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10 stouffville suntribune thursday aug 12 2004 merchants cry foul over red tape staff photohannelore volpe suze joyce outside her downtown stouffville store by hannelore volpe staff writer merchants looking to do business in downtown stouffville have faced frustra tion and costly delays because of conflicting mes sages from town depart ments they say the operators of the emerald isle bistro and bar were held up two months before they could open an outdoor patio on main street after applying to the town in january restaurant owner kulam yokerathinam expect ed to have the patio ready for customers by the beginning ofjune thats when he received a call from the town saying he would have to double his insurance coverage by the time everything was in place the strawberry festival and its thousands of visitors had come and gone mr yokerathinam was able to open the patio this month suze joyce had to delay opening the healing force shop on main street by six weeks to march of 2003 she thought she had the ok from the towns building department for the changes required to get her health food and healthy living store ready for business but a week before her orig inal opening date she was told by the fire department she had to put emergency lighting at the front and back doors i almost wasnt able to open because i didnt have these lights the entrepre neur said alwr fujijj ojj hi iji ji mips mm xfmwmiswm 2004 frd rang wht gj per month 38 craoni hs mm or cash purchase 9 after 1000 bonus cash dedcctecp sfe 30l v6 engine 4wheel abs 15 aluminum wheels colourkeywl ront bumper rear step and wheel up like hot savings on cool vehicles justin time for carefree summer cruising ie t l sfcw t ih iiiipli illiiili 1111 fill hhsrai lliiliifil mml tl m bonus cash on most new instock 2004s 2005 focus purchase or lease purchase financing on most new instock 2004 ford vehicles andupt0 purchase financing cash on selected new instock 2004s youll really like the power 2004 ford mustang v6 coupe theres 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or the costs involved mrs sherban said to try to resolve the issue she called a meeting of the bia stouffville business improvement area local merchants and town staff early in the summer mrs joyce had raised the issue with the mayor earlier in the year sara marsala who opened the tempest in a teapot on main street a year ago noted there didnt seem to be con sistency between the fire department and the town she was told by one department she would need to have a fire wall constructed that requirement was reversed by another depart ment then she was again told the fire wall was mandatory before an alternate solution was found changing a strictly retail operation such as a book store into a restaurant calls different parts of the building and fire codes into effect the codes are very exten sive whitchurchstouffville fire chief tim beckett said they are not easy for the lay person to read codes are strictly adhered to for the safety of the towns residents he noted miscommunication he noted there had been some miscommunication between the building and fire departments in the past to rectify the situation chief beckett has been working more closely with torn parry of the planning department since last september to reduce the communication gap and provide a more uniform message for the entire town town staff are preparing a package of information so new entrepreneurs know what the requirements are before they can open their doors included will be a ques- tionandanswer form for new business owners to pro vide more information for townstaff the bia will be part of the consultation process mayor sherban noted we are trying to encourage people to do things downtown and develop the downtown stouffville bia chairperson eric button said lets help them coxy theatres of uxbridge call 852roxy 7699 for shows times whwroxvtheatresconi deckmans professional service refinishing only decks sanded stripped refinished to new cedar specialists no peeling flaking stains 905 6406776 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