S eerace defeated Residents of Euedid St. have successfully defeated a severance of a property on their street that would have allowed a century old home to be tomn down and repla- ced by two modemn homes. A representative of Durham's planning departmient also told The Free Press the deadjine for launching an appeal to the Onta2rio Municipal Bard has There was no communication between*the Town and résidents on the severance application, because the. Town is not manda- ted'ý to* inforni residents of a severance application. .The first indication that some- thing was going on was a small orange sign posted on the lawn. at 307 Euclid, stating "'applica- tion for severance. » . Residents. became concerned and, approached the Town t'o investigate thé situation, and discovered that a developer- had aplied for severance of the lot. Te developer discussed his plans with the neighborhood before the application went to council, but ail concerned. were not, convinced that 'his develop.* ment was fitting for their neig-h- borhood. Plans for the land werç revea- led at council, and resident Mike Power took pictures of the homes on the street, placing them on a drawing of the'street, to illus- trate or councillors what the street looked like, as a* foil to what the deveoper presented. "I took pictures of -the neigh- borhood to show to the developer, to the committee, what our street was like. "The chairperson indicated that if we didn't like what was going on, we could buy the pro- perty," Power said. Power and his family have liVed at the sanie location for seven years. "It's a mature neighborhood, with lots of mature trees. This will wipe out some of'.the trees," he said. Power added that a councillor said the trees were messy and wouldn't be worth the price of cordwood, and that the Town's mandate was to conformi to zon- ing laws. "This street is part of what it was like in Whitby 100 years ago. The town will have no character if some of the past does not remain. There are lots of subdivisions for that (the type of homes proposed)." The home to be torn down has been rented out since hie arrived, and hie believes it could be fixed up with a little work. It reseni- bles another century home on a corner of the street, although it is slig2,htly younger. "We came fromn Toronto via Newmarket, from a subdivision. It was very sterile, and everyone's landscaping was the sanie. Most people have come here because of the neighbor- hood." Power feels that the Town is too concerned with.development, tory of the town. l'hey have to think more about people and less, about plan- ning. They've got to strke a baane, preserve the old and get in some new." Power feels that' other neigh- borhoods»' are equally unimpressedj with the Town,,and that rising. discontent could prove disastrous for councillors' political careers. "Based on the number of let- ters in newspapers, I think every neighbôrhood is .figbting. Their (councillors') political careers*will be on the ine.' "The Local Imiprovément Plan is another. exam le of peple bing steamrolled. Government, is- basically ýuntouchable bythe public,* they'only answer unto theniselves.", "For people in older neighbor- hoods that have this happen to them, makie use of petitions and. the press," suggested Barb Power. Although the Powers were pleased with neighborhood's «vic- tory," they are worried. about the, developer 'appealing the decision of Regional land severance com- mittee to the 0MB. The sigfn stili sits on the lawn of 307 Eudlid. Margaret and Anton Horack live at 306 Eucid, across the road from the property in ques- tion. They have lived -in the neighborhod for'30 years.' The- Horacks were. part of the citizens' group against the severance. "The trees.would have been cut dw;and 'two 'more. families oudhave mo n, with four mère cars. But we were maxnly against the structureës. .."What hie wanted was. a double car garage aainst thé ,neighbor's garage.- Ie ad- only drawn o ne in the* drawing hie: presented to the planning committee. He was smart,» Margaret Horack said. The Horacks noted that the developer said the homes would fit into the older neighborhood because they were îcVictorian.-» "When we looked'at that stu- pid thing (the drawing) ail you SEE PAGE 38 It's the waiting fi one you've been or... our I/2 price spectacular. Better hurry and take advan- tage of this limited-time, limited-number offer. Treat yourself to the kind of club you've been looking for - affordable (especially now!), accessible and extremely WHMfYFPUE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2.1989. PAGE 3 Coleman.0 -Coemïan meoes quality.m t Alwaya bas. 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