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drive arid jacob joe lebovic will build 41 singledetached homes way to accommodate the homes- to be built on a six- acre parcel t bungalows are the design of choice because peo ple especially seniprsaredemaiiding them lebovic saidi make less profit ona bungalow jbut people want them jzzgil vv ward 2 councillor ma lots will beconie a habit whichwill eventually erode the standards forvyidep lots across the town as well carroll suggesteddawhouses are being built too close together s but ward 4 councillor cliff dunkeld- disagrees dunkeld said young people who have grown up in stouffville need the starter homes to enable them to live in the community as adults ward 6 councillor sue sherbah requested lebovic to add two trees instead of one to each building lot while lebovic rejected ker suggestion he did agree to puttwotrees council recently allocated 41 units of sewage capacity for themeyelopment which has been on a waiting list for years as well- the application was reviewed by a number of agencies including the toronto arid region conservation authority york region and both local school boards no objections were registered but some area resi- dents wrote letters regarding the lot sizes services from page 1 clublinkhas just submitted an application for amendments to the official plan and to the york regional plan to facilitate the development as well a full secondaryplari for gormley is rec- ommended by town staff the new community hinges on full municipal services including an extension of the yorkdurham septic servicing system to sthe l gormleyareav- t the proposed tennis cfacility ongoing air canada centre includes a main stadium court moffattsaid seating 12500 people jv two the new community will comj other courts will seat about 5000 plirhenttwo existing18hole rgolfr if all goes as planned tennis coursesrolling hills andgomiley canada will host majoricompeti- v jwayne emmerson j crime tions including the canadian said yv 7 7 vj open whichis one of superb- 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