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Waterloo Chronicle | Thursday, October 6, 2022 | 10 waterloochronicle.ca THE CITY O NOTICE OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION 2-22-13 AND OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 42 DCB DEVELOPMENT CANADA INC. 83-85 HICKORY STREET WEST AND 265-267 HEMLOCK STREET WEST WARD 6 CENTRAL - COLUMBIA ‘The applicant is proposing to construct a six storey residential building with 203 bedrooms (168 dwelling units). To facilitate the development, the Applicant is proposing to amend the City's Official Plan to create a new Specific Provision Area (SPA) to permit an increased density of 652 bedrooms per hectare on the ‘subject property. The Applicant is also proposing to amend the City’s Zoning By-law to remove the Holding (H) symbol from the property, to increase the permitted density from 250 bedrooms per hectare ‘to 652 bedrooms per hectare, to reduce the minimum rear yard setback from 7.5 metres is ie i" metres, and to permit exterior stairs to encroach within For further information regarding the above matter, please contact the City of Waterloo aged Planning and Public Works, 2nd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Tristin Deveau at 519-747-8753 or email tristin.deveau@waterloo.ca P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca HB OPINION DIG IT! TACO MAN RANDY SAVAGE DELIVERS THE DELICIOUS CHIPS ARE THICK ENOUGH FOR AN EXCELLENT CRUNCH BUT NOT SO THICK THAT THEY ARE AN UNWIELDY MOUTHFUL, WRITES ANDREW COPPOLINO ANDREW COPPOLINO. Column After searching for manufacturers and travel- ling to Los Angeles in 2012, Taco Farm had a taqueria- sized tortilla machine shipped to Waterloo Re- gion. The gas-fired conveyor- belt device has a 42-inch baking chamber and, at ca- pacity, can crank out 50 dozen fresh, warm torti- llas each hour. But you only need to know that the tortillas are delicious and that the cus- wrenoo cumowtee READERS’ CHOICE 2022 DIAMOND WINNER & Our Verena, TOP WINS Best Pizza, Best Chicken & Best Wings Andrew Coppolino photo These tortilla chips are the taco the town, and beyond. tom-made machine was originally named for an iconic wrestler when it passed through customs and landed at the restaurant. “Back then, we had a naming contest on Twitter and there were all kinds of humorous suggestions, but Taco Man Randy Sav- age won the day," says Taco Farm co-owner Nick Ben- ninger, regarding the play on the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The point-of-use tortilla machine is unique, Ben- ninger says. “We went to L.A., or- dered the machine and had to be trained there before it arrived in Canada and was installed. (Taco Man Randy now operates out of their facility i in St. Jacobs.) le the machine trav- elled southwest to north- east, the tortillas made in- Best Italian, to chips are shipped to all points on the compass, in- cluding back into the U.S. It was, obviously, a plan to make tortillas, but large-scale _tortilla-chip production was unintend- ed. “We didn't see that com- ing," Benninger says. "We thought the chips would be servicing just the restau- rant. But the demand grew, and a lot of people wanted to buy them." Benninger says he doesn't believe there are tortillas being made on this scale anywhere in the region and surrount areas: he calculates they make about 60,000 chips per week. Vincenzo's, T & J Sea- foods and Dar's Market in Elora were early adopters on the retail side. See - page 11