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The combined reclamation plant and land-fill operation was described by its pro- A million dollar project designed to reclaim waste materials for recycling purposes was laid before members of Vaughan Town’s Planning Committee Tuesday night of last week. It would involve locating a reclamation plant on a 10-acre site adjacent to another 60-acres to be used as a land-fill operation for the dumping of industrial and commercial solid waste. Making the initial pro- posers as “unique in the posal was Crawford Allied Metro area as well as Can- Industries who presently ada and represents the first operate gravel pits in the positive step to reclaim site area located west of waste material for recycling Dufferin Street and north of purposes." Major MacKenzie Drive._ _ Engineer for the reclama- 6 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1974 Recycle Vaughan Garbage? Propose $1 M Reclamation Plant DATED AT THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL this 18th day of September, 1974. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL V BY-LAW NO. 64-74 A By-law to amend By-law No. 66-71 as amended of the Corporation of the Town of Richmond Hill. AND WHEREAS there has been no amendment to the Richmond Hill Official Plan proposed by the Council but not approved at this time with which the matters herein set out are not in conformity. WHEREAS the matters herein set out are in con- formity with the Richmond Hill Official Plan which is approved and in force at this time; NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. By-law No. 66â€"71 of The Corporation of The Town of Richmond Hill as amended be and is hereby amended by: (a) Adding the following clause to Section 8.1.2: “But this shall not prevent the provision of entrances and exits from the said lot through the required land- scaping“. (b) Deleting Section 8.1.3 thereof and substituting the following therefor: “8.1.3 Use of Front Yard. No person shall use the front yard of any lot in an In- dustrial Zone for any purpose other than for Landâ€" scaping or the temporary parking of Visitors' private passenger vehicles. 8.1.3.1 Where any part of the front yard of any lot in an Industrial Zone is used for Visitors‘ parking as permitted in Section 8.1.3. a Landscaping strip or other buffer shall be provided so as to effectively separate such area from any other parking or loading area." PASSED THIS 29th DAY OF JULY. 1974 William C. Lazenby Mayor By-law number 64-74 affects all lots in an Industrial zone. By-law 66~71 requires a 10 foot landscaping strip for abutting a front lot line or a side lot line abutting a street. The purpose of By-law 64-74 is to make it clear that ‘entrances and exits to the lot may be provided through the landscaping. By~law 66-71 does not permit any parking in a side yard other than temporary visitors parking. By-law 64â€"74 permits parking in a side yard if it is screened from any a parking area located in the front yard. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL EXPLANATORY NOTE BY-LAW NO. 64-74 Engineer for the reclama- tion. Tony O’Donohue. told the committee that cost of constructing the plant would posers as “unique in the Metro area as well as Can- ada and represents the first positive step to reclaim waste material for recycling purposes.” L. M. Clement, Clerk 10266 Yonge Street Richmond Hill, Ontario IAC 4Y5 L. M. Clement Clerk Mr. O'Donohue, a former City of Toronto Alderman, said the paper and wood products would be “sorted by hand" with a magnetic belt there to pick up the metals. ' . The concrete-constructed building would measure 215 feet by 150 feet and contain a conveyor belt on which the material to be reclaimed would ride eventually end- ing up in the 60-acre dump- ing site. The waste material would include paper. wood, metals, etc., with manual labor used to separate it. be at least “a million dol- lars and probably higher."7 ROCKER TWEED AND'NAUGAHYDE A smartly styled rocker in combination tweed and naugahyde covering. Available in colours Green, Brown, Tangerine and Gold. A perfect chair for either den or living room. Crawford Allied Spokes- man James McCallum out- lined the project noting that the first step in the application would be to re- \ “I‘d be very happy if we were able to reclaim from 1150 to 200 tons a day of this ‘amount," he said. The reclaimed material would then be trucked to various areas for eventual recycling. DREAM COME TRUE Mr. O'Donohue termed his plan as a “dream come true, something I’ve wanted to have a part in for a long time. We've all been talking about recycling but until now there's been little action. And we all know about the shortage of raw materials on the market today.” He estimated that the plant would be able to handle 350 tons of waste material a day. 434:! He added that the Craw- ford site would “definitely deal in solid waste simply because this type of waste doesn’t go with domestic He told the committee that “there are 435,000 tons of industrial and commercial waste produced every year in Toronto with no place for it to go." A change in the official plan would also be required to allow for the reclamation plant to operate. The 10 acres would be designated industrial. SOLID WASTE ONLY Mr. McCallum took pains to emphasize that his firm would deal in “industrial and commercial solid waste. No animal material. hazard- ous or liquid waste would be accepted." zone the present lands frqm its pits and quarries deSIE- nation to allow for a waste disposal site. mart Price He agreed there were many difficulties to be worked out regarding truck traffic and control of the site but said “We intend to cooperate fully with the Plans would be to use a right-of-way running north off Major MacKenzie Drive to enter the site and another right-ofâ€"way leaving it going west of Dufferin Street. ferent kinds of creatures." TRUCK TRAFFIC Mr. McCallum touched on what he termed the "truck traffic problem which pre- sently concerns the citizens of Maple. it will mean the phasing out of our sand and gravel busi- ness in the area which will mean an immediate reduction in the number of trucks using roads such as Keele Street.” garbage. They’re both “If we open this re-clama- tion plant and disposal site TODDLEB'S 2 POE. 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If they don't follow our restrictions they won't dump here." also be held to hear any dissenters. SPECIAL MEETING Planning Committee Chairman Dave Fraser saidI the proposal would be re- ceived and referred to a "special" meeting “which will cover the over-all area as regards land-fill opera- tions. We've got a lot of problems regarding dump- ing and it's time we sat. down and looked at what projects are feasible and' what the alternatives are!" The meeting was slated for; September 16 in the council chambers. Councillor Jim Cameron worried about the “traffic question as well as the prob- lem in policing the site." Ditto Regional Councillor Jack Gilbert who wanted to “set up a committee of council to look into this application in more detail." He expressed annoyance STOUFFVILLE: The Whit- church-Stouffville Muncipal [Library reâ€"opens this week lin a new and more spacious location at the corner of Mill and Main Streets. 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