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SOUTH Richmond Hill 889-8303 [y10_l He was asked if any attempt fromiO!‘ proposals had been made savellabout acquiring the land for 1parks or for a green belt. ' Such a proposal was made in “fgINDUSTRIAL SPACE (Continued from Page 1) :1968. said Hidaka. The council SAYS STATION NEEDED 50f the day suggested it be part There is a need for a service 0‘ the conservation Program-i station in the area. Sepejakf "That was when the gabion continued. To the south the “’3” “'3'5 bun-t?" 3§ked Hamb- nearest service station is at. “Yesy' replied Hldaka- Cummer Avenue five-eights ofi SITE UNSUITABLE a mile away. There is provision The municipality has no stat- for a service station at Johhled criteria for service stations, Street a mile to the north and he said, but the site was not there is a serVice Station 1131f considered unsuitable. Traffic at a mile to the eaSt- West 0f thelthe intersection is likely to ex- intersection the closest serviceiceed the speed limit because Station iS at Yonge Street 11'4‘1‘oads in all four directions go miles away. {down hill into the intersection. He said the area is no longer There is nothing, he said, that exclusively single family homes. would prevent cal-5 from mak. ; The OMB recently owned an 3P-,ing left turns into a service sta- plication for construction ofttion there, He said the area is no longer exclusively single family homes. The 0MB recently owned an ap- plication for construction of three high-rise apartments on the south side of Steeles Ave. a short distance east of the Bay-- view Avenue intersection. The Gulf owned land has a 275-foot frontage on both streets. said Sepejak. The heavy volume of traffic existed now and would grow. He did not ag- ree with McQuaid's argument that a service station would make the entrance to Markham less attractive. It would have no more effect than any other building, he said. If a service station is not built on the site, it could under the town‘s Of- ficial Plan proposal be used for a single family home. If this is such a good loca- tion for a service station, Mc- Quaid said, would one station not be the edge of the wedge that could attract plans for ser- vice stations on the other corâ€" nel‘s'.’ Markham Fights Bayview Station ' The other corners are not suitable for building. said Sepe- jak. Substantial amounts of fill had been placed on the oil company land with the approval of the conservation authority. If the topography at the other corners were the same. they would be equally desirable, he said. ' RESIDENTS OPPOSSED Three area property owners were heard before the luncheon recess. Kenner Ames, 68 A1- mond Avenue, told the board that maps displayed were out of date. "There are many more homes in the area than are shown by the plan.” There is no need for a ser- vice station, said Ames. When the station at John Street and Bayview Avenue is built there will be nine service stations within a 21/2-mile radius. The station shéwn on the plan, said Dennis Sullivan, 1‘ Thornview Road. would be1 totally inadequate to serve the: volume of traffic through the intersection. A station with four service bays would not be able to cope with the demand, he said. On the basis of his own experience in waiting for ser- vice he predicted fantastic traf- fic congestion if the station was no larger than the one on the plan. “They would have to double the facility to cater to the density of traffic,” he said. The site was not suitable for such use, Ames said, because of the danger of pollution from gas seepage i_nto the valley. The; m5de1 was very beautifuthave said Thomas Hayes, 8 Elspetlumark Place, but he doubted it Would they stay that way. "Dave‘s Gulf at the 1 Bathurst and Steeles is one of now; the worst examples of what .3} Th service station can he reduced have to. In five yeaxs this could be tesle the same," he said. that 6.....- . _ -..- _ u. When the board l'esumEd its His study of the area showed hearing, La“3"91' McQuaid saw the site isn't shielded from all the the ratepayers he rePresentadhouses, said Kentridge. It is a would like t0_See a‘Pal'k at the,steep corner and the volume of site. They ObJect VIEOTOUSIY t°»traffic is great. “But it is by no a service station. They appelared‘lmeans a bustling commercial before counml 5§V9r31 “mes area, it is definitely resident- smce 1968 protesting the pro-331,” he said posed use of the land. I UNIQUE CHARACTER Questioned by GUIfLa‘VYPIW The fact that the company Hatch. Markham Planning DU" had gone to such pains to de- eCtor Kum" Hldaka 531d that'sign “a service station that 35 a 1'53511" 9f Objecuons fr°"‘}doesn't look like any other ser- the "Elghbormg property own‘ivice station“ showed the plan- et's, the town agreed to changeaners were also aware of the the designation from highway unique Character of the com_ commercial to residential. Nolmmfity. traffic studies were made, he; “The extreme efforts that 531d. .kmm dnnn :non Hah- lnlan‘ infli- Must be sold before Christmas]; This is truly Richmond Hill‘s best buy, 8 rooms, double gar- age, “alkout basmnent on acre lot. Young and Biggin Ltd. 889-9330, Mr. Della Serra. 1*: rise a the \‘ North enue. hanpy make RICHMOND HILL SACRIFICE RICHMOND HILL NOW AVAILABLE 1 - 2500’ unit “ith offices and washrooms - 800’ heated dry storage units, separate doors. CALL . A. DYE LIMITED REAL ESTATE BROKER Appraisals - Insurance and Mortgages Arranged 101 NEWKIRK ROAD 881-0790 or 884-4988 Owning your own home gives you security, stability, a growing equity and a lasting sense of pride and accomplishment. Check the many homes for sale on today’s Liberal Real Estate Page. The day you purchase your own home is a day you will never forget. station \y’puldithe company 5 compatible the company the townshif) in- tended to concentrate commer- cial development in the North Bayview Secondary Plan in the John Street area, and that it did not want commercial dev- elopment at Steeles Avenue. t The Gulf land, he said, is land lthat no one intended to do any- thing with. It was valley land until Gulf filled it in. "Now they say, ‘we filled it, now we are en- titled to build on it'.” Asked if the traffic lights at the intersection do not help to regulate the speed of traffic. Hidaka replied that they do, but on a grade cars tend to go faster than on a level stretch, and if the light is green they will travel at a higher speed. Planning Consultant geon Kentridge of the Metro irm, Marshall, Macklin, Monaghan Limited. was asked by Ratepay- ers’ Solicitor McQuaid for his opinion. In 1968, said Hidaka, a letter was sent to BA Oil informing He made an extensive exam- ination of the site. said Kent- ridge. He described it as a un- ique piece of land. 0n the North York side of Steeles Avenue, he said, there are some of the largest houses on the largest acreages of anywhere in Metâ€" r0. In Markham there are large well-kept homes on large well-treed lots. Motorists ap- proaching Markham from the height of land to the south get a panoramic View of the inter- section. "It is a very pretty view.” said Kentridge. From the attractive approach, the dist- inctive Town of Markham sign, gives the traveller the very def- inite feeling that he is leaving Metro. FEELING 0F IDENTITY "It creates a feeling of iden tity, of entering Markham,’ said Kentridge. It is an area that is distingu: ished as residential, that has never had commercial use. The residents pride themselves on the residential nature of the community. They are happy to see it remain a low density, single family area. Chairman Blake said the town does not seem to want the land for a park. “They have not indicated any intention of buy- ing it." His colleague agreed, saying the conservation authority will have to run the risk of paying market value for the land it they do want it at some time in the future. “They don't want it now." said Roberts. The authority and Gulf Oil have created the situation, pro- tested McQuaid. It was MTRCA that granted the permit for the gabion and the fill. His study of the area showed the site isn’t shielded from all the “The extreme efforts that have gone into this (plan) indi- cate the applicant recognizes this is not an appropriate site for a service station," said Kent- ridge. “Despite the architecture, no one will be fooled that this is a mansion.” he continued. “The large expanses of tarmac show it is obviously for cars.” not change the character of the community and make a service station more compatible. He asked if high rise development on the Gulf land would be more acceptable than a service sta- tion. Kentridge admitted that high rise appeared to be the edge of the wedge. but it is on the North York side of Steeles Av- enue. he said. “We are not hanpy with it. but it does not make a servine station more Gulf La\\3'er Hitch asked the witness if he was admitting that the company had made an ex- treme effort to make the pro- ject attractive. Chairman Blake asked if the construction of the high rise apartments on the North York side of Steeles Avenue would “I said ‘extreme’,” Kentridge Ieplied. “Not ‘successful’.” nolAREA’S DESTINY INVOLVED ; a The plan for an elite gas sta- .he tion, however, shows that Gulf D“, recognizes the rather unique [character of the neighborhood. [said McQuaid. Gulf Oil had he been able to obtain a potential mt building Site due to the incon- 3x_ sistencies of the conservation lrofauthority. The question be- ;iore the board, he said, was lge'larger than an application for :permission to build a service :hefstation. "We are dealing with - the overall plan for the Town lse "q, of Markham.“ “In other words, you would like open space first, single family use second, service stat- tion third and high rise last.” said Blake. Kentridge agreed. 175-NAME PETITION When the hearing reconven- 'ed Thursday morning Mrs. Margaret Yule, 6 Doncrest Drive, was the first witness called. She presented a peti- tion bearing signatures of about 175 residents of the area. The property owners have been fighting for years to maintain the residential character of the area, said Mrs. Yule. They have appeared many ,times be- Lfore the municipal council pro- ;testing application: for com- ‘mercial and high density devel- ‘opment. site would be worse Lhan a ser- vice station." When the hearing opened there were about 75 people present to protest the service station application. Many had to stand. On the second day only a handful were able to re- turn for the conclusion of the hearing. Summing up for Gulf. Law- yer Hitch told the board the area was designated highway commercial in the first draft of the official plan for Mark- ham. He asked it be again des- ignated highway frontage for service station use only to pre- clude other possible commerc- ial uses. The property is at the inter- section of two high-use roads. at a lower level than other lands, and a one-storey building would be largely hidden from existing buildings. The nearest house, said Hitch, is 210 feet to the east. "A service station belongs where there is traffic,” he arg- ued. “One can only anticipate more traffic in the future.” The model displayed shown Gulf is prepared to construct an attractive building in accord with the standards of the neigh- borhood. said Hitch. DISCOUNTS PLANNERS He discounted the opinions of Planners Hidaka and Kent- ridge as personal opinions. "The conclusions of Hidaka and Kentridge are just person- al preferences. They have nothâ€" ing to back it up in an overall planning sense.” Their suggestions that the land was best suited for open space is not shared by Mark- ham, said Hitch. as it is desig- nated on the draft plan as sin- gle family. The opinion is not shared by MTRCA either. he said. as their representative, Conlin. said they had no inter- est in that particular site. Arguing for the municipality. Wallace said two planners rec- ommended open space use for the land. In view of the fill that has been brought in, how- ever, the town is willing to ac- cept a single family residential designation for the site. It was, he said, part of the open space prior to the fill being put in. The ratepayers’ Lawyer Mc- Quaid called attention to the draft copy of the Official Plan for the area which was approv. ed by council. He pointed out the area contains estate type residences on lots of one acre or more and that the John Street - Bayview Avenue inter- section has been designated as the commercial core for the area. It is anticipated this commercial core and some small convenience development in residential areas will provide all commercial requirements for the area. These would be located in the high density area northeast of Bayview Avenue and Laureleaf Road, he said. “This is not an appropriate application.” Allowing apart- ments on the south side of Steeles Avenue points up the pressure that is brought to bear when there is rezoning in one segment of a quadrangle, said McQuaid. The applicants for the service station designation made use of this spot rezoning in attempting to strengthen their argument. As the hearing concluded Chairman Blake said the ques- tion was much too complicated for the board to give an im- mediate answer. “We will have to reserve our decision." A written decision will be forth- coming he said, “but probably not until January.” Make regular pocket money on a Liberal paper route. Estab- lished routes may be available in your area. Phone Carrier Circulation, 884-1105. BOYS AND GIRLS