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4 stouffvilk suntribune thursday april 27 2006 town of wiotchijmchstoijitvxijle fbountty jiesttfle close to the city u v ivnriir 4bwm rkfvxc rrnr wwwtownofwscom rt town council in committee meeting tuesday may 2 2006 630 pm 37 sandiford dr 4th floor council chambers council meeting time change the council in committee meeting scheduled for tuesday may 2 2006 will begin at 630 pm for a presentation from york region on ground water model and water for tomorrow council chambers 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville national my of mourning since 1991 april 28th has been recognized nationally as the day of mourning the first memorial ceremony in york region will be held on friday april 28th at 1 100 am in front of the monument to workers at the woodbridge memorial arena at islington and highway 7 eire works ylaw please be advised that at the meeting of may 2nd 2006 council will be considering the adoption of a revised fireworks bylaw the bylaw and the accompanying report are available for review on the towns website wwwtownofwscom or at the whitchurchstouffville public library michele kennedy town clerk- summer employment opportunity wffl m 12 week summer contract subject to funding through the federal young canada works andor summer career placement programs to start wednesday june 7th 2006 required to work week ends 850 per hour 35 hour week duties to include leading tours of heritage buildings cataloguing artifacts delivery of special eventgroup tours application deadline friday may 5th 2006 fax 9057271282 or email wsmuseumtownofwscom the clerks department requires a wellorganized selfmoti vated student currently enrolled in bylaw enforcement stud ies in i jrform a variety of bylaw enforcement duties j- 1 j 1 c c rr 1 including parking control enforcement of town bylaws and ing information afternoon and evening work will be required for mondays thursdays and fridays for the months of junejuly and august the individual must provide hisher own vehicle salary commensurate with experience plus mileage enquiries are to be directed to keith saunders senior bylaw enforcement officer at 905 6401900 or 8952423 ext 254 or michele kennedy town clerk at ext 224 apply in confidence with work resume to administrative assistant town of whitchurchstouffville 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville ontario l4a 7x5 deadline for resumes is wednesday may 3 2006 we thank all applicants and advise only those selected for an interview will be contacted by may 12 2006 m whitchurchstoubfvtlleeire emergency services fire permits and recreational fires on april 18th 2006 a new open air burning bylaw was passed by council which will allow residents to have two types of fires depending on their address and each fire has their own set of guidelines details and guidelines for recreational fires can be found below if you have any questions please do not hesitate to call our office at 905 6409595 or you may check out the towns web page primary purpose of an openadr burn permit to allow you to have a fire on your property in order to clean up excess yard waste such as dry brush wood products and nat ural organic material in order to qualify for an open- air burn permit we must con firm that your property is not within restricted areas being those areas currently developed within the stouffville settle ment area if you meet the first requirement your property must also be a minimum of 1 acre in size to qualify for the permit in order to purchase the permit you must be the property owner and if you are not you must provide our office with a let ter of permission from the property owner an inspection of the property will be made by our firefighters and a permit fee of 2500 plus gst must be paid prior to the permit being issued primary purpose of a recreational fire to permit the burning of clean wood products for cooking heating enjoyment religious ceremony or similar purposes see guidelines below for details permits are not required for recreational fires but the follow ing conditions must be complied with fires must not exceed 75m in diameter or 75m in height and must be contained to prevent the spread of fire only clean wood products may be burned petroleum products plastics rubber painted lumber domestic industrial agricultural waste or any other material that will cause excessive smoke or noxious fumes must not be mixed with orcontaminate the wood that may be burned recreational fires must be supervised by a competent person at all times until they are completely extinguished there must be present and in close proximity adequate means to extinguish the fire a minimum distance of 3m to combustible materials must be maintained at all times recreational fires shall not be permitted when the wind speed exceeds 20kph when the wind direction is changing frequently or when there is decreased visibility on any highway in the vicinity recreational fires shall be prohibited when an open air burning ban has been declared by the fire chief recreational fires are prohibited during construction within any subdivision or on any construction site with in the town outdoor fireplaces must be equipped with screens on the flue and fuel loading area the use of outdoor fireplaces must comply with the manufactures guidelines in the event that there are no manufactures guidelines for the outdoor fireplace only approved material may be burned a minimum three meter 3m clearance must be maintained between the fireplace and combustible objects outdoor fireplaces must be installed on a non- combustible surface recreational fires that emit excessive amounts of smoke or sparks or create a nuisance are not permitted and must be extinguished the fire chief may at any time require that a recreational fire be extinguished the resident or occupant of any land on which a recreational fire is occurring must ensure that officers have full access to the said land at all times during the recreational fire for the support of mayors earth