PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS Hughes defends Ontario Humane Society's position [-Ml1RL PRiHiTliG DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 214 Dundas St. E., Whitby 668-7797 Hours: Mon. - Sat. & Evenings By Appointment Only (across from Beer Store) THE CORPORATION OF THETOWN OFWHITBY The Planning Act NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A BY-LAW BY THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY TO REGULATE LAND USE PURSUANT TO SECTION 39OF THE PLANNING ACT Take Notice that the Council of the Town of Whitby has passed By-laws 1266- 81 and 1267-81, on the twenty-sixth day of October, 1981, pursuant to the provisions of Section 39of The Planning Act. The following Schedules are attached hereto: 1. Schedule 1, being a copy of By-laws 1266-81 and 1267-81; 2. Schedule 2, consisting of the following: (1) An explanation of the purpose and effect of the by-laws; (2) A key map which shows the location of the lands to which the by- laws apply (or, where there Is no key map, an explanation as to why a key map s fnot included.) 3. Schedule 3, being a statement of the chief planning officer of the Regional Municipality of Durham in which the land to which the by-laws apply is situate. ANY PERSON INTERESTED MAY, within twenty-one days after the date of mailing, personal service or publication of this notice, file-with the clerk of the Town of Whitby notice of an objection to the approval of the said by-laws or part thereof together with the details of all or that portion of the by-laws to which there is objection and detailed reasons thereof. ANY PERSON wishing to support the application for approval of the by-laws may, within twenty-one days after the date of the mailing, personal service or publication of this notice, file with the clerk of the Town of Whitby notice of support of the application for approval of the said by-laws. If no notice of objection has been filed with the clerk of the municipality within the time provided, the by-laws thereupon come into effect and do not require the approval of The Ontario Municipal Board. If a notice of objection has been filed with the clerk of the municipality within the time provided, the by-laws shall be submitted to The Ontario Municipal Board and the by-laws do not come into effect until approved by The Ontario Municipal Board. THE LAST DATE FOR FILING OBJECTIONS IS DECEMBER 9, 1981. THE OBJECTIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THIS DATE IN ORDER TO BE VALID. Dated at the Town of Whitby this eighteenth day of November, 1981. Donald G. McKay, B.A., A.M.C.T. Town Clerk Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontarlo L1N 2M8 Schedule 1. The following Is a copy of By-law 1266-81. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY BY-LAW NUMBER 1266-81 BEING A BY-LAW TO AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 2585 WHEREAS the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the Town of Whitby deems it advisable to amend By-law 2585; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a By-law of The Corporation of the Town of Whitby by the Council thereof as follows: 1. That Section 6(2Xe) of By-law 2585 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: By T.I. HUGHES Recent unfortunate and irresponsible publi- city concerning the af- fairs of the Ontario Humane Society in Whitby - Ajax - Picker- ing, has seriously misled the public. What are these facts? They are, very simply, as follows: 1. In 1967, the Ontario Humane Society con- structed a modern animal shelter on land on Thickson Road, Whitby, purchased by the society for that pur- pose and which the Town of Whitby authorized the Society to buy and use "for the purposes of the Society." Now, 15 years later, the town is suggesting that that was not the case and that we cannot use the land for our purposes. In which case, why were we allowed to build a shel- ter there in the first place? 2. The shelter was built without any finan- cial contribution of any kind from the Town of Whitby or Ajax or Pickering. Not a single penny was provided by the three municipali- ties! In the intervening years, the Society has subsidized the three local municipalities to a substantial degree. In othe words, the money paid to the Society by these three municipali- ties does not, and never has, met the cost of the services. The Ontario Humane Society has to find the difference, one way or the other. 3. The "per capita" fee on which the con- tract fee is based, has not been increased for five years! During that five years, the costs of the Society have escalated rapidly and are now considerably higher than they were in 1976. Does anyone doubt that wages, vehicle costs, phone bills, heat, utilities, have not gone up substantially in five years? But our contract fee has not changed. 4. In July 1980, the employees of the society who work at the animal shelter on Thickson Road, Whitby, joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees. For nearly 18 months, we at- tèlnpted to negotiate a satisfactory contract with CUPE. Part of the difficulty in reaching a contract with CUPE is that the Society simply doesn't have the money to meet the demands of the Union. Our problem was to find the money to pay the increased wages, fringe benefits, etc. which would result Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, in a Residential Zone a detached private garage, carport or other accessory building may be erec- ted and used in the side or rear yard provided that such accessory building Is located no closer than 1 metre to any interior side or rear lot Une and 4.5 metres to any street line. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a mutual garage is erected on a common lot Une between two lots, no Interior side yard ls required. BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D., 1981. Don McKay TOWN CLERK R. Attersley MAYOR Schedule 1. The followlng is a copy of By-law 1267-81 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY BY-LAW NUMBER 1267-81 BEING A BY-LAW TO AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 1784 WHEREAS the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the Town of Whitby deems it advisable to amend By-law 1784; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a By-law of The Corporation of the Town of Whitby by the Council thereof as follows: 1. That Section 4 of By-law 1784 is hereby amended by adding an additional Subsection (X) as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, in a Residential Zone a detached private garage, carport or other accessory building may be erec- ted and used in the side or rear yard provided that such accessory building is located no closer than 1 metre to any interior side or rear lot line and 4.5 metres to any street line. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a mutuai garage is erected on a common lot line between two lots, no interior side yard is required. BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D., 1981. Don McKay TOWN CLERK R. Attersley MAYOR SCHEDULE 2 1. The purpose and effect of By-laws 1266-81 and 1267-81 is: (a) to permit the location of accessory buildings within the side and rear yards of the residential lots; and, (b) to provide for the suitable spacing of accessory buildings on resi- dential lots. 2. Key Map: A Key Map is not included with this notice as the By-laws apply to all residential lots in the Town of Whitby and the actual By-law Amend- ments are changes in text only to By-laws 2585 and 1784. Schedule 3 STATEMENT OF CONFORMITY TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM 1, Mofeed Michael, the Chief Planning Officer of The Regional Municipality of Durham, have reviewed By-laws 1266-81 & 1267-81 of the Town of Whitby. i am of the opinion that these By-laws are in conformity with the Official Plan in effect for the Durham Planning Area. Dated this 6th day of November, 1981. Dr. M. Michael, M.C.I.P. Commissioner of Planning This Schedule 3 is issued to the Town of Whitby for By-law 1266-81 & 1267-81 pursuant to Ontario Regulation 78/80, a regulation made under The Planning Act. from the new contract. Finally in June 1981, a contract was signed. But at that time the Society was hard hit by the mail strike, which prevented us from receiving money from our members and sup- porters throughout the province, in cash flow, on which we depend heavily to meet the dif- ference between the money we take in from contract fees, shelter revenues, etc., and our operating expenses. And so, although we had reached an agreement with the Union, we had to delay implementing it. We are glad to say that we have now honored our obligations under the contract and I would pay tribute to those employees of the Society who showed a great deal of patience and understanding in a complaint about their animal control services. It is obvious that, as a result of implementing the new agreement with the Union, the Society will lose a substantial amount of money this year and a great deal CONT'D ON PG. 14 very difficult situation. The fact that they did not go on strike during this long period of nego- tiations indicates to me that they are committed to the aims and objects of the Society and that they understood our financial problems. 5. There have been numerous statements made concerning the number of vehicles we use in Whitby. We ac- tually provide three patrol vehicles, one vehicle for the inspec- tor-manager, and the supervisor's - own vehicle is covered by a mileage arrangement when she uses the vehi- cle for the purpose of the Society, particularly in obtaining supplies or in the education work which is an important part of our overall acti- vities. We have had serious problems with the wardens' vehicles. One simple example is the vehicle which has been down over eight weeks, during which time, three engines have been put into the vehicle, all of them un- satisfactory! The vehi- cle is a GM product and we are amazed that in Durham Region we cannot get a new engine for a vehicle in under eight weeks! Prior that that we have had repeated examples of vehicles breaking down with substantial problems invoiving many thousands of dollars of repairs. Every time a vehicle was moved into Whitby to replace the vehicle that was down, that too became a casualty in a matter of hours! 6. We have never, ever, had less than four full-time and two part- time wardens together with a shelter staff of four full-time and two part-time. One warden who was unwilling to join the Union was transferred to another branch. The service provided by the Ontario Humane Society to the people of Whitby, Ajax and Pickering is one of the best animal control ser- vices in Ontario. We defy anyone to compare the service there with any other municipality in this province and reach any other con- clusion. We provide longer hours 0f patrol and a greater density of patrol per capita than any other municipality. This doesn't mean, of course, that there won't be complaints from time to time. Obviously there will always be complaints about dogs running at large as long as people and dogs live together in the same en- vironment. You could have 20 wardens, for that matter, and you would sitil have com- plaints. There are no municipalities that don't have some form of 218 HARWOOD AVE. S. AJAX SHOPPING PLAZA L TELEPHONE683-1968