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WH1BY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 290 1992, AGE 28 I One block's designation holds p mlementationj -By Marlo Boucher ,5cme residents 'continue to have ojections over ,the 'last residential block remahning to b. dealt,*witii befobre 'inplemen tation of theWhitby do01ww second- At a planning committee meet- ing last week,, sevral residents' e7ressed concerne. at the posai- bil--of h densiBtydesgntio for the bokbounded byTenry, Coîborne, Ring 'and DunlopeI streets. 1 Resident -Robert Palme r asked why the 'Town doos not consider tiie entire block as 'down' desig- nation lnstead of always resort- uir to huh,4densitydeignation., 'Êteve Edwardsof the planniing, department saidstaff has come, up withý several reasons for the, mixed use designation'in ý'the. northern half of the block. He said council will be able to determine the. actual scale cf development through zonini« and that there are two herntage structures in that location. Any future site applications will h ve tô b. tailored te, thé surrounding areas, and any new <bylaw will have to conform tothe offcialiplan, ho said.. Palmer said area residents do not want any'apartmeênt build- inginthe bIk n sggstd' tat only singe ail y homesb. allowed. .Resident'Paul -Dionne said the possible four store> apartment buildings ae I.., x.coparso and' in .proxiit to the singrle family homes nearby. Thi qUtyof lifin the area wilsier ifapartment buildings are allowed $to p u becaus, people ýwho -rent in sucéx a build-, ing move often and don't care as much about that propetytha doses asingleî family omewner,, h. said. The value of the homes in the. area, will dceaewith'tiie potential of commercial. develop- mnent just next door, h. sai »d.' "I want. to know wh myý pro- pertywai included ? ere,' h e said. Ini a recent letter to the Town, Dionne said that «a decision with such a potential impact on any., piece cf property -requres th. involvement ,of -theà .propertyr owner.» Palmer asked pIanm*g-dep1art- ment directer BobShortthe Town may -replace ,tii. existn library-with apartment buildings at any time in thi. futur. Short séaid it could "'b. ýcon-, sider.d by tii.Town if tii.'right site"aFphlcation- was brougiit for.. Resident-Peter ,Heiich sa id' h. supports the recommendation for mixed use designation and plans, te continue te live in tii. ares. This block cof the. downtewn secondazy 'plan, is tii. only on. remainlng to bb.desigated as part cf 'tèi. Whitby downteýwn secondary plan t.hat will guide future growth in the downîtewn ares. The mixed use designation in tiie north section cf the, block would permit, ai-artment build- S eupt four storeBys in heigiit wIIesoutiiernpart is recom- mended as low density amngle detacied dwellings ,designation Dreamcrest moves' to-Oshawa, wvith.a maximum building iieight cf thrâe. trè9ys. ' TuIe mizd use designationwl provide an- opportunityteretain ,existing .structues cf historical and',!a rchitecturaâlimportnce whlle allowing -their conversion te commercial us,. Ie.'Local, Architectural Con- servation ,Advioury Comittâe (LACAC) has identified tiiro. homùes withi tii. block ashai*ng architectural àud/or historical iotacretznn sR o hipii density residential, and per- mite building -heights ..h ilýr tiitn ýthosete 'bea'llowed in thie downtewn secondary plan.. Tii. block ares bas te b. amen- ded:by council te conform -with tiie downtewn secondary plan., TuMi downtewn secondsry, plan was adoptedýby council in Febru-: ary 1988 and'by tii.Ministry cf Ii.e ntire, downtewn second- ary Ilan covers the area-bounded by ahstnut St. te tth. nortii, Cochrane St. te tii. west, Burns St. te tiie south and Gardon St. te the east. The. plan allows a maximum building heigiit of six storeys for any building within thei. down- tewn cor.. There are atill four objections te thé, passing cf the. downtewn secondaiy plan, by Frank snd Suse Eggert,- Mary MadilI, Michael Zygocki and Wayne Bolahooci. They 'have filed <aprpalewiththe >Ontariô Mümici- <0 oad(MB). In, the block bounded by enry,.Dunlop, IRing and Col" borne Street%, the Egrts 'have tbree objections, including tii. t eservatiérn1 of heritaestruc- asï,o -while'Madill wants to.pre- serve the mixïed use désignation and potential' uses ýof her pro- perty. Tiie pro posed zomn amendment will keep the mi use designationfor her propertyê, Tii.other two 0MB,.appeals are not part of this block but -still located' within the downtown s3econdary.plana'rea- and prevent- ing the. passmng of, tii.bylaw te, implement the downitown second- Bolahood'sapealto the. 0MB involves councila rejection of hie rezoning application ýforti. con- struction cf 15 'apartment units li addition -i n - exsting 24 units at- bis apartment building at 300 High St. Zygchis appeal, only recently receivied 4y ti e Town, mnvolves a proposal for the develoýpment of a higiidensity apartmïent building, iseven storeqys mn height, baving a ,total cf 141 units. i. TheTown has asked tii. 0MB t6 dismàis the. appeals, syn the Qjections cf thie appeals are insuf*eent 'and tii. bylaWtIo implement the downtewn second- ar p an conformns te tth. appro-- vddowntewn secondary plan. By Marlo Boucher, A formner Olympian heada aa new hors. stable that -r"cntly opend north of Oashawa- and pffersridi'ng lessons for fun or Dreamcrest, Equestrian Ser-ý vices bas lassons foir anybody, even tiiose who'venéîer been on a bora., says Kéêlly Plitz, part- Own.r. "Wve beenrunning tiie busi- ness for*about ton yearsli Clar.- mont .(norih Pickering) and jast IANROBRIEguides Buck Keeper up and over during aworkot«session at DreamcrestEquestrian Services& Dreamcrest moved from Claremont to thefr new loca- tion on Shirley*Rd, eaut of Simcoe St. in Oshawa, in February. photo lby mm* EoeorWhltby r.. Pr1 moved te this new location at the end cf February a h. saya. They current6r hav, about 20 tiioroughffbr.dlai Claremont and 40 at the new location on Shirley Rd. off Simcoe St. in north Osh- awa, te wrhere'aIl 'thé.thorouoh- breda and . verythmng are beimg gradually moved.->I Plitz andhr ,hueband Ian Roberts, along with hor'parents,ý ýown> Dreamcrast Equestrian Ser- vices. 1 It's a sport that you can do for a long tiio sud it is for anyone,» ah ays. Ptz aays they offer incividual lessons onice a week for thos. who have neyer rode a. hors. before. They are currently training thr.e young peopleae 16 to 21, for a North Am ecan, mini- Olympic type cf competition in Bromont, near Montreal, this Auguat. Plitz competed in thé. Olympc in Los Axigeles li 1984 -ana li the. 1982 world championsbips i Germany. Dreamcrest Equestrian Ser-, vices will hold hors. shows this summor. «Visitera are very welcome te come and watch and evengt interested li some cf our les-, sons," ah. sass.; qýeý Sabl, Rsturant' over- looka tii. horse-riding area. 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