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Margaret Avenue best evidence for scrapping Local Improvement Act, according to residents Residents on Margaret Avenue north of Murâ€" dock Avenue believe their road may provide the best evidence why the City of Waterloo should do away with the Local Improvement Act. Robert Crofts, Albert and Helen Sekulin and Dr. Robert Walls, all residents of the street, said in recent interviews with the Waterloo Chroniâ€" cle that one of main reasons they are opposed to helping pay for possible road reconstruction in front of their homes through the Local iImproveâ€" ment Act is because most of the damage done to their street over the years has been caused by motorists who don‘t live on their street. Waterloo council voted unanimously to withâ€" draw three proposed local improvements in resâ€" idential areas in the city, including Margaret Avenue north of Murdock Avenue, at a regular council meeting June 22. Council is to reconâ€" sider the future use of the Local Improvement Act to finance roadâ€"related reconstruction in the city at a council committee meeting this Oct. 26. One of the possible solutions to replace the Local Improvement Act is for the city to finance roadâ€"related reconstruction projects out of genâ€" eral tax revenues. "If you look around at the roads in Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo, especially at Margaret Avenue, it Margaret Avenue resident Robert Crofts stands in front of the section of his street that was originally proposed for a local improvement this past June 22. Crofts and others believe the main reason for the street‘s deterioration is due to nonâ€"resident traffic. "Service: We Believe In It" PAGFK 3 747â€"2040 Tim Gardner Chronicle Staff Chris Beke Trish Brown Dan Burkhart Kevin Catton John Decarchik Dwight Duncan Phyllis Fox Wende Gregory Fret Now is the best time to take GET THE SIGN THAT GETS RESULT®S draws so much traffic from surrounding areas that I think it can only be assessed on a general (tax) basis as opposed to a specific resident basis." Crofts said. "You know what‘s happening is that everyâ€" body coming out from Kitchener or Watetloo uses this road, it‘s one of the most direct routes to either Kitchener or Waterloo," said Helen Sekulin. "So this is not a residential street anyâ€" more. I don‘t think so anyway." "This used to be a residential street, there was no through traffic," Walls said. "But over the years, since Glenridge Plaza etc. was opened up, it‘s become a throughway â€" up Margaret Avenue to Lincoln Road to University Avenue East and on out to north Waterloo. So we feel that the distribution of costs for road repairs should reflect the use of the road." Currently the way the Local Improvement Act works in the City of Waterloo is that the city will pay for 100 per cent of the cost of all raadbase and asphalt teconstruction on roads approved for local improvements in residential areas. Abutting property owners must pay for 100 per cent of the cost of all curb and driveway reconâ€" struction as well as for boulevard landscaping. The cost for reconstruction or installation of new sidewalk in residential areas is currently split evenly (50â€"50) between the city and abut (Continued on page 11) THINKING OF SELLING OR BUYING A HOME? Toni Hallhwell Rob Halter Jeff Holland Jim Hooton Maria Jowrakowski Peter Kalbfleisch Gary Kipfer Betty â€"Gail Lorentz advantage of the great interest rates. Give the professionals of Scharf Real Estate a call. Howkers / pediars get break on licence fees Hawkers, pedlars and transient traders will find it cheaper to do business in the City of Waterloo, thanks to changes to the provincial Municipal Act Waterloo council unanimously passed a new fee structure for its transient trader and hawkers and pedlars bylaw at its regular meeting June 22 Council took the action because changes to the Municipal Act in 1997 require municipalities to base all their licensing fees on actual administraâ€" tion and enforcement costs. Council passed its original hawkers, pedlars and transient traders bylaw in September, 1995 It took the action in order to crack down on the number of people who were selling goods in Waterloo that were not produced, manufacâ€" tured, or grown locally and who were, at the time, not paying business taxes to the city In a report to council, Waterloo‘s manager of bylaw enforcement, Deborah Bricknell, and city licensing officer, Don Perron, wrote that ongrâ€" nally city officials charged transient traders a oneâ€"time licence fee of $500 in order to set up business in the city As part of the cost of the original transient trader fee included the cost of fire, building and zoning inspections and administration costs, the new city fee has been reduced to a oneâ€"time charge of $200. That fee should better reflect the actual administration and enforcement costs to the city. Bricknell and Perron wrote As for the hawkers and pedlars portion of the bylaw, the annual hcensing fee for any resident Your Serve 3 Rob Pitre, 11, of Waterloo decided to escape the heat of last Sunday‘s summer sun to check out the indoor games room in Waterloo‘s Moses Springer community cenâ€" irc. Along with friend Ron Le Blanc, the two found a game of ping pong much to their likine. Tim Gardner photo Bob Mathis John Maziars Cindy Melloul Mike Melloul Marie Minns Mike Moher Walter Muclier Judy Reck Tim Gardner Chronicle Staff VICTORIA STAR MOTORS Represents Sales 1450 Victoria St. N., Kitchener 1998 Câ€"CLASS 579â€"4460 members.ao!. com/VicStarMB Now AvaiLasLe! Starting at *37,750 Lance Roberts Jeff Rowley Janet Schnarr Karen Shartun Nestor Shartun Janet Stockie James Stockie Jack Sheppard Representative and ** Represents Associate Broker hawker selling merchandise doorâ€"toâ€"door in Waterloo will remain at $100. However the annual fee for nonâ€"residents doing the same thing will plummet from $300 to $100. For hawkers and pedlars selling from a speâ€" cific location, the annual fee used to be $500 for five days or less, or up to $1,000 maximum. The fee has now been reduced to $200 for three days ot less and $25 for each day after that. For hawkers and pedlars selling in a retail exhibition (10â€"plus vendors}, the annual fee for the promoter of the event used to be $500 if the event took up one or two consecutive days. The pmm«-\\cr had to pay a $1,000 fee if the event lasted from three to seven consecutive days and had to pay a $50 charge for each day after than. Under the new fee schedule, a promoter for a retail exbhibition will now pay an annual fee of $485 for an event of three consecutive days or less, plus $100 per day after that. For hawkers and pedlars selling in flea marâ€" kets (20â€"plus vendors}, the promoter used to have to pay a $500 fee if the event took up one or two consecutive days and up to $1,000 if the event lasted from three to seven days. And if the event went longer than that, the annual fee was $3,.000. However under the new fee structure, a proâ€" moter will only have to pay an annual fee of §535 Nonâ€"profit organizations who engage in hawking will stll face a $25 fee per event, the same charge as in the previous fee schedule Charnitable organizations, who used ta be able to hawk for free, will now face a $10 fee per event Scott Snider Carol Tuck wood Birgitta Weberâ€" Adrian Terry Yates