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MINUTES OF THE 7TH REGbt:AR. MEETING OF COUNCIL HELD IN THE COUNCIL
CHAl\ffiERS ON MONDAY APRIL. '1 1 1963 AT 8.00 P:.M,
PRESENT
MAYOR
REEVE
DEPUTY REEVE
COUNCILLORS
MINUTES
. CORRESPOm!lENCE
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MOGIJ:]);ID FAMILY
ONTARIO GOOD
RO,ADS ASSOCIATION
TENNIS COURT
FENCE
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KEITH. NISBET (IN THE CHAIR) ABSENT . .
W.H • STODDART . .
CHILD, JONES, MANNING, :!.!IOFFAT, SIINCLAIR
WILLIAMSON,.
STODDART: "Resolved that the minutes of'
CHILD: March 4, 18, !l.:P.c,l. 25th. 1963 be
adopted as pr;i.:p.ted and circulated."
Carried •
· A tl:i:ahk you card f:t'olil the fami:J.y of' the late
Mrs, McGheet Sr,.
CHILD:
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11 Resol ved that. tl:):i1i;l l.f?tter be. filed,ll,
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A letter from the O:p.t£!.!'io Good Road.s Associat-
ion advising of 13-school t~ i:Pe b,elcL for Road
Su:Perintendents 1 May 13th'ta,:M 14th ... l963.
QHILD: ··"Resolved 'that tP:is, J..et.t~ be
.S';l)O:pDAR;i': . ref erred to the Cha.irl)le.ti. of the
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Carried.
A.letter. frp111 th,e Aurpra Recrel3,tion. CO'.Dl!1lission
re€:arding the fence ~t the TeAA:j;er Cowt in
Mcii'!Ethon Park : and stating that' ti?.iS>· fence is
badly in need Of repair' antf p~int." · •: I:: ' ''
STODDART:
CHILD:
"Resolved that th:L~ letter be
referred to the Parks Board."
Qarried.
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7TH REGULAR
CORRESPONDENCE
HOME AND SCHOQL
ASSOCIATION
MEETING
AURORA yPfi.KS RUGGER
CLUB
l\ffi.. L ~ FRENCH
RE. LACK OF SI®EWALK
NEAR SCHOOL a.;.ii:d
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-2-April 1 1 1963.
A 1e1tter from the Aurora Home and School
Asso:ciation advising Council that D.r. Rose
wjl.J. speak at their meeting en Monday April
8'iih. and inviting the mem'b.ers of Council to
:~:ttend this meeting. ..
JONES: 11 Resolved that thi.s letter be
1l'l'ODDART: :filed, 11
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Carried.
A letter from the Aurora Yorks· Rugger Club
requesting the use of the Town Pa:rtk from
March 30th, until Mid Ma;t.:·
WILLIAMSON: "Resolved that this letter be
MANNlNG: refeJ;>redto the Recreation
Co'!!lmission,."
Carried,
A lett.eJ;" from lVIr. L. French, 13 Aurora Heights
Dl?':tve, advising Council that .the lack of .. aigns
sidewalk fronting near the school • on
TecUIIlseh,created a hazard for chifdren,
WILLIAMSON: "Resolved that this let.ter be
CHlLD: referred to the Works Committee.,"
Carri'ed~
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7TH REGULAR ....;3-April "l; 1963.
REPORTS QF COMMITTEES
DOG BY-LAW
Couric:i,llo:i' Moffat reported on behalf of the executive
of the Aurora Centennial Commit tee com erning the
offer of Heise Films of King City to undertake the
filming of centennial year events in c_til_lor and with
sound at a cost of $2,200.00 or at a very minimum cost
of $1,500.00. Councillor Moffat reported that the
executive had decided against this expenditure
although agreed it would be a splendid thing for years
to come.
Councillor Moffat reported that a fine elderly lady,
Mrs. Stephens will celebrate her hundredth birthday
October 1st. 1963. At present Mrs; stephens is at
Resthaven, smartly attired and alert and further that a
a bow of roses and a silver centennial coin was
presented to her and she was ever so pleased.
Councillor Moffat advised a Parks Board meeting will
be held on Wednesday evening, April 3, 1963.
Mayor Nisbet stated that the program 100 years of song
and dance was taped for future use and suggested a
tape recording be made also of the Choral evening on
April 2, 1963.
STODDART:
WILLIAMSON:
"Resolved that the letter from Heise
Film, King City be referred back to the
Aurora Centennial Committee."
Carried,
Councillor Manning reported concerning a problem that
has arisen over the Town dog by-law in that the Canine
Conbrol Officer has been instructed by his officers
to the effect he may enter upon private property to
apprehend a dog.
MANNING:
SINCLAIR:
"Resolved that this matter be referred
to the Town Solicitor ,and he advise the
North York Humane Society of his inter-
pretation of the dog by-law respecting
the prodedure in apprehending dogs on
private property." ·
Carried,
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7TH REGULAR. -4-April 1, 1963.
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INSPECTION'
PUMPING STATION
CENTRE ST
AND
AURORA HEIGHTS
DRIVE,
Ct1unc;Lllor W;Ll:Li.amson.;p'resented a report of the
Property Committe in which the Committee respectfully
submit the follow;Lng:
"Th:is O()mmittee in its entirety visited the pumping
station qn Centre St .•. on Saturday March 23rd and
inspecte~ it fully. As a result of this inspection
we recommend that a backing up gate be installed
similar to .the one at the Aurora Heights Dr. pump
house and also that a t'' inch water line be put in
as there are no water facilities there at the present
time.
We also inspected the pump house at Aurora Heights Dr,
and found that four cement girders are badly deter-
iorated and we recommend that these be replaced by
steel girders.
There was a breakdo~ during the past week on the
electric relay and ~iphier controlling the main
pump which necessitated calling insome one from
Minneapolis-Honeywell to service and repair same. In
order to save the Town money as the same thing could
happen again we recommend that a spare relay and
ampliphier be purchased and kept at the pump house
.EJ,nd should a breakdown occur it would be a simple
matter for one of our own men to replace the faulty
relay or ampliphier.c
We think that Mr• Barwick and his staff are doing a
tremendous job in keepingall the buildings under his
jurisdiction in an oxcollent condition of repair
and cleanliness and are to be commended for same~
WILLIAMSON:
JONES:
"Resolved that the report of the Proper
Property Committee dated April :1, 1963
be accepted and the necesgary estimates
obtained,"
Car:Hed,
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7TH REGULAR r5-April 1 1 1963
REPORT.S OF C Ol.Vll\'IITTEES
CouncillQr Child ~e:ported that at a Planning Board
meeting held on March 28, 1963 the Zoning maps of the
Town had been returned to Mr, Altenberg, Planning
Consultant, for some corrections,and also the text.
Councillor Child advised that we are getting close
to the time now when :public hearings might be held
regarding the zoning by-law,
Councillor Child read a letter from Mr~ A. Jubb 1
Town Building Inspector as follows: ·
March 29th, 1963
RE: Aurora Tank and Welding Shop,
~South-East Corner of Wellington
St, East and Industry St,
North Part of Block "B", Plan 535
The following is a report on the contravention of
Land Use By-law 1051 and ::~<:i.lding By,...law 1487, by the
WJJong positioning of the factory on the above
mentioned lot,
For easy :perusual, I will itemize the report by
by-law as follows:
a. Contravention of By~law 1051, Sec, 7 7 IDem d,
Par, ·i & 1c. ·
Reading: "Location on the Building Lot"
Page 4 of a ttache_d miJlleQgr_aphed copy
The :plot :plan which was filed with the application on
November 2nd, 1962, shows a front yard of 30 fi; ... ,
and a side yard of 20 ft,, which was well within
the re<J_uirements of by-law 1051 1 which calls for ~·
m;i.nim~ of '15ft, front yard and a minimum of 15 ft;
side yard.
f~so, the measurements shown on :plot plan allowed for
a 15 ft, setback at the north.,.west corner of the
buildings, from the arc formed by the 50 ft, radius
of the daylight corner.
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7TH REGULAR
REPORTS OF CO]/llVIITTEES
CONTRAVENTION OF
LAND USE .BY LAW
# 1051 AU BUILDING
BY-LAW # 1487
-6-April 1, ]..963
Registered :plan of subdivision of Lot. 151 1 PJ..e,n.
246 (which is Plan 535 of Industry st,) show~ a
50 ft, radius on the north-west carne~ of the lot
and the 17 ft. widening of the south side of
Wellington St, East.
This :plan was registered on "~ovemb er 25i;h, 1959.
I mention this date so as to advise, the.t the
daylight corner and the widening were not just
a .later amendment to the :plan, but were on the
original, Therefore, ignorance of ths13e bound-
ar~es does not comprise a logical excuse for
error,
When survey,.dated January 15th, 1963 was brought
into this office, showing location of e.<::tual
building on t.he lot, it was noticed immediately
that the :position of the building cont;p.avened
By-law 1051, by having insufficient si4e yard
and by :putting the building too close to the
corner radius of the lot.
It shows a front yard of 28.75 ft, and a side
yard of 11,66 ft., which is 3.34 ft., below
minimum, Adding to this, the 5.7 ft, width of the
canopy, :puts the contravention at 8.05 ft. Also.
it :puts the north-west corner of the buiJ..ding
wi th ..... in 4 ft. of the radius of the corner, and
the canopy is 3 ft, outside the radius,
I believe this error originated by the builder
:picking y:p the old survey stake, placed before
the road widening was surveyed,
2, C·);,t:navention of By-law 1487, Sec, 1.5, Item
1.52,.Par. D.
Reading; '!'>Permits", Page 2 of mimeographed
cgpy
On being satisfied with the Application, Plot
Plan and Structural Plans, a tem:pory permit was
issued on November 2nd, 1962 1 allowing only the
construction of footings or basement walls 1 (in
this instance, just footings as the building has
no basement), at which time a survey by a
licensed O,L.S. hfl;d to be d:i;Q:'ried out and a copy
delivered to my o:t'fl.ce, showJID,g that the building
was in its correct lllocation, ';'¥\t this time, if the
survey had satisfied the by-la'fl 1 the~ a building
:permit would have been issued.>givirtg permissi0:1
to finish, the structure. ·
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CONTRAVENTION OF
LAND USE BY-LAW
1;* 1 05·1 AND BUILDING
BY LAW # 1487
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As the survey showed that the locatio~ of the
~Juilding contraved the By-law, a permit to finish
the building cou~d not be issued,
As it now stands, the buildi~g permit was nev:.~.E.
issued and is still in my office.
Although all parties were aware of this condition
after the survey was made, they kept right on
working and finished the entire structure,
The builder was fully aware of the conditions
of the by-law, as he has been doing the major
part of his contracting in Town, In each case,
surveys were produced before final building permit . . 't . was issed. Therefore, ignorance of by-laws · ·
cannot be made,
In order to keep his men working, he gambled on
the building being in its OJ rrect loc .. tion •. and
kept going while waiting for a survey, in order
to take advantage of the weather and get the
building closed in,
I believe this time lag hefore getting a survey,
was more or less createdby a difference of opin-
ion on who had to pay for it, the builder or the
owner. Nevertheless, it never was carried out
1,1ntil thebuilding was up and .roofed, The builder
wa(3 :fully aware of. the gamole he was· taking as
I Hpeatedly' asked for a C9PY'' o.f survey.·
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As !30on as a copy of the. s1,1rvey wa(3 received, the
builder· was· notified iminediatrJlY that he wo.uld
have to·go through the Corruh:Lttee·of Adjustment,
and the necessary. documentsand application were
g:j.ven to them 'so that pro:Ce.Mings. could be·. stil.rted. witho~t delay. ... . . •. -.·.·'· . . .
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7TH REGULAR
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
CONTRAVETION OF
::,AND USE BY-LAW
~t 1051 AND
BUILDING BY-LAW
;;! 1487
-8-April 1, 196~:
3. Meeting with Mr, A,J. Rettie,
Chief Engineer for County Roads
w~. Rettie was very a~~oyed at the situation,
but allows that the setbacks of :property on the
county roads which are in Aurora, have been lr';ft
as the Town! s responsibility, on account of the
many old :properties with varying setbacks.
Mr. Rettie's final remarks to myself and Reeve
Clarence Davis, who was also present, were that
he would go along 100% with the Town's decision
Trusting that the above report contains enough
inforn:a tion that a satisfactory decision may be
reached by the Committee,
Attached is a copy of Registered Plan and Survey,
also, copy of temporary permit, showing terms on
which it is issued.
Yours truly,
A.E. JUBB
Building Inspector
Councillor Child stated that the situation is thf!tW
that the proper papers ha·Je been referred to th!fr'
Ceimmi ttee of Adjustment by the builder and feel'
that the Committee will only turn down his
application for relief, The builder must then
appeal to the Ontario J\llunicipal Board and past
experience proves the Board mainly back up the
decision of the Committee of Adjustment and might
rule that the builder take down his building,
This is a case that if we don•t reprimand him
severely, we may have a rash of :people who will
flout our by-laws, It is a matter for Council to
decide and although I don't like to see the
building torn down feel he should have his
knuckles rapped,
General discussion followed conce~ning this matter,
'"'S· "Resolved that the builder in question ~g~~AT· and the Town Building Inspector be requ-
. ested to appear before Council in Comm -
ittee,"
Carried,
This meeting was set for 2ffonday April 8th, at
7,00 P.l\T,
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7TH REGULAR -9-April '11 1963
UNFINISHED BUSPf8SS
BELL TELEPHONE
ACCOUNT
ROAD TO NEW
WELL
INSPECTION OF
TREES BY
DEPARTMENT OF
LANDS AND
FORESTS
WILLIAMSON:
CHILD:
Councillor Jones brought to Councilst attention
that the Town Superintendent had forwarded an
account to the Bell Telephone Company to cover costs
arising when Town men are required on numberous
occasion to spot loci':tion of water pipes 0.11d other
services for the Bell Telephone Ciompan.y, Councillor
Jones stated the Bell Telephone Co, have objected-
to paying this account and further requested guid-
ance f:rom Council in this matter-.
Subsequent to general discussion it was decided this
matter be left over to the next meeting of.Council
and in the meantime that information r~garding this
matter be obtained from the Town :'~ngineer.
Councillor Jones advised that a gravel road had been
made to the new well.
Councillor Moffat stated that sever8J. calls had be.Ein
received regarding the dutch elm disease and under~
sto~d from the Town Clerk that the Department of
Lands and Forests at Maple were contacted and would
send a representative to Aurora to inspect the elm
trees and undertake any necessary program at no cost
to the town,
Councillor Jones adviscd·thnt a representative of
Lands and Forests had visited Aurora this morning
and with the Town Superintendent had inspected the
~argo elm at one end of Mark St, He found this tree
to be healthy with no trace of disease,· Several othe.r
elm trees were inspected; however the representative ·
stated he must have samples and the Town Superintend-
ent spid when the leaves appear on the trees he would
send ;.1m tree samples to them for inspection.
"That the meeting adjourn."
Carried
The meeting then a(ljourned,,
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