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b29th Year No. 10 Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff After iiiuths, of debate and deferrals city alderman Monday night gave final approval to a new group home policy for Waterloo. - _ . .. _ " L<___.U_ “r ..._ 4.. oh; Group homes hour ing alcoholics, exaf fenders and former psychiatric patients are restricted to city zones which permit boarding houses, all commercial zones where residential use is allowed and the mul- tiple residence zone. These are allowed to have as many as eight residents. PM“, -v- MN-ei-'-'"" Under the new regulations small homes of up to six residents, including those for mentally handicapped children and adults as well as senior citizens, are permitted in any area of the city. As well. all group homes will be required to register with the city and a municipal offi- cial will be appointed to investigate any com- plainls about the operation of group homes in Waterloo. City planners had recommended that the policy allow up to eight residents in homes throughout the city and a maximum of to resi, dents for homes local ed in more diversified areas. Mixed reaction to group home final decision CPR Citizen Training Day After a discussion of The four-hour Heart Saver course will be offered by Waterloo Regional Heart Save, on Saturday March 12, at KM' Hospital Auditorium. Space is available in both morning session (8: 30 a.m. 12:30 pm) or afternoon session (1:00 ' 5:00 p.m.) This introductory level course will teach risk factors of heart disease, prevention of heart attack, signals of heart attack, actions for survival, and how to enter the Emergency Medical Services system. Skills taught are management of a choking victim. and one rescuer CPR. Pre-registration is necessary to allow adequate participant/instructor ratio. Sa've a "lite, Ie'am CPR. Call 334-2045 to register. one hour council ap- proved the policy in a six to three vote. In opposition were Mayor Marjorie Carroll: Aid. Jim Erb and Ald. Rob ert Henry, Ald. Glen Wright led the movement in favor of the more-restrictive group home policy. “If we have to go to as many as 10 residents management of a "Our job of finding I one rehcuer CPR. places in Kitchener- necessary to allow Waterloo tor folks com- 'instructor ratio. ing out of institutions is CPR Call 834-2045 to going to be made that much more difficult," he said. we will have no control "ver it," he said. "My major concern is if we go all the way to lo we leave the residents no place to have any inr pact on what's happen- ing. Group home opera tttrs wishing to estab. lish homes with more than the allowed num- her of residents, he said. have the option of applying to the city for an exemption. Wright was backed up by Alds. Brian Turnbull. Mary Jane Wednesday. March 9, 1983 Focus on eating disorders --SEE PAGE 9 Mewhinney, Doreen Thomas, Charles Voelker and Richard Biggs. Henry and Erb both argued that group home operators were unlikely to ask for, or granted an exemption from the size restric- tions. In an interview fol- lowing the meeting Carroll said she was disappointed" the Poli- cy approved wasn't more lenient, but added that council "may want to have another look at it in the future. "I think the change In six is so insignificant that we might have left zoning as if was allow- ing five." Until the regulations were approved Mom day, group homes were not directly addressed in city policy and the only regulation govern- ing their location was a bylaw limiting the number of unrelated people in a house to five. Where boarding houses were allowed, there were no restric- tions on group home size. Dick Thompson, ex- ccutive director of K-W Habilitation Services, said in an interview yesterday, he was "disappointed" try council's decision. Bowling i with Brad at Bluevale --SEE PAGE lf to six Waterloo, Ontario The above action was more than symbolic Saturday as Wilfrid Laurier hockey Hawk detenceman Ray Kramer separates Andre Midi of University 0t Toronto Blues from the puck and almost the rest of his body with a jolting second period check. The occasion was the second game of the OUAA 'inth and Hawks captured the contest 4-2 to win the provincial crown and earn the right to the nationals in Moneton, N.B. this weekend. Blues, formerly No. 1 -ranked team in the country, will also go. tt was a good weekend for local teams as UW basketball Warriors also won the OUAA championships. For all the results, see pages 20-23. I'd: Cameo“ photo 25 cents at the Newstand Chamber o; Commerce celebrates --CEE PAGE , , 7.0. TAKES rr ON THE CHIN”