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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/05/1989 STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES '-' A Statutory Public Meeting was held by the Pickering Town Council on Monday, June 5, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: t1ayor Wayne Arthurs '-" COUNCILLORS: tt Brenner R. Johnson B. Mitchell B. r~organ K. Van Kempen ABSENT: Councillor Dickerson ALSO PRESENT: "-" N.C. Marshall K. t1cKay T. t1agi C. Rose - Town r!1anager - Deputy C1 erk - Director of Planning - Planner (I) PROPOSED ZONING BY-LAW NUMBERS 3154/89 AND 3155/89 TOWN-INITIATED GOLF COURSES '-' 1. An explanation of the application was given by the Director of Planning. Lorne D. A1mack, R.R. #2, Claremont, on heha1f of the Pickering Rural Association, spoke in support of the proposed by-laws. He stated that golf clubs are not environmentally benign as they do affect watercourses, destroy wood1 and and reduce agri cu1 tura 1 1 ands. He agreed that applications should be approved on individual merit, that the preservation of trees should be included in the development agreement and that there shou1 d be no exemptions. 2. ~ 3. Corky DeGraauw, 1965 Valley Farm Road, spoke in opposition to the proposed by-laws. He stated that in 1986 he Vias told that By-law 3037 permitted golf courses on his property on Lot 11, Concessi on and si nce that time he has designed a nine hole golf course, purchased machinery, created five ponds for irrigation, obtained road access and planted 3,500 trees as a buffer. His application was to include estate residential zoning. He requested that the by-laws be amended to include his property in order to continue with the golf course construction. ...... '-' ~ 4/89 2 (II) ADJOURNMENT OF STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING w Dated ~ '-' '-" -- w The Meeting adjourned at the hour of 8:20 p.m. June 19th 1989