dagostino said and although the town agreed to proceed with a public hearing officials will not agree to ignore the fact that mrfockler is in violation of town codes if we ignore this we are sending out a signal to people that if yourejold no just go right ahead and if you pursue the mat ter enough you wjll eventually get your own way said ward 6 councillor jifn sanders and ward 5 councillor doug alles said there is not sufficient evidence the road is public the town will set up a public meeting before may to consider a zoning amend ment which would allow mr fockler to finish his home j 1 news york releases sites selected iii landfill search see page 3 mission haitians benefit with help from local family seepages yiwik viv hv yir vr vvi